CAPI’s March Food Shelf Campaign
This March 1 - April 6, 2025, join CAPI in our efforts to fight food insecurity in the state of Minnesota. Join us on March 27th at Arbeiter Brewing From 6 pm - 9 pm on March 27th, Arbeiter Brewing will [...]
CAPI USA Receives $2 Million Gift From the Yield Giving Open Call
Brooklyn Center, March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced CAPI USA as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. CAPI received $2 million.Established in 1982 as a culturally-specific food [...]
CAPI Welcomes Mary Niedermeyer as New CEO
Message from the Board of Directors The CAPI Board of Directors is excited to announce that Mary Niedermeyer has been named the new CEO of CAPI USA! With the departure of Ekta Prakash in May 2023, Mary stepped into the role of Interim [...]
Celebrating Ekta Prakash’s Impactful Journey and Transition at CAPI USA
Message from the Board of Directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18th, 2023 – In the life of every organization, there is a time for goodbye. Ekta Prakash, CAPI's CEO, has been a visionary immigrant leader and passionate advocate for immigrant and refugee communities [...]
Give to the Max 2024
This Give to the Max Day, contribute to the greater good to create a stronger Minnesota! CAPI is partnering with La Doña Cervecería and Trivia Mafia for a Give to the Max Day event on November 19th from 8 pm - 10 [...]
Coalition of 12 Minnesotan Organizations Gather to Mobilize Asian & Immigrant Voters to the Polls
TWIN CITIES, MINNESOTA – From October 31 to November 3, Ignite Minnesota Asian Power (IMAP) coalition members will be engaging with the local young, Asian, and immigrant population in Minnesota through phone bank canvassing, relational organizing, digital outreach, and community conversations. The goal is to advocate for our community, provide [...]
Old National Bank: Right place, right time
In the years to come, many of us will not look back at 2020 and say time was on our side. But for Old National and CAPI USA, 2020 has already proved to be the year that brought these two organizations together in a “meant to be” fashion. [...]
Minnesota Census Mobilization Partnership Letter to Census
August 31, 2020 Secretary Wilbur Ross U.S. Department of Commerce 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 Dr. Steven Dillingham Director U.S. Census Bureau 4600 Silver Hill Road Washington, DC 20233 Dear Secretary Ross and Director Dillingham, We, the undersigned Minnesota 2020 Census stakeholders, are asking you to remain [...]
Asian American Organizations in MN Respond to MN GOP Chairwoman on “China Virus”
August 31, 2020 STATEMENT: Asian American Organizations in MN Respond to MN GOP Chairwoman on “China Virus” On Tuesday, August 25th, the Republican Party of Minnesota Chairwoman, Jennifer Carnahan, was asked by KARE 11 about the president’s use of the terms, "China Virus," "Wuhan Virus," or "Kung Flu." She [...]
News and Opportunities from CAPI
Virtual Nursing Assistant Graduation On Wednesday, July 29 CAPI held its first virtual graduation for our students that completed the Nursing Assistant program online. It's a huge accomplishment, and many of our students had never used computers before. As one student Leticia said, "Even though we [...]