Norma
Timbang
Asian &Pacific Islander Safety Center
Norma Timbang is one of
the founding mothers and the current Executive Director of Asian &
Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center ("Safety Center").
The Safety Center's mission is to "prevent violence against women
through community organizing and education; and provide safe, culturally
relevant alternatives for women and their children who face domestic
violence and sexual assault in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities."
Norma attended the University of Washington's Graduate School of Public
Health and has 25 combined years of community organizing, activism,
and work experience in social change, health care, gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender
communities, HIV/AIDS, and prevention of violence against women and
children. Norma is also the former Community Programs Director of International
Community Health Services and former Executive Director of Asian Pacific
AIDS Council of Seattle.
