 The Audre Lorde Project acts to "build capacity and support the organizational development" of LGBT people of color organizations by making available the Project's meeting space, office infrastructure and training as well as offering technical assistance, networking and coalition-building opportunities.In 2000, then-executive director Joo-Hyun Kang was awarded the Union Square Award from the Fund for the City of New York.In its award, the fund declared the Audre Lorde Project to be "an important cultural and information center in New York City."