The Asian American Economic Development Enterprise is a great resource and organization for those who need assistance in tackling this issue. AAED over the years has transformed into a fully operational non-profit organization that is devoted to enriching the lives of immigrant workers by being a resource for economic development and assistance. AAED’s mission is to create and maintain a universal economic development program that elevates the standard of living of Asian American people in the southern California region. Additionally they want to create businesses and individual growth for Asian Americans and others through education, employment and enterprise. The founder and president of the organization David Woo describes the goals of this organization as the “Four E’s” which stand for Employment, Education, Enterprise and Excellence. His ideology is that by establishing and implementing these into the community, in return these building blocks will provide more opportunities to employ more Asian Americans. AAEDE has provided training and employment services to countless Asian Americans and one that I found extremely helpful was that each year they provided scholarships to …show more content…
They offer case management for legal issues that stem from hate crimes, workers rights and even discrimination. Most importantly for the immigrants, they provide monthly naturalization clinics for legal permanent residents who are seeking US citizenship. This one seems to be the most important because these immigrants may not feel that sense of belonging and with the assistance of CRU; the process in obtaining legal papers is expedited. CRU last year completed 140 naturalization applications and even educated these individuals on the importance of