#data disaggregation

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disaggregating data for specific AAPI groups in CA

excerpt from a mass email I received at work:

Governor Brown signed the AHEAD Act (AB 1726) into law -- affirming what many AAPI advocates have expressed for years: #AllCaliforniansCount.

The bill will require the CA Department of Public Health to disaggregate data for specific AAPI groups allowing the state to better understand the needs of our diverse communities and finally give thousands of AAPIs the proper health services they need.

As Assemblymember Bonta shared after the bill was signed: “The AHEAD Act addresses a very important need within our API communities. Many ethnic subgroups within the API community are falling behind with respect to health outcomes and our policy makers haven’t had detailed, accurate data to address these disparities.”

Watch the livestream of Assemblymember Bonta’s speech now.

Despite the fact that the amended bill did not require universities to disaggregate data, the University of California and California State University are committing to release disaggregated educational data to better understand the educational outcomes of AAPI students.

[reappropriate-blog]

Following years of tireless advocacy work by AAPI advocacy groups, California has signed a critical data disaggregation bill into law. AB1726 (also called “The AHEAD Act”) was introduce…

This blog wants to thank all the many activists and elected officials who courageously invested their time and energy into helping the many underserved and struggling Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who too often languish, invisible and unheard. Passage of AB1726 brings California a step closer to ensuring that all Californians — and particularly, all AAPI Californians — finally count.

[18mr]

CA Folks! We have less than two weeks left to ensure that the CA State Legislature approves AB 1726 and gets it onto the Governor’s desk! AB 1726 is a bill that would disaggregate health data to ensure that all AAPI communities receive the support and services they need to thrive. Despite the fact that over 125 CA-based organizations support the passage of the bill, the bill has been called "divisive" and "racist." The model minority myth would have us believe that AAPIs are all rich and highly educated. But those racist stereotypes erase the challenges that our most marginalized communities face. Raise your voice to support ALL AAPI communities. Add your number and we’ll walk you through the process! http://action.18mr.org/ab1726call/

[ncapablog]

A new demographic report from Asian Americans Advancing Justice reveals information and disaggregated data about the fast-growing Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations in the western United States, including Arizona, Hawaii, Las Vegas, the Seattle metro area and Oregon.

Download it here.

[ncapablog]

Please join the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) in supporting Senator Mazie Hirono's All Students Count Amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). This amendment will ensure that data for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students is disaggregated. Take action and sign now!

[18mr]

Jason Lagria of Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC levels Eugene Volokh's argument that Asians are white. With data, of course.

[18mr]

Calvin Chang considers the power of adding new ethnic designations in order to build political power in "Organizing as One or Many? Both Can Be Powerful."