About Asian American Voices

Welcome to Silicon Valley Asian American Voices!

Through film, dialogue, and multimedia tools, Silicon Valley Asian American Voices deepens understanding of immigrant experiences and contributions, bridges relationships between diverse communities, and inspires people to take action in support of immigrant newcomers. We share the stories of Asian American immigrants in order to put a human face on the complex opportunities and challenges related to immigration in our communities, and to forge greater understanding and increased cooperation among our diverse region.

The goals of the Voices project are to:

Educate the community on the history, experiences, barriers to success, and community contributions of Asian American immigrants in Silicon Valley;
Identify key policy issues that facilitate the integration of Asian American immigrant communities; and
Foster cross-cultural understanding among various ethnic communities.

For generations, Asian American immigrants have settled in Silicon Valley in search of economic and other life opportunities. Over time, they have steered and shaped the innovation, development, and technological growth that uniquely characterize this region.

Dinner and Dialogue Event at Palo Alto University Today, Silicon Valley continues to draw people from across the globe and is one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the nation. Over a third of the population in Santa Clara County—the heart of Silicon Valley—is foreign-born, and Asian Americans make up a third of the total population. Immigrants constitute nearly half the workforce in the region and make critical contributions to the high-tech, service, health care, and education sectors. As much of Silicon Valley’s economic strength relies on the contributions of Asian American and other immigrant groups, our continued prosperity depends on the successful integration of immigrant newcomers into our neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.

The Silicon Valley Asian American Voices project was created to help build a more welcoming community where everyone can thrive. Voices has now developed several outreach tools and programs to facilitate learning, dialogue, and action in support of immigrant communities, including:

We invite you to learn more about us, connect with us online, and join us in the community!

The Silicon Valley Asian American Voices project is coordinated by Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) and made possible by a grant from Silicon Valley Community Foundation. For more information, please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)

Focusing on the diverse Asian American community, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)’s mission is to improve the health, mental health, and well-being of individuals and their families by providing an array of human services. AACI empowers the Asian American community by working collaboratively for equality and social justice.

Founded in 1973, AACI is now the largest community-based organization serving the Asian American community in Santa Clara County, through culturally and linguistically appropriate programs. Current programs include mental health and primary care health services, HIV/AIDS prevention and services, health education, substance abuse treatment, a center for survivors of torture, programs and shelter for domestic violence victims, a senior center, youth development services, English and computer classes, and advocacy.

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a leading voice and catalyst for innovative solutions to the region's most challenging problems. Its mission is to strengthen the common good, improve quality of life and address the most challenging problems, through visionary community leadership, world-class donor services and effective grantmaking. Through its Immigrant Integration grantmaking strategy, the community foundation seeks to put a human face on complex immigration issues through powerful tools such as video, art, technology and other media to educate policymakers, business, clergy, civic leaders, foundations and the general public about immigrants and their receiving communities. The community foundation sees the full spectrum of arts and culture as an instrument for social change.