• Inslee announces “Stay home, stay healthy” order

    03/23/2020
    March 23, 2020 Public and constituent inquiries | 360.902.4111 Press inquiries | 360.902.4136 Tonight, Gov. Jay Inslee spoke directly to Washingtonians to announce he will sign a statewide order that requires everyone in the state to stay home. The order will last for two weeks and could be extended. This Stay Home, Stay Healthy order is similar to orders that other governors, in places such as California and New York, issued last week. This proclamation will: Require every Washingtonian to stay home unless they need to pursue an essential activity. Ban all gatherings for social,… Read more

  • CAPAA rejects race and location-specific labels to describe COVID-19

    03/23/2020
    The Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) rejects the use of terms “Chinese virus”, “Wuhan virus” and “kung flu” to refer to COVID-19. This “otherization” of people of Asian ancestry only drives us further apart as a society and is counter-productive to promoting health and safety of our society. Today, in Washington and nationwide, reports of hate crimes targeting Asian people are on the rise. In their best practices for naming diseases, the World Health Organization explicitly warns against naming diseases after locations, cognizant of the bigotry that… Read more

  • March Public Board Meeting Cancellation

    03/20/2020
    Dear Community Members and other interested parties: In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the CAPAA March Public Board meeting, including the zoom option, is now canceled. The next public board meeting will take place on Saturday, June 27, 2020 in the City of Redmond, King County. The March Executive Director’s Report will be uploaded to the CAPAA website on March 28th. We regret any inconvenience this may cause to anyone who planned to participate. Members of the public are always welcome and encouraged to reach out to CAPAA staff or Commissioners at any time. To contact the Commission,… Read more

  • Applications Open for Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program Competitive Grant

    02/21/2020
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: OLYMPIA – The Kip Tokuda Memorial Washington Civil Liberties Public Education Program (WACLPEP) has reopened for applications. The Kip Tokuda Memorial program is created to do one or both of the following: Educate the public regarding the history and the lessons of the World War II exclusion, removal, and incarceration of persons of Japanese ancestry through the development, coordination, and distribution of new educational materials and the development of curriculum materials to complement and augment resources currently available on… Read more