Honoring humanity creates an equitable and just society.

Check out the resources below to learn about groups directly involved in creating a just and equitable experience for Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders. Visit Resources to explore resources for self-education and personal development.
Washington State Agency Resources:
- Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs: Click here to view resources from the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs.
- Washington State Human Rights Commission: Any individual who believes that they have been discriminated against based on protected class status may file a charge of discrimination with the Washington State Human Rights Commission.
- Civil Rights Resource Guide (Office of the Attorney General)
Community Organizations and Resources:1
Local
With a special focus on Asian American and Pacific Islander students, the AANAPISI Center's services are to help Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, as well as ALL students at South Seattle College.
ACLF Northwest is a community-based, nonprofit organization that trains and supports the leadership and civic engagement of Asian Pacific Islanders with a commitment to social justice, community empowerment and public service.
- API Chaya: http://www.apichaya.org/
"API Chaya seeks to end systemic violence in our communities. We have served thousands of people and worked with dozens of community groups for community organizing and education regarding prevention of sexual and domestic violence, exploitation, and human trafficking."
ACRS promotes social justice and the well-being and empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other underserved communities – including immigrants, refugees, and American-born – by developing, providing and advocating for innovative, effective and efficient community-based multilingual and multicultural services. ACRS offers counseling and community referral services, a free legal clinic, citizenship/language classes, computer.
- National Asian Pacific Center on Aging National Resource Center: https://napca.org/resource/
- Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington: https://www.jcccw.org/
- Chinese Information and Service Center – Seattle: https://cisc-seattle.org/
- Filipino Community of Seattle: https://filcommsea.org/
- Korean Community Service Center of Washington: https://www.kcsc-seattle.org/
- India Association of Western Washington: https://iaww.org/
- Kandelia (formerly Vietnamese Friendship Association): https://www.kandelia.org/about/
- Asian Pacific Directors Coalition: https://www.apdcwa.org/about.html
Producers of the Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration: http://www.seattlecenter.com/events/featured-events/festal/api-heritage-month-celebration - Asian Pacific Islander Coalition of Washington: https://www.facebook.com/apicwa/
- Asian Pacific American Coalition for Equality: https://apacevotes.org/
- Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health: https://apicat.org/
- Friends of Little Saigon: https://flsseattle.org/
- Japanese American Citizens League Seattle: http://seattlejacl.org/
- Organization of Chinese Americans Greater Seattle Chapter: https://ocaseattle.org/
- International Community Health Services: https://www.ichs.com/
- Interim Community Development Association: https://interimcda.org/
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project: https://www.nwirp.org/
- U.T.O.P.I.A. Washington: https://utopiawa.org/
- Helping Link - Một Dấu Nối: https://www.helpinglink.org/
- Kin On: https://kinon.org/
- Korean Women's Association: https://www.kwacares.org/
- Refugee Women's Alliance: https://www.rewa.org/
- Seattle Chinatown/ID Preservation and Development Authority: https://scidpda.org/
- WAPI Seattle Community Services: https://wapiseattle.org/about-us
- Southeast Asian American Education Coalition: https://www.facebook.com/SEAeDCoalition/
- Nisei Vets Committee and NVC Foundation: https://www.nvcfoundation.org/
- Asian Bar Association of Washington: https://www.abaw.org/
- Vietnamese-American Bar Association of Washington (VABAW): https://www.vabaw.com/
- Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Greater Seattle: http://www.seattlechinesechamber.org/
- Hmong Association of Washington: https://www.hmongofwa.org/
- Pride Asia: http://www.prideasia.org/
- White Center Community Development: https://www.wccda.org/
- Vietnamese American Community of Seattle and Sno-King Counties: https://www.facebook.com/fight4ourCommunity/
- Seattle Mongolian Youth Center: https://www.seattlemongolyouthcenter.org/
- Pacific Islander Health Board of Washington: https://www.pihealthboard.org/
- Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington: https://www.picawa.org/
- Marshallese Women Association: https://www.facebook.com/MarshalleseWomen
- Lao Community Service Center: https://lcscwa.org/
- Korean American Coalition of Washington: https://www.kacwashington.org/
- Khmer Community of Seattle-King County: https://www.kcskc.org/
- IDIC Filipino Senior and Family Services: https://www.idicseniorcenter.org/
- Indian American Community Services of Washington: https://www.iacswa.org/
- COFA Alliance National Network of Washington: https://www.cann-wa.us/
- Coalition for Refugees from Burma: https://www.crbkc.org/
- Cham Refugees Community – Seattle: https://www.chamrefugeescommunity.org/
Being a fish out of water is tough, but that’s how you evolve. Kumail Nanjiani

National
- Asian Health Services – Oakland: https://asianhealthservices.org/
- Asian Pacific Islander Americans for Civic Empowerment: https://apacevotes.org/
- Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy: https://aapip.org/donate
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies: https://apaics.org/
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO: https://www.apalanet.org/
- Asian American Journalists Association: https://aaja.org/
- Rise: Asian Pacific America: https://www.riseapa.org/
- Chinese American Citizens Alliance: http://www.cacanational.org/
- The Sikh Coalition: https://www.sikhcoalition.org/
#HATEISAVIRUS: https://hateisavirus.org/
Asian Pacific Community Fund: https://www.apcf.org/ - Act to Change: https://acttochange.org/
- See Us Unite: https://www.seeusunite.org/unite/
- Korean American Rainbow Parents: https://www.facebook.com/karplgbtq/about/?ref=page_internal
- Visibility Project: https://www.visibilityproject.org/
- Asian Pride Project: http://asianprideproject.org/
- Trikone: https://www.trikone.org/
- Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women and Transgender Community: https://apiqwtc.org/
Anti-Asian Violence: Intervention AND Action Resource List and Tools
- Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful. Malala Yousafzai
1https://www.seattlerep.org/about-us/inside-seattle-rep/aapi-racial-justice-resources/
https://libguides.seattlecentral.edu/communitysupportandjustice/asianpacificislander