OCA - Orange County Chapter

OCA-OC and UCI’s Asian Pacific Student Association (APSA) will be co-sponsoring a community dialogue for student leaders concerning the Virginia Tech Tragedy. We hope it will make a positive impact on the student community at UCI and others affected by this tragedy.
When: Thursday, May 3, 2007 from 6:30pm-8:00pm.
Where: UCI Irvine’s University Club / The campus map and directions are at http://www.uclub.uci.edu/directions.htm..
What: A Community Dialogue following the Virginia Tech Tragedy –Topics to include: What is the college experience like for API students, what can we do to build a mentor-mentee relationships outside of campus? How to respond to distressed students, etc.
We have limited seating for this event. Please RSVP by Monday, April 30th to Amy Wang at Amyw@oca-oc.org. If you have any questions about this event, please email Betty Chu-Fujita at Bettyc@oca-oc.org.

The University of California at Irvine will be holding a candlelight vigil Monday, April 23rd.  There will be speakers present to address the Virginia Tech incident.  We send out our condolences to all the people affected by this tragedy.

Location: UC Irvine Flag Poles

Time: 6:45 PM

ITVS: Outreach: Films & Resources: SENTENCED HOME
SENTENCED HOME

By Nicole Newnham and David Grabias
Produced in association with ITVS and CAAM

ITVS Community is proud to support SENTENCED HOME with a variety of community outreach events and materials, in anticipation of its national broadcast on Independent Lens on May 15, 2007. Screenings and activities will take place in April.

SHOW DESCRIPTION:

Raised as Americans in inner-city projects near Seattle, three young Cambodian refugees each made a rash decision as a teenager that irrevocably shaped their destiny. Now facing deportation back to Cambodia years later, they find themselves caught between a tragic past and an uncertain future by a system that doesn’t offer any second chances.

SAVE THE DATE
Immigrant Day
May 21, 2007 - State Capitol, Sacramento

Dear Friends, We invite you to celebrate the 11th Annual Immigrant Day on
May 21st 2007.
Join hundreds of immigrants and advocates in raising our voices on behalf of
immigrant families throughout the state. This year the Governor’s budget
proposal targets low-income children and families who participate in
CalWORKs. California’s legislators are debating comprehensive reforms to
our health care system. Immigrant Day 2007 will bring a unified voice to
Sacramento in support of immigrant communities and working families.
Join us May 21st in Sacramento!

For more information, please contact our partners in your region.

Sacramento
California Immigrant Policy Center
Frankie Nelson 916-448-6762

Oakland/San Francisco
California Immigrant Policy Center
Cary Sanders 510-663-8282 x303

San Jose
Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network
Gloria Nieto 408-453-3003 x102

Southern California
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Wingshan Lo 213-241-0262

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, L.A.
Alvaro Huerta 213-353-1789
Joseph Villela 213-353-1782

CIPC is a statewide partnership of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center
(APALC), Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA),
National Immigration Law Center (NILC) and Services, Immigrant Rights and
Education Network (SIREN)

March 28, 2007

Dear Friends:

Please join the California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) and at the state
capitol in Sacramento on Monday, May 21, 2007 for the 11th Annual Immigrant
Day, a special opportunity for immigrants and advocates from across the
state to meet with their elected officials and collectively show the
Governor and state legislators our support of vital safety net services for
immigrants and the working poor.

This year’s event, “Golden Door, Golden State” will honor the multiple ways
in which California’s immigrants strengthen our communities and our state,
as well as provide an opportunity for advocates and community members to
raise their voices on behalf of immigrant families throughout the state.
This year the Governor’s budget proposal targets low-income children and
families who participate in CalWORKs. California’s legislators are debating
comprehensive reforms to our health care system.

In order to ensure the success of Immigrant Day 2007, we need your support.
First, we hope you will be able to attend the event on Monday, May 21, 2007.
In addition, we would like to ask for your financial support to help defray
the costs of travel, lodging and meals for Immigrant Day participants. For
many, Immigrant Day is their first opportunity to meet with their state
representatives to discuss the issues that impact their daily lives. Please
indicate the level of support you can provide by faxing or emailing this
letter with your donation amount noted below to Frankie Nelson at (916)
448-6774 or fnelson@caimmigrant.org.

___ $50 - Would cover lunch for 10 participants.
___ $100 - Would cover lodging for 5 participants.
___ $500 - Would cover lodging and lunch for 20 participants.
___ $1030 - Would cover the cost of a 49-passenger bus from the
Bay Area.
__ $1050 - Would cover the cost of a 47-passenger bus from San
Jose.
___ $1840 - Would cover the cost of a 47-passenger bus from
Southern California.
___ Other donation amount $________

Please make checks payable to “Asian Pacific American Legal Center”
& mail to: Immigrant Day 2007
c/o APALC 1145 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Contact Name/Organization:
_______________________________________________________
Address:
__________________________________________________________
Phone/Fax/Email: _____________________/
______________/___________________________

Any level of donation will help. For more information about Immigrant Day,
please call FrankieNelson at (916) 448-6762. Thank you for your support of
this important event.

Sincerely,

California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC)

A Statewide Partnership of:
APALC Asian Pacific American Legal Center?NILC National Immigration Law
Center? CHIRLA Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles? SIREN
Services Immigrant Rights & Education Network?

—— Forwarded Message
From: “Kim Ina, CoC”
Organization: Hesono O Productions
Reply-To:
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 01:10:35 -0700

(Please pardon duplicates, and feel free to distribute/forward widely)

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We are excited to announce that From a Silk Cocoon, our Emmy Award-winning
documentary, has been made
available to PBS affiliate stations across America (by the Center for Asian
American Media, formerly NAATA) for a May 2007 broadcast! This gives us the
opportunity to reach millions of people across America during Asian Pacific
American Heritage Month.

But we are at a CRITICAL STAGE, and need your help to make sure that this
important documentary is broadcast in your community and viewed by the
largest audience possible, as each station is NOW deciding whether and when
to air the program locally.

From a Silk Cocoon is a powerful documentary which, unlike any other program
on the subject, delves into the experience of a Japanese American couple who
respond to the loss of their civil liberties and incarceration during WWII
by renouncing their citizenship in hopes of finding dignity and safety for
their children. It is a story based on personal documents that reveal the
painful and traumatic experience of a family in crisis. (See clip on YouTube
here .)

Through the widest possible broadcast, we hope to educate the public about a
tragic historical injustice and the relevant lessons that can be learned as
we face current issues in post 9/11 America. We also hope to encourage
dialogue regarding issues of protest and patriotism, anti-terrorism and
racism, fear and scape-goating, that often become clouded during times of
great social anxiety.

To make sure the program does reach the widest possible audience and has the
greatest possible impact, please consider doing the following:

First, call or email your local PBS station and request that they air From a
Silk Cocoon. You can find email addresses/phone numbers here:
www.pbs.org/stationfinder. If they
already have it scheduled, thank them and ask for specific dates and times
of the broadcast. If they have not scheduled it, please encourage them to
broadcast it for the benefit of the entire community. If you learn of a
specific broadcast, please let us know the information. You can view an
updated list of known broadcasts on our Web site at: www.fromasilkcocoon.com
.

Second, please do everything possible to take advantage of this opportunity
by forwarding this email and/or publicizing the program to your group and
community, and by using the program to support your ongoing efforts. The
lessons of From a Silk Cocoon are more relevant than ever today as our
country strives to find the balance between our principles of democracy and
need for national security. (A supplemental Viewer’s Guide with
thought-provoking questions and sources of information can be printed from
our Web site here, www.fromasilkcocoon.com/viewersguide.html.)

And last, encourage colleagues, family, and friends to watch! Thank you for
helping us share this story with audiences across America.

If you’d like additional outreach materials
, including a press release
to submit to local papers,
print in your newsletters, Web sites, etc., please click on the links, call
us at (415) 566-3487, contact us by email at

> kimina@fromasilkcocoon.com
, or visit our
Web site at www.fromasilkcocoon.com.

In the spirit of community,

Kim Ina
Associate Producer/Outreach Coordinator
From a Silk Cocoon
(415) 566-3487
www.fromasilkcocoon.com

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: sho@onelegacy.org
Date: 10 Apr 2007 16:20:53 -0800
Subject: Donate Life Run/Walk Invitation
To: jhemon@gmail.com

You are invited to join Donate Life Run/Walk on April 28, 2007, 7:00
a.m. at Cal State Fullerton. You can join either Asian Americans for
Donation Team or build your own team to participate to celebrate the
gift of life and inspire community to become organ and tissue donors.
Your donation will be benefiting Donate Life California Organ and
Tissue Donor Registry.

There are over 94,000 people currently awaiting a life saving
transplant nationwide. Of the 94,000, over 20,000 people reside in
California. Every 13 minutes a name is added to the National Waiting
List. Sadly, 17 people die each day because they weren’t able to
receive the life saving transplant they needed so desperately.
California residents can make a difference by signing on to
www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org and join us on Donate Life Run/Walk by
register at www.donatelifeoc.org or call me at (213) 400-8780.

If you would like to donte or register, please got to the link below.
http://www.active.com/donate/donatelife2007/SHo3

Date: April 20, 2007 @ 7:00pm
Each month TAP hosts regional and intimate “dinner groups” where we try new and old restaurant hot spots with new TAP friends.

Interested in helping to coordinate a dinner group in your area? Or just have ideas on venues or overall suggestions, contact Kellie.Chen@tacl.org, Social Programs Chair.

http://tap.tacl.org/upcoming.htm#apr202007

University of California at Irvine

The Paul Merage School of Business and the Asian Business Association of Orange County PRESENT

The Executive Management Workshop 2007 “Achieve your Revenue Potential”

Learn the Changing role of a business owner, growth strategies, and how to think competitively!

Two Workshop Dates Available:

Monday, April 30th: 8:45am-1:35pm

Wednesday, May 2nd: 12:45pm-5:35pm

at the Paul Merage School of Business in UC Irvine

FEE: $100 ; ABA Member: $95

Complimentary Parking, Food, and Beverages

For registration and directions, please visit www.abaoc.org.

Generational conflict-Does it affect you?

To what degree do you and your parents or even grandparents not see eye to eye? What traditional thought do you feel your parents have that is almost unbearable for you? Do you think you’ve absorbed some of their thinking? Come join us for an intimate Coffee Talk to let it all out!

Location: Panera Bakery-Cafe

15244 Rosecrans Ave.

LaMirada, CA 90638

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 18th

7:00pm-8:00pm

Cost: FREE (Pay for what your order)

Please contact Amyw@oca-oc.org for additional questions.