Asian American, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (AANHOPI)
Learning Community 

Co-Facilitators:
Sai-Ling Chan-Sew (San Francisco, California): sai-ling.chan-sew@sfdph.org
Deborah Toth-Dennis (Hawaii): edennis@waiaka.org

CCAT Liaison:
Janet Soohoo: janetsoohoo@yahoo.com, 206-388-3901

Schedule of Learning Community Calls/Meetings:

Past Calls/Meetings:

• Wednesday, July 16, 2008
  Meeting at the System of Care Training Institutes, Nashville, TN
• Wednesday, September 17, 2008
  "Effective Outreach and Engagement": Special guest speaker, Dr. C. Rocco Cheng, presented on his program’s Family Strengthening Initiative. Dr. Cheng’s program was funded to work with just 30 Asian American families over a 2 year period, but instead this program, with just 1 FTE, was able to engage 1,500 parents over a 5 year period.

   

Upcoming Calls/Meetings:
All calls take place at 12 noon PT (9am HT, 3pm ET, 7am Thursday Guam time) unless otherwise noted.

• Wednesday, November 5, 2008
  
• Wednesday, January 7, 2009
  
• Wednesday, March 4, 2009
  
• Wednesday, May 6, 2009
  
• July 2009
  Face-to-face meeting at TA Partnership's System of Care Community Meeting (date and time TBA)
  
• Wednesday, September 2, 2009
  
• Wednesday, November 4, 2009
  

Action Plan:

Download the draft AANHoPI Action Plan (DOC)

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to grow a community where knowledge and skills are actively exchanged among peers so that we may provide culturally and linguistically competent services for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) children, youth and families within System of Care communities.

We aim to collaborate across the diversity between us, respecting and honoring the diversity among us, to build Systems of Care that meet the needs of our multiethnic, multiracial, multilingual, multicultural communities.

Our Learning Community goals and objectives are to:

• Expand service access to and enhance the engagement of AANHPI children, youth and families within System of Care communities;
• Build the capacity to effectively serve AANHPI children, youth and families in a culturally and linguistically competent manner;
• Reduce disparities in care provision and service outcomes for AANHPI children, youth and families; and
• Transform the delivery of culturally and linguistically competent behavioral health services for ALL children, youth and families within System of Care communities.
  

Related Conferences and Events:

National Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health 20th Annual Conference
November 20-23, 2008
Atlanta, GA
This year’s conference theme is Hope on the Horizon for Children, Youth and Families: Re-visioning mental health using a public health approach to promotion and prevention. The meeting will have a public health approach focus, emphasizing the promotion of positive mental health, prevention of early onset, and quick response to potential mental health problems.

National Institutes of Health Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities
December 16-18, 2008
National Harbor, Maryland
This first NIH Research Summit will focus on minority health and health disparities research, awareness, and best-practice models and will provide a forum for participants to learn from the nation's top multidisciplinary health disparities experts.

Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective
January 7-9, 2009
National University of Singapore - Singapore
This international conference, convened by the National University of Singapore and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, will spotlight how the diverse Asian countries deal with difficult social policies and issues, and will encourage cross-national exchange among researchers, academics, practitioners, and policymakers.

National Multicultural Conference & Summit 2009: Advancing Our Communities: The Role of Social Justice in Multicultural Psychology
January 15–16, 2009
New Orleans, LA
The 2009 NMCS will aim to promote social justice and psychological well-being for marginalized communities, and to study the connections and conflicts between social justice and multicultural psychology.

Policy Summit for the Elimination of Mental Health Disparities
June 8-11, 2009

Mental Health America’s Centennial Conference
June 10-14, 2009
Washington, DC

National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence
October 8-10, 2009
New Orleans, LA
The Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Fifth National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence will provide information on the latest research, health care prevention, and clinical responses to domestic violence.