VIA Times – May 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

Asian/Pacific Islander LGBTQ Youth Mental Health The Trevor Project published3 a new report titled, “Asian/Pacific Islander LGBTQ Youth Mental Health.” It examines depressed mood, suicide risk, and LGBTQ identity disclosure and acceptance among Asian/Pacific Islander (API) LGBTQ youth using data ...

By: James DC   Mom’s Pantie The mother had washed her hair and just put rollers in–but she didn’t have a hairnet for them, so instead she used a pair of panties to keep them in place. Her 4-year-old son ...

By: Melody Rabor-Dizon   If it’s not the unknown, the uncertainty of what tomorrow brings, the nonstop blaring news on every channel of the pandemic statistics of lives claimed, loss of a job, for others the painful loss of a ...

By: Reign C, ChaCha M, Xavier D   SPRINGFIELD – Knowing that effective, skilled, and diverse early childhood educators are a lynchpin to classroom quality, Gov. JB Pritzker has awarded the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) $1.3 million in grants to strengthen ...

Dear Friends, We pay tribute to those who touched our lives and who recently died during the coronavirus pandemic: Anastacio “Tanny” de la Fuente (d. March 23, 2020) Thomas “Tom” Fencl (d. April 5, 2020) Emilio Garcera, WWII Veteran (d. May ...

Emergency Relief During COVID-19: Help CMAA Provide Clients with Technology To meet the expanding needs of the low income immigrant and refugee community during the COVID-19 crisis, the Associate Board of Chinese Mutual Aid Association (CMAA) is hosting a technology ...