Written by: Katrina Nguyen, Social Media Analyst
As a precursor to AAPI Heritage Month, AJSOCAL and Cassia’s LA Chefs for Human Rights(LACHR) hosted a multi-course Ruby Table Dinner at the Cassia restaurant in Santa Monica, CA. It was an evening dedicated to social justice as a salute to the 2023 Ruby Table Hero award recipients– journalist Lisa Ling and actor Daniel Wu. The benefit dinner celebrated Asian American culinary excellence and raised critical funds for AJSOCAL as we enter our 40th anniversary this year. For more information about the Ruby Table dinner, please click here to read more.
See below for some photos from the Ruby Table Dinner.
About Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
AJSOCAL is celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout the year of 2023 with a series of events that gather the community, amplify the forces of good and propel the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) movement forward. The anniversary builds upon the milestones of social justice that unified Asian Americans upon AJSOCAL’s founding in 1983. The non-profit is the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization for AAPI. AJSOCAL serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year. Through direct services, impact litigation and policy advocacy AJSOCAL focuses on the most vulnerable members of AAPI communities while building a strong voice for civil rights and social justice. More info is at AJSOCAL.org
About Cassia’s LA Chefs For Human Rights
Founded by Cassia Co-Owners Kim Luu-Ng and Chef Bryant Ng in 2016, LA Chefs for Human Rights is a fundraising platform that benefits and increases awareness of local human rights causes that directly affect our fellow Angelenos. Since its inception, LACHR has raised approximately $1.1 million by uniting some of the city’s most celebrated chefs, bakers, entertainers and human rights advocates through a series of in-person and virtual galas and events. 100% of the funds have gone towards local non-profits, which include Program for Torture Victims to support medical care and legal services for refugees seeking asylum and The People Concern to feed and provide homeless individuals and families with temporary and permanent housing. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Cassia and the Rustic Canyon Family also donated hundreds of meals to The People Concern’s three interim housing sites in Santa Monica.
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PHOTOS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD:
AJSOCAL/SHUTTERSTOCK Photos of Arrivals
photo credit: AJSOCAL and Shutterstock
AJSOCAL/FURIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
photo credit: Furious Photographers
