Keynote Address

National Strategy to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and Plan of Action to Achieve Health Equity

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Garth Graham, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

State and Community-Based Models for Addressing Health Disparities

This session will focus on local and state-based initiatives and best practices for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.

Job Advertisement: Executive Director

The Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) Seeks Executive Director

CACF (www.cacf.org) seeks full-time Executive Director to lead the nation’s only pan-Asian children’s advocacy organization through its next stage of development. Founded in 1986, CACF successfully advocates for better policies, funding, and services to ensure that children of all backgrounds have an equal opportunity to grow up healthy and safe.

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The 2011 Health Equity Summit was a great success!

In collaboration with the Congressional Tri-Caucus, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations and members of the Summit Host Committee convened the 2011 Health

OAKLAND, CA – In collaboration with the Congressional Tri-Caucus, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations and members of the Summit Host Committee convened the 2011 Health Equity Summit. The summit brought together a distinguished group of national, local, and community opinion leaders to discuss policy reforms and initiatives that move our country toward racial equity in health care.

Achieving health equity – the highest level of health for everyone – is a critical imperative for this country, not only because it is at the heart of our shared values of fairness, justice, and equal opportunity, but because it is impossible to have a sustainable healthcare system without it. While the Affordable Care Act includes a number of provisions that reduce health disparities, its main focus is to extend access to health insurance to millions of Americans.

For Immediate Release
September 15, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) applauds the introduction of The Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2011 (HEAA). The bill, introduced by the members of the Congressional Tri-Caucus — comprised of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — builds on previous successes and provides the tools necessary to address the health and health disparities experienced by minority and underserved communities.

For Immediate Release
September 9, 2011

Contact:
Mary Kong | Staff
ncapastaffer@gmail.com

Members of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) stand together on the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 to remember the tremendous loss of life that occurred on that day and to recommit ourselves to fundamental American values of civil rights, inclusion, and diversity.

We mourn and honor all of the victims of 9/11, including Americans of many races, ethnicities, and religions, who perished in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC, and the first responders wh