Project Lotus focuses on Asian American mental health advocacy. Their mission is to destigmatize mental health in Asian-American communities by “tackling the model minority stereotype through culturally-relevant education for the community and the empowerment of voices.” Their website features stories from the community, articles, webinars, workshops, and their podcast.
The NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH) is based in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity. Its services research and evaluate Asian American health and health service disparities. The webpage explains the background of the organization, approach, guiding principles, research tracks, career development, community engagement, dissemination resources.
This book highlights the adoption journey as a child adoptee. It provides insight into the emotions and thoughts an adoptee or foster child, while also equipping parents and caregivers with appropriate responses and resources. The book illustrates settling into an adoptive home, challenges with building trust, feeling a sense of worth, and establishing his identity. The illustrated portion connects to recommendations for parents: things to think about, tips for conversations, family activities, and additional resources.
This is a children’s picture book that centers around a foster care adoption story. It’s meant to help explain adoption support, kinship care, and special guardianship to kids.
This novel is about a young orphan who dreams of reuniting her family after decades of separation. She begins a quest and gains more than she ever dreamed possible. This is a powerful true story of loss, love, spirituality, coping, and redemption.
This story follows a conversation between a child and his mother and their conversation about God and family. This book affirms how love is what truly makes a family.
This is a collection of stories, poems, and songs about different types of families and family relationships. The central concept of this anthology is that the concept of “family” includes adoptive and foster families, step-families, relatives, friends, community, culture, and global humanity.
This is a children’s picture book that discusses transracial adoption. It uses religion to portray adoption and human creation.
This is a celebratory and poetic testament to the timeless love felt between parent and child. This picture book is inspired by the heartwarming story of Hoda Kotb’s adoption of her baby girl, Haley Joy.
This is children’s storybook that talks about the vast and varied types of families. The book features families of every shape, size and relation. The protagonist realizes that the makeup of the family doesn’t matter, as long it’s full of caring people.
