Two minutes that'll wreck you — then rebuild your faith in people.
Asian Women's Shelter, winner of the San Francisco Foundation 2008 Community Leadership Awards (the John R. May Award) - a cornerstone in the Asian Pacific Islander and anti-domestic violence communities, for its dedication to assisting Asian women and children escape family violence and rebuild their lives.
Direction
Economical storytelling — every second earned.
Writing
Voices that refuse to be statistics.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The John R. May Award historically recognized grassroots organizers over institutional figures, reflecting 2008 San Francisco's tension between nonprofit professionalization and radical mutual aid.
Most 2008 award docs were 10-20 minutes; this brutal compression suggests either funding collapse or deliberate artistic choice — the shelter's own resource scarcity mirrored in form.
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