NAPAWF – the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum – is the only national, multi-issue Asian Pacific American women's organization in the country. NAPAWF's mission is to build a movement to advance social justice and human rights for APA women and girls. NAPAWF's founding history parallels the history of Kappa Phi Lambda, as it was also established in the mid-nineties and has since seen the growth of regional chapters across the nation connecting women from diverse backgrounds for a common cause.
NAPAWF is a bridge. It bridges the many issues that confront APA women and their communities. It bridges the diversity of the 40-plus language groups that are represented under the Asian and Pacific Islander census category. It bridges the many places where our communities reside. It bridges the many waves of immigration of the APA community: mothers to daughters and first generation to forth generation immigrants. It bridges strategies of individual empowerment with a larger vision of mobilizing power for justice, equality and peace.
Through great perseverance, commitment and volunteerism, NAPAWF has sustained its energy and vitality. Its founding sisters, board members, chapter leaders, members and staff are the many women and supporters who have given their time and energy to build and sustain an organization that represents them, their ideals and the issues that touch them dearly. NAPAWF platforms include:
- Civil Rights
- Economic Justice
- Educational Access
- Ending Violence Against Women
- Health & Reproductive Justice
- Immigrant & Refugee Rights
NAPAWF has hundreds of members across the country organized in chapters in New York City, Washington DC, Chicago, Minneapolis-St.Paul, Seattle, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles-UCLA, UC-Davis, and Yale University. Kappa Phi Lambda continuously works to establish a partnership with NAPAWF through philanthropic donations and educational opportunities.
To find out more about ongoing events and issues, visit NAPAWF's national website at www.napawf.org.