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Asian American Topics : Finding Online Resources for Specific Populations
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- Asian American Justice CenterActivist national organization that does research on many social justice issues. With resources on census issues, voting rights, anti-Asian violence, and immigration. Also offers up litigation briefs.
- Asian NationA "one-stop information resource and sociological exploration of the historical, demographic, political, and cultural issues that make up today's diverse Asian American community" run by the Director of the Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
- Facts on the Asian PopulationUS Census Bureau's collection of Asian American statistics.
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health ForumDiscusses and provides resources on issues in health care for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
- Goldsea Asian American DailyAn online magazine site that publishes profiles and interviews of successful Asian Americans and perspectives on contemporary Asian American issues.
- Snaphots of Asian America Asian American Activism in the 1960s and '70sAsian American Activism in the 1960's and 70's. Based on material from the anthology, Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment. Produced by Asian American Movement Project (AAMP).
- Asian American Research InstituteSponsored by CUNY. This institute focuses on scholarly research that concerns Asians and Asian Americans.
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American ProgramThe Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program provides vision, leadership, and support for Asian and Pacific Islander American initiatives for the Smithsonian Institution and works to better reflect their contributions to the American experience, world culture, and the understanding of our planet and the natural world throughout Smithsonian Institution collections, research, exhibitions, outreach, and education programs.
- A Guide to Asian American EmpowermentA collection of newspaper and scholarly articles dealing with the "model minority" image of Asian Americans.
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Elaine Chao, first Asian Pacific American woman and first Chinese American to be to appointed to a President's cabinet in American history.
Finding Statistics
- National Asian American SurveyThe NAAS is a national survey of Asian Americans, and is collaboration between professors at the University of California and the University of Southern California
- US in Focus: Asian Immigrants in the United StatesImmigrants from Asia accounted for about 28 percent of the total US foreign-born population in 2009. Migration Policy Institute's Jeanne Batalova examines the social and economic profiles of the foreign born from this region.
- Religion, Spirituality, and FaithSurvey on religious beliefs of Asian Americans sponsored by Asian-Nation.
- Office of Minority Health's Asian-American StatisticsData from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- FedStatsStatistical information from over 100 agencies.
- Statistical Abstracts of the United StatesComprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
- American Fact Finder1990 and 2000 census information.
- Get Facts: Wisconsin Data2000 U.S. Census data and Department of Administration population estimates, maps, and charts.
- CDC Fast StatsHealth statistics for Asian Americans in the United States.
- Education Fast FactsStatistics from the U.S. Department of Education.
- United States Crime StatisticsData from the U.S. Department of Justice.