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Monthly Archives: July 2015

Volunteer Program is currently recruiting for Administrative Assistant

Volunteer Program is currently recruiting for Administrative Assistant Objective: To provide administrative and clerical support to the Executive Director and Program Coordinators as required.  To act as ACAS frontline reception and direct clients and visitors to the appropriate services in a manner that is in line with ACAS guidelines and principles. Time Commitment: minimum 3 months commitment / 3 hours per week Current available shifts for this role are as follows: Wednesday's 1st shift: 11 am - 2 pm 2nd shift: 2 pm - 5 pm (or 3 pm - 6 pm) Friday's 1st shift: 11 am - 2pm Qualification/Requirements: knowledge of office procedures – phone etiquette, filing, organizational skills, computer skills (MS Office) good communication and social skills client-centered, sensitive, non-judgmental, and ability to work with diverse communities basic knowledge of HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention and willingness to increase knowledge through training and personal study awareness of relevant Asian community resources and services, client needs assessment, and referral skills an asset mature, responsible, reliable and self-starter knowledge of an East Asian and/or South-East Asian language an asset Training & Placement: Volunteer is required to attend specific volunteer orientation training and Core Skills Training. You will also receive special training specific to this role. Evaluation: Performance will be reviewed and evaluated by the volunteer program coordinator every 2 months. For more details or if interested, please contact Trisha directly at (416) 963.4300 ext 232 or via email volunteer@acas.org.

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INTERNAL JOB POSTING: Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator

Women’s Outreach Program Coordinator Internal Job Posting: For members, volunteers, service users, and current employees Type of Contract: Part-time (3 full days/week), contract position Application Deadline: Thursday, July 30 (midnight) Interview Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 Contract Duration: August 17, 2015 -June 30, 2016, renewable Responsibilities: 1. Plan, implement and evaluate the Asian Women-at-Risk Outreach and Education Project 2. Recruit, train and support 8 peer educator volunteers to assist with HIV/AIDS education services for Asian women 3. Provide 8 HIV/AIDS outreach sessions at various East and Southeast Asian ethno-cultural community events, ESL classes, church groups and settlement services 4. Conduct 14 HIV/AIDS/STIs workshops for Asian women in the City of Toronto 5. Organize “Pillow Talk” , a community learning forum on women and sexual health 6. Organize World AIDS Day activity in collaboration with other ACAS programs 7. Collaborate with ACAS Men’s sexual health project to organize outreach and workshops targeting heterosexual men 8. Attend network meetings and professional development training as required 9. Maintain statistics, prepare reports and a funding proposal 10. Other administrative tasks as needed Qualifications: • College or university education or 2-3 year work experience in social work, adult education, or health promotion • Familiarity with the East and Southeast Asian communities in Toronto, especially with issues faced by newcomer women and their families • Knowledge, and/or lived experience, and sensitivity to issues concerning HIV/AIDS/STIs, women’s healthy sexuality, and violence against women • Good communication and writing skills in English • Fluent in one of the East or Southeast Asian languages and able to conduct a workshop in that language a must • Basic volunteer management skills • Experience in workshop planning, and group facilitation, especially with women • Experience in conducting health outreach activities, and community development • Ability to prioritize, delegate, and handle multiple [...]

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Run with ACAS at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon (STWM) Charity Challenge 2015 to help raise $20,000!

Dear runners, walkers, donors and ACAS supporters, Are you ready to run for a great cause and raise money for Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) to support East and Southeast Asians living with HIV in Toronto? Join us as a runner or walker on Sunday, October 18, 2015 at this year at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k Run/Walk (STWM) Charity Challenge! This is ACAS’ 5th year at the STWM Charity Challenge, and our fundraising goal is $20,000. We invite each and everyone of you to take part of the challenge either as a runner, walker, fundraiser, donor or supporter! Last year, ACAS had 26 runners/walkers in five teams to rasie a total of $24,811at the 2014 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half-Marathon and 5k, exceeding our $20,000 fundraising goal. This year, we are hoping to once again achieve or surpass our $20,000 fundraising goal as a way to finish celebrating our 20 years of community building and activism for the East and Southeast Asian HIV and LGBTQ communities in Toronto. The funds raised will help ensure that our East and Southeast Asian service users living with HIV/AIDS can continue to receive the much needed culturally and linguistically appropriate services, to access emergency client funds to cover medication or emergency housing costs, and to apply for education allowance for education and training opportunities. The money raised will also help support the Ontario Positive Asians (OPA ) network that aims to bring all Asians living with HIV across the province together where they can connect with one another in a culturally-safe space and identify the needs most relevant to their well-being. Please watch this space, http://run4acas.tumblr.com, and our ACAS website (http://www.acas.org) and ACAS Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/AsianCommunityAIDSServices) for news and updates. If you would like to register to become a [...]

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ACAS Releases the Straight Talk Pilot Needs Assessment Final Report on Heterosexual Asian Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)

Over the past year, Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) has undertaken a challenging yet groundbreaking pilot needs-assessment project focused on heterosexual Asian men who have sex with men (MSM). The goal of the project is to gain a better understanding of this often hidden and hard-to-reach group of men, to assess their sexual health knowledge and safer sex practices, and to gather recommendations to fill any existing service gaps. The Straight Talk Program was funded by the Toronto Urban Health Fund, and was guided a community advisory committee on targeted outreach strategies as well as the development of culturally-appropriate interview questions to engage participants from the target population. 1-on-1 interviews and focus group were held over this past year. To transfer the knowledge gained from the project, the program had presented at community forums such as Pagitipon! Coming Together, the ACAS Sex, Love, Asian, Men! Real - Sexual Health Forum for Asian Gay and Bi Men, and the prestigious 2015 Guelph Sexuality Conference. The Straight Talk Program would like to share with you our final report for the pilot-needs assessment project.  You can download the report here: If you have any questions or answers, please contact Christian Hui, Straight Talk Coordinator at straighttalk@acas.org

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ACAS June 2015 Pride Month in Review

Did June just pass by like a whirlwind? Did you Come Out and Play? Are you still feeling the high from all the amazing and fun events that took place at ACAS during Pride Month? Here is a re-cap of what happened this past month: ACAS Crowns the first-ever Miss ACAS 2015!   For those who attended the Miss ACAS Pageant: A Pride CelebrAsian Fundraiser for Queer Asian Youth, you must remember what a fun and heart-warming event that was! We would like to congratulate our first-ever Miss ACAS 2015, Lara Bonita!  Thanks to our 4 very talented contestants---Madame Sin, Jolin Starr, Nookie Galore, and Lara Benita---all the guests, community allies and donors laughed, screamed, and joined together to raise over $7,000 for the ACAS youth program, Queer Asian Youth (QAY), which had lost its funding from the City after 15 years of existence serving as a culturally-safe space for East and Southeast LGBTQ Asian youth. We would like to thank our Volunteer Coordinator, Trisha Steinberg, for working so hard to put this event together, and to the team of volunteers who made the event possible. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all the attendees, donors and our co-sponsors, Dr. Robert Diaz, Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies at OCAD University, OCAD’s Office of Diversity, Equality and Sustainability Initiative (ODESI), KAPATID Toronto, Gushi, Intercontinental Hotels, Holiday Inn Bloor-Yorkville, Moss Park PharmaCare, Win’s Flowers, Fresh.Beautiful (The Skin Studio), Andre Goh, Alan Li, Keith Wong, and Giovanni Temansja.   ACAS Celebrates Pride 2015 What a Pride Festival we had this year? For those who took part in this year’s festivity and celebration of LGBTQ diversity and inclusion, you must remember that it was a very WET Pride indeed! Though it poured and rained, the spirits of our ACAS community [...]

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