OCA – Orange County Chapter

Founded in 1973 as Organization of Chinese Americans, OCA is a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. OCA aims to embrace the hopes and aspirations of nearly 12 million Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.

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FACT SHEET

Co-Sponsoring Organizations & Funder: OCA National Center in partnership with OCA-Orange County and NAAAP Orange County—funding provided by UPS Foundation.

Purpose & Background: To provide a mutually beneficial platform for networking and skills building that will prepare individuals to participate in an engaged mentoring dialogue. Since 2008, the OCA MAAP Program has operated in Atlanta, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC—with cumulative national enrollment of over 80 individuals engaged in skills building, relationship development, mentoring dialogue, and networking . In 2010, MAAP will introduce new mentoring cycles in Chicago, New Jersey, and Orange County.

Target Audience & Enrollment Goal: Entry Level to Mid Career Asian Pacific Islander Professionals in Private and Public Sectors. The goal is to enroll 20 mentees and 20 mentors.

Uniqueness of Methodology: While most of the mentoring programs focus on the matching of mentors and mentees, the MAAP Program focuses more on the practice of developing the engaged, meaningful, and mutually beneficial mentoring dialogue and relationship building process. Curricula developed are designed to support the depth and breadth of the mentoring dialogue by offering a focused structure and a process. Moreover, the access to the MAAP Network of mentoring practitioners will also provide additional opportunities to connect with other program participants to seek peer feedback and collaborations to further personal and professional goals.

Other mentoring programs usually lasts for six to twelve months and outcomes for 1:1 meetings seem to be less than three hours cumulative vs. our five plus hours. Most programs also do not always include curricula for social responsibility and career planning.

Duration & Time Commitment: Program cycle spans approximately three months—October 2010 through January 2011—which includes the one-on-one mentoring sessions and the three network convenings lasting three half day sessions on Saturdays, meeting approximately every three to four weeks. The program design calls for the mentoring team meeting—lasting at least an hour to hour and a half–at least four times over the course of the program cycle.

APPLICATION DUE
09-27-10

ORIENTATION
10-02-10

MIDWAY
11-13-10

FINAL
01-15-11

Location: The exact locations of the half day networking convenings has not been secured as of this writing—however it will most likely will be hosted by an organization or corporation in the greater Orange County area. The dates, times, and locations of the 1:1 mentoring team meetings will be determined between the mentoring teams.

Value Proposition: The program has been designed to benefit the mentees as well as the mentors to improve their capacity for strong relationship building, sharpen their analytical skills, and to further master the art of the dialogue. (Because of the mutually beneficial nature of the program philosophy and design, the program participation fees apply equally for both mentees as well as mentors.)

Cost Effectiveness: While the program has been generously underwritten by UPS to be offered in over 5 locations across the country, there are some associated fees that has been necessary to charge participants in order to off-set any costs not covered by the funder. $20 for OCA Members and $60 for Non-OCA Members, which includes one year of OCA Membership reflects the program being offered under the generous funding by UPS. (Fees are waived for UPS Employees)

For more information, please contact: Tom Hayashi, MAAP National Consultant at 562-221-1030 or tomhayashi@gmail.com

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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
6:30PM-9:30PM
The Atrium Hotel
18700 Mac Arthur Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92612

6:30PM – 7:30PM – Registration & Networking/Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres
7:30PM – 8:30PM – Panel Discussion/Q&A
8:30PM – 9:30PM – Networking
(Cash Bar available throughout the event)

Premium Members: $5 (until 8/30/10). At door is space available: $10
Non-Members: $10 (until 8/30/10). At door is space available: $15

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10 August 2010

CONTACT
Victoria J. Rumsey | Development Manager
202 223 5500 | vrumsey@ocanational.org

Washington, D.C. – OCA, a national organization with 80 chapters and affiliates dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans (APAs) is pleased to announce securing a $25,000 grant from Southern California Edison (SCE) to support local chapter leadership development programs.

APAs still remain one of the most under-served populations in the Southern California landscape–linguistically and culturally disadvantaged in the areas of access to educational and economic opportunities. Local chapter leadership development is one of the key strategies for addressing the socio-economic gaps in the communities served by OCA chapters and SCE.

“With this grant, Southern California Edison enables OCA to support these leadership programs which aspires to achieve greater equity and equality for all APAs,” stated OCA President, Ken Lee.

SCE’s commitment through this grant represents their continued dedication not only to their customer communities, but the APA community and their families. An Edison International (NYSE:EIX) company, Southern California Edison is one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, serving a population of nearly 14 million via 4.9 million customer accounts in a 50,000-square-mile service area within Central, Coastal and Southern California.

“SCE is proud to support the vital work that OCA does to help empower the Asian Pacific American community. SCE’s support of OCA and other organizations that assist underserved populations is rooted in longstanding partnerships with the communities we serve,” said Veronica Gutierrez, SCE’s vice president of corporate communications.

OCA-Orange County (OCA-OC) serves communities in Orange County such as Santa Ana, Westminster, and Garden Groves. OCA-OC strongly believes in educating APA professionals in the areas of leadership, community building, advocacy, and environment. OCA-OC recently held a workshop as part of their OCA-OC Professional Development Series which touched on professional development skills. This series will continue with OCA leadership programs such as Bamboo and Mentoring Asian American Professionals (MAAP).

“OCA-OC is honored to have this partnership with Southern California Edison. We are grateful for the company’s generous support of our social justice, community building and professional development events and programs in Orange County,” says Lisa Akiyama, OCA-Orange County chapter president, “because of SCE we are able to continue to serve, empower and mobilize the APA Community in Orange County.”

OCA-Greater Los Angeles (OCA-GLA) has fostered active participation of APAs in both civic and national matters since its inception in 1991 by instilling a sense of social responsibility in the APA community through leadership opportunities and community empowerment activities. OCA-GLA continues to impact the Los Angeles community through community service, community organizing, education and leadership development.

“OCA-GLA is extremely grateful for SCE’s generosity and partnership. We are very pleased to continue to partner with SCE in expanding our programmatic capacity to meet the increasing needs of the APA community in the greater Los Angeles area during this period of great economic difficulty,” states Bryant Yang, OCA-GLA chapter president.

This grant will directly support professional development and social justice advancement programs for OCA-OC and OCA-GLA. Both chapters are in areas where there is a large population of SCE customers. More specifically, the SCE grant will support professional leadership programs such as Bamboo and MAAP, as well as other advocacy and cultural public programming for which both chapters have been known for.

In 2010, OCA-GLA will continue to deliver high impact programs such as Mentored Path to Citizenship Grant, which provides financial and legal assistance for an eligible immigrant to naturalize and become a U.S. citizen, and “Imma Be,” high school career talks that connect first-generation students with leaders in different fields. OCA-OC will host Bamboo on September 16th at the Montage Laguna Beach, where over 50 aspiring APA professionals will have the chance to network and participate in a professional development session.

LAST TRAIN HOME
A FILM BY LIXIN FAN
Every spring, China’s cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant
workers journey to their home villages for the New Year’s holiday. This mass
exodus is the world’s largest human migration—an epic spectacle that reveals a
country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.
Working over several years in classic verité style Chinese-Canadian filmmaker
Lixin Fan (with the producers of the award-winning hit documentary Up the
Yangtze) travels with one couple who have embarked on this annual trek for
almost two decades. Like so many of China’s rural poor, Changhua and Sugin
Zhang left behind their two infant children for grueling factory jobs. Their
daughter Qin—now a restless and rebellious teenager—both bitterly resents
their absence and longs for her own freedom away from school, much to the
utter devastation of her parents. Emotionally engaging and starkly beautiful,
Last Train Home’s intimate observation of one fractured family sheds light on
the human cost of China’s ascendance as an economic superpower.

SCREENING SCHEDULES – LAST TRAIN HOME – NATIONAL

SEPTEMBER

IFC Center
New York, New York
Starts September 3

Village 8
St. Matthews, Kentucky
September 10 – 16

Regal Westpark 8
Irvine, California
Starts September 17

E Street Cinema – Washington
Washington D.C
Starts September 17

Nuart Theatre
Los Angeles, California
September 17 – 23

Landmark’s Shattuck Theatre
Berkeley, California
Starts September 24

Lark Theater
Larkspur, California
Starts September 24

Landmark’s Theatre
San Francisco, California
Starts September 24

Camera 12
San Jose, California
Starts September 24

OCTOBER

Kendall Square Cinema/Boston
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Starts October 1

Real Art Ways
Hartford, Connecticut
Starts October 1

Camelot Theatres
Palm Springs, California
Starts October 1

Portland Museum of Art
Portland, Maine
October 1 – 3

Landmark Theatre- Denver
Denver, Colorado
Starts October 8

Ritz at the Bourse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starts October 8

Landmark
San Diego. California
Starts October 8

The Jacob Burns Film Center\
Pleasantville, New York
Starts October 9

Music Box Theatre
Chicago, Illinois
October 15 – 21

Cameliew
Scottsdale, Arizona
Starts October 15

Tallahassee Film Society
Tallahassee, Florida
October 15 – 17

Midtown Art Cinema
Atlanta, Georgia
Starts October 22

Landmark
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Starts October 22

George Eastman House
Rochester, New York
October 22 Only!

Landmark Theatre- Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Starts October 22

Regal Arbor Cinema @ Great Hills
Austin, Texas
Starts October 29

Ross Media Arts Center
Lincoln, Nebraska
October 29 – November 4

NOVEMBER

Plaza Frontenac
Frontenac, Missouri
Starts November 5

Tivoli At Manor Square
Kansas City, Missouri
Starts November 5

Living Room Theaters
Portland, Oregon
Starts November 5

The Screen at Studio 2
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Starts November 5

Visalia Fox Theatre
Visalia, California
November 9 – One Day Only!
Angelika Film Center
Dallas, Texas
Starts November 12

Detroit Institute of Art
Detroit, Michigan
November 12, 14, 19, 20 and 21

Angelika Film Center
Houston, Texas
Starts November 12

Sundance Cinemas 608
Madison, Wisconsin
From November 12 to 18

UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures
Santa Barbara, California
November 18 – One Day Only!

Cosford Cinema
Coral Gables, Florida
November 19 – 21

River City Film Society
Bangor, Maine
November 26 – One Day Only!

DECEMBER
Urban Institute For Contemporary Art
Grand Rapids, Michigan
December 10 – 16

OCA-OC Professional Development Series
July 21 – Speed Networking: “Its not what you know, Its who you know”
August 7 – MAAP: “Mentoring Asian American Professional”
September 16 – Bamboo: “Build. Breakthrough. Believe”

Wednesday, July 21, 2010
6:00PM – 9:00PM

Atrium Hotel
18700 MacArthur Blvd.
Irvine, CA 92612-1478

The evening begins with a hands on workshop to learn successful networking skills to develop the right pace, professionalism and polish like experienced leaders. A community reception hosted by OCA-OC, will follow the workshop. This is the reception for Asian Pacific Americans to connect with the leaders in Orange County’s community, civic, goverment and business organizations. Light refreshments and hor d’ourves will be served.

Cost: OCA-OC and Community Co-Sponsor Members $5 with Pre-registration. Non-Members $15 with Pre-registration. At Door $10 Members, $20 Non-Members (Cash or check only please). *Students: please email rsvp@oca-oc.org for discount code to pre-register online. Business casual / professional attire strictly enforced. No refunds. No exchanges. No exceptions. Online pre-registration ends 11:59PM, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. Questions/RSVP at rsvp@oca-oc.org

Click here to pre-register online.

Community Co-Sponsors

APALS	OCAABA	APALC
Asian Pacific Community Fund
CSUF-ACS	YGAP	ABAOC
OCA-GLA	APEX