Asian Americans Face Unique Mental Health Challenges. This Group Gives Them A Voice.
Organizations like the Asian Mental Health Collective are starting crucial dialogues about mental health while amplifying Asian American voices.
Asian Americans Out Loud is a project highlighting Asian Americans who are leading the way forward in art and activism. You can read more by visiting our APAHM 2021 homepage.
Story By Josie Harvey
Illustration by Nicole Xu
Hoiyan Isabel Pang has had a difficult, yearslong journey finding a mental health professional who understood all of her intersections: She is a bisexual woman, Asian American immigrant and survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Asian Americans Out Loud
Our project highlighting people who are leading the way forward in the face of trauma and fear in Asian communities across America.
You can read more by visiting our APAHM 2021 homepage.
Story By Marina Fang
Illustration by Nicole Xu
The week of March 15 was a lot of emotional whiplash. It began with the thrill of seeing so many overdue firsts for Asians in the Academy Award nominations, filmmakers and actors like Chloé Zhao, Riz Ahmed, Steven Yeun, Lee Isaac Chung and Youn Yuh-jung getting celebrated for their craft, in an industry where Asian artists have long been overlooked and marginalized.
May 5, 2021
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and there are many official events and tributes happening around the country to celebrate the contributions and achievements of the AAPI community. However, it’s also important that the activities we attend and media we consume throughout the entire year reflect a wide variety of experiences, including a diverse selection from the AAPI community. To that end, we have collected 16 books for children and teens that center the AAPI experience in different ways, but this is just a taste. Feel free to put your favorite books that focus on the AAPI community in the comments.
Pam Grady May 5, 2021Updated: May 5, 2021, 9:48 am
Salena Qureshi in “Americanish,” screening virtually Sunday, May 23, at CAAMFest. Photo: CAAMFest
CAAMFest Festival and Exhibitions Director Masashi Niwano admits to mixed feelings as he counts down to the annual event that celebrates Asian American and world cinema that launches on Thursday, May 13. Hopes for an in-person festival were dashed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, a virtual event along with three nights at the Fort Mason Flix Drive-in will have to do for the film festival’s 39th edition.
“It’s been a unique year for all of us. But we’re happy we can at least pull this festival off,” he says. “Ultimately having the filmmakers’ voices heard is the most important thing.”
Asian Americans Out Loud
Catherine Shieh teaches people over Zoom how to support and comfort victims during harassment attacks.
Asian Americans Out Loud is a project highlighting Asian Americans who are leading the way forward in art and activism. You can read more by visiting our APAHM 2021 homepage.
Story By Brittany Wong
Illustration by Nicole Xu
Three years ago at a crowded BART station in Oakland, California, educator Catherine Shieh was waiting for a train when a man approached her, asking for spare change.
When Shieh, who is Taiwanese American, told him she didn’t carry cash, the man swung his fist and knocked her over. Then he started punching her.