CAJ | 학술논문

成立于1973年的美华协会最初致力于争取和维护华人的权益，在华人社区的影响力和号召力日益扩大。进入20世纪80年代之后，美华协会逐渐打破族裔的藩篱，不仅为华裔维权和谋福利，更努力联合亚太裔其他组织的力量，为全美亚太裔申权。美华协会在维护亚裔移民权利、遏止种族仇恨犯罪、消除主流社会对华人和亚裔的偏见、错误认知和刻板印象、争取亚裔选民权利等方面都做出了突出贡献。作为一个寻求平等权利和社会地位的种族利益集团，它采取了多种策略，包括与议员或行政官员接触、构筑联盟、抗议示威、影响政治选举、开展公众教育等方式来为华人和亚裔谋权益。经过近四十年的悉心耕耘，美华协会现已发展成为美国最出色的亚裔民权组织之一，许多亚裔美国人公认其为居于领导地位的美国华人社团。
성립우1973년적미화협회최초치력우쟁취화유호화인적권익，재화인사구적영향력화호소력일익확대。진입20세기80년대지후，미화협회축점타파족예적번리，불부위화예유권화모복리，경노력연합아태예기타조직적역량，위전미아태예신권。미화협회재유호아예이민권리、알지충족구한범죄、소제주류사회대화인화아예적편견、착오인지화각판인상、쟁취아예선민권리등방면도주출료돌출공헌。작위일개심구평등권리화사회지위적충족이익집단，타채취료다충책략，포괄여의원혹행정관원접촉、구축련맹、항의시위、영향정치선거、개전공음교육등방식래위화인화아예모권익。경과근사십년적실심경운，미화협회현이발전성위미국최출색적아예민권조직지일，허다아예미국인공인기위거우령도지위적미국화인사단。
The Organization of Chinese Americans （OCA）, founded in 1973, had originally been committed to striving for the rights and interests of Chinese Americans. After the 1980s, OCA gradually broke the ethnic barriers, and built coalition with other Asian American organization, with the mission of protecting the rights and advan- cing the well-being of Asian Pacific Americans as well as Chinese Americans. OCA has made great contribution in several aspects. As one of the racial and ethnic interest groups in the U. S. , OCA adopted diverse tactics, including contacting the assemblymen or executive officers, building coalition, protesting, exerting influence in the voting process, and launching public education, to advocate the rights and interests of Chinese Americans and Asian Americans. With nearly forty years＇ devotion, OCA has become one of the outstanding organizations of Asian American civil rights, and also been recognized as the leading association in Chinese community.