Saturday, March 31, 2012: 11:25 AM-12:45 PM
Pacific H (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)
Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report
Learning Objectives:
- Explore examples of how to integrate the intersectionality of DV, immigration and homophobia in API LBTQ communities, into effective community programs
- Identify strategies to facilitate program participants to move from awareness, to understanding, to action
- Demonstrate an understanding of a health and wellness-based approach to building violence-prevention and relationship-strengthening skills in small marginalized communities
Queer Asian Women and Transgender Support (QAWTS) at Asian Women's Shelter in San Francisco will share its intent, planning, implementation, successes, and challenges in its community health development and violence prevention program: Chai Chats. The session is interactive and discussion is encouraged regarding this innovative approach to engaging some of the most marginalized people in our communities in ways that can also bring greater health, well-being and peace to broad spectrums of diverse audiences.