Week 1: “Maineland”
Week 2: Caring for Students
Week 3: In Their Own Voices
Week 4: Let’s Talk! Together
Week 5: (Virtual) Classroom

Let’s Talk! 2021 Professionals Conference
For Educators and Clinicians

Promoting the Success and Well-Being of Asian and Asian American Students
April 1-29, 2021

Weekly Thursday Evenings 7 PM EST/4 PM PST (total 5 events)

After having to delay the launch of the first-ever Let’s Talk! Professionals Conference in the spring of 2020 due to COVID-19, we were thrilled to launch the first-ever Let’s Talk! Professionals Conference virtually during the month of April 2021. Tremendous thanks to all who joined us from across the U.S. and abroad. See below for a summary of Let’s Talk! 2021 Professional Conference events.

FEATURING DIRECTOR MIAO WANG

THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 AT 7:00-9:30PM

MAINELAND is a documentary filmed over three years in the U.S. and China. It follows the experiences of two Chinese international students who board and study in rural Maine. After the screening, there will be a special panel discussion featuring director Miao Wang and educators and clinicians working directly to support international students here in the U.S.

FILM SCREENING FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A

• Loris Adams, MDiv, Director of Equity and Community Life, The Hewitt School

• Margaret Park, MA, EdM, CAS, Assistant Principal, Seoul Foreign School

• Miao Wang, “Maineland” Film Director

• Weiyang Xie, PhD HSPP, Clinical Psychologist, University of Notre Dame/United Chinese Americans 

• Xiaoqiao Zhang, PhD, Research Fellow, MGH CCCSEW

For more information about MAINELAND and/or to learn more about obtaining the film or arranging your own educational screening, please visit: www.mainelandfilm.com.

INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS FROM CLINICIANS/RESEARCHERS, FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A

THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 AT 7:00-9:00 PM

• Mini Keynote
  Justin Chen, MD, MPH, “Breaking Silences in the Model Minority: Asian American Mental Health Before and During COVID-19”

• Jang Eun Cho, MD , “Parachute Children: Unique but Not Uncommon Journey of Asian International Students”

• Catherine Vuky, PhD, “Social-Emotional Needs of Southeast Asian Refugees and Immigrants”

• Hyeouk Chris Hahm, PhD, LCSW, “How We Can Prevent History from Repeating Itself: Addressing Anti-Asian Discrimination and Supporting Asian Youth”

• Juliana Chen, MD, Discussion Moderator

FEATURING DIVERSE STUDENTS AND THEIR STORIES, FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021 AT 7:00-9:00PM

• Mini Keynote
  Josephine M. Kim, PhD, LMHC, NCC, "The Role of Schools and Educators in the Identity Development of Bicultural Asian American Students"

• Andrea Le, EdM, Discussion Moderator

How Can We Better Support Asian & Asian American Students and Ourselves?

COLLABORATIVE SMALL-GROUP PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SHARING ACROSS GROUPS, INCLUDING AFFINITY SPACE FOR ASIAN PROFESSIONALS

THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 AT 7:00-9:00PM

• Marina Lee, EdM, Opening Remarks

• Josephine M. Kim, PhD, LMHC, NCC, Discussion Facilitator

INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS FROM EDUCATORS/SCHOOL-AFFILIATED PROFESSIONALS, FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A

THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021 AT 7:00-9:00PM

• Mini Keynote
  Jean Yu-Wen Wu, PhD, “Know History, Know Self: To Be Grounded In Our Critical Histories”

• Vinodini Murugesan, MA, “The Gateway Scholars Program: Strategies for Developing Student Autonomy and Facilitating Community Integration in a U.S. Higher Education Environment”

• Anping Shen, EdD, “Let’s Talk about Asian Students’ Social and Emotional Well-Being”

• Maggie Shih, LICSW, MEd, “Practical Factors in Supporting Asian/Asian-American Students and Their Families in School Settings”

• Nora Yasumura, MSW, “The Importance of Raising the Visibility of the Pan-Asian Community”

• Shubh Agrawal, EdM, CAS, Discussion Moderator

REGISTRATION IS LIVE

LET’S TALK! 2022 PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE

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FEBRUARY 8 & 15, 2022; 4PM-7PM EDT