Organizations and Opportunities
Local Community Organizations
- Alliance of South Asians Taking Action: all-volunteer educational and advocacy group (SF)
- Asian Americans for Community Involvement: multi-services organization focusing on vulnerable ethnic communities (Santa Clara County)
- Asian Law Alliance: legal rights advocacy and legal services organization based in San Jose
- Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute: civic leadership organization with educational programs (De Anza)
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network: network of environmental justice organizations working with Asian immigrant and refugee communities (Richmond/Oakland)
- AYPAL: Building API Community Power: community organization working with low-income Asian immigrant and refugee families for school reform and neighborhood change (Oakland)
- Chinatown Development Center: neighborhood advocates and organizers centered on SF Chinatown
- Chinese for Affirmative Action: SF-based civil rights advocacy organization
- Chinese Progressive Association: SF-based education and advocacy organization working with low-income and working class immigrants
- Chopsticks Alley: an arts-based organization promoting Southeast Asian cultural heritage through multi-generational programs
- Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS): presenter of Asian American artists and culture based in San Jose
- East Bay Asian Youth Center: education focused organization based in the East Bay
- East Bay Local Development Corporation: neighborhood advocates and organizers based in the East Bay
- LEAD Filipino: civic education and cultural organization (San Jose)
- Pin@y (Pinay/Pinoy) Educational Partnerships (PEP): a SF-based education-focused organization specializing in Filipino/a/x studies in colleges and K-12
- San Jose Japanese American Citizens League: local chapter of national JACL
- Southeast Asian Community Center: multi-service organization serving Southeast Asians in the great SF Bay Area
Internships and Programs with Local and National Organizations
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Internships for policy and litigation work
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies: Congressional internships for undergraduates and fellowships for young professionals in Washington, D.C.
- Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute: Summer internship (paid) to support teaching of Asian American Studies and leadership development of college and high school students at De Anza College.
- Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs Internship to work in the offices of elected officials at the national, state, and local levels
- Bay Area Solidarity Summer for training of South Asian student organizers
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): Internship in Washington, D.C.
- White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Internships for undergraduate and graduate students