Convenor

ASIAN AMERICANS FOR EQUALITY: Established in 1974, Asian Americans for Equality, Inc. (AAFE) is a community-based, not-for-profit organization committed to community service and empowerment targeting immigrants, low-income families, and minorities throughout New York City. AAFE serves tens of thousands of seniors and low-income and working families each year, offering an array of programs that encompass the organization's comprehensive approach to community development, including: affordable housing development; small business assistance; homeownership; property management; services to emerging communities; housing, social and legal services; access to technology ; and public policy and advocacy. Today, AAFE is a nationally recognized community development organization serving New York City's 800,000 residents of Asian descent.

Partners

National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (NCAPACD): The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development is the first national advocacy organization dedicated to addressing the community development, organizing and advocacy needs of the diverse and rapidly growing Asian American and Pacific Islander communities nationwide. Its mission is to be a powerful voice for the unique community development needs of AAPI communities and to strengthen the capacity of community-based organizations to create neighborhoods of hope and opportunity. NCAPACD is a membership based network of local community based agencies that have been and are active players in various social and economic empowerment movements that came together after the Civil Rights era and developed through the War on Poverty initiatives.

Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA): Founded in 2003, Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) is a national professional trade organization dedicated to closing the homeownership gap facing the Asian Pacific American (APA) community by advocating for policy positions at the national level that will reduce homeownership barriers facing the APA community, and increasing business opportunities for mortgage and real estate professionals that serve this growing community. AREAA's membership represents a broad array of real estate, mortgage and housing-related professionals that serve the diverse Asian Pacific American market. With members that serve nearly all segments of the Asian American population, AREAA is the only national trade association dedicated to representing the interest of the Asian real estate market throughout the country.

Sponsors