California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative (CHNSC)
“Founded in 2005, the California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative is a statewide grassroots organization that addresses health, environmental, reproductive justice, and other social issues faced by its low-income, female, Vietnamese immigrant and refugee workforce. Using a multi-tiered approach that blends community organizing, grassroots policy advocacy, and community-based research, the Collaborative builds power of the nail salon community to develop solutions that benefit the nail salon workforce, their families, small immigrant and refugee owned businesses, and their communities.”
Instagram Handle: @ca_hnsc
The Cambodian Family
“The Cambodian Family is a non-profit organization located in Santa Ana, California. Their mission is to foster social health by providing opportunities for “refugee and immigrant families … to develop the knowledge, skills, and desires for creating health and well-being in their lives” (The Cambodian Family). The Cambodian Family offers a variety of programs from Youth Program to Citizenship Program.”
Instagram Handle: @camfam1980
Pacific Islander Health Partnership (PHIP)
“Since 2003, PIHP has educated and engaged Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities by training leaders, promoting community based participatory research, and advocating for strategies that reduce disparities in cancer, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and other chronic illnesses that disproportionately affect our communities.”
Instagram Handle: @pihealthpartnership
South Asian Network (SAN)
“The South Asian Network (SAN) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides culturally and linguistically specific services to and advocacy on behalf of South Asians in Southern California, in the areas of healthcare access, gender-based violence, and civil rights/civic engagement. We were founded in 1990 by a group of activists and volunteers gathered in a living room to address the needs of a rapidly growing community. Over the past 30 years, we have grown to be a fully staffed agency with multilingual staff, representing four South Asian countries, and various faith traditions. We have built trust in our community, continuing to provide support to those who often have no place else to turn. Over the past three decades, we have served approximately 25,000 women, men, and children.”
Instagram Handle: @southasiannetwork
Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation (VACF)
“VACF serves as a central location for cancer information and patient support services for the community. The organization is powered by a dedicated team of trained staff and wonderful volunteers from cancer survivors to board members to interns. VACF’s partners included nonprofit organizations, community clinics, private physician practices, and hospitals. All services provided by VACF are comprehensive and free to everyone in need without discrimination.”
Instagram Handle: @vacfsocal
Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC)
“Viet Rainbow of Orange County (VROC) strives to create a world where everyone has the resources and agency to thrive with dignity. VROC is a grassroots organization based in Orange County, California that builds community and mobilizes intergenerationally. We are grounded in values of equity, healing, joy, and social justice. We primarily work with LGBTQ+ Vietnamese Americans and their loved ones through research, education, and advocacy, while also strengthening collective power alongside other communities working towards liberation.”
Instagram Handle: @vietrainbowoc