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Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach (formerly Nihonmachi Legal Outreach), is a community-based, social justice organization serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the Greater Bay Area. With a staff of 20 in offices in San Francisco and Oakland, we provide legal, social, and educational services in more than a dozen languages and dialects including Cantonese, Chiu-Chow, Hindi, Ilocano, Japanese, Korean, Lao, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, Taiwanese, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Founded in 1975, our mission is to promote culturally and linguistically appropriate services for the most marginalized segments of the API community. Our work is currently focused in the areas domestic violence, violence against women, immigration and immigrant rights, senior law and elder abuse, human trafficking, public benefits, and social justice issues. |
Elder Abuse Technical Assistance
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Human Trafficking Technical Assistance
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On-line Youth Relationship Assistance
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| 1121 Mission Street: Strengthening Lives, Building For Our Future
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01.11.10 - Mayor Newsom and D.A. Harris Announce SF Collaborative Against Human Trafficking Press Release [read more] |
| 01.08.10 - NY Times Article on Bay Area U-Visa Accomplishments and Advocacy [read more] |
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11.06.09 Lu'au By The Bay API Legal Outreach's 34th Anniversary Celebration: Thank you to everyone who came out to support us! |
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Read our Fall 2009 Newsletter [download here] |
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API Legal Outreach Has Moved! Beginning August 24, 2009, we have made 1121 Mission Street our new home in San Francisco. [read more] Our Oakland office also has a new home. |
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7.24.09 Peruvian Woman Files Suit In S.F. District Court, Alleges Human Trafficking and Forced Labor Staff Attorney Robert Uy quoted in the SF Weekly on domestic servitude and forced labor.[read more] |
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KQED honors Executive Director Dean Ito Taylor as a 2009 Asian Pacific Heritage Month Local Hero The Asian Pacific Heritage Month Local Hero award is given to individuals in the API community who have demonstrated leadership and a strong commitment to community service. [read more] |
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Convictions for 5 Defendants Accused of Human Trafficking On February 12, 2009, in the Guatemalan trafficking case in Los Angeles, the jury returned guilty verdicts for all remaining 5 defendants accused of recruiting and bringing young women from Guatemala to the United States. [read more] |
