Chinese Progressive Association (CPA)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Founded in 1972, Chinese Progressive Association (CPA) conducts tenant and worker organizing, youth and student organizing, civic engagement, and movement and alliance building for low-income Chinese immigrant communities in San Francisco.

Mission
“Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.” – CPA website

CPA SRO organizers passing out food at one of Chinatown's food distribution event for SRO families.

  @CPASF
  @ChineseProgressiveAssociation
  @CPASF

These snapshots were last updated in 2017 as part of our Communities Creating Healthy Environments project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to present examples of how communities build and use power to achieve sustainable health justice and racial equity for all. Please visit CPA’s website for the most updated information about their work.