CACCC Hosts Compassion in Action: Embracing Caregiving with Human-Centered AI

July 21, 2025 – Cupertino CA – The Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) hosts Compassion in Action: Embracing Caregiving with Human-Centered AI, an educational fundraiser, honoring and celebrating the past 20 years of service and looking forward to embracing the future of caregiving with human-centered AI at the Milpitas Community Center on Saturday, August 9, 2025 from 2:00 - 5:00 PDT. This event will be conducted in English and Mandarin. General admission: $20.00. To purchase ticket, click here.

Keynote speaker, physician-scientist Jonathan H. Chen, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research, will present AI in Medicine: Integrated Intelligence or Illusory Imitation? and share his insights on how to empower caregiving by combining human and artificial intelligence approaches to deliver better patient care.
Keynote speaker, caregiver and cancer survivor Peggy Sheng, former Chief Operating Officer of Coalition of Asian-American IPA (CAIPA), will present One Day at a Time, and share her 9/11 exposure experience and her caregiver and cancer journey.

Additionally, from August 10-21, CACCC will host a series of in-person and virtual educational sessions in Mandarin: Caregiver Panel Discussion; Spiritual Talk; Suicide Prevention; Flower Arranging for Stress Reduction ($20 materials fee); Mindful Self-Care; AI in Healthcare Topic featuring Dr. Jonathan Chen; Poetic Medicine for Grief, and conducted virtually in English, the Professional Healthcare Forum.

Kaiser Permanente’s hospice and palliative care internist Esther Luo, MD, is the keynote speaker for the virtual Professional Healthcare Forum on Friday, August 15 from 1-3pm. Dr. Luo will present Caring Through the Continuum: Integrating Palliative Principles in Stroke Care for Chinese American Patients and share her insights and perspectives on how healthcare providers communicate with stroke caregivers across the continuum of care. Participants will also hear from a panel of speakers that includes a nurse practitioner and social worker Mindy Wen, NP, MSW of Alameda Hospital and UCSF Medical Center; a family caregiver and volunteer Tenny Tsai, and a chaplain Ven. Zhiyun Cai, PhD, BCC-PCHAC of Stanford Health Care. The panel will join Dr. Luo during the Q&A session of the program, facilitated by CACCC Co-Chair, geriatrician Emiley Chang, MD, MPH of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

To register for the free sessions, click here or go to: https://forms.gle/R3zzMTsxjDVckRB5A
“It has been an incredible and rewarding 20-year journey,” said CACCC founder Sandy Chen Stokes. “Our mission and impact have grown from a local grassroots project to a global initiative.
“As we look forward to the next twenty-years, we are honored to celebrate CACCC’s two decades of service and embrace how AI technology will impact the global caregiving community,” said CACCC Co-Chairs Emiley Chang, MD, MPH and Simon Chow, RPh, LAc, MS.

“CACCC’s Event Planning Committee has prepared a thoughtful and inspiring educational fundraiser program which supports our mission and brings our community together for a meaningful cause and impact,” said Danny Fang, the event chair for the 20-year anniversary. “We hope you will join us.”

CACCC’s 20-year sponsors include:
Diamond $20,000
K&W Family Foundation; CAIPA, and KTSF26 (Media Sponsor)
Platinum $10,000
Chinese Cancer Memorial Foundation; Celia P. Chen
Platinum $9,000
Yamei Chang and Antonio Saw / Google Matching Donation
Gold $5,000
SF Don Sir Charity Fund; AARP; AARP California; Nunet Global, LLC
Stanford Medicine Palliative Care, and SCAN
Silver $3,000
Henry & Mailing Chen; Cynthia X. Pan, MD
Silver $2,000
EW Orchid Garden Foundation

Bronze $1,500

AACI; Alameda Family Funeral; Coalition for Compassionate Care of California; Coda Alliance; Family Caregiver Alliance; Kaiser Permanente; On Lok; Santa Clara Family Health Plan; Steven Ma, MD; Suncrest Hospice; Sutter Health; UCSF MERI Center for Education on Palliative Care, and Valley Health Foundation

Sponsor opportunities are still available. Please contact Sandy Chen Stokes at sandystokes@caccc-usa.org or Jeanne Wun at jeanne@caccc-usa.org.

CACCC English/Chinese Schedule of Events from August 9-21, 2025 is attached

About CACCC

Celebrating two decades of providing compassionate community service, education and outreach to the Chinese community and to the healthcare professionals who serve them, since 2005, the Chinese American Coalition for Compassionate Care (CACCC) is comprised of 250 organizations and over 7,000 individuals receive e-newsletter, globally. An award-winning coalition, CACCC is the first coalition devoted to addressing end-of-life care concerns of the Chinese community. Recognized as an educator, an innovator, a leader in end-of-life education, internationally, CACCC provides education and support in advance care planning, hospice and palliative care, mindful self-care, loss and grief, Doctor Talk, Spiritual Forum, Heart to Heart® Café Facilitator training, and more. Visit caccc-usa.org or email info@caccc-usa.org or call (866) 661-5687.
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Media contact:
Jeanne Wun
jeanne@caccc-usa.org
1-408-896-7366