Asian American Federation Inc

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF UNDERSERVED ASIAN AMERICANS THROUGH LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY. THE ORGANIZATION ADVANCES THIS MISSION THROUGH RESEARCH, POLICY ADVOCACY, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

RESEARCH REPORTS PUBLISHED: O HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: ASIAN POVERTY IN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA O HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: KOREAN AMERICAN POVERTY IN THE NY METRO AREA O THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ASIAN AMERICAN EMPLOYMENT IN NYC O SMALL BUSINESS, BIG LOSSES: THE IMPACT OF THE COVID CRISIS ON ASIAN SMALL BUSINESS IN NEW YORK CITY O WORKED WITH MASTERCARD ON A STUDY ON CONSUMER SPENDING IN ASIAN COMMUNITIESCENSUS ENGAGING CENSUS BUREAU ON 2020 CENSUS DATA PRODUCTS TO ENSURE THAT THEY BALANCE DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS (WHICH RESULTS IN LESS DATA RELEASED) AND THE DATA NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, CURRENT PLANS FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU SUPPRESSES NEIGHBORHOOD-LEVEL DATA FOR ASIAN ETHNICITIES IN THE NAME OF DATA PRIVACYADVOCACY WORKED WITH OVER 40 FEDERAL/STATE/CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS ON NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ISSUES TESTIFIED AT 29 STATE SENATE/ASSEMBLY AND CITY COUNCIL HEARINGS LED THE ASIAN CAUCUS AT THE NATIONAL IMMIGRATION INTEGRATION CONFERENCE FOR OVER 100 ATTENDEES WORKING WITH THE GOVERNORS OFFICE, AAF IS LEADING THE DISTRIBUTION OF $6.8M TO ASIAN NONPROFITS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK STATEIMMIGRATION INTEGRATION LAUNCHED A CITYWIDE IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION PROGRAM IN 2020, WORKING WITH FIVE MEMBER AND PARTNER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE 40 WORKSHOPS IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES FOR PARENTS, AND VACCINE EDUCATION, AMONG OTHER TOPICSSMALL BUSINESS PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO OVER 200 SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO APPLY TO THE NEW YORK STATE COVID-19 PANDEMIC SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY GRANT PROGRAM PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL LEASE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO OVER 100 SMALL BUSINESSES AWARDED A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NEEDS ASSESSMENT GRANT FOR THE MURRAY HILL, QUEENS AREA; CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO 300 LANDLORDS IN THE AREA SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR NYS TO ALLOCATE $800M IN SMALL BUSINESS RECOVERY GRANTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDED OUTREACH AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO OVER 2,000 SMALL BUSINESSES OUTREACHED TO OVER 500 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ON THE CITYS SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM FACILITATED OVER 262 NEWS ARTICLES AND TV AND RADIO SPOTS ON ISSUES IMPACTING ASIAN AMERICANS WITH MAJOR MEDIA SOURCES, INCLUDING ABC, NBC, THE NEW YORK TIMES, BLOOMBERG NEWS, FORTUNE, AND THE CITYANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE RAISED $7M FOR THE HOPE AGAINST HATE CAMPAIGN, ALLOWING AAF TO REGRANT NEARLY $3M TO MEMBER AND PARTNER AGENCIES CREATED PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC SAFETY BOOKLETS AND VIDEOS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 55,000 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY PROVIDED NEARLY 100 COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE TO OVER 7,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, POLICY MAKERS, FUNDERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS IN NY AND BEYONDCIVIC ENGAGEMENT RAISED OVER $750K TO MAKE NEARLY 2M CONTACTS WITH ASIAN VOTERS, PLUS OVER 3M IMPRESSIONS FROM OUR WECHAT CAMPAIGN TRAINED 10 ASIAN-SERVING NONPROFITS TO CONDUCT VOTER OUTREACH AND CREATED THE AAPI POWER COALITION WITH OUR TRAINEES CREATED A FIVE-VIDEO "RAISE AAPI VOICES" SERIES, COVERING TOPICS SUCH AS RANKED CHOICE VOTING (IN FIVE LANGUAGES) AND EXPLAINING NYC GOVERNMENT (ELECTED OFFICES, COMMUNITY BOARDS, ETC.)COVID-19 RESPONSE DISTRIBUTED $450K IN EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS TO LOW-INCOME, UNDOCUMENTED NEW YORKERS DISTRIBUTED $223K TO SIX SENIOR-SERVING MEMBER AGENCIES TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAMS AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO 2,885 LOW-INCOME SENIORS THROUGH NEARLY 28,000 SERVICES GUIDED STATE/CITY GOVERNMENTS TO SET UP NUMEROUS VACCINE SITES IN ASIAN NEIGHBORHOODS HELD 12 WORKSHOPS FOR MEMBER AGENCIES ON MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR NONPROFIT STAFF AND COMMUNITYMENTAL HEALTH DISTRIBUTED $400K TO MEMBER AGENCIES TO RUN MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AND TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SERVED APPROXIMATELY 4,500 LOW-INCOME ASIAN NEW YORKERS WITH OVER 32,000 CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESSENIORS FORMED THE ONLY ASIAN SENIOR ADVOCACY COALITION IN NEW YORK, REPRESENTING 12 ASIAN SENIOR-SERVING MEMBER AGENCIESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE & MEMBER ENGAGEMENT PROVIDED TRAININGS IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, BOARD DEVELOPMENT, FUNDRAISING, AND ADVOCACY TO NEARLY 200 PARTICIPANTS FROM ASIAN NONPROFITS CREATED A NEW MEMBER ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY BASED ON STAFF INPUT AND A DIVERSE RANGE OF MEMBER PERSPECTIVES