Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
Bhavya Nayna Channan is an accomplished fundraising and partnership development professional with extensive experience in the nonprofit sector. Currently serving as the Director of Development at Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Chicago since January 2025, Bhavya has previously held roles such as Corporate Giving Manager at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Director of Partnerships at Black Men & Women of Valor, Inc. Other notable positions include Manager of Corporate Partnerships at The 1947 Partition Archive and Relationship Manager at GiveIndia, where Bhavya successfully led initiatives to enhance corporate engagement and fundraising. Bhavya's career began as a Gandhi Fellow at Kaivalya Education Foundation, focusing on school leadership development. Bhavya holds a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy from Miranda House, University of Delhi.
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Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Chicago builds power through collective advocacy and organizing to achieve racial equity. We do this through: LEADERSHIP Developing grassroots leaders through base-building programs such as KINETIC (for high school English learners), I Speak Power (for adult English learners), and A Just Chi (at-large community members) ADVOCACY Connecting communities through coalition leadership including Just Democracy Illinois, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, and the Pan-Asian Voter Empowerment Coalition CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Getting out the vote by reaching out to Asian Americans, increasing participation, and growing our community’s power. We win campaigns by exercising our power and mobilizing community members to achieve racial equity. -- Advancing Justice | Chicago is an affiliate of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. Our national affiliation allows us to raise a more powerful voice to better serve our communities and become more effective in addressing the civil rights issues faced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other vulnerable and underserved communities. Other Advancing Justice affiliates are located in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.