A brand new organization...
"Giving a voice and a face to Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities in California"
We are a small, yet strong grassroots organization of APIs with and without disabilities who believe that disability issues need to be on the same platform as all civil rights issues in the API community and in the general community.
Latest News:
Come join us to celebrate May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month through a night of comedy!
May 15th 2013 -Come hear talented Bay Area AAPI Comics with disabilities in a free evening performances!
Donations welcome to benefit Asians & Pacific Islanders with
Disabilities of California (APIDC)! (See attached flyer for more details.)
5/12/2012 - Jean Lin, APIDC Outreach Coordinator, provided public testimony to the California Department of Rehabilitation at a hearing held in Berkeley. Asian Community Mental Health Services was the other AAPI organization to participate. Read Jean Lins' testimony.
3/9/2011 -APIDC Attends Meeting with Secretary of Health & Human Services Sibelius On March 9, 2011 APIDC Executive Director Daphne Kwok along with Asian American & Pacific Islander stakeholder groups met with Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sibelius, Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health and Dr. Garth Graham, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health. The meeting discussed HHS’s priorities regarding the AAPI communities. Daphne had an opportunity to meet with Dr. Koh to discuss the work of the APIDC
Read about APIDC meeting with Kathleen Sibelius
7/26/2010-
- On Monday, July 26, 2010, President Obama appointed Daphne Kwok of San Francisco, Calif. as Chair of his Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
