Chinese American Culture Night (CACN)

This year’s cultural night addresses an important and prevalent topic in the Asian-American community: mental health. We believe that the first step to solving this issue is to stimulate conversations within the Asian American community about the topic. Historical, cultural, and religious values that are deeply held by particularly first-generation Asian Americans, such as “loss of face (or honor),” contribute to severe stigma for mental health. Thus mental health is often ignored or rarely discussed within the Asian American community. As a demographic, Asian Americans are often overlooked, partly, because of the model minority myth, but UCLA CACN is taking a stand this year and highlighting the importance of mental health.

The storyline of CACN follows a group of students struggling to make the transition between college and adult life.

 The focus of the story is on Kevin, a young man overwhelmed by his parent’s expectations, and his journey within the AAPI community on understanding mental health.

The show also features performances from UCLA Wushu, Chinese Cultural Dance Club, ACA Hip Hop, and ACA Lion Dance, and is free to attend.

UCLA students can pick up 2 FREE tickets at CTO starting next Monday, 5/6/19 10am.