OCA, a national organization with 80 chapters and affiliates dedicated to ensuring social justice for Asian Pacific Americans, today renewed its commitment to hate crimes prevention and education. Founded in 1973 as the Organization of Chinese Americans, OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans.
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Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (apaforprogress.org) is sponsoring events throughout the country marking the 25th anniversary of the brutal murder of Vincent Chin will include screenings of “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”, panels on hate crimes and receptions.
On June 19, 1982, former autoworkers Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz mortally beat Chin, then a 27-year-old Chinese American, […]
OCA, a national Asian Pacific American (APA) organization dedicated to ensuring social justice for Asian Pacific Americans, is pleased to announce the disbursement of five Hate Crime Initiative Conference Grants for 2007. The five chapter awardees are OCA-Detroit, OCA- New York, OCA-Columbus, OCA-Greater Philadelphia, and OCA-Long Island.
Hate crimes, also known as bias crimes, are […]
