美国华人联合会精神健康项目 UCA WAVES 总第 4 期

UCA WAVES Newsletter November 2023

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Support UCA and UCA WAVES. Thank you for Riding the WAVES with us to save young lives.

Happy Thanksgiving

感恩节的祝福

亲爱的朋友们，在这个充满喜乐的季节里，UCA WAVES 特别感恩与你们的相遇、结缘，共同掀起关注华裔精神健康的浪潮。感恩与你们一起努力的每一天！祝福你们平安康乐，幸福相随！

Dear friends and families, as we celebrate this Thanksgiving holiday, UCA WAVES would like to thank you for your generous and continued support. We are so grateful for your friendship, partnership, participation and engagement as we make the big splash on mental health awareness among the AAPI communities. UCA WAVES wishes you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and blessed Thanksgiving holiday!

2023 心理健康急救员培训月度更新

Mental Health First Aid Training Monthly Update

14 Training sessions , 182 Mental Health First Aiders Trained, 28 states Represented

The Mental Health First Aid Training Program aims to educate community members about mental health and boost their ability to prevent or handle crises, allowing them to become "mental health guardians" for themselves and their loved ones.

Managed by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, this certification course equips attendees with skills to recognize and respond to crises and substance abuse symptoms. Successful participants earn a globally recognized "MHFA Certificate".

UCA WAVES联合 MHACC 在今年举办了多次“精神健康急救员培训”，该培训是一门以技能为主的认证课程，由美国心理健康委员会管理。这个课程教授学员如何识别、理解和应对心理危机的体征和症状，以及对药物成瘾的挑战。

让您可以对正在经历精神心理危机的人伸出援手并提供初步帮助和支持的技能。针对不同人群，分为成人和青少年急救员课程，通过测试的学员们将颁发全球认证的“精神健康急救员证书”。

So far in 2023, a total of 515 people from 28 states registered. 182 people completed training and became Mental Health First Aiders!! Congratulations !!

截至2023年10月，共计有来自28个州515人报名参加了我们的培训，成功通过培训取得证书的有182人！恭喜他们！

Lily Chen喜获2023年MHFA博士生奖励基金

Lily Chen AWARDED the 2023 MHFA DOCTORAL STUDENT GRANTS

Congratulations! The National Council for Mental Wellbeing is committed to expanding the research and evaluation of all Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) programs. The MHFA USA Doctoral Student Grants Program demonstrates this commitment by supporting doctoral students interested in evaluating the processes, outcomes and impacts of MHFA in the United States. Each year, the grant will provide a one-time award of $5,000 to four outstanding full-time doctoral students who demonstrate significant potential as researchers in their field of study.

国家心理健康委员会致力于扩大心理健康急救(MHFA)项目的研究和评估。因而设立了“MHFA美国博士生资助计划”基金，支持致力于研究和评估MHFA项目的进程、结果和影响的博士生。每年，该基金将向四名在各自研究领域表现出巨大研究潜力的优秀全日制博士生提供5000美元的一次性奖励。UCA WAVES项目总负责人Lily Chen喜获2023年的奖励基金。

教育工具包 - 打破“模范少数族裔”的沉默

Toolkit for Breaking Silences in the Model Minority

This toolkit was created for breaking silences and provide guidance to all community activists, public health professionals, academics, and researchers seeking to build a culture of health among Asian American families.

WAVES “打破沉默”团队正在开发的一款帮助亚裔父母的教育工具，已经完成了手册说明的撰写，点击下面按钮可以下载了解。

Click the link below to read more about the toolkit:

UCA WAVES will collaborate with ACAESUSA to conduct mental health education on Sunday, November 12th, at Dallas Chinese Community Center.

The above picture was taken on September 16 this year when Asian Culture and Education Society USA (ACAESUSA) participated in Denton, Texas’s Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center. ACAESUSA’s Mental Health Program was started and planned in Washington DC by ACAESUSA President Jan Xie, in partnership with UCA WAVES, to address mental health issues among youth and Asians.

11月，UCA WAVES 将与ACAESUSA合作开办心理健康讲座，时间是在11月12日周日下午，地点在Dallas Chinese Community Center。

上图摄于2023年9月16日，ACAESUSA参加了在马丁·路德·金娱乐中心举行的德州丹顿的西班牙裔传统月庆祝活动。德州ACAESUSA心理健康项目由解健始创于华盛顿特区，与UCA-WAVE合作，解决年轻人和亚洲人的心理健康问题。

2023 UCA National Board Retreat

新英格兰地区华人社区组织峰会暨UCA全国理事会议

The historic town of Lexington, Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the birth of the United States, became the backdrop for a different kind of revolution on October 22nd and 23rd, 2023. The United Chinese Americans (UCA) National Board convened for its annual retreat at the Lexington Historical Society, hosted by the UCA Massachusetts (UCA MA) chapter and New England Chinese American Alliance (NECAA).

UCA WAVES core members Laura Liu and Jan Xie joined the conference and introduced the WAVES project to the Chinese organizations in New England, building up a good relationship with local Chinese organizations who are also concerned about the mental health of Chinese American youths. We look forward to future collaborations with more local communities.

2023年10月22日和23日，新英格兰地区华人社区组织峰会暨UCA全国理事会议，在马萨诸塞州的历史名城列克星敦召开。该镇曾因其在美国诞生过程中的关键作用而闻名，如今又被赋予了新的意义。此次会议的主题是：打造团结进步之路，由UCA马萨诸塞州分会和Necca主办。

Laura Liu和Jan Xie代表UCA WAVES出席了本次会议。在会议上向新英格兰地区的华人组织介绍了WAVES项目的理念和目前工作开展情况，和同样关注着华裔青少年精神健康的各地华人组织建立起了良好的关系，为将来可能的合作打下基础。

UCA WAVES项目负责人陈健获邀加入TAAF全美AANHPI青少年心理健康调查项目社区咨询委员会

UCA WAVES Director Lily Chen has been invited by the Asian American Foundation (TAAF) to serve on the National Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for the first large-scale AANHPI Youth national survey

WEBINAR 讲座

MHACC 心理暖線全新系统上线

MHACC Warm Line new system launched！

MHACC 心理暖線是一條免費而保密的心理暖線，專為在美華人提供的即時的情感支持和資源轉介。

暖線提供國語/粵語/英語服務

周一到周日，9am-9pm

有10個接線員輪班

MHACC Warm Line provides immediate and confidential emotional support and resources to persons who are facing mental health challenges.

Multi-Lingual and Free:

Choose from Mandarin, Cantonese, or English to receive our no-cost services.

Hours:

Available Monday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. （10 LINES）are facing mental health challenges.

WAVES' New Partners 新的合作伙伴

Serve the Seniors 为年长者服务

Documentary Film Making in Canada 纪录片拍摄

获奖纪录片导演常昌富教授（Changfu Chang）正在拍摄的纪录片，讲述亚裔美国人家庭与精神健康疾病相关的故事。最近在加拿大拍摄Gurbinder一家的故事，进展顺利。

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Professor Changfu Chang is working on a documentary about how mental health issues affected AAPI families. The filming of Gurbinder and his family in Canada went well.