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AAJC
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Washington, D.C. 20036

Contribute Stocks and Securities

You can donate stocks and other publicly traded securities to AAJC. If you have owned the stock for at least one year and it has increased in value, a donation may be tax-wise. By making a gift of stock to AAJC, you can avoid capital gains tax. You are also eligible to receive a charitable contribution deduction equal to the full fair market value of the stock.

Contribute to a Scholarship

The Joyce Chiang Memorial Scholarship was established by the Asian American Justice Center, with the support of Joyce's family.

Joyce Chiang, a young leader in the Asian Pacific American community, came to pursue a career in public service. She worked for California Congressman Howard Berman while attending law school in the evenings at the Georgetown University Law Center. After graduating, she worked for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Then in January of last year, at the age of twenty-eight, Joyce disappeared. Her body was discovered two months later in the Potomac River. Authorities are still trying to determine the cause of her death.

The Scholarship will honor and continue Joyce's commitment to public service and leadership by supporting a new intern with the Consortium each year. By giving a young person the opportunity to gain critical experience in civil rights, the Joyce Chiang Memorial Scholarship will build on the dedication to community that Joyce represented.

Contribute to the Image Fund

AAJC established the Asian American Image Fund to research and evaluate the roles Asian Americans occupy onscreen and in television production departments, and to use the results of this research to apply pressure to the networks to make positive changes. By increasing the number and quality of Asian Americans on television, we can influence for the better how millions view Asian American individuals and communities.

Your donation will be directly applied to the development of ongoing, concrete solutions for the improvement of the image of Asian Americans across the television landscape and for the increased employment of Asian Americans within the industry.

Since 1999, AAJC has worked to increase opportunities for Asian Americans in front of and behind the camera, as well as in corporate offices of the major television networks. In 2005, AAJC broke new ground with Asian Pacific Americans in Prime Time: Lights, Camera and Little Action, a pioneer report that uses systematic research methods to analyze the type, quality, and complexity of characters portrayed by Asian American actors.

Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) 

 

AAJC is a proud participant of the Human & Civil Rights Organizations of America Federation, a part of the Combined Federal Campaign. Please look for us under "Asian American Justice Center" Agency #11161.

National Advisory Council Member Dean Frank Wu of Wayne State University Law School, donates a portion of the royalties from the sale of Yellow to AAJC and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund. Dean Wu, a leading voice in America's Asian community tackles what it means to be Asian American in contemporary America in Yellow.  Dean Wu examines affirmative action, globalization, immigration, and other controversial contemporary issues through the lens of the Asian American experience. Mixing personal anecdotes, legal cases, and journalistic reporting, Dean Wu confronts damaging Asian American stereotypes such as "the model minority" and "the perpetual foreigner." Copies can be purchased at a bookstore near you or from online vendors such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.
 

National Advisory Council Member Professor Bill Ong Hing of the University of California, Davis, donates a portion of the royalties from the sale of Defining America Through Immigration Policy to AAJC. Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU wrote the forward to Professor Hing's book and stated that "[Professor Hing's] understanding of history, drawn from personal experience and participation, is piercing and helps put the recent hysteria in perspective.  In his book, Professor Hing applies his decade-long research and experience to fundamental issues at a critical time in our nation's history." Copies can be purchased at a bookstore near you or from online vendors such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com.