Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events
September 30, 2024 Survivors of gender-based violence within Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities can encounter significant barriers to participating in elections. Risks to safety, privacy concerns, voter laws, language barriers,...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Culture & Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
May 30, 2024, 7am HST/10am PST/12pm CST/1pm EST In Asian/Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, food is more than just fuel. It gathers people, bridges generations, empowers community, and teaches culture. Incorporating food that is culturally...
Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
April 23, 2024, 8am HST/11am PST/1pm CST/2pm EST On April 23rd, API-GBV partnered with Sahiyo U.S. for Critical Intersections of FGM/C: The Value of Intersectionailty in Cross-Collaboration, a presentation of Sahiyo’s Mixed Methods Report as part of the survivor and...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events
November 7, 9am HST/12pm PST/2pm CST/3pm EST In our work, we recognize that cultural-responsiveness and trauma-informedness are not end goals, but a continuous process of learning and adapting our advocacy to best meet the layered and changing needs of survivors. We...
Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
3/29/23 at 12:00pm PT/3pm ET Join this 45 minute virtual event to learn about the Asian Foster Family Initiative (AFFI) from Korean American Family Services (KFAM). AFFI is the U.S.’ first and only AAPI-focused foster family agency; it addresses the critical need for...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Featured, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
9/27/22 at 12:00 – 1:00pm PST API-GBV is excited to welcome Amanda Chen to the first of our ‘AAPI Creatives’ Conversations. Amanda Chen is a serial entrepreneur, motivational speaker that has always been passionate about discussing concepts of gender, identity...
Asians and Pacific Islanders, Culturally-Specific Advocacy, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, New, News and Events, Uncategorized
9/20/22 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST From spiritual abuse to being a key tenant of survivors’ healing journey, faith plays a critical role in many survivors’ experiences with violence. Faith leaders such as pastors or temple leaders are frequently the first ones that...
Featured, Gender-Based Violence, News and Events, Uncategorized
9/14/22 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST When AAPI advocates say they want to work on policy advocacy, what does that mean? Do rules governing non-profits limit our ability to advocate to improve systems and laws impacting AAPI survivors? Because elected officials vote on...
Gender-Based Violence, News and Events
API-GBV was joined by Karlo Ng, Director on Gender-based Violence Prevention and Equity, Office of the Secretary at the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ms. Ng shared tips and resources in navigating HUD housing and homelessness programs to best...
Domestic Violence, Featured, Gender-Based Violence, Homicide, News and Events
8/10/22 at 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST What happens when the laws that are supposed to protect survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault become turned against them? Survivors can be criminalized for reacting in self-defense, participating in criminal activity...
