Counselors Helping (South) Asians / Indians

CHAI's been showing up at events all over town this year to network with others around common goals!

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Hosted by CHAI at La Palapa Too in Laurel.

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Building Collaborative Communities Towards Healthier Minds

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Keynote Speaker - Douglas Duncan
Awardees - Sheela Murthy, Esq. & Dr. Siddharth A. Shah

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Mixing food, culture and raising awareness was the goal of this unique fundraiser. Several CHAI board members volunteered their culinary skills to teach Indian food lovers the art of traditional Indian cooking and quick tricks in dressing up Trader Joe's prepackages meals.

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The partnership with CHAI will result in members of the organization providing workshops for school system counselors so that they have a better sense of the needs of South Asian students and families. The organization will also find interpreters to assist the school system. In addition, the organization will also provide speakers for international student leadership programs and parent education events.

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CHAI was one of the fortunate South Asian women led organization selected to work with SAALT on the the Pilot ACE project. The grant allows CHAI to recieve training on advocacy, organizational work and customized trainings based on the needs of CHAI's work. CHAI has greatly benefitted from the ACE project and the support from the staff at SAALT!

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CHAI was able for the the third year in a row attend the capacity building conference by Manavi in New Jersey. The conference was designed to provide technical assistance, panel discussions and networking for South Asian Women Organizing against domestic violence. CHAI has greatly benefitted from attending the conferences and learning from national South Asian Women organizing groups. Its humbling and a great honor to learn from the work of so many dedicated women and men.

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I want to thank everyone's efforts for a wonderful evening at the Gala! The speakers , Anirban Basu and Dharma Naik, were engaging, and the audiences learned about the work of CHAI, MCC Medical Clinic, and Dr. Rao's South Asian Clinic and research with the South Asian community. Best of all Swaran Dhawan, recipient of the Radha Pathak Humanitarian Award was truly surprised by the award- I think shocked was more like it.

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CHAI hosted the premier of comedian,Vijai Nathan's, new one-woman show on May 17th, 2008 for our fundraising event. The venue was packed and Vijai's humerous accounts of growing up with a traditional Hindu South Indian mother and Atheist or Agnostic (depending on the day you asked him) father, highlights the dilemna of growing up in a bicultural society.

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Getting together at socials, events and other places, we always eat, drink chai and have fun!!! Come on and join a meeting, volunteer at an event or give us a call.

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The Asian American Psychological Association offered the opportunity for South Asian organizations across the nation to form a panel on "Building the Mosaic- Community Collaborations Working Together in the South Asian Community." SAPNA, PEHCHAAN, Indo-American Psychiatric Association, SAN and CHAI were among the presenters.

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In November 2007, CHAI worked with Terry Bohrer, a consultant, who is also with the Maryland Mental Health Association to strength action steps towards outreach and edcuation in the South Asian community about mental health.

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Photos from the 15 Park Ave. Fundraiser- we had the actress Konkona Sensharma speak from about the film in which she portrayed a women diagnosed with Schizophrenia. We also had a panel discussion about the film from various mental health professionals and a person who has family member diagnosed with schizophrenia.

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