Chinese American Voters Education Committee archives, 1984-2003, bulk 1986-1992
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Chinese American Voters Education Committee archives
- Dates:
- 1984-2003, bulk 1986-1992
- Creators:
- Chinese American Voters Education Committee
- Abstract:
- Records of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC), a San Francisco based non-partisan Asian American voter registration and education organization.
- Extent:
- 8 Linear Feet (2 cartons, 10 document boxes, and 4 flat boxes)
- Language:
- English , Chinese .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese American Voters Education Committee, CEMA 61, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains materials produced and compiled by the Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC), and the Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC), in its work to increase the Asian American voter turnout in the San Francisco Bay area.
Materials may include administrative files, campaign documents and publications, newsletters and promotional articles, and reference materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC) was founded in 1976 and incorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit, public benefit corporation in 1978 by a group of community activists who foresaw the emergences of the then relatively small Asian american community as an integral part of San Francisco's civic life.
The mission of the organization was and continues to be to support the enfranchisement of Asian Americans, particularly new citizens, into American civic, cultural and social life. CAVEC has been at the forefront of developing citizen education programs for the Asian American community. Through community dialogue, bilingual citizen guides, bilingual leadership and grass-roots organizing, CAVEC has played an instrumental role in the birth of public consciousness in San Francisco's immigrant Asian American community.
CAVEC's accomplishments include serving as the community primary resource for voting rights education and advocacy; educating and influencing several generations of Asian American community leaders including Judges Lillian Sing, Julie Tang and Lenard Louie, Supervisors Tom Hsieh, Mabel Teng and Leland Yee and activists like Andrew Sun, Henry Der, Grant Din, Harold Yee and Isabel Huie; attracting generations of immigrants to community service, voting and volunteerism through public education campaigns; and serving as the community repository of technical and administrative expertise in demographic and sociological analysis.
by Douglas S. Chan, Chairman 1997 and David E. Lee, Executive Director 1997
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Chinese American Democratic Club, 1996. Additions donated by Doug Chan, December 2024.
- Processing information:
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This collection was processed by Callie Bowdish, Greg Simon, Chip Badley, and Paola Novo-Araya at CEMA in May 2009. Additions processed and finding aid revised by Rebecca Vasquez, February 2025.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged by topic into ten series:
- Series 1: Administrative records
- Series 2: Correspondence
- Series 3: Endorsements and Candidate Information
- Series 4: Events
- Series 5: Club newsletters and press releases
- Series 6: Government documents
- Series 7: Chinese American Voters Education Committee
- Series 8: Council of Asian American Business Associations
- Series 9: Subject files
- Series 10: Ephemera and newspapers
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-24 09:26:36 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
All requests to reproduce, quote from, or otherwise reuse collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB at special@library.ucsb.edu. Consent is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California acting through the Department of Special Research Collections at UCSB as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or their assigns for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Chinese American Voters Education Committee, CEMA 61, Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062