The Team — C19 Response Coalition

We are a collaborative team of organizers, translators, and artists.

Lead Team

The lead team coordinates partners for the C19 Response Coalition, manages this website and organizes the distribution of print resources.

Hua foundation is a Vancouver-based youth empowerment non-profit working at the intersection of cultural heritage and social change. Our mission is to empower youth in the Asian diaspora to fully participate in advancing social change through exploring our racialized identities and building resilience in communities.

Kevin Huang, External Project Manager
Daphne Tse, Internal Project Manager
Christa Yeung, Communications Coordinator
Carmut Me, Chinese Language Organizer
Jackie Wong, Hua Foundation, Director of Communications
Chris Bolton, Web Developer

Translators

Mark Lee, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese translator
Vân Đặng, Vietnamese translator
Alexine Sanchez, Tagalog translator
Khristine Carino, Tagalog translator

Artists

Dawn Lo

Coalition Members

Bảo Vệ Collective is a group of grassroots community organizers working to empower Vietnamese youth in creating equitable communities. Bảo Vệ Collective works with the C19 Response Coalition to develop COVID-19 resources for Vietnamese communities. Co-Founders:

Mimi Nguyen, Project Lead COVID-19
Kathy Thai, Design and Communications
Y Vy Truong, Public and Community Engagement

A loose collective of grassroots diasporic Filipino community leaders and organizations have come together in partnership with the C19 Response Coalition to support the development of culturally and linguistically accessible resources for Tagalog speakers in the diaspora. These include Tulayan and Sulong UBC, as well as the following:

Jeremiah Carag, member, Sulong UBC
Khristine Carino
John Paul Catungal, Assistant Professor, UBC Social Justice Institute and Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies
Izzie Fortuna, member, Sulong UBC and Tulayan
Lara Maestro, co-founder, Sulong UBC
Justinne Ramirez, volunteer, Tulayan
Sammie-Jo Rumbaua, board member, Tulayan
Alexine Sanchez, member, Sulong UBC

UBC Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies (ACAM) is a multidisciplinary undergraduate program at the University of British Columbia that focuses on the histories, cultures, and social development of Asian communities in Canada in a global context. UBC ACAM has also hosted the ACAM Dialogues: Mental Health in Asian Canadian Communities, a discussion-based event series that connects students towards building community and shared connections to topics of mental health and wellness. UBC ACAM works with the C19 Response Coalition to compile COVID-19 resources for mental health and wellness.