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National CAPACD is excited to announce our 2025 Community in the Capital (CITC) Fellows! CITC is a policy advocacy fellowship for staff at National CAPACD member organizations. This year’s cohort is composed of seven fellows who will spend the next five months learning about public policy advocacy specific to Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities, how the federal government impacts their work at the local and state government levels, and how to identify needs in their communities and translate them into policy solutions. This year’s fellows include:

In April, National CAPACD’s Small Business Program participants met for our 2025 Small Business District Stabilization Regional Convening in Washington, D.C. This two-day convening allowed 15 participants representing 10 organizations to learn from each other about how the different groups are supporting low-income AA and NHPI communities around issues of gentrification and displacement. Participants heard from Willow Lung-Amam, Director of the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network (SBAN), about commercial tenant protection strategies and took part in a discussion with National CAPACD’s Policy team about small business policy updates at the federal level.

BPSOS VA led participants on a tour of the Eden Center in Falls Church, VA, the largest Vietnamese commercial center on the East Coast, where they met with local small business owners. They also heard from Viet Place Collective about their work preserving the historic and cultural significance of the shopping center through their anti-displacement advocacy and organizing.

National CAPACD thanks TD Bank for sponsoring the convening.

National CAPACD is proud to be one of five national community development organizations co-hosting the People & Places Conference, taking place from October 5-7 in Washington, D.C. At a time when federal resources are under threat and local communities are grappling with deepening crises and disinvestment, your voice and your experience are essential. Together, we will share what’s working on the ground, exchange real-world strategies, and advocate for the resources our communities need to thrive.

In April, National CAPACD’s board met in New York, NY. The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) hosted the board meeting at their new CPC One building, which houses their offices, their Manhattan Community Center, and over 200 affordable housing units. National CAPACD thanks the team at CPC, as well as our board member and CPC President and CEO Wayne Ho, for hosting!