9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them
9 Kansas City Residents Share What Being Asian Means to Them
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The past year of pandemic and rising racial tension has shaken many to their core. For Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Kansas City, this year has been particularly challenging.
AAPI residents make up 3% of the population in the Kansas City metropolitan area and 12% of the Midwest, according to Census Reporter and the Pew Research Center. What’s not seen in the data are the multifaceted ways in which they have helped shape the U.S. historically and culturally. Between the years 2000 and 2019, the Asian population nationwide more than doubled.
LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leading global men s health charity, Movember is taking on Mental Health Awareness Month by leading and participating in a number of events this week to help amplify the importance of mental health.
To address a global mental health crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and amid the continued struggle of systemic racism, Movember has signed on as a founding partner in the inaugural Mental Health Action Day on Thursday, May 20th during Mental Health Awareness Month, along with more than 1000 organizations, brands, government agencies and cultural leaders. This open-source movement to shift culture from awareness to action on mental health has added more than 800 partners since its announcement one month ago. Cultural and political leaders are among the new partners who are committed to encourage and empower their followers, fans, and constituents to take action on their mental health.
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Yes, it was long ago, but yes, I did win in 2017.
After the fatal shootings in Atlanta on March 16th, where six out of the eight dead were Asian women, the National Association of Asian American Professionals Wichita chapter immediately issued a statement. What were you hearing from within the Asian community?
We really, honestly, we re not hearing much from the older generations. It took me having to go out and ask various business owners and my family members, where are you at with what s happening around the nation? And that s when I found out my grandpa and some other family members are adjusting their daily routines with the news of the uptick in the rise of Asian hate crimes and Asian discrimination.
The Range | May 14, 2021
After the pandemic canceled plans last year, summer travel is heating up, thanks to increasing vaccination rates, loosened health guidelines and lots of pent-up demand.
This week on The Range, we talk to a tour company in Wichita that s welcoming the return of summer travelers.
Plus, we talk to the president of the newly created Wichita chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals about the group s plans to address anti-Asian-American discrimination.
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