Current Resources for APANO Activists
Facing Race: 2013 Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity – A multi-issue, multi-racial assessment with the Western States Center of 2013 legislation that advances opportunity and reduces disparities for communities of color, including recommendations to improve racial equity and inclusion.
Path to Social Change Infographic
Healthy Teeth: APANO Coalition Building Case Study, 2013
State of Asian Pacific Islander Health in Oregon, 2012 – 1 page fact sheet on current health equity issues.
Oregon/Northwest
The Asian and Pacific Islander Community in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile, 2012 – 250+ page study in collaboration with the Coalition of Communities of Color, detailing the state of API in Multnomah County (including Portland) that analyzes economic, education, health and other indicators of our communities opportunity and well-being.
Healthy Oregon Partnerships for Equity (HOPE Coalition) 5 Year Plan – The HOPE Coalition is a regional partnership of diverse health equity advocates, open to organizations who serve constituents facing health inequities in the 4 county region of Marion, Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties.
Oregon Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity, 2012 – A multi-issue, multi-racial assessment with the Western States Center of 2011 legislation that advances opportunity and reduces disparities for communities of color, including recommendations to improve racial equity and inclusion.
New American Voters Project, 2012 – Case study with Oregon Voice that highlights an innovative and effective civic engagement program with newly naturalized citizens-voters.
State of Equity, 2011 – Report by the Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion.
National
A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the West. The report is part of a national series by Advancing Justice, which includes a national report providing a nationwide snapshot of Asian American communities, a report focused solely on the NHPI population, as well as regional reports on the Asian American and NHPI communities in the Midwest, California, the Northeast, the South, and now, the West.
A Community of Contrasts: Asian Americans in the United States, 2012 – A detailed portrait of Asian American communities based on analysis 2010 Census and American Community Survey data by the Asian American Justice Center.
Election Policy Priorities and Issue Preferences, 2012 – Opinion survey by the National Asian American Survey highlighting community perspectives on key election-year issues.
US Supreme Court Brief on the Affordable Care Act 2012 – A legal brief authored by the Asian Pacific Islander Health Forum and joined by APANO and dozens of other API organizations.