May 2021

CPC Brooklyn Community Services and CaringKind co-hosts COVID-19 Vaccine Info Session

On May 4th CPC Brooklyn Community Services and CaringKind co-hosted and virtual informational workshop on COVID-19 Vaccines.

Our Community, Our Stories - CPC Builds Supportive Foundations: Karen Li

In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, CPC launched the “Our Community, Our Stories” campaign to share the personal stories of different community members directly impacted by CPC. Our fourth community story features Karen Li. Karen Li is a high-energy alumna who is now studying Ethnicity, Race and Migration at Yale. For her, the future has many possibilities. Li has a strong interest in social justice efforts and is considering going into grassroots organizing and/or nonprofit management “I just imagine a better world, being a world where we can communicate with each other, where people are more compassionate.”

CPC Leadership Council and FeedForward Provide Groceries to Seniors at Hong Ning Housing

The residents at Hong Ning Housing received 160 culturally appropriate grocery boxes each Friday between the weeks of April 16 – 23. The deliveries were distributed by Feed Forward, the Chinatown Strong Initiative, and the CPC Leadership Council, and were made possible by the generosity of Yao King (Founder and CIO of YK Asset Management).

CPC Receives $2,500 from MassMutual in Support of CPC's Community Safety and Belonging Initiative

Thank you to MassMutual for their generous donation for CPC's Community Safety and Belonging Initiative to #StopAsianHate. Funds will help address health, economic and safety issues brought on from the pandemic and rise in anti-Asian hate. The goal is to ensure that Asian American New Yorkers feel safe, respected, and included in their neighborhoods and across NYC.