APANO is one of the longest standing API grassroots advocacy organizations, who work to unite Asians and Pacific Islanders to build power, develop leaders, and advance equity through organizing, advocacy, community development and cultural work.

APANO envisions a just world — a world in which Asians and Pacific Islanders and all communities who share our aspirations and struggles have the power, resources, and voice to determine our own futures.

Family Forward Oregon is a statewide policy and advocacy nonprofit organization working to build an intersectional movement centered on care to fight for economic and reproductive justice for all mamas and caregivers in Oregon. 

Paid and unpaid care work (the work that makes all other work possible!) is invisible work done almost entirely by moms, other caregivers, and self-identifying women, and it is disproportionately done by women of color. Despite how critical care work is, from infant care to hospice care and everything in between, almost nothing in the dominant white-supremacist, patriarchal, capitalist culture is designed to value or support caregivers and our families—but we’re determined to change that.

Together, we’re organizing mamas and other caregivers across a range of identities, building community, providing leadership development opportunities, and supporting anti-oppression learning.

Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) is Oregon’s Farmworker Union. PCUN’s mission is to empower farmworkers and working Latinx families in Oregon by building community, increasing Latinx representation in elections, and policy advocacy on both the national and state levels. 

PCUN values the ability for workers to take action against exploitation and all of its effects, and continues to build an agenda that strengthens workers rights by creating safer workplaces, advocating for fair wages, and pushing for enough economic security to care for our families. We also value dignity, and respect for all workers, and the “Sí se puede ” spirit of Dolores Huerta, and Cesar Chavez.

PCUN was founded by farmworkers, and today that legacy continues.

The Oregon Heals coalition has the goal of expanding to include additional organizational partners that align with our mission and values, whom are passionate about building a mental health system that is equitable, affordable, culturally-responsive, community-centered and community-driven. 

If you are a member or employee of an advocacy organization that might be interested in joining this coalition, please reach out to Miranda miranda@APANO.org.