We unveiled our new logos during the 2024 Healing HeARTS Community Art Fest in May
In-language services are essential to serving AA and NH/PI communities
NAPAFASA attends a youth coalition meeting with Families in Good Health and Herald Christian Health Center at Mission United Community Methodist Church in Rosemead, California
Problem gambling can devastate entire families, and the shame felt can prevent affected individuals and families from seeking help
A snap of Leo Lishi Huang from Project Human Every Day shares their experiences with substance use and recovery
Leaders across Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities share their experiences with students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles
NAPAFASA attends and marches in solidarity with all those at Long Beach Pride!
NAPAFASA volunteers, interns, former staff, and board members came to visit our office during our February 2024 retreat
Representative Judy Chu and and Senator Mazie Hirono applaud the official release of the Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Congress: 1900-2017 in Washington, DC
NAPAFASA met up with public health advocates and legislators in Sacramento, California, to share information about health disaparities
The Honorable S. Floyd Mori, Garden Grove City Councilmember Diedre Thu-Ha Nguyen, and the Honorable Warren Furutani share their experiences as leaders during the APAICS Summit in 2018
The Pasion Performance Group teaches us some of their moves during the AAPI Youth Summit we co-hosted with SIPA and Samahang Pilipino at UCLA in April 2023
Six youth AAPI individuals discuss their mental health journeys. Moderated by Allyson Goto.
In 2023, we co-sponsored NAAPIMHA and RAMS's AANHPI Youth Mental Health Summit at the San Francisco LGBT Center to discuss the mental health crisis and how we're changing our approaches to address the stigma towards mental health
With the help of the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, local volunteers came by on the Alhambra Day of Service to help us with sign-making ahead of our annual art festival
NAPAFASA current and former executive directors at pre-pandemic LA Pride
Healing HeARTS facilitator Zoë Cain helps our elders create Zines of their own personal stories
Our Healing HeARTS project hosts a gallery walk for folks to share what self-care can look like
The harm reduction movement is rooted in health justice, and its origins and practices came from the fight to save lives during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 80s and 90s
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, joined by Krystal Ka‘ai, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, hosts a roundtable with national AA and NHPI leaders representing health advocacy and civil rights organizations Monday, May 6, 2024, in the Secretary’s large conference room at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building in Washington, D.C. (Official HHS Photo by Amy Rossetti)
NAPAFASA joined our colleagues to advocate for AANHPIs at the May 2024 Roundtable with U.S. Department of HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (Official HHS Photo by Amy Rossetti)

 

Our Story

Since 1988, the National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA) has served and worked with Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities on initiatives and projects addressing behavioral health in our communities.

As of 2024, we officially retired our founding name and updated our name to the National Asian Pacific American Families Allied for Substance Awareness and Harm Reduction, keeping our long-time acronym NAPAFASA. Click the About tab to read more about our mission, vision, and what went into updating our name and logo.

We aim to involve

This means direct participation by everyday people, sharing their views and experiences.

We aim to connect

It means bringing people together to share knowledge, tools, personal stories, and encouragement with each other.

We aim to represent

While we are rooted in serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities, we know that the well-being of one community is bound up with the well-being across diverse communities, so we work with people from all backgrounds.