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Eligibility Verification

All applicants for our grant programs must meet our eligibility requirements  (fill in the verification form & receive approval) before submitting your proposal to CLUSA.  
  • Once we confirm your verification form, which means you are/will:  
  1. Eligible to apply for any of our grant programs during the grant program application periods
  2. Need to update your organization information on an annual basis
  3. Receive our latest grant program information 
  • To complete the verification form, please:
  1. Download the file here
  2. Fill out the form
  3. Send it back to the grants@clusaproto.ccdfx.com to verify/get an approval
We will verify all of your information and reply with an email in 5 working days.
Please send us any questions you may have to grants@clsua.org; we will check and reply in 2 working days.
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Catalyst Donates More Than Half-Million Pieces of PPE to Help Protect Illinois Families and Youth

Consumer electronics company known globally for protecting electronic devices, partners with government and community agencies to protect the state’s most vulnerable populations

CHICAGO, IL (March 3, 2022) Catalyst, known globally for their protective cases for smartphones and electronic devices, is donating more than 530,000 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) in order to help protect the state’s most vulnerable populations. Catalyst has a strong global distribution network, with U.S. warehouses in Illinois and Nevada. They are making the donation of face masks, KN95 filtering masks, face shields and other protective items to help communities where their business is rooted and growing.

The donation will provide more than 405,000 pieces of PPE to DCFS for distribution to employees and agency partners throughout the state. Another 125,000 pieces will be donated to CBCAC for distribution to member organizations and the local community. The donation, valued at $425,000 was facilitated through a partnership with Civic Leadership USA.

“At the height of the pandemic, when the world was scrambling to find appropriate PPE and medical supplies for daily protection, Catalyst was able to leverage our global networks and supply chain resources to secure millions of pieces of PPE in order to provide access and fill a critical need,” Catalyst CEO June Lai said.

While PPE is more widely available now than in the early stages of the pandemic, access is not always equitable or affordable. There is no better way we can think of to support Illinois communities than to provide this recourse to those who need it the most.”

DCFS and its private agencies employ more than 8,000 people statewide. The agency has more than 20,000 youth in its care. In any given year, DCFS interacts with nearly 50,000 clients through its state offices and private agency offices including counseling offices, residential facilities, group homes, transitional and independent living homes and more. These populations are typically the most vulnerable with limited access to recourses including PPE.

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, DCFS employees have relied on PPE to help protect themselves and the children and families we serve,” DCFS Director Marc D. Smith said. “To help ensure our employees’ health and well-being, DCFS provided all of our staff across the state as well as our private not-for-profit partner agencies with PPE. This generous donation from Catalyst will help ease pressure on our budget and will be put to immediate use to provide a positive health benefit to our agencies and youth.”

The CBCAC works to impact the greater Chinatown community – which now totals over 27,000 – by uniting the resources of member organizations and individual members to empower Chinese American communities in Chicago.

“This gesture of support means a great deal to the Chinese American community,” CBCAC Executive Director Grace Chan McKibben said. “A donation of this magnitude brings assistance directly to our community members and we’re grateful to Catalyst for their generosity during a time when many are still struggling through the pandemic.”

“This is a fantastic example of the impact we can have as a global community when we’re ready and willing to help one another,” Rep. Theresa Mah, D-Chicago said. “Thank you to Catalyst for the tremendous gesture of support and commitment to Illinois through business and community.”

Catalyst is providing a range of high quality, appropriate PPE to support the state need. Catalyst worked closely with a team of specialists throughout the sourcing, design and manufacturing process of their PPE, including regulatory and legal consultants with more than 60 years’ collective experience working at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to ensure the Catalyst products and processes met FDA guidelines and CDC recommendations.

For more information about Catalyst visit www.catalystcase.com

About Catalyst

Catalyst, through Labworks International Design Limited, is a design and innovation company that has built a global brand creating and manufacturing protection for electronic devices. Through precision engineering, Catalyst products are designed to help people, businesses and organizations protect themselves and their personal devices and company assets. For over 10 years, their range of protective cases have allowed users to experience life on their own terms while always keeping their valuable devices safe and secure.

Catalyst is available in more than 70 countries including the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, China, Japan, Korea, Australia and the GCC.

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The 2022 Civic Internship Program Grant RFP Q&A Video Recording

CLUSA provides Civic Internship Program grants to API nonprofit organizations to support their civic internship programs, which train and send API students to government/ government agencies to do internships. 

In the recorded information session, we introduced our organization, team members, grant objectives, organization verification, grant application procedure and Q&A. 

Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any more questions or need any support. Please contact Qing Bai through email: qbai@clusaproto.ccdfx.com.

Click on the “APPLY NOW” icon to apply for or find out more detailed information about the 2022 Civic Internship Program Grant. 

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Civic Leadership Grant News

The 2022 Q1 National Grant Review Committee Members

Kudos to our national grant review committee members for dedicating their time and expertise in this highly competitive cycle of the civic leadership grant program.

Their hard work will help our board identify the appropriate grantees, which might eventually be the significant contributors to impact the AAPI community in the future.

We are grateful for their insights and professional recommendations in this intense and thorough review process. Again, thank you for their collective efforts and all their valuable inputs in fine-tuning the program. 

The 2022 Q1 National Grant Review Committee Members’ bios & photos; please click here.

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The 2022 Q1 -Civic Leadership Grant Program – Awardees

Congratulations to Our 2022 Q1 awardees

We are very excited to announce the 2022 Q1 awardees on the civic leadership grants program!

The overall objective of this grant program is to build a living and dynamic system of organizations by outsourcing and forming strategic partnerships dedicated to Civic Leadership Development that are sustainable financially, with focus on leadership succession.

The awardees for the 2022 Q1 are:

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Welcome our new President

Welcome On Board

“If you want to go far, fly together.” Sandy Chau, Chairman of Civic Leadership USA once said in our 2018 Leadership Retreat with over 30 civic leaders from around the country and planned the seed for this expansion.

We are excited to welcome our new President of Civic Leadership USA, Andy Li to join our team and further our two mandates: (1) Civic leadership development with a moral compass; and (2) coalition building among AAPIs and beyond.

Currently, Andy is serving as board member of the Contra Costa Community College District Governing Board, president of API Coalition and Secretary of Asian Pacific Islander Trustees & Administrators (APITA) caucus in California, in addition to the award committee of the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) at the national level in community college.

A longtime local Rotary member, he is also serving as a board member of the Leadership San Ramon Valley Program, steering committee member of San Ramon Valley Diversity Coalition. In the past, he served as the PTA Committee Chair, School Site Council and as a committee member in local government, including the City of San Ramon’s Economic Development Advisory Committee, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Parcel Tax Oversight Committee, and Contra Costa County Managed Care Commission.

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New 2022 Grant Programs

Thank you for your interest in partnering with Civic Leadership USA in civic leadership development and coalition building among AAPIs and beyond. With diligent and thoughtful assistance from our Strategic Development Consultant, Julian Munoz, and our committed National Task Force Planning Committee, we have discussed and listened to many #AAPI organization leaders in developing a more relevant and comprehensive #grants guideline. The Request for Proposal (#RFP) of 2022 and appendix are truly a labor of love and teamwork. Together we can turn the tide.

For more details about RFP, check here.

Like us on FB (@CLUSAcivicleadershipusa) and follow us (@civicleadershipusa) on IG to receive the most updated information about the AAPI community and beyond!

#civicleadershipusa#CLUSA#AAPI#leadershipdevelopment#leadership#grants

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Solidarity- The AAPI Community ~ September 24-25, 2021

On September 24-25, the community partners organize a series of virtual webinars and in-person events for all AAPI communities nationwide. They provide a wide range of opportunities for all attendees, from a government career fair to leadership development training. In addition to networking with many civic/community leaders and public servants from different city, state, and federal levels. Join us to stand up & speak out together!
Explore more about all events&webinars: shorturl.at/xyEFK
 

Thanks to all organizers from the community nationwide:

Asian American Unity Coalition

Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC)

Commonwealth Club of California

San Francisco Community Alliance for Unity, Safety, and Education -SF CAUSE

and more……..

Like us (CLUSAcivicleadershipusa) on #fb and follow us (@civicleadershipusa) on #Ig to receive the most updated information regarding the #AAPI community and beyond!
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Civic Leadership USA – 2019 National Internship Essay Contest

Civic Leadership USA – 2019 National Internship Essay Contest

Purpose of the Essay Contest:

Although Asian Americans are high achievers in many areas, our civic participation levels are relatively low when compared to other ethnic groups. CLUSA is pleased and highly encouraged that up to 30 AAPI organizations nationwide and approximately 240 outstanding young men and women are participating in this year’s Public Service Internship program. The 2019 Internship Essay Contest by CLUSA is open to all the interns to join and share their amazing experiences and stories

 

The purpose of this Essay Contest is to:

  • Encourage the interns to be more civic-minded
  • Stimulate participants to observe, contemplate and to gain more from their internship experience
  • Encourage other young people to join and contribute to public service by sharing personal, first-hand stories with them

 

Eligibility:

The contest is open to all 2019 CLUSA internship grant participants. Only one essay per participant(intern).

 

Essay Topic:

Contestants are encouraged to use their own internship experience this year to write about:

  • Why civic engagement and public service is important to our society
  • Their internship experience and their own journey towards civic engagement or public service
  • Why AAPI must be more civic engaged
  • Role models in public service/civic engagement they may have met during the internship
  • Inspirational stories and personal experiences in this year internship program

 

Essay Length:

Essays should be about 500 words in length.

 

Other Guidelines:

  • Plagiarism is not allowed.
  • Essays must be written in English.
  • Using the link provided below to submit your work in a Microsoft Word document.
  • You may include images/illustrations/diagrams in your work, mainly if they illustrate the topic or your ideas.

Timeline:

You can enter the Essay Contest from July 15 – August 31, 2019.

The final essay must be submitted by August 31, 2019.

The judging period is from September 1 – 30, 2019.

Winners and Prizes will be announced in early October 2019.

 

Judging and Essay Review Committee:

Joel Wong, Chair, CLUSA Editorial Committee

Sandy Chau, CLUSA Founder and Chair

Congressman David Wu, CLUSA Vice Chair

Diana Ding, Founder and CEO DingDingTV

Dr. Michael Chang, APALI Founder and Executive Director

Anthony Le, APALI Deputy Director

Anthony Ng, CLUSA Executive Director

Qing Bai, CLUSA Director of Admission and Education

Wen Yuan, CLUSA Director of IT and Communication

Chuck Ng, CLUSA Director of Community Outreach and Development

Other Judges invited from the grantee organizations and the AAPI community

 

Prizes:

First Prize (1) – $ 500

Runners Up (2) – $ 300

Third Prize (3) – $ 100

Merit Awards (up to 20) – $ 50

All Essay Participants will be awarded a CLUSA Certificate of Merit for participation.

Selected Essays will be published on the CLUSA website, promoted on Facebook, DingDing TV, and other public media.

 

How to Enter:

Please click the link below and follow the specific instructions to participate.

https://form.jotform.com/91925995639175

 

Questions:

Please contact Qing Bai, Director of Administration & Education, CLUSA

Email: qbai@clusaproto.ccdfx.com

Phone: 1-408-2508436

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