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and also with us is keira zhang, winner in the art category for k through fifth grade. welcome to the show. audrey yamamoto: thank you for having us. robert: good to see you again, keira. audrey, give me an idea here, we re talking about looking back, and you know, again, i had the pleasure of being at the very first growing up asian in america event. tell us in terms of, like, where it was and where it is now. audrey: yeah, sure. so, it actually started back in 1995, so that was shortly after there started to be an asian pacific american heritage month, so we feel like it s one of the longest-standing celebrations of ap heritage month. and since that time, we ve received nearly 25,000 different entries from k through 12 students from across the bay area, and awarded more than half a million dollars to the top 1,000 winners across those years. so, we re really excited and proud to have had such a broad reach and impact all across the bay area. it s really been a wonderf ....
The new chief of the U.S.-Japan Council has her eye on the need for more programs for leaders and students in both countries to forge closer relations, and says the Washington-based nonprofit organization is ready to help make it happen. "We believe student exchange is critical" for developing the next… ....
A total of 286 nonprofits will get a portion of the $2.7 billion MacKenzie Scott is handing out, with no strings attached, and several of them are in the Bay. ....
Updated 5 hours ago NBC Universal, Inc. When the number of hate crimes against Asians in the United States began to soar during the pandemic, Bay Area nonprofit Asian Pacific Fund joined with NBC Bay Area and our parent company Comcast to do something about it. We are thrilled that because of the partnership with Comcast and NBC Bay Area and Telemundo, that we seeded with an initial $100,000 investment back in February that we have now reached an incredible milestone of over a million dollars for our solidarity fund, said Audrey Yamamoto, president and executive director of Asian Pacific Fund said. ....
Artist Drue Kataoka will auction her first NFT, with all proceeds going to Asian American causes Drue Kataoka’s art has made it to collections in 30 countries and even the International Space Station. Now the artist, activist and current face of Clubhouse’s app icon is releasing her first NFT to support Asian American causes. The auction will begin on digital art marketplace Nifty Gateway at 1:30 p.m. EST, May 13, along with a launch party on Clubhouse, and run for 24 hours. Nifty Gateway is waiving its auction fees, and all proceeds will go to the Catalyst Fund for Justice (CFJ), the grant-making arm of Stand with Asian Americans, a coalition of business leaders and activists partnered with the Asian Pacific Fund. ....