While I'm at it, gonna declare this @agnesconstante Appreciation Day on my Twitter 😂 cause today, we also learned she is a finalist for the @LAPressClub Solutions Journalism Award for her @timesocofficial series on "Improving healthcare access for Cambodians and Vietnamese" 🧵
Check out her stories there too, she does such important work for underserved Asian American communities. Also a collab between @DanielleRoseFox + @ReportingHealth + included 4 listening sessions w/ Cambodian & Vietnamese Americans about mental health. latimes.com/socal/daily-pi…
Story 1 of the 3-part series!
Despite a presence of nearly half a century in the U.S., Cambodian and Vietnamese Americans continue to struggle with social inequities, including access to culturally sensitive healthcare.
Story 2: "Mental healthcare for Cambodian, Vietnamese refugees limited by shortage of bicultural, bilingual providers"
This looks at the roots of trauma, impacts of deportation, gender identity and lack of mental health care access. latimes.com/socal/daily-pi…
Story 3: Some suggested solutions to address the needs of Cambodian & Vietnamese communities in OC, including supporting community based orgs that fill gaps, looking at community-defined practices+ youth-led change, including school-based wellness centers latimes.com/socal/daily-pi…
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After Atlanta spa shootings, @JessicaQChen wanted to film young Asian American activists. She found 13-year-old @ashlynso_ in Oakland organizing a Black & Asian solidarity rally, after the viral videos of Asian seniors being attacked were causing tensions. latimes.com/lifestyle/stor…
The narrative that it was Black assailants attacking Asians didn't match the data. @rtajima & @zentronix released #SeeUsUnite May 19 Project, named after Malcolm X & Yuri Kochiyama's shared bday, to remind people of a history of Asian American solidarity
This panel was an extension of @agnesconstante's 3-part @NBCAsianAmerica series, “The Impact of Covid-19 on Filipino Americans,” supported by @DanielleRoseFox & USC's @ReportingHealth Center for Health Journalism 2020 Data Fellowship. Check out stories below! 🧵
Filipino Americans account for 4 percent of the nurses in the U.S. but about 25 percent of Covid-19 deaths among nurses. Some are leaving the profession, prioritizing family and feeling a sense of resilience. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…
Filipino Americans reported higher Covid mental health toll than Asian Americans collectively. They have disproportionate number of nurses, health care workers and families living in multigenerational homes.
Moderator @agnesconstante asking @AGRobBonta about working on data disaggregration bill & how they got pushback. During the pandemic, that data helped them see disparate impacts on Filipino Americans, Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders etc. & helped them address these disparities.
Pretty cool that @AGRobBonta, the first Filipino American state legislator + first Filipino American attorney general, is part of this panel "Why Filipino Americans Count: A Conversation on Disaggregrated Data."
The California Nurse Association's Zenei Triunfo-Cortez talking about how they broke out info on Filipino nurses to find they were disproportionately affected by COVID. If they hadn't done that themselves, no one would've known & it wouldn't have become a national conversation.
The webinar's guests include Bree Frank, VP of physical production for unscripted TV at @hellosunshine, Reese Witherspoon's media company. And Phillip Sun, president/co-founder of the representation firm @StayM88. His clients include Michael B. Jordan, Idris Elba & Gemma Chan.
This event is a continuation of our @latimes guide to Hollywood entertainment industry careers, an attempt to demystify the industry for newcomers who often come to L.A. with a dream but not enough knowledge of how industry actually works! latimes.com/entertainment-…