CONTACT:Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) stands in solidarity with the numerous student-led nationwide…
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Dear APALA members, The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) Executive Board is proud to endorse Dr. Ray Pun in the American Library Association’s 2025-2026…
The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) stands in solidarity with the President of the American Library Association (ALA), APALA member, and librarian Emily Drabinski following…
CONTACT:Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian/Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) recognizes the collective grief that the militarism in Gaza, the…
CONTACT:Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian/Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) is heartbroken by the devastation and destruction of Lāhainā…
For Immediate ReleaseMarch 3, 2023 CONTACT:Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian/Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) calls for support in…
For Immediate Release Sept 19, 2022 CONTACT: Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian/Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org APALA Statement Against Book Bans, Censorship, and Violence Toward…
APALA receives many requests to make statements, and these are parameters which guide what a statement should entail and when a statement should be issued.…
CONTACT:Silvia LewCo-Chair, Media & Publicity CommitteeAsian/Pacific American Librarians Associationcommunications@apalaweb.org The Asian Pacific American Librarians Association stands in solidarity with the Black Caucus of the American…
In recent months, hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers have fled Afghanistan, with 3.5 million internally displaced Afghans, exacerbating a decades-long humanitarian…