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| National CAPACD E-Newsletter January 2008 |
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Contents:
1) National CAPACD Coordinating AAPI Delegation to PolicyLink's Regional Equity Summit
2) 2008 Community in the Capital Participants Selected!
3) Update on Federal Budget and Impact on US Department of Housing and Urban Development
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1) National CAPACD Coordinating AAPI Delegation to PolicyLink's Regional Equity Summit
National
CAPACD is coordinating an AAPI delegation to the Third National
Regional Equity Summit on Equitable Development, Social Justice and
Smart Growth taking place in New Orleans on March 5 – 7,
2008.
Equitable development is an issue that many AAPI communities are
addressing in cities across the country. The Regional Equity
Summit, hosted by PolicyLink, is a valuable forum for those working to
advance regional equity. Staff from several National CAPACD
member organizations will be presenting at the Summit, and members of
the AAPI delegation will take part in issue-based sessions, forums for
creating a regional equity movement, skills-building trainings, and a
local service day to benefit the people and the state of
Louisiana. This summit will include a diverse mix of leaders and
advocates from the non-profit, public policy, philanthropy, government,
business, and academic sectors.
We have a small amount of funding to support staff from our member
organizations to participate in the Summit. For more information
on how to participate in the AAPI delegation to the Regional Equity
Summit, contact TC Duong at tcduong@nationalcapacd.org or
202-223-2442.
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2) 2008 Community in the Capital Participants Selected!
From February 23-27, National CAPACD will be hosting
our 2nd Annual Community in the Capital, a program that brings together
community leaders from member organizations across the country to
engage national policy makers, federal agencies, and national community
development intermediaries. We are proud to introduce our 2008
Class!
Taz Ahmed is the Policy Manager for the Orange County Asian and
Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA). She has been
registering youth voters for the past ten years and founded South Asian
American Voting Youth (SAAVY), a national organization mobilizing youth
to have a political voice.
Afreen Alam is Chhaya CDC's Program Director in New York
City. She is responsible for managing and strengthening Chhaya's
programs and services, policy advocacy and community organizing
efforts. A daughter of Bangladeshi immigrants, she has been
involved in protecting and advancing immigrant rights in various
capacities.
Blossom Feiteira is the President of Hui Kako’o Aina
Ho’opulapula where she works with Native Hawaiian families
waiting for an award for Hawaiian Home Lands. She has more than
20 years of experience in community development with an emphasis on
affordable housing and economic development for low income
families.
Charise Fong is the Director of Neighborhood Economic
Development at East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) in
Oakland, CA. For the last twelve years, she has been involved in
program and public policy work in workforce development and community
development.
KipuKai Kuali’i currently serves as the Project
Coordinator of AKAMAI Mahi`ai, a community economic development project
in the Anahola Hawaiian Homestead where he works to build the capacity
of community leaders to bring more resources to Anahola. He has
years of experience as a community organizer and advocate through his
extensive work in Hawaii, Southern California, and Washington
DC.
Ben Lau is the financial literacy/housing counselor at the
Chinese American Service eague (CASL), based in Chicago. He is a
"Money Smart" Certified Trainer for the financial curriculum developed
by FDIC and holds a Certificate of Housing Counseling and Certificate
of Post-Purchase Homeownership Education from Neighborworks America.
Quang H. Nguyen is the Executive Director of the Vietnamese
American Economic Development Association (VAEDA) – a non-profit
that advocates for small businesses in Seattle. He works with key
business leaders in the community to create an organization that
strengthens the entrepreneurial culture of the Vietnamese-American
community.
Namoch Sokkhom is the Director of the Pacific Asian Consortium
in Employment’s Business Development Center where he creates and
implements programs for micro-enterprise development. He has
extensive experience in finance and accounting and has worked in
Cambodia.
Jose Toledo of Manilatown Heritage Foundation entered the
non-profit housing field as a LISC AmeriCorps Intern in 1998. He
served on the Board of Directors for Manilatown Heritage Foundation
from 2001 to 2004 and in 2004, took on the role of Affirmative Housing
Coordinator, where he led a community effort to ensure that there would
be Filipino seniors living in the new International Hotel Senior
Housing building.
Tau Ve'e-Remmers, Executive Director of Enterprise &
Development Resources for the Pacific (EDRP), has a wealth of
experience in multi-level, multi-faceted community and professional
development. She is a well-rounded Pacific Islander of Samoan
descent bringing her knowledge and expertise from the for-profit sector
to the non-profit arena.
We are tremendously excited to work with this
talented group of individuals representing the great diversity of the
AAPI community development field.
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3) Update on Federal Budget and Impact on US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
On December 26, President George W. Bush signed the
FY08 $555 billion omnibus spending bill, which includes funding for
HUD. The omnibus spending bill is $22 billion lower than the
appropriation bill originally passed by the House and Senate. The
new bill decreases funding for Community Development Block Grants
(CDBG) as well as for HOME, a HUD program providing grants to states to
partner with non-profit groups to increase homeownership and affordable
rental housing. In the omnibus bill, CDBG is funded at $3.6 billion,
$130 million less than the Congressional bill. HOME is funded at
$1.629 billon, $73 million less than the bill passed by Congress.
On February 4, the president will deliver his FY09 budget request to
Congress. The House and Senate Budget Committees will work to enact a
budget resolution by April 15th, which will then guide the work of
Congressional appropriations committees and subcommittees.
National CAPACD will be working with other national partners to seek
additional HUD funding and ensure increased access to resources for
AAPI communities in the next budget resolution. For details of
funding levels for various programs, see the National Low-Income
Housing Coalition’s website.
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