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Press Releases for the year 2010
APIAHF, A&PI Wellness Center: National HIV/AIDS Strategy Must Address HIV Epidemic in Emerging Communities (July 13, 2010)
Asian & Pacific Islander community acknowledges impact of HIV on May 19th, the 6th annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 12, 2010)
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center hosts press conference exposing state of HIV and hepatitis B epidemic in A&PI community for National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and World Hepatitis Day (May 12, 2010)
South Bay Asian & Pacific Islander Community Hosts Youth Event Commemorating the 6th annual National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 5, 2010)
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center to Offer Hep B Testing at Richmond Community Health Festival (May 5, 2010)
TRANS:THRIVE says goodbye to Luke Woodward; welcomes Tita Aida (April, 2010)
A&PI Wellness Center congratulates new members appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (February 4, 2010)
A&PI Wellness Center launches mobile HIV testing clinic; collaborates with Instituto Familiar de la Raza to reach out to transgender youth (January 27, 2010)
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center announces closure of HIV case management services for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Alameda and San Mateo Counties (January 19, 2010)
Press
Releases for the year 2009
A&PI Wellness Center Statement on the Passing of Dennis de Leon (Dec 15, 2009)
Impact of HIV on A&PI Community Highlighted in World AIDS Day Video Broadcast (December 3, 2009)
A&PI Wellness Center convenes expert panel in recognition of World AIDS Day (November 24, 2009)
A&PI Wellness Center To Present at National HIV/AIDS Strategy Community Discussion (October 13, 2009)
Unique Collaboration Serves Underserved San Francisco Community (September 22, 2009)
A&PI and Transgender Communities Face Health Care Crisis as Governor Vetoes HIV/AIDS Services (August 3, 2009)
National HIV Testing Day is June 27, As Schwarzenegger’s Proposed Budget Cuts Loom (June 24, 2009)
A&PI Wellness Center Co-Hosts A&PI Dance Arena at San Francisco’s 39th LGBT Pride (June 17, 2009)
Banyan Tree Project & National Minority AIDS Education and Treatment Center Join to Commemorate National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 18, 2009)
Advisory: Banyan Tree Project Hosts Filmmaker Q&A at Screening of “Honor Thy Children” for the 5th Annual National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 28, 2009)
Advisory: South Bay A&PI Community Hosts Celebration in Honor of 5th Annual National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 28, 2009)
A&PI Wellness Center Screens Exclusive HIV Prevention Message from CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta in Honor of National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 27, 2009)
A&PI Wellness Center Shares HIV Prevention and Treatment Expertise with Chinese Delegation (April 9, 2009)
3rd Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 9, 2009)
Press
Releases for the year 2008
Out in San Jose: Lance Toma at the LGBT Health and Human Services Network Conference (December 17, 2008)
GayBlogger: Lance Toma at the LGBT Health and Human Services Network Conference (December 17, 2008)
New American Media: Fearing the Stigma of HIV (December 1, 2008)
BAR: City looks at $26 million in mid-year health cuts (November 27, 2008)
AsianWeek: Alliance Against Hep B (October 31, 2008)
San Francisco Bay Times: Transgender Law Center Celebrates 6th Year (October 29, 2008)
Bay Area Reporter: Sierra Club Silent on Prop 8 (October 23, 2008)
Philippine News: San Francisco Proposition K (September 26, 2008)
Press
Releases for the year 2007
New American Media: Online Forum Reaches Out to HIV-Positive Asian Youth (October 13, 2007)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy: A Bay Area Health Charity Bridges Cultural Gap to Help New Immigrants
(Oct. 18, 2007)
TRANS:THRIVE OPENS NEW SPACE
(November 5, 2007)
A&PI
Wellness Center awarded $10,000 from the San Francisco Giants
Community Fund!
(July 27, 2007)
Acting Surgeon General Launches Video Podcast for
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
(May 14, 2007)
Santa Clara Community
Leaders to Publicly Take HIV Tests at the 3rd Annual National
Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
(May 14, 2007)
Surgeon General,
Kenneth P. Moritsugu, joins Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness
Center to commemorate 20 years of community leadership on the
3rd Annual National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day, Saturday, May 19, 2007
(May 8, 2007)
New
Study Shows Stigma Bars Access to HIV Services in Vietnamese
and Filipino Communities in Santa Clara County
(May 3,
2007)
The
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Presents
a Panel Discussion at A&PI Wellness Center on May 2
(April 23, 2007)
PIJAAG Summit
on HIV: Putting the Pieces Together
(April 18, 2007)
A&PI Wellness Center & UCSF Team up in Love Your Liver Health Fair to fight Hepatitis B
(April 4, 2007)
Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness
Center Commemorates the National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness
Day, on Friday, March 23
(March 20, 2007)
A&PI Wellness Center Applauds Schwarzenegger’s
New Health Care Initiative
(January 12, 2007)
Press
Releases for the year 2006
Staff
member Ryan Fuimaono awarded Ricky Williams Leader Fellowship
(December 12, 2006)
Asian & Pacific
Wellness Center Welcomes Lance Toma, LCSW, as New Executive
Director!
(November, 2006)
A&PI Wellness Center to receive
$25,000 from Gilead Sciences for Hepatitis B Services
(October, 2006)
Queer A&PI Pride Scholarship
Winners Achieved New Heights With Record Number Honored
at Aug. 22 A&PI Wellness Center Gala Reception
(September 4, 2006)
Read a special message
from the outgoing Executive Director John Manzon-Santos
(June 16, 2006)
ABC-CBN International
Coverage of Press Conference of Surgeon General of United
State Richard Carmona
(May 18, 2006)
Vice Admiral Richard
Carmona, U.S. Surgeon General, visitsl A&PI Wellness
Center on May 18
(May 15, 2006)
Jason
Scott Lee joins National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day, on Friday, May 19
(May 1, 2006)
Press Releases for the year
2005
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Offers Free Volunteer Training
from December 2 - 3
(December 2 - 3, 2005)
Asian &
Pacific Islander Wellness Center Elects Michael Rabanal
to Board of Directors
(November 20, 2005)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Elects Galen Leung to Board of
Directors, Fatima Angeles Vice-Chair of Governance.
(April
25, 2005)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Now Offers Oral HIV Testing in
San Mateo County.
(April 14, 2005)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Offers Free Volunteer Training
from April 29 through May 1, 2005.
(April 1, 2005)
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Press Releases for the year 2004
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Presents Annual Fundraising Event,
“The asiaSF Experience,” on November 16.
(October 11, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Names Jan Masaoka Chair of its
Board of Directors
(September
17, 2004)
October 15-17, 2004
Upcoming Volunteer training at A&PI Wellness Center.
(August
30, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Participating in Macy’s Passport
Fundraiser on September 24 and 25.
(August
23, 2004)
Asian &
Pacific Wellness Center Now Offers Free Rapid HIV Testing
on Tuesday Afternoons in San Francisco.
(August
9, 2004)
A&PI
Wellness Center Announces Queer Asian and Pacific Islander
Youth Scholarship Recipients in Event Tonight at LGBT Community
Center.
(July 28, 2004)
A&PI
Wellness Center Announces Queer Asian and Pacific Islander
Pride Scholarship Recipients on July 28, 2004 at LGBT Community
Center.
(July
15, 2004)
Wells Fargo Honors John
Manzon-Santos.
(June 9, 2004)
Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts and A&PI Wellness Center Present “MIX.
. . where creativity and community meet” Tonight
in San Francisco.
(May
26, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Adds Four Members to Board of Directors.
(May
4, 2004)
Asian & Pacific Islander
Wellness Center Receives $1.15 Million from CDC to Strengthen
Asian & Pacific Islander HIV Prevention Programs, Reduce
Stigma Nationwide.
(April
27, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Wellness Center Offers Ongoing Support and Social Groups
to Meet Diverse A&PI Needs.
(April 16, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Wellness Center Offers Free, Confidential, Anonymous HIV
Testing throughout the Year.
(April 16, 2004)
Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts and Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center
Present “MIX…where creativity and community
meet”
on May 26.
(April
8, 2004)
May 31 is
the deadline for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) queer
youth to apply for the Pride Scholarship.
(March 30, 2004)
A celebration
of the Thai New Year will be held in San Francisco on Sunday,
April 11, from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. It will take place
at Glas Kat Café, 420 4th Street (between Bryant and
Brannan Streets).
(March
17, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) has
received an $180,000, 18-month grant through the HIV/AIDS
Anti-Stigma Initiative, one of only five such grants awarded
nationwide.
(Feb.
20, 2004)
The third annual
Asian & Pacific Islander Women’s Wellness Day,
a free event providing health information and resources
to local Asian & Pacific Islander women (biological
and transgendered), will take place on Friday afternoon,
March 19, from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is sponsored
by Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center, and will be held at the agency’s
San Francisco office, located at 730 Polk Street, 4th Floor,
between Eddy and Ellis Streets.
(Feb.
10, 2004)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Offers Free Volunteer Training
from February 6-8.
(Jan.
13, 2004)
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Press Releases for the year 2003
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) today
released its "wish list" to identify goods and
services needed by specific agency programs during the
holiday season.
(Dec.
16, 2003)
A&PI Wellness
Center Announces Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Youth
Scholarship Recipients in Event Tonight at LGBT Community
Center.
(Aug.
28, 2003)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Offers Free Volunteer Training
from September 5 - 7.
(Aug.
12, 2003)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Announces New Officers for Board
of Directors. See funders.
(May
13, 2003)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Honors Absolute Empress Suzie Wong,
Jade Ribbon Campaign, and Trikone at “a tuesday in
may”
Celebration Tonight in San Francisco.
(May
6, 2003)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center Opens Alameda County Office to
Serve Refugees Living with HIV.
(March
27, 2003)
Didik Nini Thowok,
an Indonesian cross-gender artist, will perform in San Francisco
on Thursday, April 10 at Club T at the N’touch, 1548
Polk Street. The cost to attend is $3. Doors open at
9 p.m. Asian and Pacific Islander Wellness Center will
receive partial proceeds from this performance.
(March.
19, 2003)
A celebration of the
Thai/Lao/Cambodian New Year will be held in San Francisco
on Sunday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will take
place at Big Heart City, located at 836 Mission Street
(between 4th and 5th Streets).
(March.
11, 2003)
The second annual
Asian & Pacific Islander Women's Wellness Day, a free
event providing health information and resources to local
Asian & Pacific Islander and transgendered women, will
take place on Friday afternoon, March 28, from 2 through
7 p.m.
(March. 7, 2003)
May 9 is the
deadline for Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) queer
youth to apply for a Pride Scholarship.
(Feb.
28, 2003)
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center (A&PIWC) seeks nominees for
its annual awards program, which honors individuals and
organizations that support the agency’s work in educating,
supporting, empowering, and advocating for Asian & Pacific
Islander (A&PI) communities.
(Jan.
24, 2003)
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Press Releases for the year 2002
Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center today spoke out against last
month's arrest of gay men in Vietnam, which went largely
unreported by English-language media in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
(Dec.
23, 2002)
HIV/AIDS Research
in Asian & Pacific Islander Communities Showcased
at National Conference this Weekend.
(Nov.
15, 2002)
First National
Conference Addressing HIV/AIDS Research in Asian & Pacific
Islander Communities to be held in Oakland, Calif. on November
15-17, 2002.
(Oct.
22, 2002)
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