The Oakland-based Asian Immigrant Women Advocates (AIWA) is a 30-year-old grassroots organization that invests in, and more specifically, prioritizes, the long-term leadership development of its constituents. AIWA’s Community Transformational Organizing Strategy (CTOS) is an evidence-based and systematic grassroots leadership development model based on decades of community-driven campaigns and peer-led organizing.
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Diverse Culture of Generosity Program
The Association of Fundraising Professionals Silicon Valley Chapter is hosting a lively discussion of the tradition of philanthropy within the Hispanic, Chinese and Indian-American communities in the Bay Area. CACF co-founder and board member, Buck Gee will be speaking at this event.
New Clinic Dedicated to Dr. Rolland Lowe and Kathy Lowe
Asian Health Services dedicated its new clinic to longtime community leaders, Dr. Rolland Lowe and Kathy Lowe.
Cameron House Executive Director To Take Part in Media Training Project
The Asian American Journalist Association is organizing its first AAJA Media Institute, a two-day workshop to train thought leaders and help them become valuable sources to the media. The project grew out of the need to have diverse, go-to experts that can help journalists tell their story. Thirty participants will take part in the boot […]
Famed Chefs and CACF Volunteers Serve Asian Fusion Meal at GLIDE
On December 9, 2013, the Asian Chefs Association and Chinese American Community Foundation hosted this year’s Chefs Without Borders Holiday Lunch and Dinner at GLIDE. The annual event brings together award-winning chefs and over 100 Asian American community volunteers to serve a free lunch and dinner for 2,500 of Glide’s community of disadvantaged clients. “The […]
Survey on Mental Health in the Asian American Community
Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California is seeking responses for a quick survey on mental health within the Asian American community, due March 31.