Meetings and Announcements

The Asian American Health Coalition will have their bi-monthly membership meeting on Monday, October 26th, at 6 pm.  It is our pleasure to have as our speaker our own Dr. Richard Andrews, M.D., Medical Director for the AAHC’s HOPE clinic.  Dr. Andrews’ presentation will be entitled, The Tip of the Iceberg.  He will share insights about the burden of disease in HOPE clinic’s Asian American population and suggest some individual-level and community-level responses.  After being with the HOPE clinic for more than a year, Dr. Andrews should have some interesting findings and recommendations for our community.  This information may guide the AAHC and other community based organizations in their efforts to address the health needs of the growing Asian population and the diverse communities in Southwest Houston.

Are you interested in helping establish a culturally and linguistically competent long term care facility for Asian elderly?
For several years, Asian and other community leaders have been discussing the need for a culturally and linguistically competent long term care facility (nursing home, assisted living, skilled nursing facility, etc) for Asian senior citizens in the Houston area. This project has been brought to the attention of the AAHC leadership once again, and we are planning to host a meeting of stakeholders and interested individuals in the very near future to discuss how to make this a reality. If you are interested in working on this project, please contact Dr. Beverly Gor at (832) 721-8838 or bjgor@comcast.net

Next Event:

The October meeting of the Asian American Health Coalition will be on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 6:30 pm, at the HOPE Clinic, 7001 Corporate, Suite 120, Houston, TX 77036. Light refreshments will be served.

NOTE: the meeting will be on a Wednesday instead of a Monday.

Our special speaker will be Ms. Anne Dunkelberg, Associate Director for the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP)based on Austin, TX. Anne is one of Texas' leading experts in policy and budget issues relating to health care access. In 2007, she was named Consumer Advocate of the Year by Families USA in Washington, D.C. Before coming to the CPPP, she served as Program Director for Acute Care in the Texas Medicaid Director's Office and spent six years with the Texas Research League, where she authored numerous reports on Texas health and human services issues and tracked state health and human services budget issues. She earned dual degrees from The University of Texas at Austin—a Bachelor of Arts (Plan II), magna cum laude, in 1979 and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs in 1988.

Anne will be speaking on Health Care Reform and What It Means to the Asian American Community. Please invite all who might be interested in this important topic.

For more information, contact Beverly Gor (bjgor@comcast.net or 832-721-8838 or Shane Chen (schen@hopechc.org)