Asian Resources

June 5, 2023

Resource	Organization	Type	Focus	Additional Info	Link
Manavi	Manavi	Both	South Asian	Founded in 1985, Manavi is the first organization in the United States dedicated to ending all forms of violence against South Asian survivors. Using a survivor-centered approach, Manavi provides culturally specific and linguistically appropriate services to South Asian survivors of gender-based violence. Manavi’s staff and volunteers are bilingual—speaking over 14 different South Asian languages.	View
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence	Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence	Both	Asian/Pacific/Asian American	Maintains a downloadable directory of programs serving Asians, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.	View
Asian Mental Health Collective	Asian Mental Health Collective	Wellness	Asian/Pacific/Asian American	https://www.asianmhc.org/	View
South Asian Therapists.org	South Asian Therapists.org	Wellness	South Asian	Here you can find culturally competent South Asian mental health professionals to help you get the support you’re looking for.	View
National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network	National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network	Wellness	POC/BIPOC	Advancing healing justice by transforming mental health for queer and trans poc.	View
KAN-WIN	KAN-WIN	Both	Asian/Pacific/Asian American	KAN-WIN’S mission is to eradicate gender-based violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault, especially for women and children across Asian American communities and beyond through culturally competent services, community engagement, and advocacy.	View
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association	National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association	Both	Asian/Pacific/Asian American	Resources page includes supportive programs.	View
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance	National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance	Wellness	LGBTQ Asian/Pacific/Asian American	Founded in 2005, the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance empowers LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders through community capacity building, policy advocacy, and resource development.	View
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance	Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance	Unclear	Asian/Pacific/Asian American	Founded in 1992, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers, most of who are union members, and our allies advancing worker, immigrant and civil rights.	View
Red Canary Song	Red Canary Song	Both	Asian/Pacific/Asian American, Asian & Migrant Sex Workers	Red Canary Song is a grassroots organization of Asian and Migrant sex workers and massage workers, organizing transnationally. Our work is in the tradition of sex worker mutual aid, and we center base-building with migrant massage workers through a labor rights, migrant justice, and PIC abolitionist framework.	View
Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network	Butterfly Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network	Both	Asian/Pacific/Asian American, Asian and Migrant Sex Workers	Butterfly was formed by sex workers, social workers, legal and health professionals. It provides support to, and advocates for, the rights of Asian and migrant sex workers. The organization is founded upon the belief that sex workers are entitled to respect and basic human rights. Butterfly asserts that, regardless of their immigration status, Asian and migrant sex workers should be treated like all other workers.	View
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights	Unclear	Migrants/Immigrants	An organization working to defend and expand the rights of all immigrants and refugees, regardless of immigration status. Includes a page that links to immigrant hotlines.	View
Queer Asian Mental Health Club	Instagram handles- @QueerAsianSocialClub @AsianMentalHealthProject @Jemarcaxinto	Wellness	Asian/Pacific/Asian American, LGBTQ Asian/Pacific/Asian American	Bi-weekly beginning August 7, 2023 at 5:30 pm PST/ 8:30 pm EST	View

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*This is a directory compiled by NSN staff and members. Inclusion in this directory is not an official endorsement of the organization, and does not suggest that the NSN or Cast has a formal relationship with these organizations.