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Miriam Yeung is the executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and a delegate for the "We Belong Together" coalition.
Miriam Yeung
Miriam Yeung is the executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum and a delegate for the "We Belong Together" coalition.
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March 4, 2019
As the former Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum , current board member of MomsRising, and most importantly, being a mom to two incredible daughters myself, fighting for equitable treatment of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls is my lifelong mission. Contrary to the “model minority myth” which perpetuates the false idea that all AAPIs smart, good at math, and ‘crazy rich’, over half a million AAPI women live in poverty one-third. And much of the labor of AAPI women - in nail salons, restaurants, in your home, in the service industry -...
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April 18, 2016
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in the challenge to President Obama’s expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the new Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Legal Permanent Residents (DAPA) programs. At issue is whether President Obama’s actions exceeded his presidential powers and would impose burdens on states. Among other reforms, the executive order would have given thousands of immigrants work permits and temporary relief from deportation. As the Executive Director of National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), I issued the following...
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August 26, 2015
NAPAWF Executive Director Miriam Yeung says attacks are a clear attempt to fuel racism and avoid meaningful conversation on immigration policy reform.
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June 19, 2015
National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum says bill protects nail salon workers from exploitation and “improves safety” in industry where lack of access to licensing has “driven down labor standards”
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May 26, 2015
Gov. Cuomo introduced two new pieces of legislation to increase the State’s ability to crack down on unsafe and exploitative working conditions in nail salons and expand access to licensing for nail salon workers, and announced new regulations addressing safety and wage and hour issues in nail salons. The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Executive Director Miriam Yeung issued the following statement in response: "The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum commends Gov. Cuomo for proposing the strongest safety and wage theft protections for nail salon workers in the country...
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April 10, 2013
Remember that scene in Back to the Future when Marty McFly discovers that he and his siblings are fading out of a family photograph? That’s the exact feeling I have when I follow the news about immigration policy reform efforts that would eliminate family visas. First, let’s flash back, like Marty McFly did to the mid-1950s, 1952 to be precise. You might be surprised to learn that it wasn’t until 1952 that the US passed an immigration law that allowed immigrants from Asia to become citizens. That’s right – even though you remember learning about the Chinese workers during the Gold Rush, or...
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April 11, 2012
As I was preparing to write this post about the upcoming We Belong Together delegation to Birmingham, Alabama, I came across a horrifying and upsetting story from Wyoming about a mother who killed herself and her daughter after being targeted in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. “Friends say that after the ICE agents came, [Erica] Delgado was terrified she would be separated from her daughter, and equally frightened she might be found by her abuser.” The sad truth is, Erica and her 11-year-old daughter with the same name as me, Miriam, most likely would have been separated...
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September 27, 2011
Being a new parent is hard. The sleepless nights, the sudden loss of free time, the aching biceps from carrying around a surprisingly heavy baby, the spit up, the bottles, the picking up, the picking up, the picking up. But during my most miserable nights of waking up at 12am, then 2am, then 4am – I think about my mother. I think of her smirking in self-satisfaction now that I’m beginning to get my come-uppance for being such a difficult and rebellious teenager. No, I’m kidding. Sort of. What I really think about is how much more difficult this would all be if I also had to move my life to a...
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