Chinese Progressive Association

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

May 11, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$837,746

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Youth Program: Last summer, youth leaders developed and collected over 800 surveys in Chinatown and the Excelsior to determine the kind of health services people had, wanted, and needed. The surveys were conducted in Chinese, Spanish and English. Chosen because of their high population of working class families and lack of health care providers nearby, the Chinatown and Excelsior neighborhoods indicated that the majority of residents depend on publicly funded health insurance. Survey results showed that residents regularly spend an hour or more traveling to see their health care providers. Youth plans to release a report due out early 2012 in outlining recommendations to the City about healthcare access and what the city needs to do to improve health care to low income working class immigrant communities.

Activity 3

Workers Clinic project: Through the clinic, a project of the Tenant Worker Center, we have been able to support low wage workers to win back their stolen wages through a legal and organizing strategy. In 2011, CPA helped to recover over $300,000 of back wages. Despite the workers fears, language barriers, and the fact that many of the workers were still working with the employer that exploited them, the workers persevered, working closely with CPA staff and legal advocates at the Asian Law Caucus (ALC).

Filer

EIN

23-7404756