Being #UnitedThroughLove
This month CPAF shares the different spaces in which we can be #UnitedThroughLove. Whether through youth programs, cultural communities, or our workplaces, we have opportunities to create awareness and change through the spaces we already occupy in our daily life.
Open Call for Mentors!
The Rooted Leadership Project is composed of youth who have been in CPAF's Know Your Roots youth advocacy program or other leadership spaces. In this program, youth will build on their foundation of knowledge and skills promoting healthy relationships through a lens of gender equity and nonviolence. Youth will learn more about the root causes of violence in their communities through our Rooted Leadership Project, in which they'll design, implement, and evaluate social impact projects. Check out past projects here!
This is an open call for mentors who we will potentially match with one of the youth, based on the interest and technical needs of the projects. The majority of the mentorship experience will take place online, however an end of program in-person celebration is expected pending COVID-19 safety status.
Time Commitment:
1 hour orientation - week of 10/3;
1-2 hour mentor-mentee meetings every other week, based on project needs;
Some flexibility - for additional meetings or training as needed.
Background check required.
Please fill out this form by September 12th if you are interested in potentially providing mentorship for one of the youth involved in the Rooted Leadership Project at CPAF. We will notify potential mentors by Monday, September 19th.
CPAF Celebrates Thai New Year
CPAF joined the Thai community to celebrate the Hollywood Thai New Year Festival on Sunday, August 28th. Several staff organized an outreach table featuring an emotional regulation activity. Every visitor to the table had the opportunity to pick out an item to help ground and calm them in moments of stress or overwhelming feelings: bubble wands reminding us to take a deep breath, cinnamon gum to chew on, lavender sachets for a comforting scent, mochi toys to squeeze, and stickers to remind us that we are loved. More than 150 people had the chance to learn more about emotional regulation through the activity. Throughout the day, CPAF staff connected with community members, service agency staff, law enforcement, influencers, consulate officials, Thai media outlets, and survivors. The day was a wonderful celebration of heritage and community!
2022 Champion for Change:
Honoring Bank of America’s Asian Leadership Network
On September 9th, CPAF’s Anniversary Gala celebrates 44 years of engaging the community in our vision to end all forms of violence. This year, CPAF honors Bank of America’s Asian Leadership Network (ALN) with the Champion for Change award.
ALN is an employee resource group at Bank of America (BofA) that addresses issues pertaining to being Asian in corporate spaces and provides leadership development opportunities to its members. ALN’s Southern California Chapter has over 2,000 members across Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County, and San Diego.
Since 2016, BofA has supported CPAF’s commitment to help low-income women and children who are experiencing homelessness due to domestic and/or sexual violence. Members of BofA’s ALN have contributed time and resources to build financial literacy and stability for marginalized Asian and Pacific Islander immigrant survivors of domestic and sexual violence working to establish safe, violence free homes. Local BofA leader and ALN member Nancy Lu serves on CPAF’s board of directors, including as a member of the Gala Committee.
CPAF recognizes that, by investing in the economic empowerment of the most marginalized members, particularly in the Asian American communities, together, we can make a difference. A special thanks to the BofA ALN SoCal Chairs John Hahn, Franz Bareng, Margaret Lee, and Young Moon, who dedicate their time to this important group and make it all possible.
At the #UnitedThroughLove Anniversary Gala, Tiffany Rubin of the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation will present BofA ALN with the 2022 Champion for Change award. In recognition of their commitment to survivors of domestic and sexual violence, two of ALN’s leaders, Linda Kim and Margaret Lee, will accept the award on behalf of the Network.
Drawn in pen and ink by former CPAF participant Chloe Noh, the award honors this year of the Tiger with a beautiful display of a tiger roaring in triumph, proud of its accomplishment of overcoming trauma. Titled Triumph, the art piece depicts a fence under its paws to symbolize breaking through generational trauma and violence; in the foreground are snowdrop flowers, which symbolize rebirth and spring. The tiger's roar represents the moment the artist decided to speak up, in telling the world that she will no longer tolerate the harmful behavior toward her. The roar is strong and proud; there is also pain behind it. This image powerfully symbolizes the turning point when the artist decided not to allow that pain to triumph any more. With this moving art piece, CPAF is pleased to honor this year’s Champion for Change.
CPAF’s first in-person gala after three years takes place next Friday, September 9th! We look forward to re-connecting with old friends and celebrating with our community partners.