About

Who we are?

Cambodian Action Committee for Justice & Equity (CACJE) is an alliance of Cambodian resides in country and Cambodian oversea whom lives in USA, Canada, EU & Pacific Ocean. CACJE has strong Commitment, good Confident and Sacrifice to work together and advocate for improving of 5E (Education, Economic, Empower, Enforcement and Environment) in Cambodia. We committed to share our time, our experience, our knowledge and contribute our financial to act for policies change.

CACJE undersigned are individual 18 years of age or older and adopt the following article to form a nonprofit organization as a non-profit public conglomerate and is organized under the non-profit public benefit law exclusively for charitable and educational purpose as specified in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of United State of America.

Believing

CACJE believes that to free Cambodia and to have full independent for nation is together to get involve in politics and take action from local to district, from district to province and all from provinces to countrywide. To act and uprising  people power is work together between Cambodians inside country and Cambodians oversea.

Mission

CACJE is dedicated to making the promise of Cambodia real for every Cambodian: Equality, Freedom of speech, Freedom of Politics, the right to seek justice in a court of law, the right to cast a vote that counts and the right to get involve in Politics.

Our vision is a vibrantly diverse democratic society in which everyone is treated equally under the law, given the freedom and opportunity to pursue their dreams, and encouraged to participate in our nation’s civic and political life. Our Cambodia respects diversity, nurtures creativity and combats hatred and bigotry.

We believe a society that reflects these constitutional principles and progressive values is worth fighting for, and we take seriously our responsibility to cultivate new generations of leaders and activists who will sustain these values for the life of this nation.

Our operational mission is to promote the Cambodian people and defend it from attack, to build and nurture communities of support for our values, and to equip those communities to promote progressive policies, elect progressive candidates, and hold public officials accountable.

Statement of Mission 

CACJE is a Center by which US-Based Cambodian Action Committee for Justice and Equity (CACJE) founded in March 18^th , 2007 by Oversea Cambodians who were former of political victim and have been granted Asylum by United Sate of America.

The following Statement of Purpose was adopted by the founders and other civic who comprised the initial Board of Directors.

In times of hardship, in times of crises, societies throughout history have experienced wrenching dislocations in their fundamental values and beliefs. We are alarmed that some of the current voices of stridency and division may replace those of reason and unity. If these voices continue unchallenged, the results will be predictable: a rise in “demonology” and hostility, a breakdown in community and social spirit, a deterioration of free and open dialogue, and the temptation to grasp at simplistic solutions for complex problems.

CACJE is established to address these matters. Our purpose is to meet the challenges of discord and fragmentation with an affirmation of “the Cambodians People Power.” By this, we mean pluralism, individuality, freedom of thought, expression and religion, a sense of community, and tolerance and compassion for others. CACJE  will reach out to all Cambodians and affirm that in our society, the individual still matters; that there is reason to believe in the future – not to despair of it – and that we must strengthen the common cords that connect us as humans and citizens.

The long-term agenda of CAJE is broad. It includes reducing social tension and polarizations, encouraging community participation, fostering understanding among different segments of our society, and increasing the level and quality of public dialogue. As an educational institution, we shall communicate with the Cambodian people through printed materials, radio, television, public lectures and discussions.

We will gather information, analyze it, and distribute our findings to the public in a manner that provides for full and fair exposition on the issues. Our highest purpose is to nurture a national climate that encourages and enhances the human spirit rather than one which divides people into hostile camps.

By educating the Cambodian people and raising their level of understanding about the basic tenets by which our society is sustained, CACJE will fulfill its mission.

CACJE Purpose

1.   To promote People Power through aid Khmer publishing and produce materials for in order to strengthening media power in society.

2.   To promote culture of truthful through education, cultural counseling including other pertinent action as needed for betterment of Cambodian people from grassroots to nationwide.

3.   To organize people action for encouragement  of Khmer Politicians whose mission is to restore Cambodia to their original freedom, rights liberty, social justice and to defense Cambodia sovereignty and territorial integrity of nation.

4.   To courage Cambodian people to get involve and do participation in political action and political campaign in hopes of renovating the present communist regime and corruption group of Phnom Penh Government.

5.   To assist, coordinate, and engage in fun-raising to support it activities enumerated above;  to promote the principles object and other activities as necessary and proper to accomplish the foregoing purpose.

CACJE Statement of Values

CACJE is in running of its project called Cambodian Political Action Campaign (CPAC) that affirms and works to preserve the fundamental values that define the Cambodian People Power. They include opportunity for all and the freedom to learn; freedom to think; freedom of conscience; civic participation; community and family; societal and personal responsibility; fairness and justice; pluralism and diversity.

These values are enshrined in our nation’s founding documents and embedded in the collective soul of our people. The nation was founded in their pursuit, the Constitution written in their defense, wars fought in their preservation, and more than two centuries of freedom and prosperity lived in their exercise.

1. Because Cambodian Political Action Campaign believes in opportunity and the freedom to learn, we work to preserve public education in Cambodia, the great engine of opportunity for Cambodian’s next generation.

• We work to defend the public schools against an ongoing assault on their very existence.
• We work to promote moral and civic Cambodian values to Cambodia’s students.
• We work to encourage respect for learning.
• We work to defend the freedom to learn and freedom to think.
• We work to ensure equal access to quality education for all Cambodians.
• We work to ensure access for all Cambodians to political opportunity and justice.

1. Because Cambodian Political Action Campaign believes in freedom of conscience, we work to defend Cambodians’ right to worship as they choose free from government interference, we work to defend freedom of expression, and we work to defend Cambodians’ freedom to make their own decisions about matters of conscience.

• We work to promote appreciation for freedom of expression.
• We work to defend against censorship in all its forms, whatever the medium of expression.
• We work to protect politicians and activist from government intrusion.
• We work to defend freedom of worship.
• We work to create a community in which Cambodians of different faith traditions and of none are respected, welcomed and treated equally.
• We work to protect the right of people to make personal health decisions free from government intrusion.

1. Because Cambodian Political Action Campaign believes in the principle of democratic participation and the democratic process, we work to foster citizen involvement in the community and in government policies, and we work to protect and preserve the rule of law principles that built the social justice.

• We work to lower barriers to citizen participation.
• We work to foster civic participation, particularly among our youth.
• We work to encourage civic activism.
• We work to promote accountability for our political leaders.
• We work to foster open and honest dialogue about the important issues facing the country.

1. Because Cambodian Political Action Campaign believes in the value of community, we work to promote pluralism and diversity, and we work to promote tolerance and respect from and for all segments of the Cambodian community.

• We work to promote respect for diversity, particularly among our youth.
• We work to combat hatred and intolerance.
• We work to promote respect for the family.
• We work to promote personal responsibility.
• We work to support policies to redress the impact of past and current discrimination.

1. Because Cambodian Political Action Campaign believes in trust, fairness and justice, we work to preserve political, civic and human opportunity, as well as civil and constitutional liberties for all our citizens.

• We work to oppose discrimination on the basis of faith, gender, national origin, race, or sexual orientation.
• We work to encourage the action of Cambodians who share these commitments to the political party.
• We work to defend media freedom.
• We work to preserve an independent judiciary that respects individual liberty and ensures due process of law for all Cambodians