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Our MIssion
Founded in 1975, the mission of API Legal Outreach is to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate legal representation, social services, and advocacy for the most marginalized segments of the community including low-income women, seniors, recent immigrants, and youth.
Violence Against Women Project
Freedom from violence is a human right. We are committed to serving survivors of domestic violence, stalking, harassment, and related forms of violence through a holistic and survivor-centered approach.
Senior Law, Elder Abuse, Disability Rights Projects
Our work covers areas such as public benefits, consumer fraud, and elder and disability rights to empower seniors and adults with disabilities enjoy life with dignity.
Immigrant Rights Project
We are committed to advancing immigrant rights. Through clinics and expert legal representation we provide assistance in a variety of immigration law areas.
Housing
Projects
We provide legal assistance and education for a variety of housing related topics to keep vulnerable tenants and homeowners in their homes.
Anti-Human Trafficking Project
Through longstanding partnerships with other Bay Area non-profits, we work to provide survivors of trafficking with the legal and social services they need.
Youth Advisory Council
In 1997, API Legal Outreach began its Youth Advisory Council (YAC) as a peer-education program to end youth dating violence. Today YAC tackles issues from LGBTQ rights to Bay Area housing.
API LEGAL OUTREACH NEWS
30-year Tenants Avoid Eviction
Through the collaborative efforts of the APILO’s Elder/Young Adults with Disabilities (YAD) team and the Housing team successfully prevented the eviction of a senior couple who have called their unit a home for over three decades. This case highlights the critical...
Warm Welcome to Cát-Vi (and Queen Kona)
Say hello to Cát-Vi, who recently joined us as an Executive Assistant to our Executive Director! Born and raised in San Jose, this UC Berkeley grad majored in Ethnic Studies and minored in Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies. We took a few minutes to hear from...
Meet Gabby, our new intake coordinator
Here at API Legal Outreach, we get dozens of inquiries a week from people in need of our services. With a range of help needed, languages spoken, and counties represented, our intake team are our "first responders" who work with these potential clients and help...
Overcoming obstacles to naturalization
Astier's story is one of incredible resilience and the power of second chances. Born in Ethiopia, she faced hardship early on, battling a serious leg injury as a child. When her family moved to Hawaii, she found a new sense of belonging and thrived as a teenager....
Upcoming Events
Elder Care Taskforce Webinar: Medi-Cal Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Programs
Zoom
APILO needs your support to provide culturally and linguistically competent legal and social services to our underserved communities. Please consider making a donation today to help us create a better tomorrow. Thank you to all our past, present and future supporters!
Who we are
“Nihonmachi Legal Outreach” was founded in 1975 by volunteer law students who saw a need for multilingual, culturally appropriate services in their community. In 2002, we renamed ourselves Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach to reflect our long-standing commitment to the API community. Today, API Legal Outreach’s work extends over six core project areas and our staff speak over a dozen languages and dialects.
Founded in 1975, the mission of API Legal Outreach is to provide culturally competent and linguistically appropriate legal representation, social services, and advocacy for the most marginalized segments of the community including low-income women, seniors, recent immigrants, and youth.
If you want to learn more about your Youth Advisory Council, please visit
www.thatsnotlove.org
