The Asian Coalition Against Tobacco (ACAT)
was established in October of 2000 with funding from the Minnesota Department of
Health. ACAT is organized and operated by six Southeast Asian agencies which
includes Association for the Advancement of Hmong Women in Minnesota, Cambodia
American Family Alliance, Lao Assistance Center, Lao Family of Minnesota, Lao
Parent-Teacher Association, and Southeast Asian
Community Council.
The goals of this collaboration is to create activities that attract Southeast
Asian youth to build networks with other local and national efforts in
addressing, educating and creating awareness in the community about tobacco
usage among Southeast Asian youth. Through these initiatives youth create
leadership advocacy groups to deal with cultural, social, and political tobacco
usage with intra-groups and inter-groups.
For more information, please contact:
Yia Lee Youth Leadership Development Coordinator
612-521-4859
yiaslis@yahoo.com
