HAAPI Village by Harrisburg AAPI https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv With the tragedies in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, I wanted us to have a space to process, grieve, question, rage, and find love, support, and healing. You can post anonymously or add your name to the end of your post. Let's check in on each other here and in other ways during this difficult time for our communities. As you post and comment and suport each other, provide trigger warnings with content rooted in trauma, remain curious if there is a post you don't quite agree with or understand, and stay in a space of love, care, healing, and support with all words. en-us 2023-01-24 13:39:10 UTC 2023-02-01 15:07:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f49b.png Take care of your mental health haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454677293 If you need emotional support, here is a resource to help you find a therapist near you. I've had many therapists, white male, white female, black female, but as a Korean American woman, finding a Korean American female therapsit around my age has been a game changer. There is so much I don't have to explain and so much that is understood.]]> 2023-01-24 13:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454677293 API-GBV’S Statement haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454684064 Here's what resonated with me most about this statement: As our communities work toward healing, we must continue to invest in AAPI organizations engaged in culturally- and linguistically-relevant prevention and intervention efforts. To effectively support AAPI individuals, understanding the intersections and differences of cultures, providing language accessible services/resources, and options for culturally-sensitive mental health support are essential. Care without deeply comprehending context cannot fully serve the needs of our communities.]]> 2023-01-24 13:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454684064 Processing the Identies haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454693137 When the Monterey shooting happened and the identity of the attacker was unknown, I automatically assumed that they would be a white male. And when the identity was revealed, I dropped to the floor and told my partner "He's one of us." When I learned of Half Moon Bay, I cried because the deep pain of processing these identities was so overwhelming. I am so broken.]]> 2023-01-24 14:01:38 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454693137 AAWPI's Post haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454698187 You are loved, you are held, and you are not alone. You deserve to feel safe. You deserve to have joy. You deserve to be seen. On this day of all days - when so much is, again, uncertain, know this: we have each other. ]]> 2023-01-24 14:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454698187 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454793461 Chanel Miller’s post really resonated with me.

“…Every time this happens I want the world to stop, to acknowledge that a hole has just been blown in the universe. It’s painful each time to step out and see all the ways that life goes on so seamlessly. It’s isolating to feel this pain and not have it reflected everywhere around me. It makes me question how much of my sadness is imagined and how much is valid.

But then I speak to a friend and know I’m not the only one feeling this. For the last few years I’ve been asking myself, “What can I do?” I’ve stopped pressuring myself to find a conclusive answer or resolution. The most important thing is to keep asking the question, because embedded in the asking is the hope that we still have agency to shape reality of the better.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnvrgi4u93L/]]> 2023-01-24 15:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2454793461 11 Ways Forward This Lunar New Year ellenmin27 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2455405475 The 11 ways forward are really helpful and there are resources to some great links here.]]> 2023-01-24 22:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2455405475 Monterey Park Lunar New Year Victims Fund ellenmin27 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2455482016 Do you want to donate to help the families of the victims? Here is a way you are able to do so.]]> 2023-01-25 00:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2455482016 No Safe Spaces ellenmin27 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2456103376
"Compared to Americans of other racial and ethnic backgrounds, Asian Americans are least likely to get mental health treatment and three times less likely than their white counterparts, according to a 2015 report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.


Reasons include language issues, a lack of culturally relevant and integrated care, cultural stigmas attached to seeking mental health assistance, cost and other systemic barriers. More than half of Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders 65 and older have limited English proficiency, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and community members are less likely to seek care out of fears of what neighbors might think or of bringing shame to their parents."

]]> 2023-01-25 13:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2456103376 An excerpt from Minor Feelings ellenmin27 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2456189016 "For many immigrants, if you move here with trauma, you're going to do what it takes to get by. You cheat. You beat your wife. You gamble. You're a survivor and, like most survivors, you are a god-awful person. Watching Dao [Dr. David Dao who was dragged off the American Airlines flight], I thought of my own father watching his father being dragged out of his own home. I thought of Asians throughout history being dragged against their will, driven or chased out of their native homes, out of their adopted homes, out of their native country, out of their adopted country: ejected, evicted, exiled. ]]> 2023-01-25 14:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2456189016 Asians for mental health https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2457700005 "Destigmatizing mental health for Asian diaspora and children of immigrants."


Book: Permission to come home: reclaiming mental  health in Asian americans

See link below for book and authors other resources. 

https://linktr.ee/asiansformentalhealth?fbclid=PAAaa1c3CV4MFlXqGgfWutxEcf_CnxiT-4FJEdLFuwT51krOFgZhwJN72xGfs

Authors Instagram: https://instagram.com/asiansformentalhealth?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Authors video processing the California shooting events 
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cn0PQl6j6o7/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

]]> 2023-01-26 14:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2457700005 Yellow Chair Collective - AAPI Therapists ellenmin27 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2462029455 2023-01-30 19:59:24 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2462029455 Where do we go from here? haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463014702 We created this guide to help the people in our communities envision and move toward liberation, safety, and healing without relying on prisons, police, and national security.


]]> 2023-01-31 13:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463014702 When Tragedy Strikes haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463016315 A processing tool for the Asian American community]]> 2023-01-31 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463016315 Half Moon Bay Victims Fund haapi2021 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463018566 On January 23, seven immigrant farm workers were killed in a mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, including five Chinese farmworkers and two Mexican farmworkers. This tragedy has caused tremendous fear, pain, and trauma in Asian, Latinx, and farmworker communities. Our hearts go out to the victims and their loved ones.

This fund is a collaborative effort by several Bay Area organizations. 100% of donations contributed will go to the victims and surviving families, many of whom have lost their homes, livelihood and are facing a myriad of unique challenges as a result of this horrific tragedy.
]]> 2023-01-31 13:54:07 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2463018566 So Many Layers emin13 https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2464721396 There are so many layers. I think about my parents who immigrated here with so little money. In addition to poverty, they were treated poorly for their limited English, they had so many difficulties navigating a system they didn't know or understand, and they didn't have access to mental health services. My father drank a lot. My mother was so tired from working that she never read to me, told me she loved me, or even spoke kindly to me. The immigrant experience is so painful and full of trauma. There are so many layers that will never truly be peeled back.]]> 2023-02-01 15:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/haapi2021/17trtp0o5nkwfnbv/wish/2464721396