North Carolina Asian Americans Together
North Carolina Asian Americans Together
North Carolina Asian Americans Together
North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT) is the first pan-Asian social justice organization in North Carolina and one of the only such organizations in the South. NCAAT emerged in 2016 in an urgent effort to help Asian American voices in North Carolina to be heard and represented. Our mission is to support equity and justice for all by fostering community among AAPIs and allies statewide through civic engagement, leadership development, community development, and grassroots mobilization. The organization serves all North Carolina residents who identify as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), an “inter-ethnic-pan-Asian American self-defining political group."
About the Organization:
organizational budget
$100,000 - $500,000
existence for
0-5 Years
Organization benefits AAPIs residing in the following state(s):
organizational budget
$100,000 - $500,000
existence for
0-5 Years
Organization benefits AAPIs residing in the following state(s):
The Issue:
Fighting systematic erasure and the rampant co-opting of our lived experiences by mainstream media has long been a struggle for Asian Americans. The myth of the “model minority” affects multiple generations of AAPIs and attempts to pacify and silence parts of our community while elevating a false ideal stereotype: the unaffiliated, relatively wealthy, highly educated, and non-confrontational Asian American immigrant. Unfortunately, this widespread ignorance of the real diversity of AAPI identities, interests, and concerns has proven to have dire consequences, particularly during COVID-19. Assessing Asians Americans as a monolith conceals the needs of lower-income, working-class, and refugee peoples, and such misconceptions have led to some communities receiving no outreach regarding vaccine safety or access; others have been plagued by misinformation. When our stories are inaccurately told, they become manipulated against our community interests. NCAAT seeks to empower AAPI peoples with the agency and voice to represent themselves and their communities.
