AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement)

Youth Technology Incubator (YTI) is just one of AACI’s youth programs and last year, they had 2,249 youths return as program participants! 🥰 AACI YTI is a FREE program for Santa Clara County residents ages 8-24 that uses arts and media to promote healthy lifestyles, positive skill development, social emotional learning, storytelling, confidence building and advocacy. We strive to strengthen self-confidence within our participants by providing them life skills around substance use prevention and mental health tools through free creative storytelling programming, so that they can make the right choices for themselves while building community with their peers. 🤩 To learn more about AACI’s Youth Technology Incubator program, please visit https://lnkd.in/guiAaKzF or @ytechincubator on Instagram. #aaci #youthtechnologyincubator #yti #impactmetrics

Medi-Cal helps you and your family stay healthy. Even if you’ve been denied for full Medi-Cal recently, see if you’re eligible now. Immigration status does not matter. Applying will not affect your immigration status. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gThwPsyM or call AACI at 408-975-2730 ext 135. #aaci #medical #medi-cal #insurance #health

🌟 Join Us for the 6th Annual Silicon Valley AAPI Civic Leadership Summit! 🌟 This year’s theme, “(Re)Defining Civic Engagement,” will explore numerous ways our community can drive positive change. Don't miss out on powerful panels, inspiring performances, and a chance to make your voice heard. Register here to learn more about what this year’s summit has to offer: https://lnkd.in/gxRTUhrv #AAPICivicEngagement, #AAPISummit2024, #SVACLS2024

Born in Korea, Lisa moved to the United States at age 30 with her husband and two young sons. As an immigrant without English skills, she never completely felt at home. However, she and her husband worked diligently and opened a restaurant in San Carlos, and later in Los Gatos, that they poured the rest of their careers into. After retiring, Lisa’s sense of purpose in life was shaken. While Lisa enjoyed the rest from an exhausting career, her adult children were busy with their own lives and her siblings were spread across the globe, so she could not help feeling lonely at times. Lisa could feel her enthusiasm for life slipping. Lisa and her husband first heard about the AACI Senior Wellness Program four years ago from their neighbor Mrs. Wu, who has been coming to AACI since 1992. Lisa began to attend a few days a week and quickly fell in love with the new friends she met through the Senior Wellness Program as well as the variety of fun activities there are to do. Now Lisa attends the Senior Wellness Program two to three times a week enjoying very diverse activities such as playing ping pong, celebrating bingo birthday parties, taking English classes, Tai Chi, Yuan Ji dance, karaoke, and line dancing performances. She even learned waltz with her husband! 🥰 Today, Lisa’s life has changed for the better and she has found a home at AACI. At 65, she is full of energy and loves to laugh! “The Senior Center has given me energy. Time flies, but my mind is still young! I feel so excited to have something to look forward to.” Among staff, Lisa is seen as a “happy medicine” for the Senior Center! Lisa always motivates other participants to stay positive with her cheerful attitude and has encouraged many others to join the Senior Center! “In addition to meeting a lot of people here, I improved not only my English, but my Chinese too. I really enjoy the Senior Center, and I appreciate what it has done for me!” said Lisa with a big smile. 😁 At AACI, our Senior Wellness Program promotes healthy, active aging through programs, advocacy and engagement. Programs are designed to foster health, wellness, independence and social engagement. AACI offers a broad range of culturally sensitive and linguistically competent services that empower participants with the skills and resources to overcome language barriers, adjust to a new culture, cope with intergenerational changes, establish a social support network and increase their awareness and knowledge of community resources.⁠ ⁠ To learn more about AACI Senior Wellness Program, please visit https://lnkd.in/gVRpFQcz. #aaci #50thaaciversary #50thanniversary #ourclients #wherearetheynow #clientsuccessstory

You're invited to AACI Better Together: 50th Anniversary Gala! 🤩⁠ ⁠ Join us as we embark on a celebration highlighting the rich history of trust and care we have built and how minority communities in Santa Clara County are healthier as a result.⁠ ⁠ SPOILER ALERT: You'll have the chance to bid on naming rights at AACI, a 5-night stay at Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel or an all-inclusive 5-night stay at a resort of your choice in Mexico or the Dominican Republic, and many more! Bigad Shaban from NBC Bay Area will be our EMCEE for the evening. Our event will honor AACI's founders and early advocates, along with Supervisor Otto Lee! 🥳⁠ ⁠ 🗓️ Friday, September 6, 2024⁠ 🕒 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT⁠ 📍 Villa Ragusa - 35 S 2nd St, Campbell, CA 95008⁠ ⁠ Purchase tickets or preview our live auction packages at https://lnkd.in/dNkyHADT ! 💸 We hope you can join us!⁠ ⁠ #aaci #bettertogether #bettertogether2024 #bt2024 #gala #aacigala #gala2024

AACI is excited to be partnering with several prominent organizations in Silicon Valley to host this year’s AAPI Civic Leadership Summit! This year marks the 6th annual AAPI Leadership Summit, with the theme focusing on how civic engagement, advocacy, and power-building can take many different forms and all of them are critical pieces to moving forward as a community for positive change. We are thrilled to announce that this event will be held in person at San Jose City College (2100 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95128). Please join us as we convene current and aspiring community leaders and advocates to educate and challenge one another during these critical times as we serve and support the AAPI community. This year, we are exploring various outlets our AAPI community can actively engage and advocate for the issues that matter most to us. Join us for compelling remarks, plenary panels, and inspiring artistic performances. 👏 Location: San Jose City College, 2100 Moorpark Ave, San Jose, CA 95128 Date: Saturday, September 28, 2024 Time: 10:00 AM – 3:15 PM PT Link to register: https://lnkd.in/gxRTUhrv Encourage family and friends to participate and join the conversation. The event is FREE, and all are welcome. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. Register today, and we hope to see you there! 🤩 #AAPICivicEngagement, #AAPISummit2024, #SVACLS2024 Asian Law Alliance, Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute, LEAD Filipino, Vietnamese American Roundtable, Korean American Community Services - Silicon Valley, Viet Voluntary Foundation (VIVO)

In 2020, AACI quickly mobilized and kept our doors open to the most vulnerable members of our community during the pandemic. Throughout the early days of the COVID-19 crisis and shelter in place the following services continued without interruption: 💉 Health Center provided medical care, and COVID-19 vaccinations and testing for patients. 📞 Behavioral Health continued counseling and support to clients using telehealth and phone visits when possible. 💜 Asian Women's Home, our program for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking, continued to shelter and support survivors and their children. 🥪 Senior Center is served nutritious lunches for seniors that are packed to go and delivered. We remained committed our clients and supporting those who were anxious, sick, or seeking shelter from abuse. AACI staff were consistently on the front line of the pandemic and worked around the clock. 👏 To learn more about any of AACI's services, please visit www.aaci.org. #aaci #ourhistory #50thaaciversary #50thanniversary #history #covid

You're invited to AACI Better Together: 50th Anniversary Gala! 🤩⁠ ⁠ Join us as we embark on a celebration highlighting the rich history of trust and care we have built and how minority communities in Santa Clara County are healthier as a result.⁠ SPOILER ALERT: You'll have the chance to bid on naming rights at AACI, a 5-night stay at Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel or an all-inclusive 5-night stay at a resort of your choice in Mexico or the Dominican Republic, and many more! Bigad Shaban from NBC Bay Area will be our EMCEE for the evening. Our event will honor AACI's founders and early advocates, along with Supervisor Otto Lee! 🥳 ⁠ 🗓️ Friday, September 6, 2024⁠ 🕒 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PT⁠ 📍 Villa Ragusa - 35 S 2nd St, Campbell, CA 95008⁠ ⁠ Purchase tickets at https://lnkd.in/dNkyHADT or click the link in our bio! 💸 We hope you can join us!⁠ ⁠ #aaci #bettertogether #bettertogether2024 #bt2024 #gala #aacigala #gala2024

Medi-Cal helps you and your family stay healthy. Even if you’ve been denied for full Medi-Cal recently, see if you’re eligible now. Immigration status does not matter. Applying will not affect your immigration status. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/gThwPsyM or call AACI at 408-975-2730 ext 135. #aaci #medical #medi-cal #insurance #health

Today is World Senior Citizen’s Day! ❤️ The history of this day dates back to 1988 as an opportunity to celebrate our senior citizens, who form an important part of our society. It’s also an opportunity to spread awareness about the services older adults in our community need to be able to live healthy and happy lives. At AACI, our Senior Wellness Program promotes healthy, active aging through programs, advocacy and engagement. Programs are designed to foster health, wellness, independence and social engagement. AACI offers a broad range of culturally sensitive and linguistically competent services that empower participants with the skills and resources to overcome language barriers, adjust to a new culture, cope with intergenerational changes, establish a social support network and increase their awareness and knowledge of community resources. To learn more about AACI Senior Wellness Program, please visit https://lnkd.in/gVRpFQcz #aaci #worldseniorcitizensday #seniors #seniorwellnessprogram #swp #aaciswp