Asian American Social Work Caucus
Our mission is to promote cultural awareness & provide social support for USC School of Social Work students. Est. ‘81
APASS – Asian Pacific Islander American Student Services
Resources
Resources for AAPI Heritage Month: Mental Health National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA) Union of Pan Asian Communities (UPAC) Gen Health Taking Action STOP AAPI HATE Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) Stand Against Hatred San Diego District Attorney Reporting NAPABA Pro Bono (FREE) Legal Assistance Request 1-844-9-NO-HATE Resource Hotline Asian Pacific American Coalition Increase Your Awareness Asian Americans is a 5-hour film series told through intimate and personal lives casting a lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played in shaping the nation’s country. The Chinese Exclusion Act, a documentary that examines the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years. Minor Feelings – Cathy Park Hong China Men – Maxine Hong Kingston America for Americans and The Making of Asian America– Erika Lee Strangers from a Different Shore – Ron Takaki Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White – Frank Wu Interior Chinatown – Charles Yu Asian American Dreams – Helen Zia #AtlantaSylabusJones JM. The dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism: Navigating our path forward. Sch Psychol. 2021 Sep;36(5):427-431. doi: 10.1037/spq0000472. PMID: 34591591. The mental health impact of anti-Asian racism– American Psychological Association Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation: On the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans – David L. Eng AAPI Authors and Titles To Know How to Write An Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Ode to Chinese Superstitions, Haircuts, and Being a Girl by Dorothy Chan The Invention of I by Kaveh Bassiri Night Sky with Open Wounds by Ocean Vuong If They Come For Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar Eyes That Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho (Children’s Book) AAPI Literary Organizations To Know Kundiman – www.kundiman.org Kaya Press – kaya.com The Asian American Literary Review – www.aalrmag.org Lantern Review – www.lanternreview.com Be an Ally Right to Be– Free bystander intervention training to stop Anti-Asian and Xenophobic harassment. Learn what to do if you witness a hate crime. Get involved with UPAC’s Stop AAPI Hate & Violence Initiative by contacting stophate@upacsd.com. |
Stand Against Hate Information and Reporting Page
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Resource Page
Article: Why Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders Don’t go to Therapy
Article: Asian Americans Are Undergoing a Silent Mental Health Crisis
Article: Asian American Mental Health and the ‘Model Minority’ Myth