Racial Trauma Among Asian American & Asian Immigrant Communities (Webinar Series)
Webinar 1: Historical Context & Mental Health Impacts Recording & Speaker Slides
About
Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 11,400 hate incidents against Asian Americans reported to the national Stop AAPI Hate coalition between March 2020 and March 2022. However, racism, prejudice, and acts of hate and violence towards AAAI communities have historically existed ever since members of these communities first began immigrating to the United States.
Racial stress and trauma can be caused by direct or indirect exposures to racism throughout one’s lifetime and is influenced by an accumulation of unavoidable exposures to racism across generations, communities, and history. This webinar and panel discussion aim to further explore the historical context of AAAI hate, its connection to current events, as well as the impact of AAAI hate and racial trauma on the mental health of youth and families.
This is the first webinar of a 3-part series that aims to discuss and address the impact of AAAI hate and how we can better support AAAI communities.
Upcoming Webinars & Workshops in the Series
Apr 2023 - Webinar 2: Implications for Clinical Practice
Aug 2023 - Webinar 3: Community Programs in Action
May 2023 - Addressing Trauma & Mental Health in AAAI communities (Workshop in San Francisco)
Webinar Recording:
Speaker Backgrounds, Slides, Contact Info:
Moderator:
Dorothy Chin, PhD
Associate Research Psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles
Email: dchin@ucla.edu
Dr. Dorothy Chin is Associate Research Psychologist with the UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma, and Mental Health Disparities at the Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, UCLA. Her research examines the effects of community and interpersonal trauma on psychological functioning, including depression, anxiety, and PTSD, among minoritized populations. She has recently published articles on race-based trauma and discrimination. Dr. Chin is a California licensed clinical psychologist, Member-At-Large of Div 56 (Trauma Psychology) of the American Psychological Association, and writes a blog for Psychology Today about psychological issues from a multicultural, working class, and women-centered perspective: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/dorothy-chin-phd
Speakers:
Cruz Chan, M.A., LMFT, RDT
Clinical Manager (incoming), Healing for Asians at Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc. (RAMS), San Francisco
Email: cruzchan@ramsinc.org
Presentation Slides
A Cantonese and Mandarin-speaking clinician, Cruz graduated from California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), with a Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in Drama Therapy. In Cruz's new role as Clinical Manager, Cruz will be further developing the RAMS Healing for Asians program which provides trauma informed mental health services to limited English speaking Asian victims of crime. This RAMS program is part of San Francisco’s multi-system, initial answer and collaborative solution to the “Anti-Asian Hate”. Cruz is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist as well as a Registered Drama Therapist. Cruz's background also includes providing mental health services to children, youth, families and adults at RAMS outpatient and school-based programs. Prior to clinical work, Cruz has also participated in many drama performances and was a radio host and producer in Macau. Currently, Cruz is actively receiving training in psychodrama under the guidelines of the American Board of Examiner of Psychodrama, Group Psychotherapy and Sociometry (ABE), and presented in the 2020 North American Drama Therapy Association Conference.
Russell M. Jeung, PhD
Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University
Email: rjeung@sfsu.edu
Presentation Slides
Professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Dr. Russell Jeung is an author of books and articles on race and religion. He's written Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans (Oxford U Press, 2019); Mountain Movers: Student Activism and the Emergence of Asian American Studies (UCLA AAS Center, 2019); and At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors (Zondervan, 2016).
In March 2020, Dr. Jeung co-founded Stop AAPI Hate with Chinese for Affirmative Action and the AAPI Equity Alliance. Stop AAPI Hate was awarded the 2021 Webby Award for "Social Movement of the Year." Dr. Jeung has been named as one of the TIME 100 Most Influential Persons, as well as the Bloomberg 50 and Politico 40 most impactful persons. The Asia Society honored him with the Game Changer award in 2022.
Prof. Jeung has since resumed teaching at SF State and co-directing its Asian American Research Initiative.
Sherry C. Wang, PhD
Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology at Santa Clara University
Email: scwang@scu.edu
Presentation Slides
Dr. Sherry C. Wang is an associate professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University. She is also a licensed psychologist, anti-racist educator, and mental health media contributor. Her scholarship is rooted in advocating for the voices of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) communities and she focuses on the ways in which sociocultural determinants (e.g., access to healthcare services, social support, community attitudes) contribute to ethnic/racial health disparities. Dr. Wang teaches graduate courses in multicultural counseling, developmental psychology, counseling theories, microskills, and feminist multicultural therapy. She provides clinical services one day a week in her private practice. At the national level, Dr. Wang co-chairs the Asian American Psychological Association’s (AAPA) Division on Women (DOW). She is also a representative to APA Council for Division 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race). She was former chair of the APA Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA). Since the start of COVID-19, Dr. Wang has been featured, cited, and interviewed in the media on the topic of anti-Asian racism, xenophobia, and cross-racial coalition-building.