CPC launched the “Our Community, Our Stories” campaign in May to share the personal stories of different community members directly impacted by CPC. Through these stories, we celebrate our collective impacts and our community's contributions and resilience.  

Our ninth community story features Justin LaBoy.

Singer-songwriter, performer, actor (under the stage name Justice LaBrave), and freelance video editor, Justin LaBoy’s life has been indelibly shaped by a little-known CPC youth program, CPC Project Reach.

What started in 1971 as a small youth program in a storefront on Eldridge Street has become a unique and uniquely networked organization that supports Asian, Black, Latinx, and immigrant teenagers to become future leaders in the larger movement for social justice.

Today, CPC Project Reach is a youth and adult run, multi-racial, multi-gender, grassroots, anti-discrimination center dedicated to the empowerment of disenfranchised youth and their communities.

Justin was born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn and attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood. He first got involved with CPC Project Reach in 2007 as a result of his time at The Jewish Board after school.

CPC Project Reach hosted an anti-homophobia workshop that Justin heard about through other community youth networks. At fourteen, Justin knew he was gay so he jumped at the chance to attend.

CPC Project Reach is a model for how to nurture vital, transformative cross-cultural alliances. As Justin says fondly,

“Project Reach helped me realize that I could be self-sufficient and independent and I was able to take those lessons and implement them elsewhere.”

Share Justin's story on social media using #cpcstories.

By sharing the stories of our community members, CPC hopes to inspire and empower all our communities and allies to use their voices to set forth the change they want to see as we rally together to #StopAsianHate.

ABOUT CPC

The Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) is a social services organization that creates positive social change. Founded in 1965, CPC is the nation's largest Asian American social services organization and aims to promote the social and economic empowerment of Chinese American, immigrant, and low-income communities of New York City. CPC is the trusted partner to individuals and families striving to achieve goals in their education, family, community, and career. 

關於華策會

華人策劃協會（簡稱“華策會”）是一個致力於創造正向社會變革的社會服務機構。華策會成立於1965年，是美國最大的亞裔美國人社會服務機構，旨在促進紐約市華裔美國人，移民，及低收入社區的社會權益和經濟賦權。華策會是為實現其教育，家庭 ，社區及職業目標而努力的個人和家庭可信賴的機構。