Our Team

Founding Organizations

AAPI Equity Alliance (formerly A3PCON) is a coalition of more than forty community-based organizations that are dedicated to improving the lives of the 1.5 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the greater Los Angeles area through civic engagement, capacity building, and policy advocacy.

Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) is a San Francisco-based organization that since 1969, has advocated for systemic change to protect immigrant rights, promote language diversity, and remedy racial and social injustice. CAA is the fiscal sponsor of the Stop AAPI Hate coalition.

Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University is the birthplace of Asian American Studies, and uses interdisciplinary approaches in teaching, community service, and research to address the structural and ideological forces that shape the lives of Asian Americans.

Co-Founders

Cynthia Choi

Co-Founder

Cynthia (Cyn) Choi is a Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Co-Executive Director at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), a civil rights organization committed to protecting immigrant livelihoods, and fulfilling the promise of a multi-racial democracy. She has 20+ years of nonprofit leadership experience, leading campaigns on immigrant rights, violence prevention, and more and also serves on the California Commission on the State of Hate. Cyn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Berkeley. She is the daughter of Korean immigrants and the mother of three daughters of her own.

Manjusha Kulkarni

Co-Founder

Manjusha (Manju) Kulkarni is a Co-Founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Executive Director of AAPI Equity Alliance (AAPI Equity), which serves and represents the 1.5 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles County. She is a member of the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission and serves on the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board. Manju holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law. Manju lives in Los Angeles with her daughters Vaishali and Meghana and her husband Shai Halbe.