Virtual Book Reading with CAAA: Permission to Come Home by Dr. Jenny Wang
Date
May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Venue
Ithaca, NY
May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 pm
Ithaca, NY
DATE: Tuesday, May 31, 2022
TIME: 12:00 p.m. ET – 1:00 p.m. ET, 11:00 am CT – 12:00 p.m. CT
LOCATION: Zoom
Please join the Cornell Asian Alumni Association for the final event of our APIDA Heritage Month.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Jenny Wang, founder of the @asiansformentalhealth community, as she releases her first book, Permission to Come Home: Reclaiming Mental Health as Asian Americans. Dr. Wang will be doing a book reading, followed by a Q&A session. Alumni can purchase the book at this link here:
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Jenny Wang is a Taiwanese American clinical psychologist and national speaker on Asian American mental health and racial trauma in Asian American, BIPOC, and immigrant communities. Her work focuses on the intersection of Asian American identity, mental health, and social justice. She is the founder of the @asiansformentalhealth Instagram community, in which she discusses the unique experiences of the Asian diaspora and immigrant communities. She spearheaded the Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American Therapist Directory and its companion Canadian directory to help Asians seek culturally-reverent mental health providers.