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Asian Pacific American Coalition
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When Being Japanese Meant Losing Freedom
"Passing Poston: An American Story"
By SUSAN DUNNE | Courant Staff Writer
March 7, 2008
had been forced out of their home, transported in a closed train, and in
the back of a truck and then walked past a gauntlet of soldiers armed
with rifles and bayonets.
Mary and her mother looked at their new home — a prison-like barracks
with dusty floors and a dilapidated stove in the corner — and began to cry.
Read More...
Mary Higashi arrived at the Poston
relocation camp in the Arizona desert in
1942. The California teen and her family
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Contact APAC
39 Hall Hill Rd
Willington, CT 06279
Tel:(860)933-4787
E-mail
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HARTFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT PROTOCOL FOR
ARREST/DETENTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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"The City of Hartford Police Department has established clear and
decisive guidelines to enforce a policy already in place regarding the
detention and arrest of undocumented persons and/or illegal immigrants.
Mayor Eddie A. Perez and Chief Daryl K. Roberts recognize and value the
diversity of the community and want to dispel any rumors as immigration
issues make headlines."
-March 7, 2008
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SB-681 - An Act Establishing a Minority Health
Advisory Council
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General Assembly
February Session, 2008
The council shall work to eliminate health disparities in health status
among the state's multicultural, multilingual, and multiethnic
communities...
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Related Links Regarding Minority Health
Community Variation: Disparities In Health Care Quality Between Asian
And White Medicare Beneficiaries
By: Ernest Moy, Linda G. Greenberg and Amanda E. Borsky
Race, Ethnicity, And The Education Gradient In Health
By: Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, Sharon Bzostek, Noreen Goldman and
Germán Rodríguez
The existence of racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare in the United
States is well recognized...
By: Gaston-Johansson F, Hill-Briggs F, Oguntomilade L, Bradley V,
Mason P.
Access to Mental Health Treatment by English Language Proficiency and
Race/Ethnicity...
By: Tetine Sentell, Martha Shumway, and Lonnie Snowden
The Healthcare Environment and Its Relations to Disparities
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Budget panel backs Asian affairs commission
By Keith M. Phaneuf
Journal Inquirer
Published: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:33 PM EDT
HARTFORD — A legislative proposal to create a
commission on cultural affairs for Connecticut’s Asian
community has cleared a big hurdle.
The legislature’s Appropriations Committee included
$155,000 in the 2009-10 budget proposal last week to
launch an Asian Pacific American Commission next fiscal
year.
The proposed allocation falls below the $250,000
requested by a grassroots Asian community coalition,
but a spokeswoman said it still would be sufficient to
launch the agency...
Read More
Joint Committee on Legislative Management
Votes Joint Favorable
for An Act Establishing an Asian Pacific American
Affairs Commission (HB-5321).
April 14, 2008
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Connecticut House of Representatives passed
HB5321 on Friday, April 25
with a vote of 116 - 25. The bill has been
amended to have the APA Commission start
Effective July 1, 2009
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