Photo series by Nancy Wong

Q: How can Asian men promote safe & healthy relationships? What do men need to do to learn their true role in relationships?

Alden Chung, Sophomore, Major: Accounting/MIS, Minor: Finance

Promote self (serve as an example) & don’t succumb to negative peer pressure; good behavior is contagious.

Ben Dang, Post-Secondary Education Option, Major: Undecided

Be considerate of the other party

Luke Grigore, Sophomore, Major: Mechanical Engineering, Minor: Biology

Learn to control our actions & words, and when to hold back – learn to do the right thing.

Do the Asian Thing is in the spirit of celebrating Asian American Heritage Month, and at the same time highlighting the strengths of APIA cultural values and encouraging discussion around the vital issue of ending domestic violence.

Asian Women United of Minnesota engages APIAs, especially youth and young adults, to elevate social discourse about safe and healthy relationships within the APIA experience. This includes expanding or redefining cultural traditions and what it means to be Asian when it comes to romantic and familial connections.

In collaboration with the Asian-American Student Union at the University of Minnesota, AWUM interviewed and photographed ASU students at Coffman Memorial Union on April 11, 2011. Each student voiced their ideas about promoting safe and healthy relationships and AWUM gathered these inspirational comments.

The mission of Asian Women United of Minnesota (AWUM) is to end domestic violence by promoting safe and healthy relationships within the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community.

A report from the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (www.apiidv.org) reports that forty-one to sixty percent of Asian Pacific Islander American women report having experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.

For more information about AWUM visit www.awum.org or email awum@awum.org. The 24-Hour Crisis Line is 612-724-8823. The regular business line is 612-724-0756.

Photo series by Nancy Wong

Q : What new traditions can be created that reflect Asian values that encourage safe and healthy relationships?

Do the Asian Thing is in the spirit of celebrating Asian American Heritage Month, and at the same time highlighting the strengths of APIA cultural values and encouraging discussion around the vital issue of ending domestic violence.

Asian Women United of Minnesota engages APIAs, especially youth and young adults, to elevate social discourse about safe and healthy relationships within the APIA experience. This includes expanding or redefining cultural traditions and what it means to be Asian when it comes to romantic and familial connections.

In collaboration with the Asian-American Student Union at the University of Minnesota, AWUM interviewed and photographed ASU students at Coffman Memorial Union on April 11, 2011. Each student voiced their ideas about promoting safe and healthy relationships and AWUM gathered these inspirational comments.

The mission of Asian Women United of Minnesota (AWUM) is to end domestic violence by promoting safe and healthy relationships within the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community.

A report from the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence (www.apiidv.org) reports that forty-one to sixty percent of Asian Pacific Islander American women report having experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.

For more information about AWUM visit www.awum.org or email awum@awum.org. The 24-Hour Crisis Line is 612-724-8823. The regular business line is 612-724-0756.

Karina Forrest-Perkins

The Board of Directors of Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota on April 27, 2011 announced the selection of Karina Forrest-Perkins, MHR, LADC as its next Executive Director. She will be replacing Ms. Connie Skillingstad who has been the PCAMN Executive Director for the past nine years.

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MINNEAPOLIS (April 6, 2011) – The response to non-felony domestic violence cases in Hennepin County’s suburban courts differs substantially from that of the court in downtown Minneapolis, according to a new report that will formally be released tomorrow by WATCH. Key findings in the report include the lack of accountability in the suburban courts for repeat offenders of domestic violence; a lack of emphasis on victim safety; and the need to improve the environment in suburban courts.

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Mr. Pheng Thao, Director of Community Programs for Asian Women United of Minnesota, speaks on domestic violence programs at the Minnesota State Capitol March 9, 2011. (Photo by Nancy Wong)

AAP staff report

St. Paul, Minn. (March 9, 2011) – The Minnesota Men’s Action Network in its Alliance to Prevent Sexual and Domestic Violence held a Rally last week on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol. The 2011 Action Day to End Violence Against Women drew supporters to advocate for no compromise on legislation that supports public safety and health – and particularly priority programs that address violence against women and children.

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Los Angeles, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2011) – Izumi Miyake joins the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, as the newest staff attorney who will assist domestic violence survivors. Miyake, who is fluent in Japanese, will focus on outreach to the Japanese community, and on providing family law and immigration services to low-income immigrant survivors of domestic violence.

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Men Institute Workshop (Photo by Nancy Wong)

AAP staff report

MINNEAPOLIS (August 19, 2010) – Asian and Pacific Islander men of Minnesota took a proactive approach toward domestic violence and anger management with a two-day event August 19-20 at Oren Gateway Center of Augsburg College. More than 70 people participated in an intensive training to examine the intersection of sexism and racism and to explore how power and privilege contributes to violence against women and children.

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Asian Women United of Minnesota in collaboration with various Asian Pacific Islander organizations and community leaders will host the first “API Men Institute.” The two day event is free and open to the public on August 19-20, 2010 at Augsburg College, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on both days on campus at 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454-1350.

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St. Paul, Minn. (July 2, 2010) – It has been almost 20 years since Circus Juventas coach Chimgee Haltarhuu left her native Mongolia for the United States, but the images are as sharp as if it were yesterday. Many of them are violent, reflecting life for girls and women in a male-dominated society.

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By TOM LAVENTURE

AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (June 7, 2010) – Claudia Stahl is the new Executive Director of Asian Women United of Minnesota, an organization that has rebounded from administrative troubles for the past decade – and was saved in large part for its unique need as the only shelter of its type to serve Asian and Pacific Islander victims and families from domestic violence.

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