Finding a community can help provide a safe place, comfort, and bring a sense of belongingness for individuals which can help improve your mental health! Listed below are various organizations located in Fresno that help serve and advocate for AAPI communities and those alike.
Explore prominent AAPI organizations in the city of Fresno!
"Partnering with our communities to galvanize and develop confident and thriving Southeast Asian youths to become global change agents through Health, Education, Agriculture, Recreation and Technology"
"Support and promote Asian American business owners in the Central California region by providing community resources on business development and sustained success."
"Central California Pacific Women prepares and empowers Asian and Pacific Island women from the Central Valley to advocate for gender and social justice by supporting and providing leadership and mentoring opportunities in the Central Valley and beyond."
"Hmong Innovating Politics is a grassroots organization whose mission is to streengthen the political power of Hmong and isenfranchised communities through innovating civic engagment and strategic grassroots mobilizations. We envison a California of empowered communtiies that thrive in a socially and economically just democracy"
"The Jakara Movement is a grassroots community-building organization working to empower, educate, and organize working-class Punjabi Sikhs, and other marginalized communities; to advance their health, education, and arts/cultural, economic, social, and community power. We strive to create a Gurmat-inspired community, rooted in the struggle of our foremothers and forefathers, committed to gender equality and caste abolitionism to develop powerful, informed, and organized youth leadership, locally-rooted residential power, and community capacity that will be a key partner in building a better future for all."
"Our mission is to empower the community and support families to achieve educational and socioeconomic success through leadership development, mentorship, and cultural preservation."
https://sites.google.com/stonesoupfresno.org/stonesoupfresno/home?authuser=0
"To inspire children and nurture families to realize their full potential in America"
"The Fresno Center has a multi-cultural focus and works to provide an array of culture-based services that support self-sufficiency, economic viability, and empowerment across all communities. Services have expanded to include various social support programs, mental health, navigator services, food security, emergency response, and COVID-19 education and supports for all communities in need…We are staffed with diverse Cultural Brokers and staff who speak Spanish, Hmong, Lao, Khmer, Hindi, Punjabi, Arabic and English. "
"Stop AAPI Hate is a national coalition dedicated to fighting racism and discrimination against Asian and Pacific Islander people in the U.S. We strive to advance the multiracial movement for equity and justice by raising awareness about anti-AAPI hate, working in solidarity with allied communities, and advocating for comprehensive solutions that tackle the root causes of race-based hate."
"FIRM is a faith-based non-profit that serves the needs of over 10,000 refugees in the Fresno area of the California San Joaquin Valley, primarily refugees of Southeast Asian, Slavic, and African origin. In 2017, we served refugees from 22 different countries. We serve them through holistic neighborhood/youth outreach and enrichment programs, citizenship, advocacy, community gardens, health navigation and policy work, culturally appropriate community organizing, an after-school program and much more."
Fresno State also has many amazing AAPI student organizations on campus that help foster community, growth, and unity within and outside Fresno state. Currently a college student or an upcoming one? Join these very organizations or you can support them by keeping up to date with them through social media.
amerasiaorg@gmail.com
fresnoanime@gmail.com
pa.xiong@mail.fresnostate.edu
Chinese Student Association
fresnostate2024csa@gmail.com
Hmong American Ink & Stories
haisfresnostate@gmail.com
Hmong Student Assoication
hmsafresno84@gmail.com
Sikh Collegiate Federation
Japanese Student Assoication
Lao Student Assoication
csufresnolsa@gmail.com
Magkaisa Filipino Club
magkaisa08@gmail.com
Punjabis at Fresno State
fresnostatepunjabis@gmail.com