NONPROFIT AWARD RECIPIENTS

2020

Thank you A3PCON, CAAM, CPAF, PACE LA, and Trybe, for your immense contributions and advocacy on behalf of the AAPI community.

A3PCON

The Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON) is a coalition of community-based organizations that advocates for the rights and needs of the Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Community in the greater Los Angeles area, with a particular focus on low income, immigrant, refugee and other disadvantaged sectors of the population. A3PCON is supporting the fight against AAPI racism during Covid-19 by creating the Stop AAPI Hate report center. They encourage all who have witnessed or experienced micro-aggressions, bullying, harassment, hate speech, or violence to file an incident report so that we can better respond and prevent future incidents.

CAAM

The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting stories that convey the richness and diversity of Asian American experiences to the broadest audience possible. We do this by funding, producing, distributing, and exhibiting works in film, television, and digital media. For 40 years, CAAM has exposed audiences to new voices and communities, advancing our collective understanding of the American experience through programs specifically designed to engage the Asian American community and the public at large. CAAM co-produced the recently aired 5-part documentary series Asian Americans. The documentary shares the histories of our different communities and hopes to engage and empower new generations. Click here to watch the documentary.

CPAF

Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF) is recognized nationally for our pioneering work in domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse services within the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Islander (API) community. We created the first multi-lingual 24-hour helpline assisting API survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in the nation. We opened the first emergency shelter and the first transitional program specialized in serving API survivors.
We provide a wide range of comprehensive services, focusing on the needs of survivors who seek to establish independent, violence-free lives. Our services are free of charge, conducted in many API languages.

PACE LA

The Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment was founded in 1976 to address the employment and job training needs of the Asian Pacific Islander communities. Today PACE has programs in business development, early childhood education, energy & environmental services, housing assistance and workforce development. Along with these programs PACE quickly mobilized to launch PACE AID (Assistance in Disaster) to provide resources and capital for COVID-19 affected small businesses.

Trybe

A community-based nonprofit rooted in East Oakland, Trybe Inc. serves the youth and under-served communities by showing them they have a future—that they are our future. Trybe serves 200 families coordinating a range of programs and experiences, where youth learn new skills, grow socially and emotionally and engage with their communities in productive ways. Trybe youth and family programs are coordinated and maintained by a small staff, and sustained by recruiting community volunteers and leveraging partnerships with after-school programs, using school and public parks and recreation centers and school gyms as sites for our programs. Trybe has set up a Covid-19 Emergency Relief for the community to help with food, supplies and cash stipends.