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Asian-Black Racial Healing Project

Asian-Black Racial Healing Project

In 2021, Asian Health Services and Baywell Health (formerly West Oakland Health Council) initiated the Asian-Black Racial Healing Research Project in response to the heightened violence experienced by both communities. Throughout the last three years, we’ve collaborated on various initiatives, including joint food distribution events, mental health strategies, and cultural celebrations. Asian Health Services and Baywell Health engaged over 1,000 Asian and Black community members in a series of listening sessions, interviews, focus groups, and surveys to discuss violence, racism, and healing. Here are a few faces and voices from our communities.

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“I like hearing different languages, people who don’t sound like me and it makes me curious as to where they’re from… So, it gives me an opportunity just to see different cultures, see the way they dress, to see the different foods that they cook, things of that nature.”

Project Participant

“We should all communicate better and unite together. Because of our cultural differences, it would be hard. We need a communication bridge to connect Asian and Black groups. This can increase our power in this society. This can lessen racial discrimination in our community.”

Project Participant

“When it comes down to it, you get a real good diverse mixing pot of personalities and cultures here in Oakland. No matter whether it’s in East, West, North, you’re going to have such a diverse people that you’re going to grow up with all these different cultures that you’re going to learn from, be able to interact with.”

Project Participant

“I noticed that both of our communities are hurting and a long history of oppression and racism and hate towards both of us. I like seeing us come together, helping each other.”

Project Participant

Julia Liou (Asian Health Services), Thu Quach (Asian Health Services), and Robert Phillips (Baywell Health) share about the Asian-Black Solidarity Project at the Asian Pacific Fund’s 2023 API Summit.

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