Culture and Language Matters! Re-Centering Behavioral Health for AANHPI Communities
In celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month, the AANHPI ‘Ohana Center of Excellence, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is hosting our debut virtual event that will introduce our online accessible hub of resources to improve behavioral health […]
Fostering Dialogue on Gender, Sexuality, and Mental Health in AANHPI Communities
ZoomJoin us for an engaging workshop where facilitators will openly discuss their personal experiences and professional contributions in the fields of gender, sexuality, and mental health within educational and clinical contexts.
Hānai Ahu: Intersections of Health & Technology in Substance Use Care
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Hānai Ahu Virtual Summer Training Series: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of substance use emphasizing “The Impacts of Colonization on Ahupuaʻa. Conceptualization, V3.0” framework that recently […]
Anti-Asian Hate & Mental Health: Visibility, Empowerment, and Culture
ZoomResearch has linked the recent rise in anti-Asian discrimination to increases in anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep problems, and other physical health symptoms for Asian Americans. Additionally, a significant number of anti-Asian violent attacks have targeted Asian American elderly, impacting several generations within households and communities. Although anti-Asian hate is historical and not new, the recent […]
Hānai Ahu: Creating Culturally-Safe Spaces for Behavioral Health Programming
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Hānai Ahu: Looking to the Past: Substance Use Curricula Overview with Kanoelani Davis
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Hānai Ahu: Understanding the Upstream – How does the Compact of Free Association (COFA) affect Social Determinants of Health and Policy for Federated States of Micronesia migrants in Hawaiʻi
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Community-Based Advocacy Strategies
ZoomJoin us for a free online training workshop with Vaughn Villaverde, MPH, Director of Advocacy, Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI). Vaughn will present a training on a community-based advocacy model. This training will focus on how to engage in sustainable policy and community advocacy by building a robust coalition of organizational and community partners. […]
Hānai Ahu: Knowing Our Audience: Meeting Our Youth Where They’re At in Hawaiʻi and Abroad with Trevor Atkins
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Hānai Ahu: The “Other” Pacific Islanders: Who is Micronesia in the NHPI Communities We Serve in Hawaiʻi’s Health Systems
ZoomPRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of […]
Introduction to Colorism in Asian American Communities
Zoom“Don’t go out in the sun or you’ll get too dark.” All too often, Asian Americans encounter such messaging from family and community members. This workshop will define colorism and explore its significance within the Asian American community. Topics will include: a brief history of colonialism and its impact on understanding of skin color, how […]
