It was a celebration of multiculturalism at City Hall Plaza on September 23, as hundreds of immigrants and supporters partook in the in the city’s 11th annual New Bostonians Community Day.The daylong event featured ethnic food and live cultural music.  Legal, housing, English-learning, job-training information for communities to learn about various services offered by City Hall and other organizations were readily available at various booths.Kenneth Kan, an outreach assistant at the Asian American Civic Association (AACA), was manning a booth […]

A ceremony honoring the Coalition for Asian American Voting Rights and its efforts spearheading the recent passage and signing of a bill requiring fully transliterated Chinese and Vietnamese ballots in Boston took place at Bingham McCutchen, LLP in Boston on September 3, the night of Hurricane Earl. The event was also a celebration for the Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote).  APIAVote is the only national Asian American organization solely focused on civic engagement and voter engagement at the […]