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Pro Politics with Zac McCrary
Diana Hwang: Founder & Executive Director of the Asian American Women's Political Initiative
Aug 22, 2023
Diana Hwang, Founder & Executive Director of the Asian American Women's Political Initiative, talks about growing up in Houston in a Taiwanese-immigrant family, her political awakening in Boston, the challenges she faced running for State Senate, the mission and tools of the AAWPI, partisan differences within the AAPI community, and the impact of the 2021 Georgia mass shooting on her work.
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- The Asian American Women's Political Initiative (AAWPI) aims to give AAPI women a voice in our democracy and expand political opportunities for them.
- Disaggregation of data is important to understand the specific needs and concerns of different AAPI communities.
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The Asian American Women's Political Initiative: Empowering AAPI Women in Politics
The Asian American Women's Political Initiative (AAWPI) is the country's only political leadership organization for AAPI women. Founded by Diana Huang, AAWPI aims to give AAPI women a voice in our democracy and expand political opportunities for them. Huang's personal story of growing up in a Taiwanese immigrant family in Houston and her own experiences in politics shaped her mission to address the complex issues faced by AAPI women. AAWPI focuses on progressive change and works to elect progressive AAPI women at the local, state, and national levels. They provide funding, incubator programs, and support for ideas and projects that mobilize and engage AAPI women in swing states. Through their work, AAWPI aims to create a new way of building AAPI political power and ensuring that all AAPI women have representation and influence in our democracy.
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