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Makalina Presents: Lei Pasifika - a New York based Dance Company that embraces the beauty in the art of Polynesian Dancing. With their experience and knowledge they extend to you their heart and soul to share with you their love of the art, culture and history of Polynesian Dancing. Having performed 3 years consecutively onstage at past CAPA events, at Gracie Mansion and placed first at the 2008 World’s Fair Celebration, their objective is to create a bridge of South Pacific island cultural events that reaches urban communities along with the "Association des Etudiants de Polynésie Française" (AEPF), the USA chapter aims at creating a network of French Polynesian students and young professionals in the United States, and promoting awareness of the Polynesian cultures amongst the American communities. www.leipasifika.com contact: Makalina Abalos, Tamara Bejar. www.aepf-usa.org Larry Tchiou Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) - a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit professional membership organization of attorneys concerned with issues affecting the Asian Pacific American community. Incorporated in 1989, AABANY seeks not only to encourage the professional growth of its members but also to advocate for the Asian Pacific American community as a whole. AABANY is the New York regional affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA). Humane Society International/The Humane Society of the United States
Ma-Yi Theater Company is an award-winning not-for-profit professional company dedicated to developing new plays about the evolving Asian American experience. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary season, Ma-Yi's next production, AMERICAN HWANGAP, runs from May 9-June 7 at the Wild Project. Co-production with The Play Company. For more info visit www.ma-yitheatre.org. The New York Chinese Cultural Center - provides over 3,000 classes in traditional dance, music, and flk arts for over 300 students at our Chinatown headquarters and at sites in the tri-state area. During the same period, we present over 900 performances, lecture-demonstrations, and workshops in schools, community centers, libraries, theaters, and parks reaching over 150,000 people across the country. The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization, aims to improve the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children and families in New York City. New York Asian Film Festival -
Launched in 2002, Subway Cinema's New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is America's leading and most influential showcase for popular Asian cinema. Each year, the Festival selects over 40 feature films, considering only the best, the strangest, and the most entertaining of the recent titles. This year's festival will occur June 19th through July 5th at the IFC Center and Japan Society. Asian American Journalists Association - Founded in 1981, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is a non-profit professional and educational organization with more than 2,000 members today. AAJA serves Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by encouraging young people to consider journalism as a career, developing managers in the media industry, and promoting fair and accurate news coverage. Korean American Community Foundation -
Founded in 2002, KACF is the first Korean American grant-making organization of its kind in the United States. By 2009, we will have awarded over a million dollars in grants to social service agencies working to address conditions of poverty in the Korean and Asian American community in the greater New York metropolitan area. In addition, KACF is creating a powerful new grassroots movement of philanthropy and activism among Korean-Americans of all generations to leverage their resources to elevate the impact of Korean Americans. Our vision is to connect, empower and inspire a new, inter-generational movement of Korean Americans to be active philanthropic leaders in America. The National Association of Asian American Professionals-New York is a non-profit professional organization that promotes the career advancement and leadership development of Asian American professionals in all fields through networking, respecting Asian multiculturalism, and supporting diversity and community service. Chinese-American Planning Council -
Founded in 1965, the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is one of the largest nonprofit providers of educational, social, and community services for Asian Americans in the United States. It now serves over 8,000 people daily through some 70 programs in 28 locations citywide. It administers community services, child care, youth services, workforce development, senior services, home attendant services, housing, and cultural services. CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in New York City by providing access to services, skills and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream. Chikako Designs offers handcrafted handbags, accessories and clothing with a 'East that sometimes meets West' flair. Each piece is handcrafted by designer Chikako Mukai. www.ChikakoDesigns.com Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) -
Founded in 1990, the Gay Asian & Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY) provides a safe and supportive social, political, and educational space for gay, bisexual, and questioning men and transgender people of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area. Hamilton Madison House is a voluntary, non-profit settlement house dedicated to improving the quality of life of its community. The House speaks many languages of the community, promotes understanding and cooperation among the ethnic groups and is attuned to their changing needs. HMH Asian American Recovery Services is a licensed outpatient alcoholism and substance abuse program provides bio-psycho-social assessment and treatment services, DWI evaluation and treatment as well as gambling treatment. The Korean American League for Civic Action (KALCA) is a non-profit, non-partisan, education and community advocacy organization. KALCA is dedicated to promoting the civic participation of Korean Americans and Asian Pacific Americans. KALCA seeks to promote active participation of the Korean and Asian American communities in the civic process; to educate community members about their rights, duties and responsibilities as American citizens; and to encourage community members to contribute to the broader American society. KALCA strives to accomplish its goals through leadership development, education and advocacy programs on behalf of the community. The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York is an annual sporting and multicultural event held in August on Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, New York to celebrate the fifth moon (or the fifth month) of the lunar calendar. In addition to providing audiences with traditional Chinese foods and performances, the festival hosts over 130 dragon boat teams from across North America, making it one of the largest dragon boat festivals in the United States. Japanese American Social Services, Inc. -
A non-profit organization, which provides social services in the Greater New York area. |
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