Thanks to the commitment of Mannings/Confucius Pharmacies and the MMS Group, CPC’s Hong Ning Housing for the Elderly was able to bring the COVID-19 vaccine to its senior residents and essential services staff. About 100 vaccines were administered in 4.5 hours!
The Association for a Better New York (ABNY) recognized CPC with an award for our Census 2020 outreach and service. The award is in recognition of CPC's efforts to conduct outreach both in person and virtually, which resulted in contact with 26,000 community members.
CPC Childhood Development Services was proud to present our Learn and Grow Series: a series of virtual events taking them on different journeys to explore, create and celebrate culture during the week of February 8th. Thank you to Mass Mutual for their sponsorship to allow us to bring these meaningful experiences to the children.
Thank you to Kevin, Vivian, My Sales LLC and Wish Care USA for donating 13,824 hand sanitizers to CPC's Home Attendant Program. The generous contribution will help keep CPC home care workers safe as they continue providing care to vulnerable community members in need.
On February 22nd, City & State NY published the "2021 Nonprofit Power 100" list and CPC's President & CEO, Wayne Ho, was named number 41. Many fellow settlement house leaders and community allies were also on the Power 100 list.
Recent horrific anti-Asian violence and hate has renewed alarm among our communities. CPC stands alongside our allies around the country and across the City to denounce these acts and to build active inter-community solidarity efforts against hate to ensure the safety of all New Yorkers.
CPC has been partnering with the Department of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine to implement organization-wide COVID-safe plans and practices.
Shuk King Cheng, CPC Director of Learn and Earn, and Carlyn Cowen, CPC Policy and Public Affairs Officer, both spoke at New York State Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou's town hall on February 13th.
Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou and Senator Gustavo Rivera hosted a press conference on February 5th, on the inequities in vaccine distribution and access to COVID-19 resources. CPC's Chief Policy and Public Affairs Officer Carlyn Cowen joined to speak on barriers our community members face with the current one-size-fits-all approach, and the need for an equitable process that supports human services providers doing the work at the community level.