The Asian Center

The Asian Center was established in 1994 in order to respond to the needs of culturally sensitive human services among the Asian Americans in West Michigan, as well as in the United States. The Asian Center is designed to be the head office while The Asian Center of West Michigan has been established as a local chapter responding to local needs. Grants have been received both from local and state agencies for it’s operation. The Asian Center is a non-profit organization with a 501c3 status.

Mission of The Asian Center

The Asian Center's mission is to achieve a diversified, caring, just, and democratic global community by assisting individuals, families, groups, and communities to improve the conditions and meet the needs through self and collective actualization. The Center searches, develops, organizes and carries on policies, programs, and projects to accomplish the foregoing purposes, including, but not limited to: (a) the equalization of education, employment, and housing opportunities and the improvement of related conditions; (b) the enhancement of family life, cultural heritage, and the elimination of disruptive social influences; (c) the encouragement, stimulation and guidance of youth in the pursuit of excellence in life-long career development and responsible global citizenship; (d) the recruitment, establishment, and development of interracial, interfaith, interclass, and international leadership network for achieving these mentioned goals.

Services Offered by The Asian Center

The Asian Center has worked with other ethnic groups through the Multi-cultural Network to use QiGong, Acupuncture, and other Asian Cultural Assets to provide various important natural health alternatives, particularly for smoking cessation, cancer, cardiovascular and stroke prevention and recovery.

We have various educational flyers for victory over smoking in different Asian languages including educational materials and holistic health alternatives to share with you. Qigong has been proven to be effective in smoking cessation and cardiovascular disease prevention and recovery.

We also offer family counseling, crisis intervention, research, employee assistance programs, and educational workshops.

Download desriptions of our educational materials (pdf).
Download our educational materials order list (pdf).

Download a membership application (pdf).
Download a membership application for the West Michigan chapter (pdf).

Biography of Dr. Chung

Douglas K. Chung
Douglas K. Chung
Douglas K. Chung, MSW, MA, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Social Work at Grand Valley State University since 1989. He served as a commissioner of accreditation on the United States Council of Social Work (CSWE) during 2001-2004. Trained as a researcher in mental health, community organization, and family therapy, he has extensive practice and teaching experience and has publications in cross-cultural social work education and practice. He has developed many culturally sensitive models for personal and social transformation through the integration of Qigong Technologies and human services. He was one of the editors of Social Work with Asian Americans, and the author of Qigong Therapies: A Self Care Approach, and he is currently writing Meridian Therapies, and Chinese Social Work in the 21st Century. He is certified by the NAADAC as a Tobacco Addiction Specialist in 2004. He integrates the Eastern Yin Yang Theory, Five Elements Theory, Qigong Theory with Western Systems Theory, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Hypnosis, and the strength perspective into his own Energy Therapy Model. He has been working in tobacco control since the death of his brother in December 1999. He currently resides on the Board of Directors of Tobacco Free Michigan, is the Asian Representative for the Michigan Multicultural Network, is the founding member and board member of Tobacco Free Partners, is a speaker and workshop designer, cessation instructor, and works with the Asian communities.

Download Dr. Chung's Curriculum Vitae (pdf).