Celebrating Our AAPI-Focused, Led, and Serving Grantees

🎉 We want to take a moment to celebrate and uplift the important work of our AAPI-focused, led, and serving grantees this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These organizations are not only active across a diversity of issues — from environmental justice and housing stability to economic and gender justice — but also illuminate how they are interconnected.

Asian Pacific Environmental Network Building the power of Asian immigrant and refugee communities on the frontlines of fighting for environmental justice.

Chhaya Community Development Corporation Building the power, housing stability, and economic well-being of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean communities in New York City, while leading on key policy issues for immigrants, such as basement legalization, language access, and tenants rights.

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV): Organizing working-class Asian immigrants in Chinatown and Astoria to intervene in the gentrification of their neighborhoods and New York City.

DRUM - Desis Rising Up & Moving Building the power of South Asian and Indo-Caribbean low-wage immigrant workers, youth, and families in New York City to win economic and educational justice, and civil and immigrant rights.

MinKwon Center for Community Action Leading APA Voice and empowering Korean American, Asian Pacific American, and broader immigrant communities through civic engagement, organizing, and social services.

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) Building the power, influence, and autonomy of AAPI women and girls. (Check out their post on why AAPI Heritage Month is celebrated in May: https://lnkd.in/eDnXRbp2)

The W.O.W. Project Women, queer, and trans-led community initiative using art and activism to grow and protect NYC Chinatown’s creative culture in a time of rapid change.

Let's continue to support and amplify their work not just during AAPI Heritage Month, but every day. 👏