Episode 152: Asian Texans Mobilize for Mental Health

Into the Fold: Issues in Mental Health

What does it mean to do public policy work in a state with as challenging a policy environment as Texas? And for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, what particular challenges confront them in the mental health policy space? And for younger people, who are just learning, just finding their footing, just finding their identity, how is more challenging still?

For this second podcast of Minority Mental Health Awareness Month we are talking to Lily Trieu, interim director of Asian Texans for Justice (ATJ), a statewide nonprofit serving the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in Texas, connecting them to civic action to build personal and political power.

Related links:

• How We Should Respond to Anti-Asian Racism
• Into the Fold Episode 101: Asian American Identity in the Time of COVID-19
• Into the Fold Episode 115: Fear of Going Outside: A Podcaster on Asian Identity, Mental Health and Belonging
• Into the Fold Episode 132: Asian Americans Attaining Awareness
• Bridges, Not Barriers
• Sincerely, Hurt
• Moore Fellowship Winner Katie McCormick: Contributors of Occupational Stress and Burnout Among Texas Harm Reduction Workers
• Mind of Texas Episode 1: Minority Mental Health: Women Knowledge Workers in Higher Education Show Themselves Out