FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2020 For further information, contact Felicia Jones fjones@copesite.org and Dina Walker dwalker@bluedfoundation.org Inland Empire Funders Alliance Announces Launch of Black Equity Fund $5 million fundraising goal and an innovative model of philanthropy Thanks to the long-standing leadership of Black-led organizations and the power of the cross-racial coalitions they have built...
With his anti-Asian rhetoric, Trump is making the calculation that he has more to gain with his loyal base of older white voters thrilled by his inflammatory statements, than to lose among the Asian American community, said Karthick Ramakrishnan, a public policy professor at the University of California, Riverside and founder of AAPI Data, which...
Inland regions are rapidly diversifying, and leaders of color in places like the Inland Empire need investment. Philanthropy needs a new playbook for this intersection of racial equity and regional equity. "We urgently need a playbook for investing in the intersection of racial equity and regional equity. What might such a playbook look like? To...
By Kathleen Kelly Janus and Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Stanford Social Innovation Review |
In her Op-ed, the Center for Social Innovation’s External Affairs Associate, Paola Avendano, lays out the relationship between COVID-19 pandemic, its effects to disproportionality vulnerable communities, and how the 2020 Decennial Census can help alleviate the problem. “Many Latino working families have members who are considered essential workers and unfortunately make them vulnerable to the...
WITH four months until Election Day, six Filipino Americans are among those helping President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign court the fast-growing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) electorate. The recently announced “Asian Pacific Americans for Trump,” includes a 26-member advisory board of AAPI elected officials, grassroots leaders and business owners. Pinoy advisory members include Utah...
Since 2008, the Presidential Town Hall has marked the largest electoral forum for candidates to address issues specific to the AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) community, and take questions directly from them... The town hall is organized by APIAVote (Asian and Pacific Islander Vote), a national nonpartisan group that works to advance AAPI interests and...
WITH the United States presidential election less than five months away, the campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will court Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters — considered the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters in the United States — in a virtual town hall on Saturday, June 27. In...
Before the coronavirus pandemic began disproportionately affecting Black residents, and before the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis inspired a nation-wide wave of anti-racism protests, a group of Southern California community activists and labor organizers were already making plans to improve conditions for Black workers in the Inland Empire. Since last year, the Inland Empire...
As protests continued after the killing of George Floyd, community organizers in a recent virtual town hall pressed California Senator Kamala Harris on what should be done about racist cops and whether Congress would be “a wet blanket” on the hopes of young activists clamoring for big change. As protests continued after the killing of...
The wave of demonstrations against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd's death has been coupled with a broader conversation about racial injustice and structural inequalities in the United States. And in a country with a persistent wage gap based on race — the net worth of a white household is about 10 times...
"Our region now has the opportunity to build a stronger future by investing in Black youth and other youth of color. Our collective experience in the nonprofit sector, public policy, and philanthropy tell us that the greatest returns on investment come from building up youth leadership and inviting them to co-design policy solutions. We have...
By Karthick Ramakrishnan, Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan, Corey Jackson |
Researchers at the University of California Riverside(UCR) say the COVID-19 pandemic could reverse the Inland Empire’s decade of growth in nonprofits. Non-profit startups have increased by 42 percent over the last decade in the Inland Empire, but it could all be at risks due to pandemic related financial hits says Dr. Karthick Ramakrishnan, Director of...
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing group of the nation’s eligible voters, a study shows. Six out of 10 Asians in the U.S. will be able to vote in November’s presidential election. Of those voters, 35 percent live in California. Asian registered voters lean more Democratic than Republican, the study shows. But a 2018 survey by...
J.C. Pan's Article, "A Leftist Future for Asian American Politics” dives into the untouched potential of the Asian American electorate. This growing and diverse population, which has been often overlooked by both political parties, has the power and means to further shape this nation. While the Asian American Movement assumed that the most straightforward way...
The Director of the Center for Social Innovation, Karthick Ramakrishnan, wrote an opinion piece in The Press-Enterprise calling for a continuation of the “significant progress over the last several years in recognizing the value of having inclusive coalitions on matters ranging from education planning (Growing Inland Achievement), to economic development (Inland Economic Growth and Opportunity)...
“State of Nonprofits in the Inland Empire” is the latest installment in an ongoing series about the region, with previous editions covering immigrants, work, women, and civic engagement. It draws on sources including Internal Revenue Service records, government employment data, foundation giving data, original surveys, and interviews with Inland Empire nonprofit leaders. The center for...
Recent studies by both the Nonprofit Finance Fund and the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside found that COVID-19 is expected to leave deep and lasting impacts on nonprofit organizations around the nation. According to the study conducted by the Center for Social Innovation at UC Riverside in early April, many organizations are in...
Asian Americans are the fastest-growing segment of eligible voters out of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States. More than 11 million will be able to vote this year, making up nearly 5% of the nation’s eligible voters (for this analysis, U.S. citizens ages 18 and older). They are also the only...
More than 80 organizations are participating in a national campaign to support nonprofits serving Asian Americans and Pacific Islander communities. The campaign, launched May 1, coincides with the 30th anniversary of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. AAPI Data, one of the organizers of the event, said in a press release that the coronavirus pandemic has...
Community organizations say they have a need for culturally relatable messages about the coronavirus. To fill the gap, a local television channel is compiling information on its website and donating airtime to videos and translated materials for public service announcements and responses to COVID-19. Crossings TV was founded in 2005 to provide programs in several...
