The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) is a coalition, intermediary, and the nation’s leading organization in advancing community development and advocating against gentrification and displacement of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities. We represent and support more than 150 community-based organizations in driving their local strategies, and we back their efforts by advancing progressive national policies.
In response to community needs in the 1970s, grassroots activists and organizers mobilized AA and NHPI neighborhood residents and formed community-based organizations and community development corporations in major cities such as San Francisco and New York.
In 1999, community leaders and activists from across the country recognized the imperative need for a national organization to advocate for policy and issues facing AA and NHPI communities with low incomes. That year, 16 organizations united to form National CAPACD.
For over two decades since, National CAPACD has been influencing and advocating for policies that fight discrimination, protect communities of color with low incomes, provide essential services to neighborhoods, and revitalize communities. National CAPACD has built a strong reputation and relationships with Congress, the White House, and key federal agencies. And, as a voice of more than 150 community-based organizations, National CAPACD has worked effectively to shift the national discourse on AA and NHPIs and community development issues.
As a result of National CAPACD’s work to ensure communities of color had protections and support during the mortgage crisis, the Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded us status as a housing counseling intermediary, the nation’s first and only intermediary focused on AA and NHPI communities.
True to the organization’s civil rights roots, National CAPACD continues its work in partnership with other national civil rights and advocacy groups to fight for equity and justice that all communities deserve.
