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Project PROTECH’s 4th Community Partners’ Showcase series will be released on our YouTube channel on Tuesday December 1st at 6pm EST
For this episode of Partners’ Showcase, we invited Alex Ma and Ryan Tran from Asian Community AIDS Services, to speak about their experiences working for the community during this pandemic.
About speakers:
Alex Ma
Alex Ma is the Support Program Coordinator at ACAS. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he moved to Toronto in 2017 to continue his work in social service. He is currently supporting the Asian HIV and queer community. His role includes case management, organizing community events and community development.
Ryan Tran
Ryan Tran is currently the Manager of Education & Outreach at ACAS (Asian Community AIDS Services). He is a Vietnamese gay cis man born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Starting at a young age leading his high school’s then defunct Gay-Straight Alliance, he now has 15 years of combined volunteer and working experience within the LGBTQ community. As part of the ACAS Men’s Program, he provides sexual health outreach, education, and one-on-one support to gay, bisexual, queer Asian men. Highlights include producing online sexual health videos, starting a harm reduction support group, and coordinating an annual community SLAM forum. He also helped in launching an inclusive Asian men’s calendar promoting positive body image, a gay Asian speed dating event, and PinkDotTO. He spent 6 months in Thailand interning with local NGO’s to support their work with HIV prevention and education. In his spare time he continues to be involved in community-led creative projects for Asian LGBTQ.
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