Project by Project

Clockwise from left: Michelle Freridge, Doreen Wong, LotayYang of AYC, Team PbP-LA, PbP-LA president JT Kim
Photo credit: Jason Flores

Project by Project-Los Angeles (PbP-LA) is proud to announce the Asian Youth Center (AYC) as our 2011 partner! Over 100 distinguished guests from the LA Asian American community joined us in celebration at the official unveiling last Thursday at Gyenari Restaurant in Culver City.

This year, Project by Project has selected "Education" as the national theme, a topic that has gained increasing national attention and has drawn out major concerns on our education system. For the API community, the model minority stereotype has made fundraising and development of educational programs and services very challenging. The high success rate of more established Asian communities tends to overlook the plight of recent first-generation immigrants.

PbP-LA is excited to address some of these concerns by partnering with AYC, a non-profit, community based organization that has been aiding low-income and minority youth and their families in the Los Angeles area since 1989. AYC facilitates youth and their families to succeed in a multi-cultural society by offering several programs and services from after-school tutoring, delinquency prevention, SAT course prep, to health education.

Project by Project Los Angeles’s partnership campaign will focus on increasing AYC’s volunteer base, raising the visibility of its mission, and supporting funding for its much needed programs.  AYC will also be the beneficiary of PbP-LA’s highly anticipated Plate by Plate Annual Tasting Benefit on August 6th, as well as, other fundraisers throughout the year.

On behalf of PbP-LA, chapter president, JT Kim expressed, “we look forward to learning more and growing as advocates for...improving education in the API community... It's exciting to connect our network of volunteers and resources to benefit the amazing work that AYC is engaged in.”

Project by Project Los Angeles is proud to announce this year’s Partner benefiting the theme of Education!  We will officially unveil this special partnership on Thursday, March 31st and would love you to join us at this celebration.  

Some of our previous partners include Health Justice Network (2010), Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program (API SBP)  (2009), and Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment (CAUSE) (2008). To learn more about all our amazing past partners, please click here.

We look forward to a great year and hope to see you there!

Warmest Regards,
Eden Tol
Director of Partner Outreach 2011

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Location Update

The Partner Kickoff will be held at Gyenari, 9540 Washington Blvd., Culver City

Free Parking is available for up 2 hours in these nearby structures:

Station 1- located on the northside of Culver Blvd between Main Street and Cardiff Ave.
Station 2- located on the southside of Culver Blvd between Irving Pl. and Main Street.
Station 3- located on Washington Blvd. just north of Starbucks (off of Watseka Ave)

Dress code is business casual.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan as they recover from the devasting earthquake and tsunami.

Those who want to help can go to www.redcross.org and donate to Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami. People can make a $10 donation by texting REDCROSS to 90999. Their donation will go to support relief efforts for the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.