Save Our Seniors

Asian American seniors are often left out of the national conversation on poverty

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Victoria Tran, May 31, 2017 Despite being the fastest-growing population in the United States, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are often overlooked or reported as a monolith in research on racial and ethnic disparities. Representation matters—and that’s especially true in policy research, where “invisibility is an unnatural disaster” (Mitsuye Yamada). Aggregate statistics obscure communities’ contributions … Read more

Kaze Jones’ Rap: The struggle to protect and provide quality healthcare for Japanese American seniors

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“This piece was inspired by Save Our Seniors Network and their struggle to protect and provide quality healthcare for Japanese American seniors.” – Kaze Jones Save our seniors, Who are fighting to survive…to live out peacefully the rest of their lives. But echoing their past struggles and cries, Now How could it be, close to … Read more

An Appeal From a Resident of the Sakura ICF

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The Sakura Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) is unique in the entire United States. There is no comparable facility that SOS is aware of anywhere else other than the one that exists at 325 South Boyle Ave. in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. This resident (whose anonymity we seek to protect due to the danger of Pacifica … Read more