Advocacy & Civic Engagement
Register for APIC's Democracy Summit: Sept. 27, 2024
This year's Democracy Summit will be announced later this year. Keep track of our Events page to register and be part of making sure our elected officials see, hear, and understand our culturally, linguistically, and geographically diverse AANHPI communities.
Your Voice Matters!
You can submit written or video testimony on bills!
Use the Legislative Hotline 1-800-562-6000 to send a message to legislators with one phone call.
You can also give testimony from the Legislature here. To sign in with your position on a bill, start here.
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Select the House or the Senate, the Committee, the date and time, then the bill number you would like to comment on. The most effective testimony is when you speak for yourself and explain your personal interest in the bill.
Learn more about the legislative processes with these guides:
2024 Asian American &
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Voter Maps
The Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) partnered with KAYA Strategik to develop a density map on Asian American eligible voter populations in Washington State. Asians comprise 12% (888,309) of Washington's population and 9% (474,053) of the citizen voting age population in Washington.
Counties with the largest Asian AIC eligible voting populations: King County (254,657), Snohomish County (62,449), Pierce County (56,138), Clark County (20,594), Thurston County (14,875).
Largest Asian ethnic group of eligible voters in Washington: Filipinos (~114,000), Chinese, except Taiwanese (~98,000), Vietnamese (~63,000), Korean (~60,000), Japanese (~57,000).
The Secretary of State provides voter registration forms in 23 languages including العربية, Bengali, မြန်မာ , 中文, Farsi, Hindi, 日本語, អក្សរខ្មែរ, 한국어, ພາສາລາວ,Punjabi, Tagalog, and Tiếng Việt.
Census Updates
The U.S. Census Bureau has formally invited the public to share their input and ideas for an improved 2030 Census. The invitation comes in the form of a Federal Register Notice published on August 17, 2022.
You can find Frequently Asked Questions about the census here.
The new Census website can now be used to produce a quick report with the current census data from 2020. Explore your area.
2025 Legislative Day
API Legislative Week
The annual A&NHPI Legislative Day was held in person on February 12, 2025.
In 2025, we brought together community members from around the state to meet with legislators to advocate for important policies and programs that impact our communities. We held multiple virtual trainings and were able to advocate for our communities together!
Read more about the APIC 2025 Legislative Agenda to the right:
Pew Research: When surveying small populations, some approaches are more inclusive than others
Survey researchers increasingly recognize that a single survey of the general public can rarely represent the views of small groups of Americans. Such surveys frequently have too few interviews with certain populations – such as smaller religious or racial or ethnic groups – for those voices to be heard.
Pew Research: The Asian American Experience
In the fall of 2021, Pew Research Center undertook the largest focus group study it had ever conducted to hear Asian Americans talk about their lived experiences in America.
Redistricting Updates
In 2021, we joined a coalition of Redistricting Justice for Washington, where we work collectively to ensure that tribal boundaries and communities of color are represented in our new district lines. New district lines have been drawn. Some legislative districts may have changed and your representatives/senators may have changed along with them To check who represents you in 2022, find your district here.
RJWA April Update: The Coalition has decided to end their VRA lawsuit, read more about why this decision was made here
For additional information, check out Redistricting Justice for Washington (RJW).
Stay Updated on Legislation
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Once you select a bill, you can email a COMMENT to your legislator, or you can subscribe to email NOTIFICATIONS for updates.
2020 Census
Watch our videos (available in English and Chinese) detailing the importance of the census. The data we learn will help us get the benefits, funds, and representation we deserve.