This month, we bring you exciting CPAF news and ways to be involved. Read on to find out how CPAF is forging new paths to serve survivors of color, how you can learn more about working in the nonprofit field, and when CPAF could be in your neighborhood. In case you missed our recap email about CPAF’s 2023 United Through Love Gala: Celebrating 45 Years of Nurturing Change Together, you can find it here.

Progressing Culturally Specific Services

CPAF is excited to embark on a new project to support current and potential organization grantees of the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women’s (OVW) Transitional Housing Program (THP) to provide culturally specific services to domestic violence and/or sexual assault (DV/SA) survivors of color. Through a combination of webinars, in-person trainings, technical assistance, site visits, and gatherings, CPAF aims to increase transitional housing resources for DV/SA survivors of color through culturally responsive and linguistically accessible services. CPAF has been providing transitional housing services to survivors of color since 1998. As the lead agency on this training, CPAF proposes to enhance and sustain transitional housing programs to address the new and growing needs of DV/SA survivors of color during economically uncertain times to successfully graduate participants into safe, permanent housing. We look forward to creating a community of learning and practice along with our key partners in this project, the National Organization of Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA), the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), and Ujima: The National Center on Violence Against Women in The Black Community.

If you are interested in learning more about the Culturally Specific Transitional Housing project and training, contact anne.song@cpaf.info.

Join our Webinar - Nonprofit Career Exploration

CPAF’s Volunteer Engagement Program will host the webinar NICE: Nonprofit Information for Career Exploration with presenter Debra Suh, attorney and former CPAF Executive Director. Learn about turning your passion for change into a career and enhancing your knowledge of nonprofit work.

Join us on Thursday, October 19, 7:00PM - 8:10PM

To sign up, scan the QR code in the flyer or click on this link: cpaf.me/NICE

For questions, contact emma.liu@cpaf.info.

CPAF in the Community

As we prepare for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) in October, we want to share a couple of the many events CPAF will be a part of next month. We hope to see you!

Akimatsuri Fall Festival
East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center
October 7 – 12:00PM-6:00PM

Asian Pacific American Student Assembly (APASA) Night Market
USC McCarthy Quad
October 26 - 6:30PM-8:30PM

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