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Latina Coalition Silicon Valley (LCSV) & Asian Pacific Islander (API) Justice Coalition: Uniting

Forces for Community Empowerment

By Elisa Orona, Fernanda Karp, Yan Yin K. Choy & Laura Ortiz Guillén

APALI CLP COURSE SPRING 2013

Asian Pacific Islander (API) Justice Coalition

+Project Description

Coalition Work = challenges + benefits

“Coalition activism results in improved infrastructure projects, improved economic development and historic preservation” (Saito, 2009).

Goals:Get to know each other’s organizations!

missions, visions, founders, leadersLeverage each other’s strengths! Identify

commonalities and differences. Explore partnerships! common cause, event,

advocacy style

+Learning Objectives

Acquire a personal perspective on the organizations from active leadership through interview process

1. Why did the organization start when it did?2. What are memorable experiences that empowered the organization to organize?3. Why is it important now?4. Where do you envision the organization going forward?5. How do you envision ethnic organizations working together?

Bridge build between organizations, share best practices

Walk away with two Major Outcomes

+Why Do Coalitions Work?

Silicon Valley Latino Report Card 2011

+Why Do Coalitions Work?

Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits (SVCN) has over 200 members.

40/200 members are ethnically-led organizations (SVCN, 2007)

8/40 ethnically-led nonprofit organizations participated in their SVCN Ethnic Leadership Program. (SVCN Annual Report, 2011-2012).

+Why do Coalition Work? (cont.)

Group # CEO’s % of CEO’s % of Pop

Non-His White 1,279 75.2 42.9

Person of Color

421 24.8 57.1

Asian/Asian Am

118 7 12.1

African Am 125 7.3 6.1

Latina/o 110 6.5 35.8

Native Am 11 0.6 0.5

Pacific Islander

8 0.5 0.3

Mixed race 49 2.9 2.3The Urban Institute, 2009

+Mission Statements: LCSV & APIJCLatina Coalition of Silicon Valley

educates, prepares and connects Latinas in the areas of civic engagement and leadership development as an expression of our shared values of service, commitment, and appreciation for the Latinas who have paved the way for our successes

Asian Pacific Islander Justice Coalition advocates for social justice, and seeks to unite and empower the Asian Pacific Islander Community

+LCVS’s Roots & Background

1998: Teresa Alvarado convenes small group of womyn to discuss the Latina political pipeline in Santa Clara County

1999: event celebration for longest-serving Latina elected official, Supervisor Blanca Alvarado

2000: “Latina Voices” Conference

2000-2002: partnership with HOPE Leadership Institute & creation of a speakers series

2003: LCVS became an Inc, non-profit

2005: LCVS received 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit status!

+LCSV Interview with Teresa Alvarado

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdXb7PfbilU

+API Justice Coalition’s Roots & Backgrounds

1973: No paid staff

1974: 1st case to fight employment discrimination at Bay Area Hospital

1982: Serves as western regional coordinating center pressing for legal conviction after Vincent Chin murder

1989: spearheads coalition building to pass hate crimes ordinance

2006: AACI + ALA + APBA + JACLSJ = united API voice

+API Justice Coalition Interview with Rabiah Khalid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWLdHJMfyIM

+LCSV Visit Takeaways

Focus on program development, education, connection, and advocacy.

LCSV is hosting many educational & advocacy opportunities:

ELLA (Engaged Latina Leadership Activist) Program for young Latinas in Santa Clara County

Branding & networking Financial Literacy, Latina Action Day,

Latina Contras CancerLCSV looks forward to partnership, collaboration, and staying in communication with the API Justice

Coalition

+API Justice CoalitionVisit Takeaways

API Justice Coalition is in a period of organizational development

Structure of the organization differs from LCSV

Need for communication on advocacy and mobilization efforts

Partnership would be beneficial to both organizations

Major Outcome: LCSV to explore membership to API Justice Coalition

+References

1. Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits

http://www.svcn.org/svcn/what_we_do/

2. The Urban Institute

http://www.urban.org/about/