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Conversations around mental health issues are stil

Conversations around mental health issues are still a taboo discusssion among AAPI. As we go through these difficult times, we are sharing submissions to help open up the conversation about mental health with hopes to normalize the discussion within our community and help others.

@rod_knee shares his struggles with mental health. Even with a good support system of friends and family, it may still be difficult to tell them what you are going through. The same friends and family being there can also help you through the toughest of times and give you hope. Swipe to read Rodney's mental health struggles and what keeps him going.

Have a story you are willing to share? DM us! Submissions can be kept annonymous.
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#aanow #aapi #asianamerican #pacificislander #asianamericanmentalhealth #mentalhealth #selfcare #therapy

AA NOW Profiles highlight Asian Americans and Asia

AA NOW Profiles highlight Asian Americans and Asian American who have made positive contributions to the Asian American community.

@cefaan is a Korean American news reporter for @abc7ny New York and former Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve. In addition to covering breaking news, Kim has reported extensively about poverty in New York’s Asian American community. He has also shed light on hate crimes against Asian Americans and has even been targeted while on camera.

In 2017, he was attacked on camera during a live broadcast. In 2019, while reporting on Hasidic Jewish schools open in Brooklyn, a stranger said to Kim “Come here chinky, let me give you a little corona”

Just last month, Kim was one of the first to report about the 36 year old Asian man who was stabbled in the back in Manhattan and reported on the 52 year old Asian woman pushed to the ground in Flushing, Queens.

“They’re all kind of personal to me, if that makes sense, right?” Kim said. “You look at a 71-year-old, like last week, or whatever it was two weeks ago. She reminds me of my mom. My mom was, you know, in her late 60s a few years back and got mugged. And she fought back. And you know, I feel like it’s not just an Asian thing, right? It’s a human thing.”

Recently he was part of a 20/20 special report on the Atlanta Spa shootings featuring fellow Asian American reporters @dionlimtv @jujuchangabc @evapilgrim and others.

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UCLA's @jsilky5 is projected to be the second Asia

UCLA's @jsilky5 is projected to be the second Asian American @nba first-round pick, possibly in the lottery, he has become an inspiration for younger players at a time when hate crimes against Asian Americans are on the rise.

”It’s not something that’s on the top of my mind or really think about. I’m just Johnny,” said Juzang, whose mother is Vietnamese. ”I will get messages or hear stories about how I inspire people, regardless of their heritage. Sometimes there are people of Asian decent. But just being able to inspire people is something that’s touching and inspires me and something I don’t take lightly.”

Juzang’s older brother Christian played at Harvard and led the Saigon Heat to the 2020 championsh ip in the Vietnamese Basketball Association.

Christian was the top pick in the VBA draft, and the younger Juzang looks like he has an even brighter professional future. He has thrived on the court since transferring to Westwood. A former five-star recruit, the 6-foot-6 guard was a role player on a loaded Kentucky team, averaging 2.9 points and 1.9 assists in 28 games as a freshman.

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AA NOW Profiles highlight Asian Americans and Asia

AA NOW Profiles highlight Asian Americans and Asian American who have made positive contributions to the Asian American community.

@leynabloom is a Black and Filipnx transgender model.

As one of the few openly transgender models in the fashion industry, Bloom has had several firsts.

1st openly transgender woman to appear on the cover of Vouge India
1st openly transgender woman of color to be featured in the @sportsillustrated Swimsuit Issue
1st openly transgender woman to have a leading role in a film featured in Cannes. (Port Authority)
She has also walked the runway and been the face of brands such as H&M x Moschino by Jeremy Scott, Tommy Hillfiger x Zendaya.
In 2019, she was the only openly transgender model to walk at Paris Fashion Week

In an interview with CNN on being featured in Sports Illustrated, Bloom said "it is an incredible feeling and achievement," but added "that there's still so much work to be done for more representation."

In an interview with Good Morning America, Bloom said she "never imagined" that she would be "born in a time when something like this would happen to someone with (her) skin tone."

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“I feel like my calling in life is to inspire li

“I feel like my calling in life is to inspire little girls who look like me. So if that’s on the basketball court, then I love that.”

At 6'1" UCLA's @natalie_chou_ is one of the few Asian American Division 1 athletes and is looking to make a difference in the world.

“She wants to make a difference in the world,” coach Cori Close said. “There’s been an inner strength that has sort of organically come out of her. … She’s fighting. She’s fighting in a way we’ve never seen and I think that translates on the court.”

Chou is averaging 10 points and 4.3 rebounds a game, both career highs, as the No. 3 seed Bruins face No. 14 seed Wyoming in the first round of the Hemisfair Region in the NCAA tournament. UCLA (16-5) relies mostly on third-team All-American Michaela Onyenwere and All-Pac-12 guard Charisma Osborne, but role players like Chou will determine whether the Bruins can break through after four straight NCAA regional semifinals to reach their first Final Four.

When Chou’s parents and older sister moved to Texas, where she was born, Li built her life on basketball. She didn’t have many friends and she didn’t know the language. But “basketball is universal,” Chou said.

Click the link in our bio to read more via @latimes
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AA NOW Profiles highlight Asian Americans and Asia

Looking for something to get your mind off of all

Looking for something to get your mind off of all the negative news out there? Our friends @cornerclubofficial have released their first EP called "Little Love Lulabies". Swipe to hear a snippet from "Too Good" and check out our interview with them on our YouTube channel and IGTV!
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#aanow #aapi #asianamerican #cornerclub #lilttlelovelulabies #newmusic #newmusicmonday

Starting today, 2/11 the U.S. Postal Service makes

Starting today, 2/11 the U.S. Postal Service makes available the Chien-Shiung Wu forever stamp.

Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) was one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century. During a career that spanned more than 40 years in a field dominated by men, she established herself as the authority on conducting precise and accurate research to test fundamental theories of physics. Art Director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp with original art by Kam Mak.

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