Asian Americans United
Funding Focus
Immigrants & Refugees
Grant Year
2022
Grant Amount
$25,000
Grant Purpose
General Support
Building Youth Leadership in Asian American Communities
Asian Americans United’s mission is to build leadership in Asian American communities, build neighborhoods and unite against oppression. AAU works with Philadelphia’s Asian American communities by focusing on education, youth leadership, anti-Asian violence, immigrant rights, folk arts and cultural maintenance.
Why we funded
- AAU’s youth leadership development work guides young people to become individually, socially, and politically aware, exercise their voice and participate in active struggles for justice
- Young people have a central role in determining the organization’s activities
- The organization has a strong track record in effecting change, and promotes from within, hiring youth who have developed through their program
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