NICOS Chinese Health Coalition (華人健康組織聯會)

09/04/2026

Happening next week!

09/02/2026

Beautiful 😍 night in our neighborhood!

08/29/2026

Met some great students @ USF Part-Time Job Fair this morning! Check out our job listings on Indeed and Handshake, including Bilingual Health Educator 🖋 and Project Coordinator - Chinese Community Problem Gambling Project 🀄😃

08/28/2026

"For a year and a half, Lei Huang, a Microsoft data scientist with a six figure salary has lived in a 14-by-9-foot room in a single-room-occupancy (SRO) in San Francisco’s Chinatown."

Why a six‑figure tech worker chose to live in a Chinatown SRO

https://asamnews.com/2026/08/24/why-a-six-figure-tech-worker-chose-to-live-in-a-chinatown-sro/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=sitetitle-newsletterposttitle-3

08/27/2026

"While Asian Americans often do well in American society, the book’s author argues that the 'Asian American experience must be understood within a system of white supremacy and racial capitalism.'”

Amherst professor’s forthcoming book argues Asian American success is tied to ‘white supremacy’

Amherst College sociology professor Pawan Dhingra’s forthcoming book argues that Asian American prosperity stems from the same system of ‘white supremacy.’

08/26/2026

"Long before immigration raids and deportations became political flashpoints, Chinese immigrants defied the federal government’s expansion of immigration powers in the late 19th century."

Chinese Immigrants Led the First Mass Resistance to America's Deportation System
https://www.kqed.org/news/12096279/chinese-immigrants-led-the-first-mass-resistance-to-americas-deportation-system

08/26/2026

"My fear for all of this stuff is, not only is the Asian American community isolated from other communities, but within our own communities we are isolated from each other. The Indian Americans do not see their fight the same as Muslim Americans, and Muslim Americans don't see their fight the same as East Asians." - Rep Gene Wu



Asian Americans Aren't Getting a Pass Says this Texas Democrat
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/asian-americans-arent-getting-pass-120000246.html

08/26/2026

Conducting a workshop on the health harms of sugary drinks for residents of Ping Yuen housing this afternoon! For more than a decade, NICOS has promoted the message "Less Sugar, Sweeter Life!"

08/25/2026

From our partners at UCSF's Clinical and Translational Science Institute!

08/23/2026

Celebrating 🍾 115 years with our good friends at the Chinatown YMCA Saturday, August 22! Chinatown Y director Andy Chu currently serves as NICOS' Board president