Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) is a San Francisco–based nonprofit civil rights organization that advocates for the rights and civic participation of Chinese American and other Asian Pacific American communities. CAA advances racial and language equity through policy advocacy, community organizing, public education, litigation and legal services, and voter and civic-engagement work.
Anti-discrimination and civil-rights enforcement, affirmative action and equity in education and employment, language access and immigrant rights, voting rights and voter protection, hate-crime prevention, and community-based legal and social services.
Primarily philanthropic foundation grants and individual donations, supplemented by government grants, contracts, and program service revenue.
Collaborates with Asian American civil-rights groups such as Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, regional Chinese community organizations (e.g., Chinese Progressive Association), and local civic leaders and civil-rights attorneys.
Non-profit civil rights organization
