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CARE Program Conducting Surveys on Problem Gambling Awareness and Knowledge
November 9, 2011
The AACI Center for Addiction Recovery & Empowerment (CARE) invites you to participate in an online community survey led by Problem Gambling Alliance (PG Alliance). This survey is designed to assess local problem gambling (PG) prevalence, to identify communities at risk, and to understand community awareness of PG, resources, and help seeking behaviors. You were ..Read More
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AACI Staff Members Have Work Published
August 25, 2011
AACI staff members, Dr. Jorge Wong and Kao Saechao, recently had their work published in a book called Culturally Adaptive Counseling Skills. The book covers evidence-based practices for working with five major ethnic groups, while also bringing in many factors such as gender and disabilities. Jorge and Kao co-wrote the 10th chapter titled, “Case Illustration: ..Read More
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AACI wins “2011 People’s Choice Award” at BOOF Spotlight Festival
July 27, 2011
AACI –Center for Addiction Recovery & Empowerment (CARE) has been recognized for services that we provided for our youth prevention program, Betting on Our Future (BOOF). Betting on Our Future is a Youth Gambling Awareness Campaign sponsored by CA Friday Night Live Partnership and the Office of Problem Gambling. BOOF is a part of an ..Read More
Community
AACI Staff Member to Represent Refugees from California
July 12, 2011
Staff member of Asian American for Community Involvement (AACI), Asefeh Mazraeh, has been selected to represent refugees from California at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Congress in Washington DC in August in recognition of their 60th Anniversary. While in Washington DC, she will also attend the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement’s Annual Consultation. Asefeh is ..Read More
Community
Bay Area News Group: AACI One of Top Workplaces
June 28, 2011
Asian Americans for Community Involvement has long been recognized for the excellence in services we provide to the community, but now AACI is also recognized as one of the top places to work. Bay Area News Group has chosen Asian Americans for Community Involvement as one of the Top Workplaces of 2011. Based on a ..Read More
Community
Join Us in Helping a Homicide Victim’s Family in a Time of Crisis
May 28, 2011
All of us here at AACI were deeply saddened to learn that one of the participants in Project PLUS, a program of AACI Youth Development Services, was killed in San Jose on May 28, 2011. Like many of the clients we serve, the surviving family is low income and in need of financial support during this time ..Read More
Community
SBFT: (re)present 2011 a Success
May 20, 2011
On May 12th, South Bay First Thursdays (SBFT) held an annual event known as (re)present. Occupying the Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose, the event displayed many talented individuals and groups ranging from musicians, to spoken word artists and dancers. In celebration of Asian Heritage Month and being SBFT’s most popular event of ..Read More
Advocacy
AACI Youth Speak Out Against Budget Cuts!
May 19, 2011
On May 12th and 17th, AACI joined other health and human service providers, clients, and supporters to oppose the drastic budget cuts in services to senior nutrition and youth programs. If funding cuts are passed by the City of San Jose and County of Santa Clara, agencies who receive funding from Healthy Neighborhood Venture Fund ..Read More
Community
AACI Fundraising Luncheon Success
May 19, 2011
AACI Fundraising a Luncheon a Success! Thursday, May 7th AACI held our annual fundraising luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose. Thank you to the 500 community members who attended! Your support helped AACI raise over $180,000. This money is greatly needed to sustain AACI’s array of services for the community. When so many ..Read More
Health
B Sure, B Tested, B Hep B Free: Hepatitis B Low Cost Vaccinations & Screenings at AACI
January 26, 2011
Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) and Asian Liver Center at Stanford University are providing low cost vaccinations and screenings on select Saturdays of each month between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm at:
