Organizing Asian America

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Cloudy sky background with the Barbie doll riding a pink car, with a fire and an "Atlanta Cops" car under the car, like she is driving over it. Behind her is a green shape of the Cop City grounds. On the right side in white says, "This Barbie is for the people". Above says "bit.ly/18MRSTOPCOPCITY" a nd in front of the green shape in pink says, " Stop Cop City".

💖C’mon Barbie let’s Stop Cop City!💖

Action • April 12, 2023 • By 18MR Staff

bit.ly/18MRSTOPCOPCITY to send a letter to tell cop city contractors Brassfield & Gorrie, LS3P Architects, Atlas Technical Consultants, Specialty Finishes Incorporated, Brent Scarborough & Company, and Trammell Crow Company to cut ties with police violence and #StopCopCity

18MillionRising.org and JACL tell Amazon that our history is not for sale

Campaigns • April 12, 2018 • By 18MR Staff

April 13, 2018 Mark Hoff Vice President and Associate General Counsel of Amazon.com Dear Mark Hoff, On behalf of the undersigned 3,522 members of 18MillionRising.org (18MR.org) and the Japanese American Citizens League, we are writing to ask that you remove listings of photographs and memorabilia of Japanese American incarceration marketed…

Perpetual Foreigners in ICE’s Virtual Dragnet

Campaigns • February 21, 2018 • By 18MR Staff

ICE is planning to develop a deportation machine under the guise of an “Extreme Vetting Initiative” that will use social media monitoring to generate a minimum of 10,000 deportation leads per year. On Tuesday February 20th, 18MR’s Laura Li spoke on a panel on Capitol Hill with immigration and privacy…

Coalition of Asian American organizations opposes FBI request to exempt NGI biometrics database from Privacy Act requirements, cites civil rights concerns

Campaigns • July 6, 2016 • By 18MR Staff

Coalition of Asian American organizations opposes FBI request to exempt NGI biometrics database from Privacy Act requirements, cites civil rights concerns July 6, 2016 – A coalition of Asian American advocacy groups has come out in opposition to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) request to exempt its Next Generation…

PRESS ADVISORY: 18MillionRising.org (18MR) Relaunches www.gapdoesmore.com, Thwarts Retaliation From Gap Inc.

Campaigns • May 23, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

Three days ago (May 20, 2014) during Gap Inc’s annual shareholder meeting, the AAPI online activist group 18MillionRising.org successfully launched a hoax campaign targeting Gap Inc. for failing to take responsibility for Bangladeshi factory worker safety. Utilizing a website (www.gapdoesmore.com) and Twitter account (@GapDoesMore, now defunct), 18MR posed as the…

PRESS ADVISORY: 18MillionRising.org (18MR) Targets Gap Inc. With Prank Raising Tough Questions About International Labor Abuses

Campaigns • May 20, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

During the Gap Inc. shareholder meeting in San Francisco, 18MillionRising.org launched a campaign targeting the clothing company for failing to uphold its responsibility to factory workers in Bangladesh. Utilizing a website (www.GapDoesMore.com) and Twitter account (@GapDoesMore), 18MR posed as the clothier and announced the decision to sign the Bangladesh Accord…

PRESS ADVISORY: 18MillionRising.org (18MR) Pulls Hoax on Gap Inc., Corporation Responds by Shutting Down www.gapdoesmore.com

Campaigns • May 20, 2014 • By 18MR Staff

Yesterday, the AAPI online activist group 18MillionRising.org successfully launched a hoax campaign targeting Gap Inc. for its failure to take responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of Bangaldeshi factory workers. Leveraging a website (www.GapDoesMore.com, now defunct) and Twitter account (@GapDoesMore, now defunct), 18MR posed as the clothing giant and announced…

Stop the madness: Help the Philippines tackle climate change

Campaigns • November 10, 2013 • By 18MR Staff

Filipinos know about extreme weather. It’s a republic of more than 7,000 islands that sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it prone to earthquakes, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions. In America, they’re called “natural disasters.” In the Philippines, it’s “weather.” And then Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines)…