Policy Issues

NCAPA Platform  (click to download)

NCAPA Committees & Priorities

Civil Rights

Terry Ao, Director of Voting and Census, AAJC
Priya Murthy, Policy Director, SAALT

• Post 9/11 Issues
• Voting Rights
• Veteran's Issues

Education

Matt Finucane, Board Vice President, APALA
PangHoua Moua, Director of Communications, SEARAC

• Reauthorization of ESEA Data, ELLS, Community Engagement
• AANAPISI—Sustainable institutional and financial support
• Budget—Programs that serve low income AAPI students

Immigration

Jessica Chia, In House Counsel Community Law Fellow, AAJC
Jane Yoo, Communications Director, NAKASEC

• 14th Amendment/Birthright Citizenship
• Enforcement
• Detention and Deportation
• Immigration Integration
• Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Housing and Economic Justice

Greg Cendana, Executive Director, APALA,AFL-CIO
Melvin Tabilas, Membership & Policy Associate, National CAPACD

• Housing Counseling
• Government Sponsored Enterprise
• Workforce Investment Act
• Economic Security—Social Security, Asset Building
• Telecommunications/Broadband

Health

Paulo Pontemayor, Policy Analyst, APIAHF
Chris Harley, Policy & Programs Director, NAPAWF

• Health Care Reform
• Cultural and Linguistically Appropriate Health Care
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Title X Family Planning Program

For more information, please contact Mary Kong at ncapastaffer@gmail.com.