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Why are Asian & Pacific Islanders ‘hard-to-count’?

The Leadership Conference Education Fund identified four main barriers facing Asian American and Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander communities when it comes to filling out the Census:

1) Language Barriers: 75 percent of Asian Americans and 41 percent of Native Hawaiians & Pacific Islanders speak a language other than English. 

2) Poverty: Overall, using the official poverty measure, about one in eight Asian Americans is in poverty (12 percent), while the same is true for one in five NHPI (18 percent). 

3) Education: While at least 85% of Asians and Pacific Islanders have attained a high school degree or higher, there are great disparities within different API subgroups. For example, while at least 95 percent of Japanese Americans have a high school degree or higher, only 53 percent of Burmese Americans do.

4) Housing Insecurity: Almost half (47 percent) of Asian Americans who are low-income and 40 percent of NHPIs who are low-income live in locations with the highest housing costs in the country, often leading to greater challenges in finding stable and affordable housing.

Irregular housing, lower education attainment, poverty and low rates of English proficiency are key factors that impact undercounting in our communities. Find out more here. 

Apply to become a member of the APACE board before Apply to become a member of the APACE board before February 27th! Apply at bit.ly/applyapace 💻🗒
WE ARE RECRUITING!! 👀 Join us Feb. 18 from 7-8: WE ARE RECRUITING!! 👀 Join us Feb. 18 from 7-8:30pm on zoom for an info session & social on how you can become an APACE board member (this is a volunteer position, join our info session to learn all about commitment required, flexibility, duties, and the current board). Register at bit.ly/joinapace. Why join the board? You can help advise staff and provide resources when needed. Our board makes sure we stay true to our values and mission. Folks with disabilities, LGBTQ+ folks, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, South Asian and West Asian folks are strongly encouraged to apply. We hope you will join APACE in our continued work toward equity and an accessible democracy. 🌟
✨APACE Presents: Democracy Voucher Text Bank✨ ✨APACE Presents: Democracy Voucher Text Bank✨
APACE is hosting a text bank! Together we will text Asian and Pacific Islanders of Seattle to apply for and use their democracy vouchers. We will have featured poet, Azura Tyabji @azura.tyabji! 💕Please sign up at http://bit.ly/apacetext
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