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Vicki Asakura
Short Biography: VICKI ASAKURA is a third generation Japanese American who grew up in the ethnically diverse Central Area of Seattle. Her life experiences have had a strong influence on her passion for racial justice and capacity building work in communities of color and refugee/immigrant communities. After graduating with a B.A. degree from the University of Washington, she started her professional career in a newly formed community based organization providing employment services for Asian Americans in the Seattle area.
After 17 years at the Seattle-King County Private Industry Council, where she managed federal and state funded grants providing employment and training services for refugees, Vicki joined the newly created Nonprofit Assistance Center in 2000 where she currently serves as Executive Director. Under her leadership, NAC has created new models for effective and culturally competent capacity building and leadership development for organizations and leaders based in low income, refugee and immigrant and communities of color and has implemented new strategies as part of a race and public policy agenda.
Vicki is currently chairing the Alliance for Nonprofit Management Cultural Competency Initiative, and the United Way of King County Employment Impact Council. She is past chair of the King County Refugee Planning Committee which advocates on local and state refugee issues. Vicki is also a member of the Minority Executive Directors' Coalition of King County (based in Seattle, WA) and the Asian Pacific Directors' Coalition. She is also involved in various community building efforts including Making Connections, an initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and BURRST, an initiative of the Northwest Area Foundation. More About Vicki Asakura
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Binding Information: Softcover Product Code: 069688 ISBN: 978-0-940069-68-8 Publisher: Fieldstone Alliance Pages: 272 Size: 9" X 10" X .625" Price: $29.95 www.EmbracingCulturalCompetency.org Becoming culturally competent is an ongoing journey that nonprofit capacity builders choose to take because they know it's key to transformative change—in organizations and in the sector. This book provides valuable insights and tools for addressing many challenges that keep organizations from becoming more successful. |
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