South Asia
Denver Community Overview
Denver's South Asian communities are some of the newest communities to establish in the Metro Denver region. Coming from Cambodia, Laos, Thai, India, and Nepal many of these families came as refugees escaping war torn homelands.
Although many of Metro Region’s early South Asian immigrants have since assimilated into the general culture there continues to be neighborhoods and noteworthy establishments throughout the city that reflect their rich traditions through markets, churches, restaurants, local businesses and art galleries and the newer residents are adding even more rich traditions to our community.
Visit each of the Country pages to find out more about specific community resources, restaurants, religious services and more.
Denver is a sister city with Chennai, India.
Community Resources
Asian Pacific Development Center
1544 Elmira Street
Aurora, CO 80010
303-365-2959
1825 York Street
Denver, CO 80206
303-393-0304
6055 Lehman Drive, Suite 103
Colorado Springs, CO 80918
719-533-1301
The Asian Pacific Development Center is a community-based, nonprofit, 501 (c) (3) organization founded in 1980 to serve the needs of a growing population of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AA/PI) residents throughout Colorado.
APDC operates a licensed Community Mental Health Clinic designated by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, innovative Health Promotion and Youth Programs, and a multicultural Interpreters Bank.
A trained professional staff provides Culturally Competent services that include: assessment and evaluation, individual and group counseling; case management services; victim assistance services; mentorship, after school, and youth leadership programs; health promotion; interpretation/translation services; as well as cultural competency training and consultation.
The Asian Youth Mentorship Program (AYMP)
Ge Thao
Program Coordinator
1551 S. Monroe
Denver, Colorado 80210
303-782-5225
Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance (BAPA)
P.O. Box 21406
Boulder, Colorado 80308-4406
(303) 499-0108
boulderasian@yahoo.com
The Boulder Asian Pacific Alliance (BAPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating awareness and understanding of the diverse Asian and Pacific Islander culture in order to promote their perspectives into the larger Boulder community. BAPA was founded in 1994 and represents the Hmong, Japanese, Chinese, Laotian, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Korean, Filipino, Malaysian, Indian, Thai, Tibetan, and Nepalese cultures.
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