APANO

Come celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month outdoors with us and the beautiful birds in our city! We’re excited to share a few free opportunities this month to explore local green spaces, learn about birds, and gather in joyous community together.

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander community members and allies are welcome. RSVP links in our bio under 'Upcoming Events/Workshops' tab. 🦆 🦚 🦅 🦜 🐦

Thank you to Bird Alliance of Oregon for partnering with us!

Summer is heating up, and Cooling Portland is here to help keep you and your loved ones safe and comfortable. Eligible households can receive a free cooling unit for their home, and APANO is proud to be one of the community organizations helping with installations across Portland.

This is the FINAL year of the program, so don’t wait to apply. New requests through 3-1-1 close on June 30. 💛

Join us for our last small business workshop of the Spring on May 28th from 12-1:30 pm! 🏵️

This workshop will be led by Bryson Davis, managing attorney for Principia Business Law. Bryson will review entity structure/how to choose best entity for your small business, forming and maintaining an LLC Contract review, fiduciary duties and other topics you should know about as a small business owner. There will be time for Q&A so bring your questions to the workshop.

In-person and online options, RSVP through the link in our bio. ✨

With heavy hearts, we invite our community to gather in remembrance of Cayle Chiang Tern. A beloved father, friend, leader, and advocate whose impact on our community will never be forgotten.❣️

Please join us to honor Cayle’s life and legacy:

🕊️ Funeral Service
Monday, May 18 | 9 AM - 12 PM
Omega Funeral Services
223 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR

🕊️ Burial Service
1 PM - 3 PM
Lincoln Memorial Park
11801 SE Mount Scott Blvd, Portland, OR

Cayle showed up for so many of us with love, strength, and heart. Now we come together for him.

Thank you Oregonian for sharing Cayle's life work. Our community is lucky to have had a champion for the Southeast Asian community, and a dedicated leader to immigrant justice.

Portland organizer’s sudden death at 49 shakes immigrant community, Oregon politicians Cayle Tern, a Reynolds School District board director and APANO civic engagement manager, died last week, leading to a flood of public condolences.

Join us for our next Small Business Spring workshop on May 18 from 5:30-7:30 pm!🌷
This workshop is designed to equip you with simple, actionable frameworks to plan and execute a short-term Instagram campaign for any goal.

In-person and online options, RSVP through the link in our bio.🌱

Dear APANO community,

It is with profound sadness that we share a cherished member of our APANO family passed away yesterday.

Cayle Tern served as APANO’s Civic Engagement Manager for over four years - and for those of us who worked alongside him, he was so much more – he constantly showed up with tremendous heart and love for all of his communities and it showed in every aspect of his work.

Cayle came to Portland as a young child, a lu Mien refugee from Laos, after his family spent years in a refugee camp. That story was never far from his work. He spent his career fighting to make sure other immigrant and refugee families had what his family didn’t – a voice in the decisions shaping their lives.

Cayle was a fierce leader on our immigrant justice work, in a time when our communities needed it most. Over the last year and a half as ICE escalated its targeting of Laotian and Southeast Asian community members across Oregon, Cayle immersed himself into the work of protecting his community. One of his final efforts was organizing a town hall with Congresswoman Maxine Dexter to bring visibility to what is happening around us. He wanted his community to be informed, protected and seen. That was Cayle.

His work extended beyond the walls of APANO. He served as President of the lu-Mien Association of Oregon, board chair of APICCO, and a board member of the Reynolds School District among many other community and civic commitments. His passion for kids was unmatched. He helped build a school in Laos (Phoudonthan Elementary School), and was instrumental in the creation of MINTED, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving and uplifting our Southeast Asian youth.

Through all of this work, we see that because of Cayle, there is so much more goodness in the world and that change is possible when you lead with heart. His warmth, kindness, and humor also showed through the deep relationships he formed across the community, because Cayle had a gift for bringing people together. Most of our staff considered Cayle to be our “APANO Uncle” because whether he was doing work in community, or leading fishing and nature trips for anyone who wanted to come, Cayle understood that the foundation of a strong community is built through friendship. He made people feel welcomed and valued, and reminded us that sometimes the most meaningful work we can do is to simply care and show up for one another.

The magnitude of a loss of a community leader like Cayle Tern is one that will be hard to fully express because he touched so many lives with the work he has done through the years, but his legacy lives on in each individual that carries a piece of him forward.

As our team navigates this tragic loss and takes the time to honor Cayle’s life, we will be in touch about how our partners and community members continue to receive care and support
during this time.

With Love,
The APANO CUF and AF Team

Contact: Kaliko Castille, PPACE Director, [email protected]

APANO's Voices of Change: Igniting Embers is officially sold out! Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket. We are so thrilled to share a festive evening together. 💛

May Day, or International Workers Day, is this Friday! Rally to show your solidarity with unions and migrant organizations because workers rights are immigrant rights! 💙

Want to march with a buddy or with a contingent? Not sure what your safety plan looks like? Join the Defend Migrants Alliance contingent: tinyurl.com/DMA-MAY1

VIRTUAL BUDGET TOWN HALL
Tuesday, May 5 | 6:00–7:30 pm
Register to receive the Zoom link
🔗 seuplift.org/events 🔗

Last week, Mayor Keith Wilson released a proposed budget outlining how the City of Portland plans to close a $160M gap for the new fiscal year starting in July. A link to the full proposal is available here: https://www.portland.gov/budget/2025-2026-budget/development/proposed

City Council can now propose amendments before adopting a final budget in June.

Join District 3 Councilors Tiffany Koyama Lane, Angelita Morillo, and Steve Novick for an interactive Budget Town Hall to share your input as they make these decisions. There will be time for Q+A and an opportunity to provide up to two minutes of testimony.

Thank you to our promotional partners!
APANO Action Fund City Club of Portland Latino Network League of Women Voters of Portland