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With increasing diversity in the City of Brooklyn Park, the City has contracted Asian Media Access to better link with Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs). Over half of City residents are people of color. Nearly a quarter of residents are foreign-born, and more than a quarter speak a language other than English at home. […]

Asian Media Access has joined other 13 agencies to support the City of Minneapolis’ Workforce Outreach Ambassador Program. We come together to grow a competitive workforce through programming aimed at increasing access to resources that further career services, whether skills training to gain sustainable and stable employment or career counseling for rapid reentry to the

This year Minnesota will have a general election on November 8, 2022. Please make sure you’re prepared to vote! This year on the ballot will include: • Governor and Lt. Governor • U.S. Representative • Secretary of State • State Auditor • Attorney General • State Senator • State Representative • Judicial seats According to

Asian Media Access has teamed up with area AAPI community based agencies – Chinese Community Center, Chinese American Chamber of Commerce – MN, and MN Hmong Chamber of Commerce to hosted the 1st ever – Taste of Asia.   The event was hosted on Oct. 23 from 11am – 7pm at the St. Paul Union

Ace Xiong discovered Asian Media Access through the Step Up Program, an internship opportunity goaled to build a diverse, skilled, and equitable workforce. Asian Media Access is one of the internship options that is offered through Step Up, and after careful research of the AMA organization, Xiong felt that the mission that AMA strived for

Asian Media Access has teamed up with Pan Asian Arts Alliance – a group of young Asian American artists working together to support the Blueline community engagement effort through artistic innovation. Since 2020, the Metro Blue Line Extension Light Rail Transit (BLRT) has contracted 15 community and cultural groups to conduct extensive community engagement regarding

Asian Media Access was funded 4 yearw in the row to work on the “All of Us Research Program” (AoURP).   This National Institute of Health (NIH)’s program is designed to aid in gathering health-related data from over one million people living in the United States to improve health and it’s associated research. Despite the prowess

Many of Minnesota’s African immigrants and refugees moved to the United States to give their children better futures, but COVID-19 has put that opportunity at risk. Parents raising young children during the pandemic have faced the crisis in two ways. First, there are the economic hardships of unemployment and the constant worry of how to

In 2020 election, Minnesota once again led the country in turnout at 79.956% of eligible voters, the state’s highest percentage since 1956, despite the challenges of the pandemic. Minnesota is No. 1 in the country for voter turnout for the third time in a row, with nearly 80% of eligible voters participating in 2020 election. With