Community Healing Events
Community Healing Events
Asian Health Services’ (AHS) Community Healing Unit is a victim services program providing holistic care to individuals and families impacted by hate, crime, and community violence. Victims and their family members can access culturally and linguistically appropriate services by a team of health care professionals and advocates. Within the first 2 years of the program, the Community Healing Unit has provided mental health, case management, systems navigation, and holistic healing services to over 200 individuals.
During the pandemic, AHS organized healing events to address the disruptions caused by COVID-19, as well as eruption of anti-Asian hate. In addition to food distribution events, the Community Liaison Unit organized a joint Asian American/African American unity celebration. Both communities were traumatized by unrest during the pandemic, and unity celebrations were one way to address this trauma.
AHS Community Liaison Unit distributes food during a Community Healing Event
Community Liaison Unit standing by a banner celebrating Asian American/Black unity
People enjoying a yoga session at a Community Healing Event
Person Distributing Pamphlets at a Community Healing Event
People Receiving Back Massages at a Community Healing Event
Man Playing an Erhu at a Community Healing Event
AHS Community Liaison Unit at Community Healing Event, 2022
Photograph by Joyce Xi, courtesy of Asian Health Services