Reimagine collaborators, Elizabeth Wong and Holly Chan, are hosting a forum for Asian-American community members to discuss self-care, balance, and boundaries in caregiving.

Join us in kicking off National Family Caregivers Month by engaging in brave intergenerational conversations with other family caregivers who identify as Asian American (including but not limited to Central Asian, East Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian, or Southeast Asian descent). Reimagine’s first AAPI Forum in 2021 explored what it means to live and die well as an Asian American. For our 2022 AAPI Forum, we will explore what it means to be an Asian-American family caregiver. We will ask the question, “How does taking a time-out, or not, for oneself impact care, and ultimately, the way caregivers choose to live and die themselves?”

While the intention of this space -- created by and for AAPI communities -- is to center the diverse experiences of AAPI folks, EVERYONE is welcome to witness, listen, and learn.

Filial piety is a virtue highly valued across Asian cultures, particularly in the hosts’ East Asian cultures. It is a child’s sense of duty or obligation to provide physical care, love, service, respect, and obedience to their parents. This expectation, while intended to create a sense of structure within a family, can lead to conflict of values, wishes, and intentions among family members of different generations.

The last few years have been unprecedented in every sense of the word, and we are still feeling the weight of a collective grief. We want to provide and hold space for the unsung, and often unseen, family caregivers who silently grapple between choosing what’s best for themselves and what losses they are willing to accept in fulfilling their role. We invite you to share and discuss what taking “time-out” means for you, so that we may all learn how to support and encourage one another to experience joy and feel fulfilled in caregiving.