Join OCA Greater Cleveland!

Nationally Founded as the Organization of Chinese Americans (美華協會) in 1973, OCA has grown to be a robust advocacy organization advancing the civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and aspiring Americans. In 2013, to reflect OCA’s diversity and inclusion initiative, it was rebranded as OCA—Asian Pacific American Advocates.

To fulfill its mission, OCA has established the following goals:
* to advocate for social justice, equal opportunity, and fair treatment;
* to promote civic participation, education, and leadership;
* To advance coalitions and community building and to foster cultural heritage.

With headquarters in Washington, D.C., the OCA National Center has an effective vantage point for monitoring legislation and policy issues affecting Asian Pacific Americans. In addition, the OCA is able to build national support and work in a coalition with other national groups on these issues.

OCA takes no collective position on the politics of any foreign country but instead focuses on the welfare and civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans.

The OCA Greater Cleveland Chapter serves the continually growing Asian Pacific American community of Northeast Ohio. It promotes cultural heritage, active participation in civic and community affairs, securing justice, and equal treatment and opportunity for all Americans of Asian Pacific Islander descent.