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On the purple background above: ext on top reads "Unity Comes Full Circle" "API Chaya's Virtual Gala" then an illustration of a brown API survivor in a yellow dress and her two kids in orange dress clothes. all three smile. API Chaya logo in bottom left. Underneath people, text reads "Saturday, April 24th, 6-8pm, Register for Live Event and Donate at: apichaya.org/gala". On the white background below: Text reads "Thank you to our sponsors", with two floral accents on either side. Below, sponsors are grouped by level: Visionaries, Social Justice Champions, Advocates, Friends, and then Supporters names are listed as text. *note: text of full sponsor list on facebook event and apichaya.org/sponsors.*

Hello API Chaya community,

API Chaya's gala is less than two weeks away, on Saturday, April 24th, 6-8pm.

There will be a 30 minute Cocktail Reception with a Staff Q&A, followed by a live program featuring stories from API Chaya’s clients and staff, cultural performances, fund-a-need games, keynote speaker Tani Ikeda who founded Survivor Love Letter, and more. Founding members Sarah Rizvi and Alice Ryan will be our co-hosts, sharing about building Chaya and the Safety Center. We would love to see you there, to stay connected to API Chaya and to see the direct impact of your dollars on our communities!
Register for the Gala

API Chaya's Live Gala Program

6:00pm - 6:30pm: Breakout Room Q&A with Staff Members 
CART and ASL will stay in the main room, so if you need either, please do not join a breakout room

6:30pm - 8:00pm: Gala Program
---Cultural Performances
---Keynote Speaker: Tani Ikeda, founder of Survivor Love Letters
---Founding Member MCs: Sarah Rizvi & Alice Ryan
---Speakers from Staff, Board, and Survivor Programs
---Fund-a-Need Games with Prizes

To read the full program booklet, go to https://www.apichaya.org/program.
Headshot of Sarah Rizvi, with shoulder length hair and a bright pink shirt and bright lipstick. Sarah is smiling at the camera.
Sarah Rizvi, Chaya Co-Host
Headshot of Alice Ryan, with hair past the shoulders and wearing a tan button up shirt with the top couple buttons open in a v-shape neckline. They are smiling and have hoop earrings.
Alice Ryan, Safety Center Co-Host
Speakers & Performers: Tarul Kode Tripathi, Board Chair; Kalayo Pestaño & Priya Rai, Co-Directors; Jordan Faralan, Performer; Dakota Camacho, Artistic Director UNITY Film Project; Billy & Alice, Survivor Keynotes. Featuring UNITY Film Project: API Chaya's UNITY Film Project engages dance, song, and poetry to creatively explore themes of facing crisis, healing, & transformation. The project weaves together four distinct cultural worldviews that represent various experiences within our Pacific Islander and Asian communities. Each of the speakers has a circular photo above their name and title.
Tani is a brown Asian, with straight across bangs and brown hair falling behind the shoulders. They are wearing a polka dot spaghetti strap top and the background is a matte pink.

Tani Ikeda is a filmmaker, writer, and activist whose work centers on the feminine experience. She is the primary director for the 2017 Emmy winning documentary series, “Wonder Women” and is an Executive Producer and Director for the Documentary Series “Resist” with BLM co­founder Patrisse Cullors which premieres October 2020 through YouTube’s Black Voices series. Film Independent named Ikeda one of 33 Emerging Filmmakers to watch. She is a Project Involve Directors Fellow, an essayist in the 2020 Anthology “Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change The World,” a 2019 Artist in Residence at Stanford University’s Institute for Diversity in the Arts, a 2018 Sundance Fellow and a 2018 SF Film Screenwriting Fellow. Ikeda also creates VR murals that spread love letters to survivors of sexual assault through imMEDIAte Justice, a nonprofit she co­founded in 2007 that trains young women of color in digital media.
Read the Gala Program

You can donate today towards critical services, or select “Become a Fundraiser” to fundraise as one of our incredible Table Captains. Please help us reach our $400,000 goal to ensure we have the flexible funds to respond to the changing needs of our clients and programs. Every Friday this month we will offer benefits to early donors from t-shirts, to artwork, trivia, and more!
Donate to the Gala

Here's all the gala links, once again! 

All of us strive to empower survivors and our communities in our own ways. Any way you can support is meaningful to us.

Donate & Become a Table Captain: https://www.apichaya.org/gala
Register: https://www.apichaya.org/register
Program Book: https://www.apichaya.org/program
Annual Report: https://www.apichaya.org/annual-report
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/474056580294924

You can also follow our Facebook and Instagram for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday updates to our Unity Comes Full Circle campaign to get a better picture of a client engaging with our services and programs.
"Donate by 4/16 and get access to our fun trivia challenge! Top scorers will be announced at the gala and get a special prize package!" on a purple cloud. Top left under the cloud is an orange blob with a pencil and paper doodle and the text "FRIDAY DONOR BENEFITS!" A brown API Survivor and her two kids are in the same formal wear from above photo, but they are making silly faces and the mother (Unity) is giving bunny ears to one of her kids. Text on the bottom cloud says "Donate to API Chaya's Gala at apichaya.org/gala"

Feel free to contact LeMing at nat@apichaya.org directly for details. Alt Text provided for all email images. Unity Campaign artwork by Raychelle Duazo.

 

Warmly,

API Chaya's Gala Steering Team
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API Chaya empowers survivors of gender-based violence and human trafficking to gain safety, connection, and wellness.  We build power by educating and mobilizing South Asian, Asian, Pacific Islander, and all immigrant communities to end exploitation, creating a world where all people can heal and thrive.

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PO Box 14047
Seattle, WA 98114

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