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The journey to start an AAPI social justice and service organization in the OC to
address disparities in health
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About Mary Anne
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Family immigrated in 1861
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Racism, poverty, rural isolation
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Empowerment
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Journey to The OC
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The Real OC
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About Asians and Pacific Islanders in OC
• Orange County has the third largest AAPI population in the nation making up 21% of the entire county
• Orange County has the third largest number of AAPI owned businesses in the United States bringing in nearly $21B in revenue and almost 100,000 jobs
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Why OCAPICA
7/18/2014
Oh, I killed a Jap a while ago. I stabbed him to death at Tustin High School. . . Then I stabbed him in the side about 7 or 8 times. He rolled over a little, so I stabbed his back about 18 or 19 times. Then he layed flat and I slit one side of his throat on his jugular vein. So I stabbed him about 20 to 21 times in the heart . . . Here’s the clippings from the newspaper and we were on all the news channels. [I’m] having a ball in Tustin. Wish you were here.—Lindberg in a letter to his cousin
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Why1992 - Police Mug Files of Asian-
Americans HitOrange County Leads California In Anti-Islamic
Hate Crime Complaints – 9/2014
Hate crimes in O.C. up 14% in 2011, panel reports
“Asians are the good immigrants, driving Mercedes and BMWs, they take care of
their own.” “Big Refugee Rip-Off”“Your people don’t vote, why should I
listen?”
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Influences to the community’s well being
• Economy• How a community/neighborhood is planned• Environment, housing, stores/markets• Resources for a school • Resources for a city• Who’s in power and do they understand the needs• Culture and family background• Health• Laws and policies• Racism, discrimination, equity, etc.
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Community Needs• Poverty – homeless, living in rooms or motels,
garages, working several jobs, can’t meet basic needs, dropping out of school to help family
• Many AAPI populations underserved and low representation in college – can’t afford college
• Undiagnosed health and mental health needs
• More AAPI youth in foster care, juvenile justice, and homeless
• Language barriers
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Cases• M.N. 14-year old Vietnamese female• A.N. 16-year old Vietnamese male• T.P. 17-year old Thai male• M.X. 15-year old Hmong female• S.K. 48-year old JA business exec
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About OCAPICA
Established in 1997 with the mission to build a healthier and stronger community by enhancing the well-being of Asians and Pacific Islanders through inclusive partnerships in the areas of service, education, advocacy, organizing, and research.
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About OCAPICA Staff• 106 staff members
representing the diverse communities of Orange County
• We speak 26 different languages and American Sign Language
• 6 offices (Garden Grove, Costa Mesa, Buena Park, Lake Forest, Irvine, and Anaheim)
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Populations Served• OCAPICA annually serves more
than 40,000 individuals.
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Program Areas
• Health• Mental Health• Youth Education and
Leadership• Policy and Advocacy• Workforce
Development
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HEALTH Cancer Prevention Obesity, physical
activity, nutrition Diabetes Child injury
prevention Children’s health Cultural
competency
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Mental Health
• Full Service Partnership/Wraparound– Intensive case management and therapy– Wraparound services – “Whatever it takes”
• Prevention and Early Intervention– Outreach and engagement– Short term outpatient therapy/counseling– Supportive services– Training and supervision program
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YOUTH• Afterschool Tutoring
and Mentoring• College Preparation• Leadership
Development• Career Development• Mental Health• Scholarships• APAC class
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Education
• Developing AAPI education curriculum
• Training more than 1,500 teachers on AAPI education issues
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Workforce Development
Financial Literacy for Youth and Adults
Workforce development with paid experience
Working with homeless families to obtain housing
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POLICY
• Voter Mobilization
• Census Outreach and Education
• Redistricting• Legislative
Education
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Addressing Disparities in Health
• Systemic and policy change – ultimately having a voice – voting
• Strengths based approaches, resiliency and recovering, trauma focused – not victim blaming
• Leadership development and mentoring• Addressing the entire environment and
determinants of health• Impact in the economy – financing, investments –
not band-aids• Courage to be visionary, rather than scare tactics,
threats, fear based
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T.Y.’s Story
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Every story has
a beginning
…
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Mine starts out in the middle of a fight. I was nine years old…
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I cried a lot, got angry a lot.
Everything about me was bad…
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Then came my Case Manager…
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I started therapy.
I bloomed.
I got into art school.
I bloomed.
I made friends.
I bloomed.
I feel complete.
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They saved my life…
It can really change a person. I’m different now.
I’m better.
Thank you Katie & everyone…