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The APINCSN Online Cancer Resource Directory is a compilation of organizations, health departments, hospitals/clinics and universities that offer cancer programs and services for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. It provides contact information about some of our network members, the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities they serve, and the types of cancer services they provide.

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APINCSN is dedicated to educating the public about issues of cancer prevention, treatment and survivorship affecting the diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Book an APINCSN Speaker for a speaking engagement at your organization or event. All proceeds (honoraria) support APINCSN. For more information, send inquiries to Roxanna Bautista at rbautista@apiahf.org or call (415) 568-3304. When sending inquiries, please indicate what general topics you would like the speaker to address.

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The Asian & Pacific Islander National Cancer Survivors Network (APINCSN) is striving to break the isolation that many cancer survivors feel when they are first diagnosed and going through treatment.

Help us build our network!

If you are an Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander cancer survivor, family member or friend of a cancer survivor, health care provider, researche, advocate or community member who is concerned about cancer in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities you can become a member of APINCSN.

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Upcoming Trainings

• Hawaii, Summer 2013

The Community Advocacy & Training on Cancer & Health (CATCH) Leadership Training provides individuals with the necessary training, tools and skills to be competent and effective spokespersons, advocates and leaders with regard to Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities; and to enhance personal and community capacities for advocacy and leadership on cancer control issues.

**Module I: Cancer 101 and Introduction to Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Is

Karen Teshima was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawai`i and married with 3 children. She was employed as a case manager coordinator for 15 years at a non-profit community health center, Bay Clinic, Inc.

Liza Laguana-Merrill is the Chamorro Outreach Specialist/Event Coordinator at Asian Pacific Community in Action (APCA) in Phoenix, Arizona. She has planned and organized the biggest gathering of Chamorros in the State of Arizona for the past 10 years. She serves as a Commissioner on the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, Human Relations Commission and the Phoenix Women's Commission.

Hyomee Kim is a program coordinator at the Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been facilitating the Korean breast cancer support group for at least 3 years. She also leads a Korean senior wellness program with over 80 seniors weekly, as well as providing homemaker services to senior adults in their homes.

Kimlin Tam Ashing-Giwa, PhD is the professor and director of the City of Hope Center of Community Alliance for Research and Education. She studies how culture, ethnicity, ecological and systemic contexts influence health outcomes. She is a community-minded scientists guided by a biopsychosocial and eco-cultural paradigm.