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Actions Louder Than Words: How Giving Circle Trailblazers Sparked a Movement
Alex Wong, AAPIP Community Philanthropy Manager
When Kathy Im, Alice Lee-Osborne, and Serena Moy found out that less than 1% of all foundation dollars went to the AAPI community, they started to talk about ways to increase resources to the community. As young professionals working in philanthropy and as members of AAPIP’s Chicago chapter, they knew there was a need being overlooked and that a significant gap needed to be filled.
Posted on: April 23, 2013
The Civic Engagement Journey
Almost everyone remembers what they were doing the morning of September 11, 2001, including Tessa Rouverol Callejo, the FAITHS Program and Civic Engagement Officer at The San Francisco Foundation.
Posted on: February 26, 2013
Aloha Spirit in DC
You can learn and read about the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court, and Washington DC in a classroom– but it’s different to see them in person. This spring, a group of 8th graders from Hilo will see firsthand just what that looks like. For many, it will be their first time on an airplane and the first time out of the State of Hawai’i.
Posted on: February 25, 2013
Still I Dream
Steve Li, former 2012 Dream Summer Intern and Catherine Eusebio, AAPIP Social Justice Fellow
It was one sunny day on September 15, 2010, and what I expected to be a typical school day turned out to be a day that changed my life. I was 20 years old when five officials dressed in black from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided my family’s San Francisco apartment. Once I stepped outside, I was handcuffed and shackled, about to spend the next 66 days incarcerated in a county jail and in a detention center in Arizona.
Posted on: February 22, 2013
Creating a Piece of History
Alex W. Wong, Community Philanthropy Manager
Congratulations to Red Envelope Giving Circle in their first year of giving together, and for funding a collective $10,000 to Asian and Pacific Islander Family Pride, One Love Oceania, Queer Rebel Productions and The Dragon Fruit Project. To learn more about Red Envelope Giving Circle visit: www.red-envelope-giving-circle.org
Posted on: February 18, 2013