​POLICY

Policy is a key component to making change and improving opportunities for all communities. OCAPICA’s goal is to increase under served and underrepresented communitities’ voices and participation in civic engagement and public policy. The Policy & Advocacy program focuses on various issues, such as:

• Addressing disparitites in health, education and community and economic development
• Improving collection of data and diverse populations
• Census outreach and education
• Participation in redistricting
• Non-partisan voter mobilization
• Immigrant rights
• Worker safety
• Social justice and equity issues

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From Adversity to Advocacy Report

Stop AAPI Hate and OCAPICA co-sponsored “From Adversity to Advocacy: A Stop AAPI Hate Conversation in Orange County” with members of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC). The event convened community members with lived experiences of anti-Asian hate together with elected officials to discuss solutions to interpersonal and structural violence.

During the dialogue, community members shared their personal stories of resilience amidst hate with local leaders and elected officials, and proposed both community-based and systems-level solutions to address the hate and harm occurring within our communities. Elected officials across all levels of government listened to their stories and shared their successes, challenges, and responses to address hate and violence​.