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Join NBC Bay Area and AACI in sharing hope this holiday season. AACI is collecting gift cards and funds through Dec. 15, 2021, to provide gift cards to children of its most under-served clients, including children of domestic violence survivors and refugees. Every $25 will provide a child with a gift card to buy the gift of their choice this…

AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement), a large community-based organization in Santa Clara County serving marginalized and ethnic communities with cultural humility, sensitivity and respect, today announced that it has been selected to receive a $2.5 million grant from the Bezos Day 1 Families Fund. Launched in 2018 by Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos, the Day 1 Families…

AACI will host its virtual annual fundraiser Better Together 2021 on Thursday, August 26, 2021 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with the goal of raising over $200,000 to support AACI programs providing essential COVID-19 relief to our community’s at-risk, low income, underserved, and immigrant individuals and families. NBC Bay Area’s Senior Investigative Reporter Bigad Shiban will emcee the virtual…

Join NBC Bay Area’s Robert Handa at the Asian Pacific Fund’s Summer Speaker Series “The Surging AAPI Mental Health Crisis,” featuring speakers who will share insights about how the pandemic and rise in anti-Asian hate have exacerbated the mental health challenges faced by the AAPI community. Click here to register! The Asian Pacific Fund’s Summer Speaker Series, presented by...

Asian Pacific America: James Kim is a best in class winner in AACI’s Growing Up Asian in America Art, Video, and Essay Contest.

Asian Pacific America: Kailee Lock’s art piece, “Key to the Future,” is a best in class winner in AACI’s Growing Up Asian in America Contest.

Asian Pacific America: Quyen Vuong leads an organization that provides educational and parenting resources to Bay Area families. Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) honored Quyen for her contributions to the community during AAPI Heritage Month.

Asian Pacific America: Elena Stevens is a student at Piedmont High School and the best in class essay winner in the Growing Up Asian in America Contest, the largest youth program celebrating AAPI Heritage Month in the country.

Asian Pacific America: Yanni Zhong is the Lance Lew Grand Prize Winner in AACI’s Growing Up Asian in America Contest. Her winning art piece is “This Is My Family Time.”

AACI announced the student winners from the 26th annual Growing Up Asian in America Contest as part of this year’s celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Every year, AACI hosts the Growing Up Asian in America program in partnership with NBC Bay Area. The contest celebrates AAPI Heritage Month by giving voice to the varied experiences...

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, San Jose-based nonprofit Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) selects four AAPI local community members to honor for their exceptional contributions in their communities. Meet the four AAPI Heritage Month honorees below: Co-Founder and Executive Director of AAPI Women Lead Dr. Wun’s work is a reflection of her lifelong...

Asian Pacific America: AACI and NBC Bay Area’s Growing Up Asian in America Contest remains one of the largest youth celebrations of AAPI heritage in the country. The deadline to submit entries is April 2, 2021.

Asian Pacific America: The Annual Growing Up Asian in America Art, Video, and Essay Contest is open for submissions. Deadline is April 2.

AACI and NBC Bay Area are hosting the Growing Up Asian in America (GUAA) art, essay, and video contest for K-12 students in the nine Bay Area counties. Founded by Lance Lew of NBC Bay Area and Asian Pacific Fund in 1995, the contest provides a unique platform for young artists to creatively explore and celebrate being both Asian or…

Asian Pacific America: Annika Pyo is a Best in Class winner in the Growing Up Asian in America art, essay, and video contest.

Asian Pacific America: Ji Min Kim is a best in class winner in the Growing Up Asian in America art, essay and video contest.

Asian Pacific America: Katie Nguyen is the 25th Anniversary Lance Lew Grand Prize Winner in the Growing Up Asian in America art, essay and video contest.

Asian Pacific America: Arya Das is a Best in Class winner in the Growing Up Asian in America art, video and essay contest presented by Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI). Her essay is titled “Remote.”

Asian Pacific America: Sky Ng-Thow-Hing is a Best in Class winner in the Growing Up Asian in America art, video and essay contest.

Tom Izu is a civil rights educator, community organizer and retired Executive Director of the California History Center at De Anza College. Tom was raised in the South Bay and from an early age, he felt isolated and could not understand why. “Growing up here during that time there were very few Asians. Out of my graduating class, I think…