Every year, hundreds of Asian American seniors fill banquet halls and community centers to learn how the scams actually work. The phone call that says a grandchild is in jail. The fake utility bill. The stranger at the door. An NYPD officer stands at the front of the room, often with an interpreter, and walks through it in plain language.
We hold these seminars in the languages our elders speak, because safety information only helps if you can understand it. A roomful of seniors goes home knowing what to hang up on and who to call.
As anti-Asian violence climbed, our council took to the streets beside the NYPD and our neighbors under one banner, Let's End Hate Crime Together. We showed our community it would never have to face hate by itself.
Beyond the rallies, we help neighbors report incidents, connect victims with officers who will listen, and keep open lines between precincts and the communities they cover. Hate is loudest when people feel alone. Our answer is to make sure no one is.
When an officer is hurt in the line of duty, the family carries it long after the headlines fade. Since 1998, in partnership with the NYC Police Benevolent Association, we have given to a scholarship fund for their children. It is one of our oldest commitments and one of the ones we are proudest of.
In December 2024 our delegation presented the latest scholarship check to the PBA, continuing a partnership now more than twenty-five years deep. It is how we say thank you to the families who gave the most, and mean it.
Give to the fund →We meet students where they are, with honest talks about drugs, bullying, and staying safe, led by officers they can actually trust. No lectures from a podium. Real conversations, in classrooms and youth centers, about the choices in front of them.
The earlier the bridge between young people and the police is built, the stronger it holds. A teenager who has met an officer as a person is a safer adult, and so is the neighborhood around them.
Trained volunteers who know the neighborhood add extra eyes on the street and a familiar face for residents who may hesitate to call 911. Our mobile patrol has supported precincts since the late 1990s.
We help community members go through the NYPD Citizen Police Academy, so they understand how policing works from the inside and can carry that knowledge back to their families and neighbors.
We work hand in hand with local precincts, the FBI Citizens' Academy, and Asian community organizations across the city. Trust is built relationship by relationship, year after year.
