AAPI Community Healing & Mental Health Discussion
Thursday, May 30th from 5pm-8pm
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Join us in celebrating AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander) Month with an AAPI Community Healing forum and a discussion about mental health, identity, and healing-centered engagement. This program is presented by Mango Tree Counseling & Consulting and the Free Library of Philadelphia's Science & Wellness Department. The formal panel and Q&A discussion starts at 5:30pm, but come at 5pm for snacks and tabling with our panelists. After the conversation ends at 6:50pm, we'll stick around for more informal interaction and fun!

Translation services in Mandarin will be available at the in-person event.

This program is open for everyone - you don't have to identify as AAPI to participate. 

If attending through Zoom, please register at Meeting Registration - Zoom.  The below registration is recommended but not required to attend in-person:

Thursday, May 30th from 5pm-8pm

Parkway Central Library - 4th Floor Skyline Room
1901 Vine St

Questions about this event? Please email ErefSW@freelibrary.org



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If you feel comfortable sharing, please indicate if you identify as AAPI (Asian American Pacific Islander)
What questions do you have for the panel? Don't forget to read their bios below! :) 

Sinta Penyami Storms: Gapura Philadelphia

Sinta Penyami Storms is an Indonesian dance artist and a visionary, community leader, and activist who nourishes and promotes dance, fashion, cuisine, and other aspects of Indonesian tradition. Sinta's mission is to preserve and promote the Indonesian culture. In 2011, she started Modero Dance Company to promote her art and provide a safe space for the Indonesian community. Besides sustaining the Indonesian community's creative economy, Modero dancers are actively involved in social justice issues such as race and gender equality, immigration issues, and worker's rights.
Suja Mathew, MA: Virtua Health

Dedicated to human compassion, cultural humility, and growth, with over 20 years of experience in behavioral health, managed healthcare settings, and hospitals.


Reksmeymony Yin, MEd: Philly Asian and Queer

I went to Eastern University to pursue my Master's in Education, concentrating on Curriculum & Instruction: Early Childhood Education (PreK-4th). I completed a myriad of coursework in instructional methods, education assessment and research design, and electives in nonprofit management and School Law. I have aspirations to learn more about government, policy-making, and policy research in order to be a stronger advocate for marginalized, vulnerable populations for which many social programs and policies are designed to serve. I am an ongoing learner of topics like social impact, strategy development, and sustainable leadership pathways.


My life journey has led me to school classrooms, community-based organizations, coalition-building and advocacy, and educational leadership and organizational development. I taught, trained, led, and grew. I value every ecosystem and landscape I have been a part of. 


Rowan Ching, M.Ac.: Rowan Ching Healing Arts

Rowan is a licensed acupuncturist, artist, and educator living and working on Lenape land. Rowan received their Masters of Acupuncture degree from the Won Institute in Warminster, PA after three years of intensive graduate study of the theory and practice of East Asian Medicine. Rowan is also a Level 2 Reiki practitioner trained by Sensei Marie Kyoko Morohoshi. 


Esther Castillo, PhD: Asian American Women's Political Initiative (AAWPI)

Dr. Esther Hio-Tong Castillo is a mental health and social justice advocate with expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) matters. She has nearly two decades of working experience in education as a teacher, counselor, community advocate and faculty in various educational settings, including early childhood education, youth programs, adult education and higher education. In 2020, Dr. Castillo founded the Chinese Immigrant Families Wellness Initiative (CIFWI) at the Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation---an innovative community-based program dedicated to breaking barriers to mental wellness in Asian immigrant communities. As a biracial queer woman, first-generation college student and 1.5 generation immigrant, Dr. Castillo's identity and life story has strengthened her dedication to improving mental wellness and equities for underserved communities, focusing on immigrant and Asian communities.


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