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ISSN 1545-0317 Marjorie Kagawa-Singer Senior editor, Asian American Studies, Community Health Sciences & Public Health, UCLA Melany De La Cruz-Viesca Managing editor Christina Aujean Lee Managing editor Christine Dunn Copy editor Mary Uyematsu Kao publiCationS Coordinator Tam Nguyen InforMation teChnology Editorial Board Pauline Agbayani-Siewart Social Work, California State University, Los Angeles Roshan Bastani Public Health, UCLA Kathryn L. Braun Public Health Studies, University of Hawai’i, Manoa Gregory Cendana Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO Mitchell Chang Higher Education & Organizational Change, UCLA Clara Chu Library & Information Studies, UCLA Mary Ann Foo Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance Margaret Fung Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund Terry Gock Asian Pacific Family Services Lisa Hasegawa National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development J.D. Hokoyama Leadership & Education for Pacific Isl&ers, Inc. Tarry Hum Urban Studies, Queens College, City University of New York Shirley Hune Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University of Washington Jerry Kang Law, UCLA Snehendu Kar Community Health Sciences & Public Health, UCLA Parag Khandhar Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center Peter Nien-chu Kiang Education & Asian American Studies, University of MA, Boston Daphne Kwok Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Taeku Lee Political Science and Law, UC Berkeley Karen Leong Social Transformation on Women & Gender Studies, Arizona State University Wei Li Asian Pacific American Studies & Social Transformation, Arizona State University Jim Lubben Social Work, Boston College Ailee Moon Social Welfare, UCLA Bob Nakamura Asian American Studies, UCLA Thu-huong Nguyen-vo East Asian Languages & Cultures, UCLA Paul Ong Urban Planning, Asian American Studies, UCLA William Ouchi Management, UCLA Edward Park Asian Pacific American Studies, Loyola Marymount University Lisa Sun-Hee Park Sociology, University of Minnesota Ninez Ponce Public Health, UCLA Leland Saito Sociology & American Studies in Ethnicity, USC David Takeuchi Social Work, University of Washington Robert Teranishi Culture, Education, & Human Development, New York University Doua Thor Southeast Asian Resource Action Center Karen Umemoto Urban & Regional Planning, University of Hawai‘i, Manoa Ling-chi Wang Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley Deborah Woo Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz aapi nexus Volume 9, Numbers 1 & 2 Fall 2011 Forging the Future: The Role of New Research, Data, & Policies for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Contents MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS Closing the Research and Data Gap in Order to Serve Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Better Shirley Hune and Marjorie Kagawa-Singer......................................vii —Civil Rights— OVERVIEW Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Data and Policy Needs in Civil Rights Taeku Lee and Janelle Wong .............................................................1 Crossing Intersections: Challenges Facing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanderand Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Youth: Exploring Issues and Recommendations Ben de Guzman and Alice Y. Hom ....................................................4 Bringing Asian American Voices to Policy Debates: Findings from the 2008 National Asian American Survey S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Jane Junn, Taeku Lee, and Janelle Wong ..........................................................11 Rights at Risk: South Asians in the Post-9/11 United States Sangay Mishra .................................................................................21 An Agenda for Policy Change: Participatory Research and Data Collection by Southeast Asian Youth Kohei Ishihara .................................................................................29 Bamboo Ceilings in the Federal Service Carson K. Eoyang ............................................................................37 Policy Recommendations to Reduce Toxic Exposures for Nail Salon Workers Julia Liou, Catherine A. Porter, and Thu Quach ...............................43 iii aapi nexus —Economic Development— OVERVIEW Challenges in Analyzing and Tracking Asian American Pacific Islander Economic Conditions Paul Ong .........................................................................................53 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Employment Issues in the United States Marlene Kim ...................................................................................58 The State of Asian American Businesses Diem Linda Tran and OiYan A. Poon ...............................................70 The Changing Landscape of Asian Entrepreneurship, Minority Banks, and Community Development Tarry Hum.......................................................................................78 Disaggregation Matters: Asian Americans and Wealth Data Melany De La Cruz-Viesca ..............................................................91 Working but Poor in New York City Howard Shih .................................................................................101 —Education— OVERVIEW Educational Data, Research Methods, Policies, and Practices that Matter for AAPIs Shirley Hune .................................................................................115 Asian American College Students over the Decades: Insights from Studying Asian American First-Year Students from 1971 to 2005 Using Survey Research Data Julie J. Park ....................................................................................119 The Importance of Critically Disaggregating Data: The Case of Southeast Asian American College Students Dina C. Maramba .........................................................................127 Broadening Support for Asian American and Pacific Islander Immigrant Families: The Role and Impact of Community- based Organizations in Family-Community-School Partnerships Nga-Wing Anjela Wong ................................................................134 iv Table of Contents Charter School “Miracle”? Youth Participatory Action Research and Education Reform in Post-Katrina New Orleans Jacob Cohen and OiYan A. Poon ...................................................143 Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions: Areas of Growth, Innovation, and Collaboration Robert T. Teranishi .........................................................................151 —Health— OVERVIEW What a Difference a Data Set and Advocacy Make for AAPI Health Ninez A. Ponce .............................................................................159 Limited English Proficiency as a Critical Component of the Department of Health and Human Services Proposed Rule for Medically Underserved Areas Rosy Chang Weir, Stacy Lavilla, Winston Tseng, Luella J. Penserga, Hui Song, Sherry M. Hirota, Jeffrey B. Caballero, and Won Kim Cook ......................................163 Collection of Local Asian American Health Data Closes Health Disparity Gaps Beverly J. Gor and Lovell A. Jones ................................................176 Childhood Obesity in the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities: Critical Data Needs and Research Priorities