Event Details

Annual Awards Ceremony & Fundraiser

Join us as we celebrate Collective Liberation by honoring Doua Thor, our 2025 Trailblazer, and Rev. Norman Fong, our 2025 Movement Elder. May marks Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month as well as the racial solidarity and joint birthdays of social justice leaders Yuri Kochiyama and Malcolm X. NBF is proud to be part of leading the movement to fund grassroots groups that change AANHPI’s lives right now while fighting for the collective liberation of all people of color. 

50 Years Since the End of the U.S. Wars in Southeast Asia 

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the U.S. Wars in Southeast Asia. In recognition of this, the event’s theme is “Night Market,” inspired to uplift New Breath Foundation’s longstanding commitment to Southeast Asian communities in the United States by funding grassroots Southeast Asian-led organizations that support their communities, keep families together, and fight deportation. 

We’re excited to have Slanted Door cater this year’s event. Owner and Executive Chef, the late Charles Phan, was a native of Da Lat, Vietnam, who immigrated with his family to Guam before settling in San Francisco, California. Phan saw an opportunity to introduce American diners to the world of Vietnamese food with its robust flavors, subtle nuances, and approachability. By including Slanted Door this year, we remember an individual who experienced and fled the wars in Southeast Asia and the legacy he left.