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| National CAPACD E-Newsletter November 2007 |
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Contents:
1) Boat People SOS and Mary Queen of Vietnam Receive $30,000 Grants from NeighborWorks America!
2) Asian American Community Development Conference a Huge Success!
3) National
CAPACD Alumnus, Cherry Cayabyab Named Executive Director of Asian
Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF)
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1) Boat People SOS and Mary Queen of Vietnam Receive $30,000 Grants from NeighborWorks America!
National CAPACD members Boat People SOS and Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC
each received a $30,000 grant from NeighborWorks America to assist in
their work with the Vietnamese communities in The Gulf Coast Region of
the United States. Through their Community Building &
Organizing Initiative, NeighborWorks America has awarded $30,000 grants
to 10 nonprofit organizations in the Gulf Coast region to assist in
local rebuilding efforts.
Launched in 1995 to enhance the role of residents revitalizing
communities, the Community Building & Organizing Initiative
provides grants, technical assistance, peer sharing and training
opportunities to engage residents in community development. With
these awards, NeighborWorks America recognized the importance of
supporting the Vietnamese community in New Orleans and has committed to
rebuilding activities across the Gulf Coast to develop and rehabilitate
10,000 affordable housing units.
Congratulations Boat People SOS and Mary Queen of Vietnam CDC!
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2) Asian American Community Development Conference a Huge Success!
On October 26th, National CAPACD partnered with Asian Americans for
Equality(AAFE) to host the first Asian American Community Development
Conference in New York City.
With several hundred participants, the conference engaged private and
public sectors to examine a wide range of community development topics
to address the rapidly growing needs and contributions of New York
City's 800,000 Asian Americans and their emerging importance to the
local and national economy.
Throughout the conference workshops and plenaries, national and local
experts spoke about the innovative services among financial
institutions, corporations and community organizations.
Participants examined how these groups are making connections to
empower the Asian American community.
Notable speakers included Kimberly A. Reed, Director of the Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund and Director of the White House
Initiatives on AAPIs, the Honorable Scott Stringer, Borough President
of Manhattan, and Dunson K. Cheng, Chairman, President and CEO of
Cathay Bank.
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3) National CAPACD Alumnus, Cherry Cayabyab Named Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Forum (ACLF)
Cherry Cayabyab, former National CAPACD Programs
Coordinator, has recently been named the new Executive Director of the
Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF). ACLF
provides an environment that fosters the development of individual
leadership, community strength and inter-community unity to promote
issues critical to AAPIs.
Cherry played a critical role in National CAPACD's early development,
and helped establish many of our programs that continue through
today. She first interned with National CAPACD in 2001 and was
largely responsible for building our operating infrastructure. As
National CAPACD's first Programs Coordinator, Cherry developed our
leadership program, coordinated our annual convention, and worked with
the policy and research committee. Cherry is responsible for
writing the APIA Serving Institutions Legislation which increased
opportunities for marginalized AAPI students, and was detailed from our
office to Congressman Robert Underwood.
Cherry was born in the Philippines, immigrated and grew up in Southern
California. She has engaged in social justice
organizing/advocacy, research and program management with communities
of color in the nonprofit/public service field for ten years. She
received her BA in Public and Community Service emphasizing in Asian
American Studies from the University of California, Irvine and her MPA
in Public Policy and Management from the University of Washington,
Evans School of Public Affairs.
She is currently a Consultant for the People of Color in Philanthropy
Network and is a board member of the API Women and Family Safety
Center. Cherry stepped down from the ACLF Board of Directors to
assume the interim Executive Director position.
Congratulations Cherry!
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