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About Asian Media Access

Asian Media Access (AMA) is a comprehensive community education agency supporting creative solutions for problems within Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) community through education, media advocacy, information technology and community organizing. Our mission is to "Connect the Disconnected." We work to promote the use of the media and information technology as an educational and communicative tool, to present AAPI issues and perspectives in the mainstream media, to empower AAPI youth with leadership and media production skills, and to support the AAPI community with equal access to information and services.

AMA offers programs in areas of: 1) Film Exhibition (Annual Film Festivals and Weekly Asian movie showings); 2) Media Education (Weekly media educational workshops, Annual Media Camp; 3) Media Production (Monthly cable access show entitled "East Meets West," Educational video productions, Community-wide virtual information database for health and social services in various Asian languages (APA ComMNet); 4) RICE (Reaching Immigrant with Care and Education) that includes an on-going support group and case management for runaway and homeless youth.