FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2015 CONTACT: Jenna McDavid, Diverse Elders Coalition Ben de Guzman, Diverse Elders Coalition info@diverseelders.org 202-347-9733 x235 Diverse Elder Communities in Los Angeles Hosting Town Hall to Discuss the 2015 White House Conference...
May: A Month to Celebrate
May has been an important month for me for almost my entire professional career doing policy work in Washington, DC. As Asian American/Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), it has served as an opportunity to focus on the communities I’ve served, lift up issues...
40 & Forward: Southeast Asian Americans Rooted & Rising
April 30th marks the 40th anniversary of the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam. Between 1965 and 1975, the war took the lives of over 58,000 Americans and at least 1,000,000 Vietnamese. Without Congressional approval, the U.S. also secretly dropped the equivalent of a...
Why Marriage Equality Matters for LGBT Older Adults
This post originally appeared on the SAGE Blog. Many don’t know that same-sex spouses in non-marriage states still don’t qualify for all the same federal benefits that their different sex counterparts enjoy, simply because they are married to someone of the same sex. ...
The Time for the FAMILY Act is Now
This post originally appeared on the NHCOA blog. Every day, 11% of our workforce shows to up work hoping to not get sick. These workers probably also hope their children, parents, and dependents don’t get sick as well. That is the daily reality of American workers...
Raising Awareness and Eliminating Health Disparities for National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
When I’ve given trainings to healthcare and social services providers about cancer in the LGBTQ communities, I always find it interesting to ask the audience, “Does it matter who a breast lump spent Valentine’s Day with?” Or, “Does it matter what country the lump’s...