GMAACC Youth
Do you want to learn more about…
🌱 systemic issues that impact our mental health
🌱 our Asian identity with a cohort of other Asian youth leaders
🌱 history and issues that affect the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) communities
🌱 skills used by community organizers to fight for a better world
🌱 and/or any LOCAL grassroots advocacy and civic engagement efforts?
GMAACC runs THREE programs centered on youth:
YPAW - Youth Project on Asian Wellness (run by GMAACC staff Annabel Shu)
YOG - Youth Organizing Group (run by GMAACC staff Annabel Shu)
Asian American Studies Course for AAPI High Schoolers
(taught by Tufts Professor Emeritus Jean Wu and educator Katie Li)
GMAACC’s youth programming provides Malden youth leadership development to foster resilience, self-efficacy, and empowerment. Our youth have moderated panels, organized events, conducted research, and improved Malden through creative placemaking.
Any questions or concerns? Email Annabel at youth@gmaacc.org!
What we’ve accomplished:
RESEARCH:
Conducted youth-led participatory action research to assess the needs of the growing Asian-American community in Malden.
ACTION:
Organized a youth-moderated forum called “Beyond Fortune Cookies,” in partnership with Malden Reads, which educated the Malden public about the model minority myth and the issues Asian-Americans face.
Organized a youth-moderated webinar, “Malden Community Town Hall”, to discuss the surge of anti-Asian sentiment in our communities due to the coronavirus and what our communities can do to fight against it.
CREATIVE PLACEMAKING:
Partnered with Massachusetts Area Planning Council to conceptualize and create a new welcome sign for the Malden River.