CATALYST FUND - PAST RECIPIENTS

Asian American Recovery Services’ Sister-to-Sister Conference. In partnership with the California Wellness Foundation, PAAWBAC provided funding to this conference held on May 8, 2001, in San Jose. AARS is a substance abuse agency serving the Asian Pacific communities in San Francisco, San Mateo, and the Santa Clara counties. The Sister to Sister Conference helps raise the self-esteem of young Asian Pacific lslander women between the ages of 13 and 18.

The girls participated in workshops focused on issues which affect today's young women; health, drugs, alcohol, Asian women's identity, and empowerment. PAAWBAC provided scholarships for 250 girls to attend the daylong conference.

PAAWBAC was delighted with the opportunity to support this conference with the California Wellness donor advised grant, which focused on encouraging API young women to seek out opportunities in the field of health.

Peer Education Program, Lowell High School, San Francisco, to provide a series of health seminars exposing API students to health issues and careers.

Asian Health Services, Oakland, to hire two API student interns.

NARIKA, Berkeley, to develop expertise and programs in the area of teens and women forced into arranged marriages. Founded in 1992, NARIKA's mission is to break the silence surrounding domestic violence for South Asian women in the Bay Area who trace their roots to Bangladesh, Bhutam, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Women's lnstitute for Leadership Development (WILD), San Francisco, to support three at-risk, low-income young Asian women from the Bay Area to attend their 5-day overnight Summer Leadership Institute, a central component of their Young Women's Leadership Program (YWLP). The YWLP trains young women in the Bay Area to create and implement educational and activist projects that have an impact on their school or community. WILD promotes human rights in the U.S. through the conscious leadership and action of women and girls.