News & Events
- 28-10-2023
Chime TV Interview 
Following the APAIT Human Trafficking Press Conference and Roundtable on October 19th, 2023, Thai CDC Executive Director, Chancee Martorell, was interviewed by Chime TV on its efforts to transform victims of human trafficking into a force for social change. The segment also includes an interview of the reigning Miss Universe, Rbonney Gabriel, who has been passionate Continue Reading
- 26-9-2023
Thai Workers’ Center 
On August 2nd, 2023, Thai CDC marked 28 years of #freedom for over six dozen Thai workers who were liberated from the notorious makeshift garment factory in El Monte, CA where they were held against their will slaving away over sewing machines producing clothing for major manufacturers and retailers for years by holding a Press Continue Reading
- 7-4-2022
THAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER AWARDED $1M IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ITS THAI TOWN MARKETPLACE 
The Thai Community Development Center is honored to announce that it will receive $1 million for its Thai Town Marketplace project as part of Congress’ $1.5 trillion omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 2471) that was signed into law by President Biden on March 15, 2022. The recently passed spending package funds federal operations for the remainder Continue Reading
- 3-2-2022
Asian Justice Rally Uniting to End Racial Hatred Against the Asian Community 
This rally is part of a national movement in which rallies in five other cities were being held synchronously, including San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia to speak out with one voice against hate and for the inclusion of Asian Americans in all facets of American society. As rally attendees were filing in shortly before Continue Reading
- 25-1-2022
Thai CDC Receives the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons 
Thai Community Development Center is excited to announce that on January 25th, 2022, it was presented with the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. This prestigious award from President Biden was presented online instead of in-person at our nation’s capital due to COVID. The presentation of the award took place during the annual cabinet-level meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking Continue Reading