Today's Mental Health Program Will be Rescheduled:

Dear Ascend Members,

On behalf of Ascend Foundation and our partner The Commonwealth Club, we regret to inform you that Fighting the Stigma: Mental Health Among AAPIs program will be rescheduled

due to health challenges faced by two of our speakers. We wish them full recovery. This demonstrates the stress and challenge we are all facing individually and collectively in our lives.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and hope you will be able to join us when the program is rescheduled.

Kindest regards,

Ascend National Team

While the COVID-19 global pandemic gave rise to anti-Asian hate crimes, we must not forget that the AAPIs have been discriminated against and have been the victims of unprovoked violence long before the pandemic. This reality of our existence is evident as demonstrated in the Ascend Foundation’s thought leadership paper entitled Model Minority Myth & The Doubled-Edged Sword, and numerous Global #AscendTogether Forums to #StopAsianHate where we hear from members from all walks of life share their lived experiences of being marginalized, scapegoated and feeling like they don’t belong in the workplace and the society. These experiences have far reaching implications on our physical health and equally important, on our mental health.

In recognition of the mental health awareness month and as we conclude the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, join Ascend and The Commonwealth Club as we bring together leaders from a cross-section of industries for a dialogue on Fighting the Stigma: Mental Health Among AAPIs and explore:

• Impact of stoicism, model minority myth and perpetual foreigner on AAPI mental health

• Practical solutions for empowering the AAPIs to find and amplify their voice on mental health matters

• How companies and communities can together fight the stigma and create a culture of inclusiveness and belonging for AAPIs by destigmatizing mental health

Visit The Commonwealth Club website here for speaker and other details.

Livestream link will be shared with the registrants