The HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH), the National Park Service, and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will host a virtual panel discussion to highlight current federal efforts addressing racism and health inequities, including the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force and the Presidential Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the U.S. OMH looks forward to facilitating a rich discussion, featuring contemporary Asian Americans who are leading grass-roots efforts to protect and empower diverse AAPI communities nationwide. 
May 8, 2:00 pm ET.

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Join Native Roots Radio, the Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council, and the We Can Do This Campaign for the Keeping the Circle Strong: We Can Do This Indian Country, a Montana Region virtual town hall on understanding COVID-19 in Indian Country that aims to provide in-depth, personalized information about COVID-19, the vaccines and vaccination. The town hall will feature discussions among Tribal leadership, health experts, and Tribal community advocates. Future Regional Town Halls will be held in Alaska, the Northwest, the Southwest, the Southern Plains, the Great Plains, and the Midwest.
May 6, 9:00 pm ET.

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Use HHS We Can Do This COVID-19 public education campaign resources to remind your community that wearing masks, social distancing, and hand washing are important to slow the spread of COVID-19 and its new variants. Social media graphics and radio ads are available in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese.   

Empathy during COVID-19: Addressing Anti-Asian Racism through Restorative Dialogue is a restorative justice guide published by the Immigrant History Initiative that seeks to foster empathy among students and other community members in order to stop toxic anti-Asian racism. 

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum and 27 AAPI and Native Hawaiian organizations, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, launched the National AA and NHPI Health Response Partnership to offer culturally and linguistically accessible COVID-19 resources for AAPI and Native Hawaiian communities. Resources are available in over 20 languages, including Chinese, Vietnamese, Bengali, Korean, Urdu, Tagalog, Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Marshallese, and Chuukese. 

In March, the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) and the National Association of Community Health Workers hosted a webinar to discuss how they are supporting their communities in learning more about the COVID-19 vaccines and navigating access barriers. The webinar recording and slides are now available at the AAPCHO website: Vaccine Confidence and Access for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities.

The Utah Department of Health Office of Health Disparities
developed the It Takes a Village: Giving Our Babies the Best Chance project in 2012 to address infant mortality among Tongan and Samoan communities. It Takes a Village raises awareness and educates Pacific Islander families and community members about maternal and infant health in the context of Pacific Islander cultural beliefs and practices. The project, designed for 6-12 participants and a facilitator, is divided into four, two-hour workshops or fono and includes an implementation guide.

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The Pacific Diabetes Education Program, a 2005-2010 initiative from Papa Ola Lokahi, provides ongoing access to culturally and linguistically appropriate diabetes education materials and resources that were created especially for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Resources include health education campaigns on type 2 diabetes, diabetes self-management, and the link between diabetes and heart disease. Materials are available in Native Hawaiian, Chuukese, Yapese, Marshallese, Kosraean, Palauan, Pohnpeian, and Samoan. 

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The Partnership to End Gendered Islamophobia, a collaboration between HEART, the Justice for Muslims Collective, and Vigilant Love, published a report that addresses violence against Muslim women, including the ways in which policies, laws, social attitudes, and interpersonal relationships can create harmful narratives that can escalate violence against Muslim women.   

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The 2021 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, presented by the Partnership for Public Service, will honor the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic response. Dr. Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Director of the NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), and Dr. Gary H. Gibbons, Director of the NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), have been selected together as joint finalists. They are being recognized in the COVID-19 Response category for their work in the CEAL Against COVID-19 Disparities and RADx-UP initiatives. 
Voting for the People's Choice award closes on July 2. 

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