Dear @HobbyLobbyStore — Yes, I am boycotting you right now. | #HobbyLobby
Hi, Hobby Lobby. It’s me, Jenn. I heard you won a pretty big court case today, one that established your…
Category: Health and Fitness
SCOTUS’ #HobbyLobby decision a monumental step backwards for women’s rights
Last week, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled against abortion clinic buffer zones in Massachusetts, arguing that…
May 19th is #AAPI #HIV / #AIDS Awareness Day: 10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
This is the 9th year that May 19th will be marked as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a…
San Jose woman beats 4yo child & father in alleged anti-Asian hate crime
Caught this in my news alerts this morning: Tuesday morning, a 4-year-old girl and her father were shopping along with the…
Report shows San Francisco’s AAPI residents experience high poverty, chronic disease rates
Jessica Kwong (@JessicaGKwong) of the San Francisco Examiner summarizes a recent report issued by the Asian Pacific Islander Council titled “Asian and Pacific…
May 10 is #AAPIMentalHealth Awareness Day: Let’s talk about on-campus depression & suicide | #APAHM2014
Jiwon Lee was a fourth-year dental student at Columbia University and president of Columbia’s American Student Dental Association. This past April, she took…
Faces of Asian America: Being Disabled and Proud | #APAHM2014
Alice Wong is a member of the Asian American disability rights advocacy community. To learn more about this community, check…
The Underappreciated Advocates of Asian Americans with Disabilities | #APAHM2014
The U.S. Census estimated in 2000 that as many as 20% — or 1 in 5 — of Asian American…
Harvard Sophomore’s Death Reveals Inadequacies of Campus #AAPI Mental Health Resources
(H/T Angry Asian Man) By all accounts, Andrew Sun ’16 was a “bright student”, a “humble listener” and a “mentor”.…
Suicide rate of Bhutanese Americans twice national rate, highest among any refugee population
Despite the precepts of the Model Minority Myth, not all Asian American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States…
Baby Isaac is battling leukemia & needs your help!
(H/T Angry Asian Man) Meet Baby Isaac. Last year, Isaac was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at just 6 months…
For those looking to run an on-campus workshop on #AAPI mental health: my ITASA presentation
I just got back from a great workshop I ran for ITASA ECC 2014 on Asian American mental health and…