A Catalyst for Change

We are a catalyst for public policy and community development that promotes health, social, and economic equity for the diverse Asian and Pacific Islander communities through organizing, collaboration, leadership development and education.

APIsCAN Advisory Committee

• Jury Candelario, President, Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, Los Angeles
• Mary Anne Foo, Executive Director, Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Orange County
• Judy Fong Heary, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Community Counseling, Sacramento
• Margaret Iwanaga-Penrose, President and CEO, Union of Pan Asian Communities, San Diego
• Hamid Khan, Executive Director, South Asian Network, Artesia
• Stewart Kwoh, President and Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Los Angeles
• May O. Lee, Consultant, Asian Resources, Sacramento
• Lola Sablan-Santos, Executive Director, Guam Communications Network, Long Beach
• Peter Vang, Refugee Community Liaison, Fresno County Human Services System, Fresno
• Kent Woo, Executive Director, NICOS Chinese Health Coalition, San Francisco

Recent Accomplishments

• The Central Valley of California: concerted outreach to Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese, and other APIA communities in this rapidly growing region. A comprehensive analysis and report of health and human service needs was produced with support from the California Endowment.
• Co-sponsored AB 116 authored by Assemblymember George Nakano establishing the first ever Asian and Pacific Islander American Advisory Commission
• Lead an anti-Proposition 54 (Racial Privacy Initiative) campaign along with numerous grassroots advocates statewide that resulted in the proposition’s defeat.
• Hosted regional focus groups with APIAs across California to gather data for a public policy action campaign supporting Universal Preschool.

Staff	Co-Chairs
Diane Ujiiye, Director PO Box 2081 Gardena, CA 90247 (310) 532-6111 phone (310) 532-6166 fax apiscandiane@sbcglobal.net	Mary Anne Foo, MPH Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (714) 636-9095 mafoo@ocapica.org	Peter Vang Fresno (559) 453-4994 pvang@co.fresno.ca.us

Funders and Supporters

• The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (for Universal Preschool Public Policy organizing)
• Pacific Gas and Electric
• Southern California Edison
• Farmers Insurance
• ATT Foundation (formerly SBC Foundation)
• The California Endowment

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