• The Alternative Research Center, Asian American Studies Resources Media related and alternative press resources
• Asian-Nation, The Landscape of Asian America Asian-Nation is a one-stop information source on the historical, political, demographic, and cultural issues that make up today’s diverse Asian American community.
• Asian American Health An information portal to issues affecting the health and well-being of Asian Americans in the U.S.
• Asian American Justice Center AAJC is one of the nation's leading experts on issues of importance to the Asian American community including: affirmative action, anti-Asian violence prevention/race relations, census, immigrant rights, immigration, language access, and voting rights
• Asian American Net Asian American Net is the first and only web site whose mission is to serve all Asian American communities and to promote and strengthen cultural, educational, and commercial ties between Asia and North America.
• Asian American Politics
• The Asian Community Online Network ACON brings together Asian American and Pacific Islander non-profit organizations and concerned individuals to share news and information about the community.
• Asians in America AIA's goal is to become the most comprehensive source information on Asian Pacific America.
• BARANGAY (Bay Area Resource and Networking Guide for Active Youth) "Barangay" is the Tagalog word for "village" or "neighborhood." Project PULL's BARANGAY is a resource for community networking. It is intended to strengthen affinity with and among the Filipino youth, youth development, and youth service communities.
• Center for Asian American Media (formerly NAATA) Their mission is to inform and educate the general public about the Asian American experience through film and public television, to advocate for increasing the presence of Asian Americans and the accuracy of the portrayals of them in mainstream media, and to fund Asian American media.
• ModelMinority.com Contains collection of research articles, commentaries, stories, poems, pictures, and other documents on the Asian American experience.
• Queer Asian Pacific Resources List of resource pages, including AIDS info, coming out, women's and youth email lists, books, films, plays newsletters, and other queer Asian Pacific resources.
• UC Berkeley Media Resources Center Asian American Videography
• Yahoo Asian American Studies List

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Census Information Sources:

• Asian and Pacific Islander Census Statistics Recent census data relating to APIs
• U.S. Census Bureau Home Page Home page of this government organization with various links to data of all types
• 1990 Census Lookup
• 2000 Census Lookup
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Electronic Map Library

Census/Demographic Profile Articles Links:

• Asian Americans: Diverse and Growing Population Bulletin at the Population Reference Bureau (pdf)
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2005
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2004
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2003
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2002
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2001
• Asian Pacific American Facts from U.S. Census Bureau, May 2000
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California (pdf)
• The Diverse Face of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County (pdf)

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Asian American Studies Programs:

• Arizona State University
• California State University, Chico
• California State University, Fresno
• California State University, Fullerton
• California State University, Long Beach
• California State University, Northridge
• California State University, Sacramento
• City University of New York, Hunter College
• Columbia University (Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race)
• Cornell University
• Loyola Marymount University
• New York University
• Northwestern University
• Oregon State University (Ethnic Studies Dept.)
• San Francisco State University
• Santa Clara University (Ethnic Studies Dept.)
• Stanford University
• State University of New York, Binghamton
• Stony Brook University
• Temple University (American Studies program)
• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Davis
• University of California, Irvine
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Riverside (Ethnic Studies Dept.)
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• University of Colorado, Boulder (Ethnic Studies Dept.)
• University of Houston
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
• University of Maryland, College Park
• University of Massachusetts, Boston
• University of Michigan (American Culture program)
• University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Southern California (American Studies & Ethnicity Dept.)
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Utah (Ethnic Studies Program)
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington (American Ethnic Studies Dept.)
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Washington State University (Comparative Ethnic Studies Dept.)

Centers

• Institute for Asian American Studies
• UCLA Asian American Studies Center

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• Amerasia Journal
• Asian American Ezine
• Asian American Movement Ezine An alternative medium for political, cultural, and social change connected to Asian American issues.
• Asian Pacific American Journal
• Asian Pacific American Law Journal APALJ is one of only two law journals in the nation that focuses exclusively on the legal issues affecting APA communities.
• Asian American Policy Review - Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Catamaran: South Asian American Writing The first, mainstream, South Asian literary magazine, CATAMARAN is a biannual literary print magazine publishing works by new and upcoming South Asian creative artists (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Nepali, Bhutanese, Maldives) in North America.
• ChopBlock.com ChopBlock is an online magazine focusing on Asian American entertainment, lifestyle, and pop culture.
• Filipinas Magazine
• Giant Robot Giant Robot magazine covers cool aspects of Asian and Asian-American pop culture.
• India Currents Magazine "The Complete Indian-American Magazine "
• Journal of Asian American Studies JAAS explores all aspects of Asian American experiences. The Journal publishes original works of scholarly interest to the field, including new theoretical developments, research results, methodological innovations, public policy concerns, pedagogical issues, and book, media, and exhibition reviews.
• Pacific Citizen A bi-monthly newpaper published since 1934 by the Japanese American Citizen's League.
• Pakistan Link A Los Angeles based weekly newspaper. "Largest Pakistani-American Weekly Circulated Coast to Coast"

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• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• Asian American Association
• Asian American Institute, Chicago The Asian American Institute was established in 1992 as a pan-Asian not-for-profit organization. The mission is to empower the Asian American community through advocacy, utilizing research, education, and coalition building.
• Asian American Writers Workshop is a NYC-based non profit dedicated to the creation, publication, and dissemination of works by Asian American writers.
• Asian Community Online Network
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Association APAHA's organizational mission is to promote the Asian/Pacific American culture, heritage, and awareness through celebration events and educational outreach - leading to the month of May, Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
• Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for civil rights, providing legal services and education, and building coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Pacific Americans and to create a more equitable and harmonious society.
• Nation of Hawai'i
• APEX - Asian Professional Exchange
• Asian American Journalists Association's home page
• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum - In addition to publishing a journal this consortium is working toward the creation of an online information resource for national API health issues and concerns
• The Center for Educational Telecommunications CET is a not-for-profit organization devoted to producing, publishing and consulting in the area of multiculturalism, with a special interest in Asian and Asian American concerns.
• Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership CAPAL was founded in 1989 by Asian Pacific American (APA) professionals as a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization.
• Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA)
• Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars
• David See-Chai Lam Centre for Industrial Communication and Management Technology
• Little Tokyo Service Center Also includes information on Japanese American community organizations in LA
• NAAAP Chicago The National Association of Asian American Professionals is a non-profit 501 (c)(3), all- volunteer organization whose mission is to promote the personal and professional development of the Asian American community.
• NAAAP Houston
• SCAA Boston Chapter SCAA-BOS started out as an informal gathering of SCAA (Soc.Culture.Asian.American USENET newsgroup) readers living in Boston, with the purpose of matching faces with names (and personalities).
• Visual Communications "Founded in 1970 by artists, educators and community activists, Visual Communications began as collective of concerned Asian Pacific Americans who wanted to create positive alternatives to the racist depictions of their communities which were then prevalent in the mass media.... Twenty-five years after its founding, Visual Communications is now America's oldest Asian Pacific media arts center."
• Organizations of Chinese Americans (email address)

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• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada
• AAA at Indiana Asian American Association at Indiana University
• Asian American Medical Student Group (AAMSG) at The Ohio State University
• Asian Club at the University of Redlands
• Asian Pacific American Law Student Association at the USC Law Center (APALSA)
• Asian Pacific American-University of Ilinois, Urbana-Champaign Good source of info. on APA's in the mid-west.
• Brown University Korean Students Association
• Columbia University Asian American Alliance
• Filipino Club of Honolulu Community College
• Ohio State University Asian American Medical Student Group
• PacTies- UCLA Asian Pacific American Newspaper
• "South Asian American Students (SAAS)" is the largest group representing South Asia on MIT's campus.
• Stanford Asian American Students' Association (AASA)
• Stanford Asian American Activities Center
• Tomodachi- Japanese American Student group web page at UC Berkeley
• UCLA- Nikkei Student Union
• UCLA-United Cambodian Students
• UCLA-VNLC: Vietnamese Language and Culture Program
• University at Buffalo's Asian American Student Union WebPage
• UNC Chapel Hill - Asian Student Association

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• AArising Records This Bay Area organization focuses on the Asian American music and recording scene.
• Asian American Christian Ministry's Home Page!
• Asian American Concerns and Issues
• Asian American Film The purpose of AsianAmericanFilm.com is to build an engaged, involved, active, and excited audience for Asian American films.
• Asian American Media Mall The charter of this Mall is to bring Media targeted to Asian Americans to Asian Americans on the web. Further, to help empower Asian Americans on the internet's world wide web.
• Asian Improv aRts Links Page
• Asian Movies Homepage
• ChannelA- Feed Your ImaginAsian
• ChopBlock.com ChopBlock is an online magazine focusing on Asian American entertainment, lifestyle, and pop culture.
• Diversity on the Web
• Hmong Homepage
• Korean American Museum of Art and Cultural Center
• Lea Salonga web page
• Life in a Vietnamese Gang
• Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program The program was created to provide vision, leadership, and support for all APA activities at the Smithsonian, while serving as a liaison to APA communities.
• Totally Asian This web site was created to allow an open forum for everyone around the world to express their ideas (political or just personal) without any censorship, as long as it's remotely related to Asia.
• 14th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

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