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Our biggest HAPI turnout yet!
Despite the turbulent rainstorms and high temperatures, ASIA’s HAPI Fresh Farmer’s Market hit record attendance this summer.  Hundreds of community members visit us each Wednesday to shop for homegrown and…
Asian Services in Action in collaboration with Jin Huo Community to Publish Co-generational Refugee and Immigrant Memoir Magazine
A Precious Inheritance
Della tenderly turned the plastic pages of her photo album, which are laden with photos upon photos of her life. They ranged from formal, black and white photos of a…
Summer BINGO for Behavioral Health
Play Behavioral Health BINGO and attend FREE events hosted by ASIA-ICHC! Learn more about behavioral health and win prizes at the same time! Join for a chance to win a…
AKRON REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS TO CO-HOST WORLD REFUGEE DAY CELEBRATION IN NORTH HILLÂ
Akron, June 14, 2024- Immigration Network Akron (IN-Akron), Refugee Health Task Force, Asian Services in Action’s International Community Health Center (ASIA-ICHC), and North Hill Community Development Corporation (NHCDC) are…
Stop and Smell the Roses
On a sunny day in April, at a pleasant 68 degrees Fahrenheit, two Cleveland Metroparks vans filled with ASIA’s Community Adult Mentorship (CAM) students pulled into the parking lot of…
To Literacy and Beyond
The men in the newly arrived Afghan community had a resounding request in September, three months after ASIA’s Women and Literacy classes began: they wanted ASIA to host a men’s…
Asian Services in Action Congratulates the International Welcome Center for Selection as Summit County’s New Refugee Resettlement Agency
Akron, April 18, 2024– Asian Services in Action (ASIA) has begun a new partnership with the International Welcome Center to support the resettlement of refugees in the Barberton, Kenmore, and…
COMMUNITY FEATURE
Cleveland, OH - While Hamayon Yaqobi, Senior Operations Manager at ASIA’s International Community Health Center, sat in quiet excitement for the naturalization ceremony to begin at the Carl B. Stokes Building, he was accompanied by two equally excited individuals who introduced themselves as Mike and Meg. When asked how they knew Hamayon—are you friends or family?—Meg smiled and said, a little bit of both. Those categories are not enough to describe their incredible bond.Â
January 19, 2021
Akron Beacon Journal
'She's opening gates for my race:' Akron's Black and Indian American communities celebrate incoming VP Kamala Harris
June 9, 2020
ideastream
Contact Tracing Is a Time-Tested Method for Fighting Outbreaks But It's Facing New Challenges
July 10, 2020
Cleveland.com
Column: Yesterday’s refugees are today’s Americans. We should be welcoming more of them.
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Akron Beacon Journal
Documentary highlights Asian American voters in battleground states
AUGUST 28, 2020
Cleveland.com
Hindered by pandemic, community groups try to save Cleveland’s census response
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
ideastream
Coronavirus Is Fueling Prejudice, Asian-American Group Says