Asian Pacific Islander Reentry through Inclusion Support & Empowerment (API RISE)
Our mission is to make freedom possible for the community of current and formerly incarcerated individuals, youth and families in high-risk situations, allies, supporters, and their communities. We do this through culturally sensitive direct support, education, power building, organizing, and advocacy.
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PLAY ·2025 Grants ChallengeRise For Unity
API RISE “Rise’s For Unity” to overcome interpersonal, group, and structural divides. We are API, Black, Latine, Native, and White. Some of us have served time in mean and violent spaces. Today, we gather, talk, share meals, heal, visit each other's communities, and wrestle with an array of “isms.” We address biases while learning about ourselves and each other, and then we lift up these unifying stories into media spaces to elevate and educate. We Rise for Unity; We Rise Together.
CONNECT ·2024 Grants ChallengeAPI Reentry Inclusion Support & Empowerment
LA 2050 funds enable formerly incarcerated Asians and Pacific islander to experience inclusion instead of alienation and isolation; support, rather than stigma and shame; empowerment instead of disenfranchisement. API RISE facilitates deep connections and consistent social support, authentic healing spaces, assistance with daily needs; and culturally appropriate leadership development to prevent recidivism and relapse. Our short LA 2050 videos will capture these practices as a way of expanding our impact. We Rise Together! API RISE.