Since 1985, Asian Americans United exists so that people of Asian ancestry in Philadelphia exercise leadership to build their communities and unite to challenge oppression. From our beginning, AAU has had a particular focus on youth so that young people in our communities are supported to become individually, socially, and politically aware; to exercise their voice; and to participate in active struggles for justice. Through this work, we create generations of leaders who sustain, fight for, and give back to our communities.

This is a critical year for AAPI voter turnout in a typically lower-visibility election year. We focus on Limited English Proficiency (LEP) voters as a critical population to increase immigrant representation in government and civic life. Through multilingual outreach and culturally competent approaches, our GOTV efforts increase AAPI vote share. We help create new voters through our citizenship clinics and voter registration program. in conjunction with voter engagement, we conduct immigration rapid response and case work. Our narrative change work connects the importance of voting to the attacks on immigrants to mobilize more voters.

Even in an election “off-year,” we engaged Limited English Proficiency voters; coordinated voter registration and GOTV operations for municipal and statewide elections; supported immigrant rights in a critical time under the Trump Administration; and enforced federal language access requirements. Our phonebanking, textbanking, and doorknocking reached thousands of voters and developed leadership among Chinese-speaking immigrant youth. We assisted elderly immigrants to naturalize as U.S. citizens and fought deportations and ICE detentions with legal aid. We hosted a candidate forum for judicial and district attorney candidates, and conducted voter outreach through ethnic media on multiple platforms.

Asian Americans United's (AAU) Chinatown Vote Program registers new voters from Asian communities in Philadelphia. AAU assists immigrant and non-English proficient voters with registration and at the polls, conducts doorknocking, voter engagement events, phonebanking, textbanking, advertising on WeChat, and integrates voter registration with other civic campaigns.

Since 1985, Asian Americans United exists so that people of Asian ancestry in Philadelphia exercise leadership to build their communities and unite to challenge oppression. From our beginning, AAU has had a particular focus on youth so that young people in our communities are supported to become individually, socially, and politically aware; to exercise their voice; and to participate in active struggles for justice. Through this work, we create generations of leaders who sustain, fight for, and give back to our communities.