Asian Americans For Democracy

  Dear all Fellow Asian Americans,   Just last week, Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum — a local and national treasure that exhibits Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific American art, culture, and history — was  vandalized  by a man with a sledgehammer who said that “the Chinese ruined [his] life.” The vandal’s racist remarks mirror the words and actions of a growing number of politicians who are using rising tensions between the U.S. and Chinese governments as an excuse to justify racism and discrimination against innocent Asian people in America.     This is called anti-Asian scapegoating. It presents an enormous threat to our personal safety and our constitutional rights. That’s why today,  Stop AAPI Hate is launching  Stop The Blame , a national campaign dedicated to ending anti-Asian scapegoating.     Created in partnership with Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA), the campaign will mobilize Asians in America and allies nationwide to hold political leaders accountable for promoting harmf

    Committee of 100 Next Generation Leaders Program: 2024 Application Now Open for Submission   New York, NY (September 13, 2023) –  Committee of 100, a non-profit organization of prominent Chinese Americans, announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Next Generation Leaders (NGL) class. The 2024 NGL class will be announced and spotlighted at Committee of 100’s 2022 Conference and Gala, which will take in April 2024.  Launched in 2014, the Committee of 100’s NGL program convenes an exceptional group of change-makers and rising leaders from diverse sectors, leveraging a collective sense of service and purpose to elevate the impact of each individual. Currently, there are over 180 NGL alumni across a multitude of sectors who make up a vibrant and diverse network. Becoming a member of the Committee of 100’s NGL program comes with the exclusive opportunity to join a vibrant community of like-minded NextGen leaders, motivated to work towards a more productive U.S.-Chin

  美国华人联合会精神健康项目 UCA WAVES 总第 2 期   UCA WAVES Newsletter September 2023     订    阅    Subscribe 如果您希望了解更多与心理健康相关的资讯，为您和家人的心理健康保驾护航，请点击 “订阅” 我们的月刊。 If you would like to learn more about mental health, to help you and your family's mental health, please click  "subscribe"  to our monthly newsletter.   Big Idea Talk  -   Break the Silences 历时数月，《打破沉默》视频终于上线！     September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and here is our WAVES Director's big idea talk addressing mental health and suicide in the AAPI community. 9月是自杀预防意识月， 以上视频是WAVES负责人关于亚太裔社区心理健康和自杀的演讲。 请大家点击以上《打破沉默》的视频链接， 观看并转发，浏览量数据会帮助我们这个华裔心理健康项目争取资源， 服务社区，拯救生命！ CDC数据：2022年有近5万美国人死于自杀，创历史新高 据ABC报道，美国疾病控制与预防中心（以下简称CDC）在8月10日发布了最新数据：2022年共有49449名美国人死于自杀，这比2021年的48183例增加了2.6%，是有史以来的最高记录。 增幅最大的是65岁及以上的成年人，比2021年增长了8.1%，增幅第二高的是45岁至64岁的人群，增长了6.6%。25岁至44岁的人群增加了0.7%。 很值得大家安慰的是，在18岁至34岁的青少年群体中，自杀率下降了8.4% “Too often, parents lose a child to suicide. In Chinese culture, we value education, but there is no mention of psycholo