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Betacam Tapes from APALA Events

Betacam Tapes, Slides, and Cassette Tapes (from APALA Events and Unlabeled); "Women of Hope" Pamphlets; and Photographs and Negatives from Various Events, including: 1999 APALA Convention in Washington, DC, 1997 Convention in San Francisco, 1995 AFL-CIO Full Participation Conference, 1996 Fundraiser in San Francisco, and Labor Day 1998

VHS Tapes of APALA Events and Programs Produced by Various Organizations

Photographs, Negatives, and Slides from Various Events, including: 1993 APALA Convention in Los Angeles, 1994 Organizers Training, 1994 Education Conference in Seattle, 1995 Asian Labor Festival, 1995 Convention in New York City, and 1997 Convention in San Francisco

Photographs (especially 1993 APALA Conference in Los Angeles); Four VHS Tapes; 1996 Conference Button; Promotional Materials; Voting Guides; and Reports and Organizing Materials re: National Politics, Building APALA Chapters, and the Asian Workforce in Washington, D.C.

Oversize Box: AFL-CIO Gavels; Three Plaques Presented to Gloria Caoile; Gloria Caoile Magnets; Medal from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota; Delegate Nametags and Pins; Commemorative Coins from Philippine Republic Day Fiftieth Anniversary; and Pens, Keychains, and Other Ephemera from Various Labor and/or APA Groups

"Communities at Work Toolbox" (AFL-CIO Guide to Defending Workers' Freedom to Form Unions) and Photographs of: APALA Ninth Biennial Convention, the 1999 Convention in Washington, DC, and Other Events

Photographs, Negatives, Slides, and Contact Sheets of: 1995 APALA 101 Training in Los Angeles; 1999 Convention in Washington, DC; Labor Day 1998; 2004 Nevada Get Out the Vote; and Various Other APALA Events

APALA National Office Organizational Files from 2008 (Budgets, Convention Rosters, Correspondence, Events Publicity, Campaigns/Partnerships, etc.) and Voter Mobilization Campaigns, especially "Get Out the Vote"

APALA National Office Organizational Files from 2008 and Photographs of: 1997 Convention in San Francisco, 1999 San Francisco Chapter Officers and Board Members, and Other People and Events

Photographs from 1994 Education Conference in Seattle; Photographs and Contact Sheets from Various Other Events; National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) Meeting Minutes; and Materials from Various Conferences and Meetings on Asian Americans, Labor, Immigration, Political Education, and/or Feminism (early 2000s)

Materials from Conferences on Asian Americans, Labor, Immigrants, and/or Civil Rights; Research on Bilingual Programs for Limited-English Proficient (LEP) Students and the Federal Minimum Wage

Convention Planning Materials and Research/Campaigns re: Gay and Lesbian Issues, Health Care, LEP Education, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Affirmative Action, Employment Discrimination, and the 2000 Census

Convention Planning Materials and Ballots

Oversize Box: APALA Tote Bags, Fans With Voter Information, Four DVDs, Two Floppy Disks, APIA Voter Mobilization Posters, Filipino American Voter Involvement Project Booklet, 2010 Peace Calendar, and Several Editions of Various Nevada APA Newspapers

VHS, Betacam, and Ampex Tapes of APALA Events and Programs Produced by Various Organizations

Photographs and VHS Tapes from Various Events; Asians in the Workforce and the Arts: A Photo Essay by Lia Chang; National Directory of Asian Pacific American Organizations (1995); and Business Cards and Miscellaneous Ephemera

Barbara Grutter v. Lee Bollinger et al. and Kimberly James et al.; Political and Conference Buttons and Pins; and Research, Campaigns, and Jin Sook Lee E-mail Correspondence re: China and the World Trade Organization, Immigration, and Homeland Security

Statistics from the U.S. Bureau of the Census; Event Planning Materials; and Research, Campaigns, and Jin Sook Lee E-mail Correspondence re: Low Wage Immigrant Workers, Hate Crimes, Student Adjustment/DREAM Act, Workers' Rights in China/China and the WTO, Filipino World War II Veterans, Affirmative Action, APA Women Workers, and Voter Mobilization

Oversize Box: Two Floppy Disks from 1997 Convention in San Francisco, Picture CD, Several Oversize Photographs, APALA T-shirts, Form Mailings re: Immigration, and Stickers

Convention Packets (Agendas, Notes, and Reports/Memos), especially from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and APALA Executive Board; Chapter Files: Seattle, South Puget Sound, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

Chapter Files; Convention Materials; Election Ballots; and Gloria Caoile's AFSCME and Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) Reports on Women and/or Unionism in the Philippines ("Gloria" materials begin after ballots)

Campaigns of Various APA Organizations and Gloria Caoile's AFSCME and Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) Materials (mainly Conferences and Reports on Women and/or Unionism in the Philippines) ("Gloria" papers end after "gender sensitive")

Campaigns of Various APA, Labor, and Minority Organizations and APA Voter Mobilization Campaigns

APA Voter Mobilization Campaigns and Labor Coalition for Community Action (LCCA): Meeting Minutes, Financial Documents, and Project Reports

APA Voter Mobilization Campaigns, National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), and Articles and Reports re: Immigration, Hate Crimes, Hoffman Plastic Compounds v. NLRB, and Civil Liberties/Anti-Terrorism

National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) and Other APA Groups; APALA and AFL-CIO Political Activism (Various Campaigns, Projects, and Meetings)

APALA Political Activism (mainly "Get Out the Vote") and 2001 National Convention Materials

2001 APALA National Convention Materials and APALA Participation at Various Conferences/Meetings

APALA Participation at Various Conferences/Meetings and APALA Executive Board Meetings

APALA Executive Board Meetings; APALA Programming and Organizing Materials; and Voter Mobilization and Education Materials for Various National and Local Elections

Voter Mobilization for 2008 Presidential Primary in Philadelphia County; APALA Executive Board Meetings; and APALA Delegation to South Korea

Working Copy of San Francisco 1997 Convention Banquet Booklet and Photographs, Negatives, and Contact Sheets from APALA Events, including: Asia Labor Festival, 1995 Convention in NYC, and Various Organizer Trainings

Regional Chapter Files (Alameda, Hawaii, Oakland, New York, San Diego, Portland/Oregon, and San Francisco) and National Files re: Starting Chapters

Convention Materials (NYC 1995 and San Francisco 1997) and Public Services International (PSI) Information on Socio-Political and Economic Situation in the Philippines (with Gloria Caoile's notes)

Asian Pacific Islander American National Demographics and Workforce Statistics, APALA Voter Mobilization Campaigns, Nonprofit Setup Materials, and Gloria Caoile Papers: Public Services International (PSI) Information on Socio-Political and Economic Situation in the Philippines, Human/Workers' Rights and Voter Mobilization Campaigns for Filipinos, Immigration Reform Advocacy, and the Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

Administrative Files and Research Files: Food Stamps, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Bill Lann Lee, and Hate Crimes

Election Reform and Low Wage Immigrant Workers Advocacy; Programs from Philippine Independence Festivals; and Research Files: Health Care, Los Almos "Spy" Case, Daewoo Union Strike, Immigration, John Ashcroft, Affirmative Action, and Labor and Human Rights in the Mariana Islands

President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; 1994-1995 Convention Materials; and VHS Tapes (Speeches from Various Events and Programs on Immigrant Workers)

1993-1995 and 1997 Convention Materials and 2006 National Constitution

Kent Wong and Matt Finucane Speeches; Executive Board Meetings; and Research and Advocacy re: Voter Mobilization, Affirmative Action, Workers' Rights in China, Native Hawaiians, and Women and Minorities in Union Leadership

Executive Board Meetings and 2007 Convention Materials

Photographs, Negatives, and Contact Sheets for Newsletters and from Various Events, including: 2004 Get Out the Vote, the APALA Founding Convention, Executive Board Meetings, and the New York Labor Festival

Membership Files and Executive Board: Meetings, Mailings, and Members' Biographical Information

Convention Materials (mostly Administrative), Voter Mobilization Materials, and Reports on Asian American and Pacific Islander Population in the U.S. Created by Various APA Groups

Personnel Files; Student Outreach Materials; Chapter Files; Get Out the Vote Funding; and APALA Organizer Training and Organizing Institute, AFL-CIO Materials

Nine Cassette Tapes; Two CDs; VHS Tape on Native Hawaiians; AFL-CIO Papers: Organizing Materials/APALA Partnership, Political Reports, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Observances; Reports on APA Population; and Gloria Caoile Papers: Voter Mobilization Materials

Gloria Caoile Papers: Voter Mobilization Materials, Speeches Given by Caoile, Awards Given to Caoile, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists 1999 Convention, and AFSCME Administrative and Personnel Files

APALA Executive Board: Meetings and Mailings; Gloria Caoile Papers: National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Census 2000 Education Project and Caoile's Appointment to President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Executive Board Meetings and 2003 Convention Materials

APALA Convention Materials, including Founding Convention Programs

APALA Convention Materials (especially 2005 Convention), Research and Advocacy re: Labor in South Korea, and National Coalition for Asian Pacific Americans: Minutes, E-mail Correspondence, and Various Advocacy Issues

These boxes contain ephemera from APALA conventions, United States national elections, and labor union campaigns. Formats include buttons, balloons, business cards, and pens.

VHS Tapes, Betacam, and Ampex Tapes containing speeches from various events and programs on immigrant workers, APALA events, and programs produced by various organizations.

Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) was created to address the continued under-representation of Asian Pacific American (APA) workers in the labor movement and the specific challenges APA workers face. APALA works on projects related to voter registration, the DREAM Act, and workplace organizing. Incomplete captures of the website began in 2007 with information on the Employee Free Choice Act, the DREAM Act, voter mobilization efforts, biannual conventions, the Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing, and the Organizing Institute. The first complete capture of the website occurred in 2014. Then, the website focused on fundraising for victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan); Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); citizenship rally; mentorship programs; spokesperson training; summits for young leaders and seniors and retirees; congressional voter guides; end of year reports; and other organizing and leadership trainings. In 2015, the website redesigned. The website contained information on stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership; the All Students Count Act; educational material on immigration, worker rights, and civil rights issues that impact Asian Pacific Americans; labor and community partnerships; and chapter news pages. In 2017, the website redesigned again, with sections on civil and political engagement; organizing and leadership development; racial justice and ending mass criminalization; solidarity with global Asian and Pacific Islander communities; and corporate accountability. Other issues the organization focused on immigration and refugee policies, family immigration, undocumented workers, the census and civic engagement, Black Lives Matter protest and anti-racism resources, anti-asian violence resoueces, and their COVID-19 response and fund for Asian American and Pacific Islanders workers in healthcare, transportation and service industries.

The websites also contain information on activities and policies at the organization's national level as well as for their Washington, DC chapter. The websites contain infomation on their executive board, youth leadership and organizing committees, press releases, news listings, convention highlights, and a blog.

The YouTube Channel for the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance contains videos of convention panels, awards, speeches, principles for liberation, COVID-19 stories, and APALA's 25th anniversary.