Kansas City Asian American
Health & Wellness Conference 2023

Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been celebrated in May in the United States. Since 1992, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month has also been celebrated in May in the United States. 

Fountain of Life seeks to combine the national recognition of mental health and the contributions and influence of AAPI peoples by organizing the Kansas City Asian American Health and Wellness Conference in May 2023.  

Asian Americans have experienced generational trauma from institutional racism stemming from historical experiences such as the government’s use of nearly 15,000 Chinese laborers to build the Transcontinental Railroad between 1863 and 1869, and laws and regulations such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1924 and Executive Order 9006 of 1942 which resulted in the United States forcibly relocating and incarcerating more than 120,000 Japanese individuals in 75 internment and concentration camps.  More recently, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a spike in discrimination towards and hate crimes committed against Asians – tragically sometimes resulting in death – sparking the national #StopAsianHate movement. These historical and recent experiences of community and individual trauma make it all the more important for the Asian community to explore mental health honestly and in culturally appropriate and accessible ways.

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If you or your company would like to sponsor this event, send us an email at hello@fountainoflifekc.org.

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自1949年以来，美国一直列5月为心理健康意识月。自1992年以来，美国也在5月庆祝美国亚裔和太平洋诸岛后裔（AAPI) 传统月。生命之泉力求将国家对心理健康的认识与AAPI人民的贡献相结合，在2023年5月组织堪萨斯城美国亚裔健康与保健研讨会。

亚裔美国人经历了制度性种族主义的代际创伤，这些创伤源于历史经验，例如政府在1863年至1869年期间使用近15,000名中国劳工建造横贯大陆铁路，以及1924年《排华法案》和1942年第9006号行政命令等法律和法规，这些法律法规导致美国强行将12万多名日本人重新安置和监禁在75个拘留所和集中营。最近，自新冠肺炎疫情爆发以来，对亚洲人的歧视和仇恨犯罪激增——可悲的是，甚至导致死亡——这引发了全国性的#StopAsianHate运动。这些社区和个人创伤的历史和近期经历，使亚洲社区以文化上恰当和无障碍的方式诚实地探索心理健康变得更加重要。

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如果您或您的公司想赞助此活动，请发送电子邮件至 hello@fountainoflifekc.org.