Current Initiatives

This is a collaborative program between the STL African American community and AAPI community. This program provides STL minority students with an opportunity to gain the experience, education, and exposure needed for jobs within different branches and functions of government.  This program facilitates dialogues between youth and local government leaders. 
 
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AACS is collaborating with MO Historical Society to offer an "AAPI Youth and History Volunteer" program.  The 2021/2022 cohort of volunteers will conduct research and interviews in the STL Chinese American, Indian American, and Korean American communities.  The 2021/2022 cohort includes

Junnie Bae

Hanna Moon

Larry Qian

Megan Ouyang

Sai Prem

Aanya Singh

Sohan Paul

 

In 2020, AACS members conducted interviews with STL AAPI community leaders, to better document the community's experience during the early phases of the pandemic. 

 

Any inquiries or suggestions about this project should contact junniebae@gmail.com.

AACS received a grant from the St. Louis County to build capacity for mental health in the local AAPI community. The main deliverables include 1) creating and maintaining an online resource portal for AAPI community members, parents, and youth with resources for addressing mental health needs; 2) organizing an annual conference addressing AAPI Youth and Mental Health in St. Louis serving the needs of parents, youth, service providers, and community in general. AACS also plans to offer a training program for local youth members to become better advocate for their own mental health needs.

AACS team members witnessed the challenges many families, especially those with fewer resources, faced with their children's learning due to the pandemic and school shutdowns.  To help address the problem, this program focuses on helping elementary and middle school students struggling in their studies during the pandemic and online learning.  This team organized and provided online tutoring to students in ST. Louis Missori for over 800 hours since September 2020.  Currently this program is collaborating with two STL African American churches to offer tutoring services, including the New Northside Baptist Church, and the St. Louis Dream Center.  This project's director is Jessie Lin.