Organizations and Opportunities
Local Community Organizations
- Alliance of South Asians Taking Action: all-volunteer educational and advocacy group (SF)
- Asian Americans for Community Involvement: multi-services organization focusing on vulnerable ethnic communities (Santa Clara County)
- Asian Law Alliance: legal rights advocacy and legal services organization based in San Jose
- Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute: civic leadership organization with educational programs in Santa Clara County
- Asian Pacific American Staff Association: De Anza-based employee affinity group advocating and community-building with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and beyond
- Asian Pacific Environmental Network: network of environmental justice organizations working with Asian immigrant and refugee communities (Richmond/Oakland)
- AYPAL: Building API Community Power: community organization working with low-income Asian immigrant and refugee families for school reform and neighborhood change (Oakland)
- Cambodian American Resource Agency: dance-based organization that helps initiate and provide support for community based events and awareness of Khmer communities
- Chinese for Affirmative Action: SF-based civil rights advocacy organization
- Chinese Historical and Cultural Project: non-profit/musuem that promotes, educates, and preserves Chinese and Chinese American history and culture
- Chinese Progressive Association: SF-based education and advocacy organization working with low-income and working class immigrants
- Chopsticks Alley: an arts-based organization promoting Southeast Asian cultural heritage through multi-generational programs based on San Jose
- Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS): presenter of Asian American artists and culture based in San Jose
- East Bay Asian Youth Center: education focused organization based in the East Bay
- East Bay Local Development Corporation: neighborhood advocates and organizers based in the East Bay
- Filipino American National Historical Society - Santa Clara Valley: local chapter of FANHS focused on the promotion of Filipino American history and culture
- India Community Center: non-profit cultural center attending to the Indian diaspora community in the South Bay, based on Milpitas
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: historical museum centered on Japanese American experiences, especially during WWII incarceration to stimulate discussions on civil liberties, race relations, discrimination, and American identity.
- IMPACT AAPI: De Anza-based academic program centering communities and interest in Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
- LEAD Filipino: civic education and cultural organization based in San Jose
- Maitri: free, confidential, nonprofit organization based in Santa Clara County that helps families and individuals from South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives) facing domestic violence, emotional abuse, cultural alienation, or family conflict
- Pin@y (Pinay/Pinoy) Educational Partnerships (PEP): a SF-based education-focused organization specializing in Filipino/a/x studies in colleges and K-12
- San Jose Japanese American Citizens League: local chapter of national JACL
- San Jose Nikkei Resisters: an inclusive, multi-generational grassroots organization to mobilize the Japanese American community for defense of civil liberties and social justice for all
- Silicon Valley Korean School: Cupertino-based, largest Korean language school in the world, serving over 1,200 students
- Southeast Asian Community Center: multi-service organization serving Southeast Asians in the greater SF Bay Area
- Vietnamese American Cultural Center: a gathering and educational place located within Shirakawa Community Center, San Jose
- Vietnamese American Roundtable: community-building and advocacy organization based in San Jose
- Vietnamese American Service Center: community-based, city-support multi-service center based in San Jose
Asian American Student Centers at Nearby Colleges
- Asian American Activities Center at Stanford University and events there
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Resource Center at UC Santa Cruz and events there
- Center for Asian Pacific Islander Student Empowerment at San Jose State University and events there
- Multicultural Center at Santa Clara University and events there
Internships and Programs with Local and National Organizations
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Internships for policy and litigation work
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies: Congressional internships for undergraduates and fellowships for young professionals in Washington, D.C.
- Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute: Summer internship (paid) to support teaching of Asian American Studies and leadership development of college and high school students at De Anza College.
- Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs Internship to work in the offices of elected officials at the national, state, and local levels
- Bay Area Solidarity Summer for training of South Asian student organizers
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): Internship in Washington, D.C.
- White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Internships for undergraduate and graduate students
- Clearinghouse for AAPI Scholarship by EduMed