WHAT WE DO
NQAPIA builds the capacity of local, grassroots, and affinity-based LGBTQ+API groups; advances an intersectional justice and equity agenda for all the communities we call home; supports intergenerational family (re)building and engagement; and ensures LGBTQ+API representation everywhere, especially in research and resource development.
Capacity Building
We provide capacity building support to a wide and growing range of small, mostly volunteer-run local, grassroots, and affinity-based groups across the country.
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We do so through fiscal sponsorships, technical
assistance, policy education, organizational and leadership development programs, access to peer networks, and funding.
Convenings
We convene the country's largest LGBTQ+ API conference every three years, alongside local, regional, and leadership summits, multi-city sector-specific forums, the annual API Institute at Creating Change, and our legendary Community Catalyst dinners.
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We also host virtual events like the "State of the LGBTQ+API Movement" and continue to develop hybrid programming as we navigate the pandemic.
Representation
We provide and advocate for more inclusive representation of LGBTQ+API people and our perspectives everywhere, and especially in research and the development of resources.
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We do so through a wide range of partnerships and coalitions, presentations, panels, and other educational activities, and facilitating outreach for and the culturally-competent production of research and resources.