Category: OCA Event

Qian Julie Wang and her new memoir, Beautiful Country.

Event / OCA Event

October 17, 2021

University Book Store Presents Qian Julie Wang in conversation with Dr. Connie So

Qian Julie Wang and her new memoir, Beautiful Country.

Event / OCA Event

June 30, 2021

Film Premiere: Writing on the Wall

LIVE STREAM LINK:

https://youtu.be/WPZa3l1rS0g

News / OCA Event

May 14, 2021

Community Healing, Rallies, Teach-In May 14-16 sponsored by OCA Greater Seattle

AAPI Against Hate and community organizations demand justice for John Huynh and an end to anti-Asian violence and hate. AAPI Against Hate is a coalition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander nonprofits,...

Editorial / News / OCA Event

May 5, 2021

How we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month

By Connie SoOCA Greater Seattle Since 1992, the month of May is dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander Americans (AAPI). Yet 30-31 days is inadequate to make up for our “invisibility.” While acknowledging the...

Golden Circle Honorees / OCA Event

December 14, 2019

OCA Golden Circle Awards 2020 (*1/20/20 DATE CHANGED)

*Changed to 1/20/20 due to inclement weather forecasted.
Honorees:
Maxine Chan
Manny Lee
Abdul Naser Malik
Lua Pritchard
Seattle Chinese Athletic Association

OCA Event

April 22, 2019

Golden Spike Day 150th Anniversary

Celebrating the Chinese Gum Saan Haak that Built the Transcontinental Railroad

Event / Golden Circle Honorees / OCA Event

January 13, 2019

2019 Golden Circle Awards

Join us for OCA Golden Circle Awards and Lunar New Year Gala!

OCA Event

November 1, 2018

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Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day
Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day January 30, 2025 Olympia, WA, USA
Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day 2025 is not just an event; it’s a celebration of community power, resilience, and solidarity. Every year, we come together from across Washington State to make our voices heard and demand change at the Capitol. This is a day where we show the power of our communities, advocating for the policies that matter most to immigrant and refugee families.

Join us in Olympia on Thursday, January 30, 2025, and be part of this incredible movement for justice.

We will march, rally, and engage directly with legislators, showing them that immigrant and refugee communities will not be ignored. This day is about more than participating in activities—it’s about building our collective consciousness around the importance of our campaigns, such as the Health Equity for Immigrants, a bill to codify and fully fund the Apple Health Expansion Program to ensure coverage for all eligible low-income immigrants and refugees, and continued funding for Cascade Care subsidies. We are also fighting for Unemployment Insurance for Undocumented Workers, a bill to create and fully fund a program that provides unemployment benefits equivalent to those available to Washington residents with employment authorization.

But our fight doesn’t stop there. While these are our primary campaigns, we also continue to push for secondary priorities that reflect the breadth of our advocacy:
- Ending Collaboration Between ICE and the Department of Corrections: Stopping the transfer of immigrants from state prisons to immigration detention centers.
- Restricting Solitary Confinement: Limiting its use in state and private detention facilities to only the most extreme cases.
- Traffic Safety for All: Deprioritizing traffic stops for non-safety reasons and supporting low-income drivers.
- State Legal Defense Fund: Securing state funding to support immigrants navigating the legal system.
- Support for Newly Arrived Migrants: Increasing resources for newcomers seeking asylum and other protections in Washington.
- Rent Stabilization: Protecting tenants from abusive rent increases.
- Domestic Workers Bill of Rights: Ensuring fair labor protections for domestic workers.
More information here, as well as registration: https://waisn.org/immigrant-and-refugee-advocacy-day-2025/?link_id=1&can_id=854a5c7a3e1a245a15c258638c786a8d&source=email-join-us-at-immigrant-refugee-advocacy-day-on-jan-30-to-show-lawmakers-we-wont-back-down&email_referrer=email_2531473&email_subject=join-us-at-immigrant-refugee-advocacy-day-on-jan-30-to-show-lawmakers-we-wont-back-down#registration

*Disclaimer* OCA-GS is posting this event on our Community Calendar as a service to the community. Date/Time/Location details are subject to change.
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Category: OCA Event

University Book Store Presents Qian Julie Wang in conversation with Dr. Connie So

Film Premiere: Writing on the Wall

Community Healing, Rallies, Teach-In May 14-16 sponsored by OCA Greater Seattle

How we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month

OCA Golden Circle Awards 2020 (*1/20/20 DATE CHANGED)

Golden Spike Day 150th Anniversary

2019 Golden Circle Awards

2018 Rising SEA’s

Commanding Respect: Focus on Chinese American Veterans of WWII

Facing Hate: APIAs and Bullying in Schools

Calendar

January 2025