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Stop AAPI Hate launches political advocacy arm ahead of midterms
The initiative seeks to expand long-term AAPI political organizing infrastructure while increasing voter participation in competitive congressional districts nationwide.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 28, May 2026
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Stop AAPI Hate Action / stopaapihate.org
Stop AAPI Hate on May 28 announced the launch of Stop AAPI Hate Action, a new political and advocacy arm aimed at expanding Asian American and Pacific Islander civic engagement and voter mobilization ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The organization said the new entity will focus on building long-term political power for AAPI communities nationwide amid what it described as rising racism, xenophobia, and attacks on immigrant communities.
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Stop AAPI Hate Action plans to launch a nationwide voter contact program next month targeting competitive U.S. House districts with significant AAPI populations. The group said it aims to raise and spend about $1 million on the effort.
The voter outreach campaign will rely primarily on phone banking and multilingual engagement in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Korean. The organization also plans South Asian-to-South Asian and Filipino-to-Filipino outreach in English.
“Stop AAPI Hate has been at the forefront of calling out and combating anti-AAPI hate – and now, we’re building the political power needed to defeat it on every level,” said Manjusha Kulkarni, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate.
Kulkarni said there is growing urgency among AAPI communities and allies to respond to what she called “assaults on our safety, freedoms, and democracy,” adding that the new organization aims to create more accessible pathways for civic participation nationwide.
According to a press release, Stop AAPI Hate Action will focus on strengthening organizing infrastructure beyond traditional battleground states, recruiting volunteers from non-competitive districts to support voter outreach in key races, and increasing civic participation among underrepresented AAPI communities.
Andy Wong, managing director of advocacy for Stop AAPI Hate Action, said the organization hopes to turn “individual pain, fear, and outrage into collective power, action, and change” through long-term organizing efforts beginning with the 2026 election cycle.
The announcement comes as AAPI advocacy groups continue to report concerns over anti-Asian discrimination, immigration enforcement policies, and political rhetoric targeting immigrant communities.
Tamlyn Tomita, chair of CAPA21, a partner in the organization’s midterm election efforts, said AAPI communities have historically lacked sufficient investment in political infrastructure and culturally competent voter outreach programs.
Stop AAPI Hate said the new initiative is intended to complement existing local and state-level organizing efforts while expanding national coordination capacity.
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