API CHAYA

API Chaya supports Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander survivors and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, as well as human trafficking survivors from all communities. API Chaya engages communities to change societal conditions that enable domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking and all forms of oppression, especially violence against women and the most vulnerable in our society.

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Upcoming Events

Please join us at our upcoming events:

1. API Chaya's 20th Annual Candlelight Vigil

2. Kapwa 2: Community Healing Gathering

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API Chaya's Annual Candlelight Vigil

As an organization that provides domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking services to Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander communities, we are coming together to offer spaces of healing as we honor lives lost to domestic and sexual violence. These services are held to remember the lives of Susanna Remerata Blackwell, her unborn child, baby Kristine, Phoebe Dizon, and Veronica Laureta, who were shot and killed at the King County Courthouse in 1995 by Susanna’s estranged and abusive husband. Our vigil theme “Kapwa”, is a Tagalog term meaning the shared interconnectedness among and between beings. By seeing the self in others, we are able to wholeheartedly support our communities while taking accountability for the violence existing in our world. Kapwa seeks to provide the vigil as a transformative and healing space of understanding through celebrating our communities' legacy of resilience and survivorship. 

Please join us in solidarity at our Annual Candlelight Vigil on Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 4 - 6 PM at the King County Courthouse. For more information, please refer to our Facebook event page.

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Our annual API Chaya Dinner & Auction will be held on May 2, 2015. We hope to see you there!

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Transgender woman is elected district mayor in Indian state of Chhattisgarh

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API Chaya's Creative Arts Healing

If you are interested, please contact Angeli at [email protected]

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Did you know that November 30th, 2014 was South Asian day for Peace, Democracy, Justice, and Human Rights?

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South Asian day is one of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender...

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Welcome to API Chaya Seattle

Who We Are

API Chaya is a non-profit organization in Seattle that seeks to end systematic violence in our communities. We have served thousands of people and worked with dozens of community groups for community organizing and education regarding prevention of sexual and domestic violence, exploitation, and human trafficking.

Our organization formed from the merger of two organizations in 2011: the Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center and Chaya. Both organizations were founded in the mid-1990's and served Asian women experiencing domestic violence and sexual assault. Both organizations were deeply rooted in their communities and had long supported each other. By combining resources, we are able to provide robust services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. We now serve a broader Asian and Pacific Islander community - including East Asian and South Asian women. 

What We Aim For

Our mission is to support Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander survivors and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, as well as human trafficking survivors from all communities. API Chaya engages communities to change societal conditions that enable domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking and all forms of oppression, especially violence against women and the most vulnerable in our society.

What We Believe In

API Chaya envisions a just and equitable world free of violence and oppression.

What We Do

Survivor Services - Advocacy and support services for Asian, South Asian, and Pacific Islander survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and human trafficking survivors from all communities. 

Community Organizing - Mobilizing and training communities to support survivors and their families and to change the social norms and conditions that allow violence to occur. 

Natural Helpers - Leadership development and volunteer program that nurtures natural community leaders to address gender-based violence in our communities and to work towards long-term social change.