WHAT WE DO 
our mission & vision

APIAVote-Michigan is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan organization committed to justice and equity for the Asian American community through grassroots mobilization, civic engagement, leadership development, and coalition building.

We uphold a vision of justice and equity that asserts people power and community connectedness as the framework for democracy, decision-making, community engagement, and service.  This vision is realized through an informed, socially conscious Asian American community, unified behind the urgency for greater representation and greater power to uphold the values of our community.

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ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY
our history & achievements

APIAVote-MI is a pan-Asian American organization that is diverse in ethnicity, age, generation status, socioeconomic status, religion, gender, and more. Much of APIAVote-MI’s success is due to strong partnerships with many other organizations serving various Asian American ethnic communities, membership in several local and state coalitions, and a relationship with the national APIAVote organization.

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2007

2008

2010

APIAVote-MI began as an outgrowth of an ad hoc group of Asian American individuals and organizations that organized to inform APIA voters about affirmative action and the harms of Proposal 2 in 2006.

Our first full year of electoral activity, we registered almost 1000 voters; collected more than 800 community surveys; sent over 10,000 Get Out The Vote mail pieces to APIA voters; and called more than 2000 APIA voters to remind them to vote. We held 4 voter education events and mobilized more than 100 Election Day volunteers.

APIAVote-MI served as a community partner of the U.S. Census Bureau and worked with American Citizens for Justice (ACJ) on a successful joint Census Project to increase the decennial Census participation rate of Asian Americans in Michigan. The project reached over 9,500 members of the APIA community and we participated in more than 80 community events.