OCA - Orange County Chapter

IMMIGRATION DEPORTATION CLINIC
Help Immigrants
Facing Deportation!
What: Volunteer advocates needed to help immigrants facing deportation by interviewing clinic clients, analyzing facts, working with attorneys, and relaying legal information.
Bilingual volunteers are greatly needed, especially Cantonese, Khmer,
Korean, Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog, and
Vietnamese
When: Monthly.  The first clinic will be held December 9, 2006  from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.  If you can’t make this clinic, but are interested in participating in future clinics, please let us know!
Trainings will be held prior to the clinic at a time to be determined.
Where: APALC at 1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Second Floor.
Contact:   Jae Park at 213.241.0286 or jaepark@apalc.org
Agency Description:
The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) was established in 1983
With broad-based support and has become the leading organization in the
Region dedicated to providing the diverse Asian Pacific American community
With civil rights advocacy and multilingual, culturally-sensitive services
And education.

APALC will be holding monthly Immigration Deportation Clinics at our
Offices to provide free legal information to immigrants affected by
the Deportation laws.  Come volunteer at the clinic and help provide immigrants with information about their rights and remedies at a crucial time in their lives.  The clinic will also provide you with the opportunity to get involved with national and local organizations advocating for just and humane immigration reform.
Detention/Deportation Background:
In the past ten years, more than a million individuals have been  deported from the United
States.  Many of these individuals have deep and longstanding ties to the United States and their removal has torn apart hundreds of thousands, if not millions of families, and exiled them to countries they may have little memory of.  In the one year span between March 1, 2003 and February 28, 2004, 78,000 noncitizen immigrants convicted of crimes and 68,000 other noncitizen immigrants were removed from the United States.  Some estimate that 80% to 95% of these detained individuals face the immigration court system without legal representation.
To volunteer or intern, contact Jae Park at 213.241.0286 or
jaepark@apalc.org
Daniel Huang
Policy Advocate, Immigration & Citizenship Project
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor  Los Angeles, CA 90017
Tel: (213) 977-7500 Ext. 237  Fax: (213) 977-7595

OCA-OC Elections, Membership Meeting and Potluck
Sunday, December 3, 2006, 5 pm
Jhemon Lee’s House
13710 Alderton Lane
Cerritos, CA 90703
You must RSVP - we need to know who’s coming!: jhemon@oca-oc.org
 
Interested in taking a leadership role in the Asian American community in Orange County? This is a great way to sharpen your professional and management skills, get to know and work with a great team of people and do your part to make a difference in Orange County! If you’re potentially interested, contact OCA-Orange County president Jhemon Lee: jhemon@oca-oc.org
 
We’ll be holding elections for the officers and board of directors of OCA-Orange County for 2007.  All OCA-Orange County members are eligible to vote!  Then join us for a membership meeting - ask and answer questions and network with other members - and a potluck dinner to ring in the holidays!  (Bring enough to share with 2-3 others) 

            
OCA-OC Coffee Talk: The Guaranteed to be Offensive Coffee Talk
Tuesday, December 12, 2006, 7 - 9 pm 
Coffee Bean Tea & Leaf 
2002 E. Lincoln Ave
Anaheim, CA 92806 
Restaurant Phone: 714-772-4861
 
We’ve been taught that there are some things that should not be discussed amongst polite company: sex, politics, religion…  Well, to end our year long series of coffee talks with a bang, we’re going to put all of those taboo topics on the table for thought-provoking provocative debate.  Who’s better for Asian America – the Democrats or the Republicans?  Would your parents panic if you came out of the closet? Why are there so many Korean churches?  Should we be rioting in the streets?  Religion – pathway to salvation or opiate of the masses?  And is it true what they say about Asians in bed?  With a warm fire pit to fan the flames, get ready to fight!

Announcing SKAC Scholarship… Deadline: Dec. 15th

The Shui Kuen and Allen Chin Foundation is pleased to announce the following scholarship opportunity for students currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university. The scholarship is $1,000 for the 2006-2007  academic year. Applicants Must have worked in an Asian restaurant or have at least one parent having worked in an Asian restaurant. Graduate students as well as undergraduate students are encouraged to apply.

General Scholarship/Grant Eligibility:
To be considered for the above scholarship, requirements include:
1.    Applicants must be have worked in an Asian restaurant or have at least one parent having worked in an Asian restaurant.
2.    Preference will go to students with a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average.
3.    The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time undergraduate orgraduate student enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university.

Application Process:
All applicants must submit the following:
1.    Scholarship Application (see attached)
2.    Current Resume
3.    Personal Statement/Proposal (500 word maximum, double spaced,

Include name and word count at the top of essay) that addresses one or more of the following areas:
* What does it mean to you to have worked in an Asian restaurant or to be a child of an Asian or Asian-American restaurant worker? How does it impact your role as an effective future leader?
* How has growing up as a worker in an Asian restaurant or a child of An Asian or Asian-American restaurant worker impacted your outlook on society?

All applications will be reviewed based on excellence in academic accomplishment, extracurricular activities/community services, and the overall quality of the application. Finalists will be asked to provide a certified transcript verifying current enrollment.

Application Deadline:
The application must be emailed by 7 pm EST, December 15, 2006.  In order to conserve paper, only electronic applications will be accepted. Complete applications must be submitted as a Word document by email to: info at skacfoundation dot org. Please contact by e-mail if you have questions.  Scholarship recipients will receive verbal notification followed by a confirmation letter.  All decisions are made by the foundation and are final.

Cathy Lam Dang
Loyola Marymount University, c/o 2007
One LMU Drive, MS-B 2147
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 338-6526