
Regional Partners
- AHCI: Asian
Health Coalition of Illinois
AHCI is a grassroots organization, created by community
members and health care providers in December 1996.
AHCI received non-profit 501(c)(3) status in 1998.
Today, the coalition is composed of a diverse array
of community-based organizations, health care providers,
and public health officials.Our mission is to improve
the health and well being of all Asian American and
Pacific Islander (AAPIs) in Illinois through the development
of an AAPI health agenda.
- APIAHF: Asian Pacific
Islander American Health Forum
The Health Forum is a national advocacy organization
dedicated to promoting policy, program, and research
efforts to improve the health and well-being of Asian
American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
Founded in 1986, the Health Forum approaches activities
with the philosophy of coalition-building and developing
capacity within local AAPI communities. We advocate
on health issues of significance to AAPI communities,
conduct community-based technical assistance and training,
provide health and U.S. Census data analysis and information
dissemination, and convene regional and national conferences
on AAPI health.
- APICHA: Asian Pacific
Islander Coalition for HIV/AIDS
APICHA's mission is to combat AIDS-related dicrimination
and to support, empower, and enhance the quality of
life of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the New York
City area - particularly community members living
with AIDS and HIV infection - through client services,
education, training and technical assistance, community
organizing, coalition building, policy analysis, and
research.
- APIWC: Asian Pacific
Islander Wellness Center
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI
Wellness Center) educates, supports, empowers, and
advocates for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI)
communities, particularly A&PIs living with or
at-risk for HIV/AIDS. Founded in 1987 as a grassroots
response to the HIV/AIDS crisis in communities of
color, it is the oldest nonprofit organization in
North America targeting A&PI communities around
sexual health and HIV/AIDS services. A&PI Wellness
Center is based in San Francisco’s Tenderloin
neighborhood, provides services regionally, statewide,
and nationally, and maintains linkages with non-governmental
organizations throughout Asia and the Pacific.
- ASIAC: AIDS Services
in Asian Communities
AIDS Services In Asian Communities (ASIAC) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to providing culturally sensitive
and language appropriate HIV-related services to Asians
and Pacific Islanders and their partners, friends,
family members, and service providers in the Philadelphia
area.
- FTFA: Filipino
Task Force on AIDS
The Filipino Task Force on AIDS is dedicated and committed
to bring to an end the increasing risk of HIV and
AIDS in the Filipino community.
The Filipino Task Force on AIDS (FTFA) was established
in 1988 as a non-profit agency that offers an array
of HIV/AIDS-related services to the Filipino and larger
Asian-Pacific Islander (API) community of San Francisco.
FTFA filled a unique niche in San Francisco at the
time, targeting HIV prevention interventions among
the city's gay, bisexual, and transgender Filipino
population, which had been historically underserved
population. Since its inception, FTFA has provided
direct HIV prevention services to Filipinos in San
Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area through community
events, support groups, workshop, and client care,
as well as to countless others through newspaper article
and Public Service Announcements in Filipino television.
FTFA offers a comprehensive range of community-based
HIV-related services for clients, including case management,
prevention outreach, drop-in counseling, and speakers'
bureaus.
- MAP
for Health: Massachusetts and Pacific Islanders for
Health
MAP for Health is a non-profit organization that promotes
health, HIV and sexuality awareness, and access to
care in Massachusetts Asian, South Asian and Pacific
Islander communities through education, advocacy and
technical assistance.
- Malama Pono
- Kaua'i, Hawaii
Malama Pono is the HIV service agency of Kaua'i, and
is dedicated to the emotional, mental, physical and
spiritual needs of their clients, their families and
loved ones.
- Life Foundation
- Hawaii
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- United AIDS Project
United AIDS Project is a youth-led initiative that strives to
reach out, educate and empower marginalized HIV+ youth and allies to
combat HIV/AIDS stigma within our communities, particularly addressing
the negative impacts racism, sexism, homo- and transphobia and
classism have on our communities.