Archive for Asian American
March 21, 2008 at 5:35 am · Filed under Asian American, Events
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Civic Engagement Conferences (CEC’s) are designed to bring together public and private sector employees, community leaders, educators and students from diverse ethnic communities to explore civic participation and public policy issues concerning the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities in the Central Valley and Northern California region. It provides the opportunity for political networking and the skill sets and knowledge to become active and effective advocates, leaders and elected officials.
Civic Engagement Conferences are designed for about 100 attendees, and tailored to address the needs of each region. With a morning panel of local community leaders and/or elected officials, the afternoon consists of break out sessions on different topics like 21st Century Leadership, or How to be on Boards & Commissions.
Upcoming Civic Engagement Conferences:
March 21, 2008 at 3:29 am · Filed under Asian American, Events
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California Asian Pacific Islander Policy Summit
Convened by the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
In partnership with:
Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality (AACRE)
Asian and Pacific Islanders California Action Network (APIsCAN)
California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus Institute
Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs
Tuesday, April 15th - Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Sacramento Convention Center - Sacramento, CA
Play a part in the annual California API Policy Summit!
• Demonstrate collective power and increase visibility of APIs in the state.
• Advocate for laws that advance fairness, justice, and access for our communities.
• Bolster our community’s political influence, expand your knowledge, and put your advocacy skills into action through Capitol legislative visits, legislative hearings, coalition building, and workshops.
• Integrate policy advocacy into your organization’s mission.
For more info: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/apilegcaucus/policysummit.htm
September 18, 2007 at 3:57 pm · Filed under Asian American, Media
I LOVE MASI OKA! You have to love a guy who can code and save the world…and still have a sense of humor and humility! He’ll be on Ellen this Friday:
Friday, September 21: MASI OKA
Put your learning pants on because STEVE SPANGLER THE SCIENCE GUY is giving a demonstration on gasses. No, not that kind of gas. He’s also going to dip a guy in invisible ink and knock a paper cup off of an audience member’s head with a giant smoke ring blown all the way from across the studio. Then, last season he helped save the cheerleader and the world, and now Ellen is saving him a seat on her show. From the super-powered NBC blockbuster “Heroes,” MASI OKA comes back from the future to reveal exciting details from the much anticipated second season and witnesses first hand Ellen’s super interviewing powers.
September 18, 2007 at 12:21 pm · Filed under Arts, Asian American, Literature, Opportunities
From the Secret Identities site:
Although top talents from the comics industry will be contributing to Secret Identities, we continue to actively seek Asian American creators both in and outside the comics industry interested in contributing one to six page stories to the book, either within the superhero genre or commenting on it in a satirical or insightful fashion. This may include artist/writer teams or artist-writer sole creators as well as artists seeking to be paired with a writer, or writers with an idea seeking to be paired with an artist.
Interested artists must submit art samples, and writers must submit story ideas, by no later than October 15th, 2007 to be considered for the anthology. All characters and stories included in the collection must be original to their creators and previously unpublished in any venue. The collection is intended to be creator-owned: Contributors will retain all rights to characters, depictions, backgrounds, marks, and storylines associated with their submissions.
For submission guidelines and agreement, visit Secret Identities.
June 30, 2007 at 1:05 am · Filed under Act now!, Asian American, Immigration, Politics
It’s been 25 years since Vincent Chin’s brutal murder by Detroit autoworkers who blamed their woes on Asian imports, and subsequently on Asian Americans … instead of on the Chrysler honchos who thought “capitalism” and “competition” meant “protectionism” and “higher import tariffs” rather than “innovation” and “efficiency.” Detroit couldn’t build a better mousetrap, so it collapsed.
We’re not losing our jobs to minority Americans, much less to immigrants: American corporations are selling our jobs to the lowest bidders overseas. It’s global capitalism at its finest … isn’t that what this war in Iraq is about? Exporting good old American democratic, capitalistic, uber-consumer values, so we can grow more markets to build McDonald’s and Wal-Mart’s in?
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