Resource for the Asian & Pacific Islander Community

For 25 years, National CAPACD has harnessed the transformative power of a dynamic coalition of community-based organizations working in low-income Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities.

Focuses on:
Empowering Asian & Pacific Islanders to become better leaders through professional development, networking, and community service.

Vision:
We build leaders!

The mission is accomplished in the following ways:

• Cultivate and empower leaders for professional excellence
• Connect accomplished professionals for mutual success
• Engage and participate with the community-at-large
• Inspire leaders to make a meaningful difference in government, education, business, and society   

“Asian Americans have been part of the American story since its earliest days, and are now the U.S.’s fastest-growing racial group with the potential and power to shape our nation and the policies that affect us. Our mission is to advance civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.” — Asian Americans Advancing Justice

(C100) is a non-partisan leadership organization of prominent Chinese Americans in business, government, academia, and the arts. The concept of founding the Committee came from the renowned architect, the late I.M. Pei and Dr. Henry Kissinger, 56th U.S. Secretary of State in 1988.

Kissinger discussed with Pei the notion of organizing an influential group of Chinese Americans to address issues of international concern between the United States and China. Pei felt that no single individual could adequately represent the Chinese American perspective.

With a sense of urgency to build bridges between China and the United States, Pei teamed with master cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Henry S. Tang, Oscar Tang, Shirley Young and Chien-Shiung Wu to recruit distinguished Chinese Americans from the arts, business, academia, public service, and the sciences to serve on the Committee of 100.

The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), founded in 1996, is a coalition of 44 national Asian Pacific American organizations around the country. Based in Washington D.C., NCAPA represents the interests of the greater Asian American (AA) and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (NHPI) communities and provides a national voice for AA and NHPI issues.