10th Annual A&NH/PI Candidate Forum
Get your votes ready as we have a Primary election coming up soon! We will be having our 10th Annual A&NH/PI Candidate Forum happening on July 20th, 5-7pm featuring the 37th Legislative and 9th Congressional District Candidates that will represent our A&NH/PI Community. The deadline to vote by ballot and online is by July 25th. Click on this link to register now: bit.ly/anhpiforum

InterIm CDA - Laptops Provided to Low Income and Homeless Communities
Through the King County "Digital Equity for Adults with Barriers to Access and Services" grant, the Employment Navigation team at InterIm was able to secure over 100 laptops to support seniors, limited-English proficient, unemployed, and/or homeless individuals, and an additional 22 hotspots for those that did not have access to internet.
Abby Frias (Sustainability & Education Coordinator), Carmen Hom (Employment Navigation Coordinator), Silver Ly (Housing Stability Case Manager), Lizzy Baskerville (Environmental Design & Sustainability Manager), Alec Mac (Employment Navigation Assistant), Vincent Kwan (Employment Navigation Manager), Carol Xie (Resource Development & Marketing Manager), Renae Figuriera (Family Navigator) on the day of laptop delivery
The grant was approved for 21 organizations across the county, including InterIm CDA. The purpose of the grant was to provide individuals and/or families with digital services to "navigate online resources for health, economic, or other basic needs" who would otherwise not have access to them in an effort to help recover from the vast impacts of COVID-19 (King County).
Alec & Vincent organizing laptops to be delivered to residents
On the morning of December 16, 2020, InterIm staff gathered and formed teams of two to deliver laptops to different apartment buildings to residents that were approved to receive one. Upon arrival, the recipients were told in advance of our scheduled arrival time and signed off to confirm receipt of their new device(s), accepting with gratitude.
Vincent, socially distanced, instructing staff on laptop deliveries and assigning everyone to teams of two
Digital Literacy flyers, with both English and Chinese, that were given to the residents to go along with their laptops
Lizzy organizing and prepping the laptops to be delivered to Rex Apartments' residents
Silver and Renae finishing up their deliveries - they even got to support local restaurant, Tai Tung!
Carol and Lizzy preparing for their last delivery of the day.
Alec during the middle of a delivery
We are working hard to provide services and resources for the communities that we serve, especially during these times. We are confident that the laptops and hotspots that were delivered will help their recipients in their journey to finding employment and other resources, which is now more important than ever.
Thank you to all our supporters that continue to support our work!
InterIm CDA - Coming to the End of 2020
InterIm CDA - I5 Underpass Activation Project
Check out our new video that features a walkthrough of our I5 Underpass Activation Project!
We will be hosting a community meeting on December 16th, 2020 at 4:00pm to discuss the design. Please join us and let us know what you think!
Interim CDA - WILD Program
WILD (Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development) is InterIm CDA's youth leadership program that promotes civic engagement, environmental justice, inter-generational engagement, and college readiness while fostering confidence and compassion in immigrant youth leaders. At the end of each year, the WILD Banquet is held to celebrate and connect the program's youth leaders and the community's senior residents.
For the first time in 23 years, we were not able to hold our annual WILD Banquet to ensure everyone's safety. We've compiled a short video to commemorate and celebrate some joyful moments in the WILD program. Please enjoy this video and join us in remembering these happy times.
Please continue to support us during this time. Your donation helps us continue our community support work in the Chinatown-International District neighborhood.
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Facebook: @interimcda
Website: interimcda.org
InterIm CDA - Tuesdays w/ Eliza & Henry!
Since March, we have been making weekly grocery deliveries to several CID residents - take a look at a small snippet of what our organization has to offer!
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Northwest Asian Weekly article: "InterIm CDA pivots due to pandemic, reaching out to those in need"
Thanks to Northwest Asian Weekly for this piece on our organization's ongoing work during this pandemic!
Executive Director, Pradeepta Upadhyay, and Deputy Director, Tom Im, were interviewed for this article to describe how we've been keeping the residents in the Chinatown-International District connected, despite this period of uncertainty.
Through efforts of our organization's program managers, we have been able to stay connected to both school-age children through senior residents in various Seattle neighborhoods, through social media, distribution of educational packets, grocery deliveries, cooking and exercise classes, and various other ways.
Check out the full article in the attached link!
Meet Our Gala Performers: Mata’ala Dance Team

Mataala Dance Group, a non-profit community organization consisting of high school students within the Pierce County area. The instructor's team consist of community volunteers coming together to teach about the Polynesian culture through music, dance, and education. For the past three years, we continue to grow to reach out to students from various schools in the area. Providing a safe space where Pacific Islander students can feel comfortable in their own identities and educate non-Pacific Islanders on our authentic culture.
2017 Chinatown-International District Public Safety Survey Findings
InterIm CDA in partnership with Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) developed a public safety survey to evaluate the community’s perceptions of public safety, police-community relations, and various public safety interventions. The survey was conducted in 2017 from February to March in English, Chinese, and Vietnamese.
Detailed results of the survey can be found here. A brief one page fact sheet of the survey can found here (Chinese and Vietnamese).
If you would like results of specific questions, please email Jamie Lee at SCIDpda.
We Shall Not Be Moved: Make your voice heard to Seattle City Council
Make your voice heard to Seattle City Council
CALL TO ACTION: Join us next Tuesday, July 18, at NVC Memorial Hall, to show and voice your concern about the immediate threat of displacement and gentrification of Chinatown-International District before Seattle City Councilmembers. Interpreters will be present. The City Council is making decisions about development in this neighborhood. This is your opportunity to learn about and influence those decisions and help us stop displacement now.
What: We Shall Not Be Moved Town Hall
When: Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Time: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Where: Nisei Veterans Committee (NVC) Memorial Hall,
1212 South King St., Seattle, WA
Contact: Henry Liu, hliu@interimicda.org, 206-624-1802 x21
The City Council is expected to vote later this month on passing Mandatory Housing Affordability. At the town hall, the Chinatown-ID community will express concern about having anti-displacement tools and policies in place that will protect and preserve this uniquely very low-income community, which has historically been and still is the first home for many immigrants and refugees. The proposed rezone in the Chinatown-ID comes at a time when a runaway speculative real estate market and skyrocketing rents threaten to displace this very low-income community. 520 households over the last 20 years have been displaced and 640 more low income households are threatened to be displaced through the redevelopment of Chinatown-ID.
Please come and make your voice heard or be a warm body in the room showing your concern for Chinatown-ID.