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Brooklyn Partners Stand Together for 'Hate Has No Home Here' Event

On Tuesday, May 25th, CPC Brooklyn Community Services partnered with Met Council on a food distribution to address food insecurity and to push back against, hate, bigotry, and discrimination against the AAPI community.

Our Community, Our Stories - CPC Develops Life Skills: Jubi Qayum

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 fifth community story features Jubi Qayum. Jubi Qayum was born and raised in New York City. His parents were born in Bangladesh, and they immigrated to New York City in the early 90s. Jubi has two older brothers and one younger sister. Jubi was originally born in Harlem and eventually moved to the Lower East Side (LES). Since moving to the LES Jubi has always felt strongly connected to his neighborhood and was eager to be more involved in his community.

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. 

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).