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Facebook Livestream Recording (Edited video links forthcoming) What are the unique contexts, needs, & challenges in AAPI mental health support? How do ethnic, religious, & communal identities factor into the sense of well-being in AAPI communities? Our first speaker, Venerable De Hong from the Engaged Buddhist Alliance, will discuss how intergenerational trauma affects mental healthContinue reading “PUBLIC EVENT: AAPI Perspectives on Mental Health Care”

Bring your own lunch and join us for a day of remembrance and reflection. Registration is required.

Thursday, February 2, Noon-1:30pm Marin Civic Center, 2nd Floor, Cafeteria Food will be provided! Co-Sponsored by AAAM & MAPLE (Marin Asian-American Public Local Employees)

There is no way to describe the overwhelming loss of life that has taken place over the last week and its impact on the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and the communities of Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay. The new year, especially Lunar New Year, is usually celebrated with immense joy inContinue reading “AAAM Statement: On the Mass Shootings in Monterey Park on January 21 and Half Moon Bay on January 23, 2023”

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STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS follows Native Hawaiian mother-daughter activists at the forefront of the movement to protect their sacred mountain, Mauna a Wakea, from an eighteen story, Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT). STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS won Best Documentary Short at LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, Best Short Film at Melbourne Women in Film Festival, andContinue reading “Recording of Conversation with Jalena Keane-Lee and her film STANDING ABOVE THE CLOUDS”

Vietnamese immigrants and refugees make up the majority of the workforce in the nail salon industry in California. As part of AAAM’s programming for Asian American Heritage Month, we wanted to uplift the experiences of the Vietnamese American nail salon workers in their resistance and persistence toward reforms in cosmetic product regulations and workplace safety!Continue reading “Recording of HEALTH ADVOCACY BEHIND THE PAINTED NAILS”

On Thursday April 21, 7-8pm, we hosted a talk and Q&A with Census Expert and Covid Vaccination Program Manager Sonny Lê! He explained the importance of census data, especially for specific marginalized and invisible Asian American groups, and what data is actually available for advocates to ask for. We recorded the session for those whoContinue reading “Recording of Numbers Matter: Importance of Census Data for Community Advocacy”

Thursday April 21, 7-8pm | Numbers Matter: Importance of Census Data for Community Advocacy Talk and Q&A with Census Expert and Covid Vaccination Program Manager Sonny Lê. See recording HERE. Thursday April 28, 7pm-8pm | Health Advocacy Behind the Painted Nails Presentation and Q&A with California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative. See recording HERE. Saturday MayContinue reading “AAAM 2022 AAPI Heritage Month Events”

On November 12, 2021, AAAM had our annual community gathering virtually again. Recordings of different parts of the gathering are here: Magic Show Poem by AAAM Youth Fellow Natalie Nong Keynote Speech by Dr. Russell Jeung on Stop AAPI Hate Complete Q&A conversation with Dr. Jeung Unedited full recording of the gathering We encourage allContinue reading “AAAM 2021 Virtual Community Gathering”