NICOS Chinese Health Coalition (華人健康組織聯會)

09/24/2025

Please share widely! NICOS is conducting a parent workshop on teens and social media use:

Monday, September 29, 2025
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Workshop will be offered in English with simultaneous live Chinese and Spanish interpretation!

09/24/2025

“Asian-American businesses and communities are treated as collateral damage. Mom and pop stores are being forced to make an impossible choice: raise prices or close down for good.” - Grace Meng of New York, chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)

US president urged to reverse duties that are forcing businesses to raise prices, potentially lay off workers or even close.

09/24/2025

Training these future health professionals at ( )! 👊

Our Chinatown Task Force on Children's Oral Health ( ) staff and interns created a training-of-trainers ( ) / -building curriculum to train these juniors and seniors to teach oral hygiene to their freshman peers enrolled in classes! Today, they demonstrated they are more than ready to take on the ! 💪😎 Thanks to Ms Shafer for inviting us to connect with her amazing students!

09/24/2025

Survivors of previous eras of xenophobia say the harms done have lasted generations – and what’s happening now threatens to do the same

09/23/2025

09/22/2025

Immigration officials detained a grandmother and seamstress who has lived in the U.S. for more than 30 years at a routine check-in, sparking protests from community members.

09/22/2025

At Sunday Streets, Western Addition today!

09/20/2025

"The free multimedia textbook, titled 'Foundations and Futures,' is set to come out in early 2026 and contains 50 chapters on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities written by over 85 scholars from across the country."

A new textbook is weaving together overlooked stories that make up the fabric of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, from Vietnamese American oral histories to the rise of Samoan athletes on the football field.

09/19/2025

"By terminating grants for certain MSIs (Minority Serving Institutions), the Trump administration is sowing division and denying students of color the opportunities they need to succeed. We won’t stand for it."

Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06),
Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY-09)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus—Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Chair Rep. Grace Meng (NY-06), Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), and Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Rep.

09/18/2025

"By nationality, China (676, 30%), India (578, 26%), and Vietnam (342, 15%) accounted for the largest shares. Along with Laos and Nepal, the top five countries made up 80% of Asian arrests."

Arrests of Asians by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have more than tripled in just one year (2024–2025).

09/18/2025

“While you’re under the deportation process, you can’t realistically have a life, because knowing at any minute … you could be deported.” - Billy Taing

Taing said these routine check-ins have become a scary process, knowing that people “could check in and not check back out.”

09/18/2025

"For many Asian American voters, who make up about half the district’s population, the frustration tapped into a longstanding feeling of being ignored"

A powerful political backlash to the conversion of a roadway to a park on the city’s western seashore led to Tuesday’s downfall of the supervisor representing the neighborhood — a move Asian American leaders say signals the rising political power of a community long ignored on transportation i...