Bronx-based 18% and Growing Campaign Partners Rally in Parkchester for Renewed Investment in AAPI Community

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families’ (CACF) 18% And Growing campaign and dozens of their Bronx-based members and partners gathered in Parkchester on Wednesday to call on New York City Council to support a fair and equitable budget that centers the needs of New York’s most marginalized.

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CACF and 18% and Growing Campaign Rally for Fair and Equitable NYC Budget on Steps of City Hall

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) and the 18% And Growing Campaign gathered nearly 200 community members, service providers, community leaders, advocates and elected allies on the steps of City Hall on Thursday morning to call on New York City and City Council to support a fair and equitable budget that centers the needs of New York’s most marginalized.

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CACF Celebrates Restoration of Historic $30 Million Investment in our Communities in New York State Budget

After months of advocacy by the over 130 AAPI-led and -serving community-based organizations that make up the CACF co-led Equity Budget Coalition, we are proud to share that the historic $30 million of NY State funding to our AAPI communities that our coalition has been pushing for has been restored in this year’s State Budget!

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CACF Statement on New Race and Ethnicity Standards from the Office of Management and Budget

On March 28, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its much-anticipated new standards for how the federal government collects data on race and ethnicity. These new standards are historic — as their release marks the first time in 27 years that the U.S. government has changed the way it categorizes people by race and ethnicity.

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CACF and Equity Budget Coalition Join The New York Assembly Asian Pacific American (APA) Task Force To Call for Critical Funding For AAPI New Yorkers

On Wednesday, March 20, New York Assembly Asian Pacific American (APA) Task Force Co-Chairs Assemblymember Grace Lee and Assemblymembers Zohran Mamdani, along with representatives from the Equity Budget Coalition, called for ensuring critical funds for the AAPI community of remain in the budget.

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