ARIZONA AANHPI FOR EQUITY
EDUCATE, EMPOWER, ORGANIZE
about us
Civic Engagement
We promote a democracy in which the AANHPI community participates in the elections and has access to information about important policy issues that affect their lives.
Youth Leadership
We develop AANHPI youth by offering them tools to build the Students for Equity club in their schools and also offer a fellowship program that aims to empower those who are determined to make positive community changes through civic engagement and organizing.
representation
We amplify voices from the AANHPI community by conducting surveys that address our needs and also by promoting storytelling, AANHPI talking circles, and press releases from AANHPI community leaders.
Voting Rights Timeline
1870
1898
1920
1924
1943
1946
1952, 1965
1965
2010
2010
1870
The 15th Amendment granted the right to vote to Black men, regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” Over time, however, Southern states found loopholes to prevent and criminalize Black voters through “Jim Crow” laws.
1920
Nearly a century of activism led to the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted all women the right to vote. In reality, however, only white women enjoyed women’s suffrage, as other women faced extreme discrimination and voter suppression.
1943
In 1943, the Magnuson Act officially repealed the racist Chinese Exclusion Act, which was the first U.S. law to specifically prevent all members of the same nationality from immigrating to the U.S. The Magnuson Act allowed for some Chinese individuals to immigrate again (albeit only 106 per the racist immigration quota), and some Chinese-born individuals living in the US. were granted their right to vote.
1952, 1965
The Immigration and Nationality Acts of 1952 and 1965 were the first acts to truly give Asian Americans full access to their citizenship and voting rights. The 1965 Act eliminated racist immigration quotas, ending nearly two centuries of exclusion and disenfranchisement.
2010
Arizona passed an ethnic studies ban, with Republicans arguing that ethnic studies “teach racial resentment,” leading to a slew of further bans against ethnic studies and Critical Race Theory in our state.
1898
This landmark Supreme Court case U.S. v Wong Kim Ark enshrined “birthright citizenship,” granting all children of immigrants born in the U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.
1924
The Snyder Act passed in 1924, granting Indigenous people born in the U.S., American citizenship and the right to vote.
1946
Arizona’s Right to Work Law was passed and went into effect in 1947, leading to the weakening of unions and decreases in wages and benefits for laborers.
1965
After decades of brutal and violent opposition to activism in the South, the Voting Rights Act passed in 1965, effectively banning race-based voting discrimination. As a result, Black people and others excluded from voting for a century after the 15th Amendment (through literacy tests, poll taxes and more) finally had the right to vote. However, recent Supreme Court rulings threaten its existence.
2010
Arizona’s racist “Show Me Your Papers Law” SB1070 passed the State Senate in February 2010, leading to a groundswell of migrant rights activism and organizing.