Take a swing! Participants tee-ing off before hitting the green.
On June 21, 2010, CACF collaborated with the Asian American Federation, Chinatown YMCA, and Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC) to host our Second Annual Asian American Golf Classic at the Manhattan Woods Golf Club. It was a successful event that had over 100 guests and raised over $108,000 for the four organizations to continuing providing vital services to the community. Attendees enjoyed a delicious brunch, 18-holes at the recently rated Best of State golf course, a barbeque grill, a cocktail reception, and a dinner and award ceremony. We would like to thank Nelson Louis of the Ong Family Foundation, who sponsored the entire event so that all proceeds would benefit the four organizations. The Golf Classic was generously supported by the Ong Family Foundation (event champion), TD Bank (diamond sponsor); Magna Carta Companies (silver sponsor); Answer Vending, Elite Laundry & Ace Cleaning Total Commercial Laundry and Cleaning Solution, Ernst & Young, First American International Bank, and Mercedes-Benz (bronze sponsors).
We did it! CHARGE partners after a long and successful day advocating in the Capitol.
On May 12, 2010, Project CHARGE (Coalition for Health Access to Reach Greater Equity) held the Inaugural Asian Pacific American State Health Advocacy Day. In New York City, 1 out of 8 Asian Pacific Americans are uninsured, and 8 out of 10 of these uninsured are foreign-born. Project CHARGE, our 15-member health advocacy coalition, advocated for the meaningful inclusion of the Asian Pacific American community in New York State’s implementation of federal health care reform. During the advocacy day, we had:
• 25 individuals from Project CHARGE’s 15 member organizations
• 24 meetings with State Senators, Assembly Members, and staff
• Copies of our new report, Healing the Health Care System, were distributed to elected officials and press Read more...
Council member Daniel Dromm with 12% & Growing Partners
Rain or Shine. 12% % Growing Coalition came out in full force for City Advocacy Day.
On May 18, 2010, the 12% and Growing Coalition (co-led by CACF and the MinKwon Center for Community Action) held a successful City Advocacy Day. While the Asian Pacific American community makes up 12% of the New York City population, Asian-led organizations receive less than 1% of the City’s social service contract dollars. During these tough times, the City’s budget cuts to social services will have a negative and disproportionate impact on the Asian Pacific American community. For our Second Annual City Advocacy Day, we had: Read more...
The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the nation’s only pan-Asian children’s advocacy organization, is cautiously optimistic about the recently signed legislation that restored Mayoral Control of New York City public schools.
Background
On August 11, 2009, Governor Paterson signed legislation that restored Mayoral Control of New York City public schools. First introduced in 2002, Mayoral Control gave Mayor Bloomberg the power to name the chancellor and have complete control over the school system’s budget and education policy. Mayoral Control was set to sunset in June 2009. With a sunset provision for June 2015, the current legislation has restored Mayoral Control for six more years. Read more...
Meet & Greet: Speed-Dating participants. Photo by: Nancy Eng
Thanks again to CACF’s amazing Action Council for another successful event!
CACF’s Action Council kicked the summer with their highly anticipated Summer Lovin’ Speed-Dating Fundraiser at BLVD. on July 17, 2009. Over 115 people participated in the Speed-Dating event and ended the night with a mingling session to meet and make new friends.
Special thanks to those who have contributed their time, resources, and energy to make this event possible: BLVD, DJ Alias, Karine Ng, our great volunteers, and all the participants and supporters of CACF and especially Noel Collo, Nancy Eng, Deeksha Hebbar, and Alice Lee. Read more...
The Asian American International Film Festival is the first and longest running festival devoted to showcasing Asian and Asian American films in the country. Beginning Thursday, July 23 and running through Sunday, July 26, AAIFF ’09 will feature ten of the year’s best feature films and over 30 short films. In addition to the screenings, the festival will also conduct panel discussions, Q&A sessions, workshops and awards.
CACF is proud to co-sponsor the ‘Youth Shorts Program‘ in the Asian American International Film Festival this year! Read more...
Newly elected NYC Board of Education President Dennis Walcott and Chancellor Joel Klein. Photo by Annie Tritt.
On June 30th, 2009, Mayoral Control Legislation expired reverting the educational system automatically to the old structure – the Board of Education.
The first day after Mayoral Control’s sunset, borough presidents and Mayor Bloomberg quickly moved to reconstruct the Board of Education. They held a quick meeting and voted unanimously to keep Joel Klein as Chancellor of New York City’s public education system, granting him decision-making and contract-approving power.
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Sikh Coalition, CACF, and AALDEF join together at a press conference on bias-based harrassment and bullying.
This past Tuesday, on June 30, 2009, CACF stood with the Sikh Coalition, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) in front of the Department of Education (DOE) building for a press conference releasing a Report Card and white paper indicating how the DOE has been falling short on its duty to protect our public school students from bias-based harassment and bullying.
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This past Thursday (June 25th) Project CHARGE participated in the Health Care For America Now (HCAN) Rally at the Upper Senate Park in Washington D.C. Thousands gathered in support of health reform. Among the many speakers were Senator Chuck Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Representative Charles Rangel who is chair of the Ways and Means committee. Legislators are currently marking up health reform bills and making critical decisions that will effect millions. Your stories and voices matter more than ever. Submit a letter urging your Senator and U.S. Representative to support affordable health care for all now!
Urge your Senator to support health reform here.
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Vanessa Leung, Kleber Palma (Department of Education), Stephanie Trice (Health and Hospitals Corporation), and Wayne Ho.
A new report released on June 16, 2009 by the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), Recording Voices: Stories of Asian Pacific American Youth as Language Brokers in New York City, finds that Asian Pacific American families often rely on children and youth to be translators and interpreters when accessing public services. These bilingual children and youth are known as “language brokers,”who are forced to translate or interpret for limited English proficient (LEP) parents in daily situations without any special training. Read more...
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