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For years, policy advocates and individual organizations have looked to local government for support, but their voices weren’t enough to leverage funding. API Council is a 57-member citywide coalition that advocates for equitable policies and resources on behalf of API communities. Our 57-members serve over 250,000 API residents in San Francisco. The API Council has advocated for funding to sustain and expand core services in housing, and health and human services.

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Asian Pacific Islander Council

2 weeks ago

Please read about the Victim and Survivors Fund and consider making a contribution to support API victims and survivors:

In response to the recent attacks on members of our Asian Pacific Islander (API) community, The Coalition of Community Safety and Justice, with Community Youth Center as the fiscal agency, is spearheading the creation of the Victim and Survivors Fund, a direct service and financial resource to assist victims and survivors of violence and their families through trauma, injury, and financial hardship.

The Victims and Survivors Fund is just one of the key components in the process of building a city-wide social support and safety infrastructure to provide service coordination to assist API families and victims of crime. For much of the Community Youth Center of San Francisco's (CYC) history, the agency has been known for its strong leadership in response to situations that require specialized, culturally/linguistically competent, and trauma informed mediation. Unfortunately, many of these cases involve victims and survivors of traumatic experience resulting from violence. While we understand that institutional violence in our community is not a new phenomenon, the number of cases of violence towards the API community have exponentially increased--a trend that can be attributed to xenophobia and racism resulting from COVID-19. As the rates of violence continue to rise, we, as a community, need to find meaningful ways to heal and support each other, especially the victims and survivors.

Indeed, our community has always been at the forefront of identifying and enacting solutions to solve for the myriad issues that challenge our resolve. As an organization, we are here to ensure that our community’s victims and survivors get access to the resources and services they need to appropriately address the trauma associated with violence.

In the spirit of community action, allyship, and healing, the Victims and Survivors fund will help address the immediate needs of those affected by violence. The funds raised in this campaign will go directly to support the various financial needs of API victims and survivors to aid them in a path to healing. Along with our partners in this initiative - API Council, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Chinese Progressive Association, and New Breath Foundation, we as a coalition strive to establish a more sustainable model, rooted in restorative justice, that will systematically reduce violence resulting from hate, poverty, and inequity.

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Victims and Survivors Fund, organized by Community Youth Center of San Francisco CYCSF

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In response to the recent attacks on members of our Asian Pac… Community Youth Center of San Francisco CYCSF needs your support for Victims and Survivors Fund

Asian Pacific Islander Council

2 weeks ago

"The violence comes as the Chinese community on Friday marks the Lunar New Year, a muted celebration after a crushing year for the banquet halls, restaurants and businesses that would normally be pulsing with holiday cheer.

The pandemic has hit San Francisco’s Chinatown, America’s oldest and largest, particularly hard. The lack of tourists; the spate of violent attacks and robberies; and pandemic-related racism against Asian-Americans have combined to exacerbate the economic pain felt in Chinatown."

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A Tense Lunar New Year for the Bay Area After Attacks on Asian-Americans

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The attacks have renewed fears over a wave of anti-Asian violence and harassment that was spurred earlier in the pandemic.

Asian Pacific Islander Council

2 weeks ago

Please read the following released statement from the Stupski Foundation in response to the rising hate crimes against AAPIs: https://mailchi.mp/cdf5e3034af1/working-with-you-to-address-covid-4138725?e=20a56bbf02 ... See MoreSee Less

We Must Address Rising Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans

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Last week, members of our community suffered from a series of violent attacks targeting Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) elders. In San Francisco, Vicha Ratanpakdee, an 84-year-old senior from T...

Asian Pacific Islander Council

2 weeks ago

Happy Lunar New Year! Join us in celebrating our newly sworn-in City Administrator Carmen Chu for a live, virtual banquet with some of her favorite dishes at the comfort of your own home!

Purchased meals are available only to San Francisco residents, delivery will be included. Meal options range from 2-6 people. All proceeds will be donated to Far East Café in Chinatown.

To RSVP, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/L4KP2ZP8DMiXy8Ay6

RSVP and payment must be received no later than February 20, 2021 at 5pm. Zoom link will be provided upon RSVP confirmation.

The event is made live on Facebook here: https://fb.me/e/B3zsbuYX Please feel free to share.

Attached are flyers and menu options.

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Asian Pacific Islander Council

2 weeks ago

We call on all of our allies to stand with us and speak out against the wave of violence against our community, especially our elders. We deserve safety, accountability, and solutions that address the root causes of these injustices. Will you stand with us?⭐In light of the latest wave of attacks against Asian American community members, Asian American organizations in San Francisco, Oakland, and the greater Bay Area joined held a virtual press event this morning to denounce the violence and demand action.

⭐READ our full joint statement below, released with over 40 organizations from across the Bay Area.

⭐We must invest in long-term community-centered solutions that create spaces for cross-racial healing that address underlying causes and create ways for all to thrive. We believe that our strength is in unity, not division, and that our histories and our futures are intertwined. That is why we are committed to working with Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Pacific Islander communities for long-term shared vision and solutions to stop the violence in all our communities.

Graphic credit: AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund.

Thank you especially to Coalition for Community Safety and Justice- CCSJ, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), New Breath Foundation, Asian Pacific Islander Council , Community Youth Center of San Francisco, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) ,Aypal: Building API Community Power, Southeast Asian Development Center,EBALDC, Oakland Rising, Bay Rising, San Francisco Rising Alliance ... See MoreSee Less

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