Understanding Advocacy and Promoting Social Equality & Justice to Support Asian American Immigrants

A Program Evaluation of Kangtai Daycare Center

Abstract

Within this program evaluation, this study assesses the extent to which Kangtai Adult Daycare Center–through promoting social equality and justice–meets the understanding of advocacy in order to better serve Asian immigrant communities and address underlying issues. Firstly, I introduced how Asian immigrants are struggling because of the lack of advocacy for them. They are being denied to many services related to governmental services, employment services, basic needs, and education. With my non-profit, Kangtai Adult Daycare Center, I give them a safe space where they are able to access services and meet their basic needs. The overarching mission of this organization is to create a secure environment for Asian immigrants. I am always finding ways to implement advocacy for social equality and justice within the organization to better serve senior participants. The questions that were asked to the participants showed how well the organization connects with other organizations and government agencies. As interviews were conducted, I evaluated the extent to which Kangtai Adult Daycare Center helps with fulfilling these needs and supporting advocacy to better serve immigrant communities. As the program evaluation came to a conclusion, the organization was able to see which areas they wanted to focus on in order to help promote advocacy for Asian immigrant communities and address underlying issues through promoting social equality and justice. With the seniors' input, the evaluation of the organization will be effective in finding future improvements on the foundation of not only the Asian immigrants, but also the organization itself.