Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Blog

Here's all the ways we're kicking off Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.

The Office of Public Engagment hosts a roundtable with the AAPI community and Export-Import Bank to discuss expanding trade finance in the AAPI community.

The White House Champions of Change series is seeking nominations of outstanding AAPI women community leaders.

House Cabinet Secretary and WHIAAPI Co-Chair Chris Lu delivers the keynote address at the Texas Regional Conference where over 500 AAPI community members gather for techinical assistance workshops.

Menchu de Luna Sanchez, a registered nurse at NYU Langone Medical Center, shares her experience at experience at the State of the Union.

The AAPI community shows support for President Obama's proposal of Immigration Reform.

The disruption of the seafood industry caused by the BP Oil Spill in 2010 continues to have a significant impact on the livelihood of an estimated 80% of Southeast Asian American families in the Gulf Coast Region. Last month, we traveled to New Orleans, LA, and Biloxi, MS, to meet with AAPI community members, fishermen, business leaders, and government officials and learn more about the economic opportunities and challenges facing the community.

President Obama knows that the best way to keep our economy growing is by ensuring a strong, secure, and thriving middle-class. By the end of the year, the President and Congress must take action to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff” and make long-term changes in how much money the federal government takes in and how much it spends.

Learn more about some of the federal disaster resources available for survivors of Hurricane Sandy. Many of these services and information can be accessed in languages other than English.

Over the past decade, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) owned small businesses have seen particularly strong growth. President Obama has taken considerable action to expand capital access for AAPI small businesses, like directing more than $13 billion dollars to 19,000 AAPI firms.

When Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are aggregated in the broader Asian category, their real needs are masked; as a result, these communities are often overlooked and may not receive the extra support they need to succeed. This paper describes a common approach taken by statistical agencies to increase sample sizes by pooling data across months or years of data collection.

If you’re a student thinking about college or career school or a borrower already in repayment, the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid has launched some exciting new tools to help you through the financial aid process.