The Asian Pacific Fund's annual Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Summit, currently in its fifth iteration, is an opportunity to engage across often siloed sectors – nonprofit, corporate, media, government, and philanthropy – to highlight pressing needs and promising solutions that can positively impact the well-being of the Bay Area AANHPI community.
We will look at the mental wellness of AANHPIs and explore innovative strategies to redefine and reclaim what mental health means for AANHPIs, remove barriers to access, destigmatize treatment, and build a culture of healing and connection.
The Summit is an intervention grounded in the belief that our communities have the answers to our most daunting problems, including mental health and well-being.
The Summit will help our participants to:
- Develop a shared understanding of mental health in the AANHPI community—what influences and drives mental health, what heals and creates mental well-being.
- Gain knowledge and insight on community-driven mental health interventions and prevention strategies for AANHPIs.
- Form meaningful connections that could lead to ongoing collective visioning and action.
- Have a venue for our community to heal, listen, and share.
