CONTRA COSTA API ADVOCACY COALITION

CONTRA COSTA ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFC ISLANDER COALITION

Towards Authentic Thriving

VISION

We envision a Contra Costa County where all Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) and wider community members can authentically thrive.

MISSION

The CoCo (Contra Costa) AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Coalition strives to convene and work in solidarity among AAPI and allies communities. We maintain a strong advocacy coalition to build up and strengthen resources and opportunities for AAPI and all Contra Costa community members.

WHO WE ARE

Fiscally sponsored by and in partnership with Able Community Development Foundation 

WE ARE A MOVEMENT. We are the first cross sector, multidisciplinary, and  multicultural coalition made up of community members, nonprofit leaders, and Contra Costa County staff who collectively speak more than 16 different languages, in more than 18 years. We work at grassroots and systems levels to accomplish our goals and vision. We began organizing to respond to the unmet needs of our community during COVID.

We stepped up because no one else would and we refused to leave our struggling AAPI communities behind during the pandemic. We moved, got things done, and before we knew it we created an amazing coalition of people who come together to build up and strengthen resources and opportunities for AAPI and all Contra Costa community members.