Thank you everyone for attending “The Power of Community”, and supporting API Chaya’s fundraising efforts. You helped us exceed our goal of $180,000, and we will keep you posted with more details as we complete our event wrap-up. Your generosity will surely make a positive impact on the families that need support.

Thank you also, to all the volunteers who helped make the event a success!

We thank you all tremendously for being part of API Chaya’s community!

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We want to thank all the organizers, volunteers and those that attended the Sunidhi Chauhan and Ali Zafar Benefit Concert. It was a very successful and wonderful evening!

Thank you to all the dedicated volunteers, performers and participants of the Ravishing Women Show. It was such an inspiring and moving event! 

And huge thanks to KoreIonz, the Triple Door and all the volunteers that organized the benefit show in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.  Click here to watch a recap video of the event on our youtube channel. 

We, at API Chaya, are truly grateful for everyone’s dedication, passion and support!

GiveBIG through API Chaya's page in The Seattle Foundation’s Giving Center (here)and your dollars will be stretched

GiveBIG is a community-wide giving challenge created by The Seattle Foundation that will increase the size of your donation to us. This annual, one-day, online charitable giving event will rally together our community on behalf of the amazing nonprofit organizations in King County.

GiveBIG will stretch your generosity in several ways:

1) Grow your gift! The Seattle Foundation will match a share of every contribution made on May 15th through our Seattle Foundations page.

2) Win a Golden Ticket! During the day, you could be chosen at random to have your charity of choice – that’s us! To receive an additional $1,000 and a round-trip airline ticket, courtesy of Alaska Airlines from GiveBIG’s sponsors. The winner will also receive a $100 gift card, courtesy of Starbucks!

Every dollar counts--your contributions help us reach more communities and survivors. Mark your calendar today, so you don’t forget to make a gift to API Chaya on May 15!

API Chaya seeks to end systemic violence in our communities. We have served thousands of people and worked with dozens of community groups for community organizing and education regarding prevention of sexual and domestic violence, exploitation, and human trafficking. We understand the cultural norms and stigmas associated with such violence and believe in the inherent strength and potential of each person to address situations in which there has been systematic emotional and physical violence. Our services are free, confidential, and available to any person in need.

API Chaya formed from the merger of two organizations in 2011: the Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center and Chaya. The Safety Center grew out of organizing within the Filipino community in 1993 sponsored by the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs out of concern for the prevalence of violence against women in their community, including several murders of Asian Pacific women. The Safety Center hired staff in 1997 to work with community groups to organize for justice and social change. Chaya was established in 1996 to serve South Asian women in times of crisis and need and to raise awareness of domestic violence issues.