NYCAAMH improves Asian American mental health care through advocacy, community education, and professional development.
Our History
We are so grateful to Melody Cao for her work in the recent months in capturing the roots of NYCAAMH. Watch the video below to learn more!
Our Mission
The New York Coalition for Asian Mental Health (NYCAAMH) strives to improve the quality of mental health care services in Asian American communities throughout the New York metropolitan area. Our mission is to address the unmet mental health care needs and service disparities of the Asian American population through advocacy, community service, professional development and collaboration with government and local service providers.
A Call to Action for NYCAAMH
The New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health (NYCAAMH) joins our community partners in denouncing the rising hate crimes against Asian Americans and the ongoing history of violence against Asian Americans and other BIPOC throughout the nation.
We believe that these acts of destruction and hostility are part of deeply rooted structural racism and violence that impact people of color in our society. We refer specifically to racism and xenophobia as systems of power that are part of the many laws, policies, and beliefs that oppress and harm communities of color at multiple levels. As mental health professionals who are working towards community wellness, we urge our government officials, human service leaders, and all those with power and privilege to challenge injustice, to overcome white supremacy and other oppressive ideologies, and to support our AAPI communities.
We call upon our NYCAAMH members to offer their human service expertise to help our communities heal from this collective trauma, empower one another in community care, and do this in solidarity to achieve community liberation. We also encourage our members to get others not already involved to learn more about our movement.
To view a list of resources and opportunities offered by community groups to combat racism via dialogues, bystander training and community involvement, please visit our Resources page.
If you have other relevant resources that you wish to share, please email us at hello@nycaamh.org.
Announcements
We mourn the passing of our friend and colleague, Siu Ping Ma. Ms. Ma, PhD, LCSW in 2022. She was one of the first Chinese social workers working in the Chinatown community and the Director of the Asian Bicultural Clinic at Gouverneur Hospital when the program was first established. She was a founding member of the New York Coalition for Asian American Mental Health and hosted our meetings for years in her clinic. Since then, she had taught and served in universities and community agencies focusing on training clinicians and building mental health services for the Chinese community at large.
Any individuals who subscribe to our mailing list and social media are considered participating members who will receive our newsletter, event announcements, and postings as well as attend any Coalition activities. Join today!