OCA - Orange County Chapter

Special message from your OCA-OC President:

Dear All OCA-OC Members and Friends,

OCA-OC has grown leaps and bounds as an organization this year and it’s with all of your support that we were able to make these achievements. From your positive feedback on our e-newsletters to attending events OCA and other partner organizations held, we are certainly creating a community of our own right here in Orange County.

The time has come for us to start planning for next year and to fill the board with talented, passionate and strong leaders to help us further our mission. OCA’s mission is to enhance the social, political and economic status of all Asian Americans in the United States. If you support our mission and are looking for ways to give back to your community, expand your network and become a leader in your community, apply for a position as an officer today. Through this opportunity, you will work with many community and business leaders, elected officials, organizations and corporations and learn more than you ever expect.

How do you get involved and what is expected of you?

All renewing Officers and prospective Officers are expected to:

Support OCA’s mission of advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States.
◊ Have interest in advocating for Asian Pacific Islander Americans in the U.S.
◊ Be an official, paying member of OCA-OC
◊ Understand that all Officer positions are volunteer positions
◊ Understand and agree to assume the roles and responsibilities of an Officer:

• Officers are expected to attend monthly meetings
• Officers are expected to plan and attend OCA events
• Officers are expected to promptly respond to emails within 48 hours, unless on business trips, etc.
• Officers are encouraged to attend OCA National meetings and are expected to self-fund and/or fundraise to cover travel expenses
Please fill out the application found here and send it to contact@oca-oc.org with your bio by November 2nd.

The 2009 Board of Directors and Officers will be announced on November 12, 2008.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at contact@oca-oc.org. I also encourage you to contact the officers or board of directors that you know to hear their experience. The OCA-OC family looks forward to receiving your application!

- Ellen

I want to remind you all of the OCA-OC Facebook group. For those who have Facebook account and would like more information on OCA-OC and to keep track of OCA-OC events, please join the group. Upcoming OCA-OC events will be posted there as well as any updates. It is a great way to get more involved so join today.

Yao Lee
OCA-OC Vice President

Note: If you or your organization would like an event posted on our newsletter, please contact me at yaolee@gmail.com. Also, if any of you have news that you think would be beneficial or interesting to OCA-OC members, feel free to email me that as well. All requests will be reviewed before being posted.
As a kind reminder to our members, OCA-OC officers are here to help you so feel free to contact us anytime. I am easily accessible through e-mail at yaolee@gmail.com. As you can see, the newsletter is constantly changing and always a work in progress. I am open to hearing from you regarding any topic: from our website and newsletters to suggestions you may have for our organization to how you can get more involved with OCA-OC. We are always looking for energetic individuals to help achieve our mission in empowering the Asian American voice in the Orange County and national community. The information found on this newsletter can also be found on our website here.
Upcoming Community Events

2008 Asian Global Sourcing & Procurement Conference
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: The Paradise Pier Hotel
1717 So Disneyland Drive
Anaheim, CA 92802
TAKEAWAYS
* A Unique Look at Sourcing in China, India, Korea, Philippines, & Vietnam
* Asia Trends, Risks & Opportunities
* Real-World Case Studies in Global Goods & Services
* Interactive & Compelling Sessions
* Procurement Opportunities

GLOBAL SOURCING
Asian Global Sourcing, targeting buyers and sellers of goods & services from China, India, Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam. Diverse industry expert panel speakers who are directly engaged in the Asian markets are invited to share ideas on real-world issues and experiences dealing with these Asian markets.

PROCUREMENT
The Procurement segment of the conference is designed to provide large corporations, small businesses, government agencies, and the business community, the opportunity to network & access available procurement resources on contracting, purchasing, distribution, and supplier development relationships with Asian-owned businesses and other diverse companies currently dealing with Asian and/or US markets.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Enterprises with an interest in China, India, Korea, Philippines, & Vietnam.
Service companies in the global transportation, financial, legal & trade insurance sectors.
Corporations with an Asia strategy.
Companies interested in selling to our line-up of corporations.
Networking for professionals.

GLOBAL SOURCING DETAILS: Quanta Consulting, Inc. www.QuantaCo.com/seminars.html Seminars@QuantaCo.com

ONLINE REGISTRATION: www.abaoc.org

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California Presents
25th Anniversary Dinner
Date: October 21st, 2008
Time: 5:30 pm Reception and Silent Auction
7 pm Program and Dinner
Location: The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites
404 S. Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Black Tie Optional

Come join APALC as they recognize over 50 individuals, corporations, law firms and foundations that have supported the Asian Pacific American Legal Center over the years. The event will be held at the magnificent Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites.
The event will feature a silent auction where you will be able to bid on items and gift bags generously donated to support APALC. Click here if you are interested in making a donation to the auction. Silent auction and gift bag donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law
The silent auction will be followed by the program and dinner. Reserve your seat today!

Tickets - Individual tickets will be available for purchase soon.

For information on Table sponsorhips, please visit here. Sponsorship forms are available here.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization. Contributions over the fair-market value are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. The fair-market value of each dinner admission ticket is $60.

For more information on the 25th Anniversary Dinner, please contact Clayton Yeung, Director of Special Events & Corporate Relations at (213) 977-7500 ext. 201.
Click here to learn more about the Asian Pacific American Legal Center.

Annual Halloween Costume and Dance Party
Presented by YGAP and LAFun

When: Friday, October 24
Time: 9:30PM - 1AM
Where: Fronteras Mexican Grill & Cantina
118 W Main St
Alhambra, CA 91801
This year, dress up in your Halloween best to fronteras on Main Street in Alhambra.
Dance the night away upstairs or socialize with friends!
When the clock strikes midnight, we’ll have a costume contest!

PRICE:
$30 at the door without RSVP (no guarantees, space will be limited)
$25 at the door with RSVP (make sure your and your guests names are on the evite)
$20 pre-pay through paypal (making sure your name and guests names are on the comment field) to ygap.rsvp@gmail.com on or before 11:59pm 10/22/08
or snail mail a check payable to YGAP postmarked by 10/20/08 to
YGAP
13337 South St #236
Cerritos, CA 90703

More information can be found on the evite here. questions… Ted: ted@ygap.org or Lawrence: Chowfun@LAFun.org
Chao Family Healthcare Conference for Chinese Americans

When: Saturday, November 1
Time: 8AM - 3PM
Where: Pacific Palms Resort
One Industry Hills Parkway
City of Industry, CA 91744

Organized by the H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center, the healthcare conference will address some of the chronic diseases that have been identified as health disparities in Chinese Americans and Asian Pacific Islanders, including osteoporosis and heart and gastrointestinal diseases. In addition, experts will share the latest updates in diagnostic and treatment of these diseases. World-renowned forensic science investigator Henry Lee, Ph.D., will be the event’s keynote speaker. Hepatitis C, h. pylori, bone density, and blood pressure screenings will also be offered for free. Registration required. Free transportation from Irvine/Santa Ana for seniors over 65.

Registration: $20 per person (includes breakfast, lunch, seminar and screenings) For more information, call 866.822.2277.

Registration form found here »
Additional Opportunities
EMILIA LECHUGA-BASS CIVIL RIGHTS INTERNSHIP
Sponsored by LITT, ESTUAR, HARRISON & KITSON, LLP

Litt, Estuar, Harrison & Kitson, LLP, a private civil rights law firm, is accepting applications for its annual civil rights internship for recent college graduates. The internship is intended to provide one year of experience working in a civil rights/public interest law firm before attending law school.

This internship is named for Emilia Lechuga-Bass. Emilia was a young woman planning to attend law school with the hope of practicing civil rights law. She was going to work at the firm prior to attending law school. Emilia, who came from a politically active family in Los Angeles, was to work on a range of issues to introduce her to the world of civil rights law. She was to more closely link the firm’s civil rights impact work with the goals and needs of Los Angeles communities by partnering with community organizations. Tragically, Emilia was killed in a car accident just before beginning her work at the firm.

So that others may reach their goals, the firm has created an annual internship in Emilia’s name to provide experience to young people hoping to attend law school with the goal of practicing civil rights and public interest law. The internship will provide an introduction into these areas by gaining real world experiences in a civil rights/public interest law firm.

Applicants for the Internship must meet the following criteria:
1. Have graduated from undergraduate college within five years of the commencement of the Internship.
2. Intend to attend law school within a year after completion of the Internship and to ultimately practice civil rights/public interest law.
3. Demonstrated history of community service or political activity.
4. Skills in the use of Microsoft Office applications.
5. Completion of the Internship Application.

Factors to be considered by the firm choosing each year’s civil rights intern will include academic performance, community and political experience, work experience, writing skills, and references. Experience in the Los Angeles area working with communities of color, and fluent bilingual skills in Spanish, are considered a plus. California Assemblymember Karen Bass, Professor Gary Blasi of the UCLA School of Law, and firm partner Barry Litt will serve on the committee to choose the intern. Compensation for the intern in 2009-10 is set at $16.50/hour, plus health and dental benefits.

Applications may be obtained by visiting the website of Assemblymember Karen Bass [democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a47/] or the firm’s website [www.littlaw.com], or by calling the firm at 213-386-3114 and speaking with Leticia Moreno to request an application. The application indicates the supplemental materials to be provided with the application form.

Applications are due annually by March 1. A decision will be made by April 30. The internship will last from July 1 to June 30, year-to-year.

University of Texas Health Study on Physical Activity Attitudes
Project Website: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu

Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin and her colleagues are conducting a study to explore ethnic differences in midlife women’s attitudes toward physical activity.

The changing racial and ethnic makeup of the U.S. will require health professionals to practice with cultural competence in areas such as promotion of physical activity, where cultural beliefs may mediate health promotion behaviors.

You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a midlife women aged 40 to 60 years old who do not have any mobility problems; who can read and write English; who are online; and whose self-reported ethnic identity is Hispanic, non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African American, or N-H Asian.

Data will be collected through the Internet from Feb. 1, 2008 to May 31, 2011. Methods for the data collection include an Internet survey among 500 midlife women in the U.S. on the Internet and four ethnic-specific online forum discussions among about 30 midlife women per ethnic group recruited among the Internet survey participants.

Your involvement will consist of the following: (a) about 30 minutes are usually needed to complete the Internet survey questionnaire; and (b) the online forums will be conducted for 6 months, should you agree to participate in the additional online forum discussion. Your participation is asynchronous (you can visit the online forum site and read and post messages at your convenience).

You will receive a gift certificate of 10 dollars for filling out the Internet survey, and an additional gift certificate of 50 dollars for participating in the additional online forum (only those who participate in the additional online forum for 6 months will be provided with this additional gift certificate). To get reimbursed for the online forums, you have to post at least one message per topic. For more information, please visit at our website (http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu) and/or contact us.

Contact Information:
Ken-Li Chang
Undergraduate Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701
E-mail: kchang@mail.utexas.edu

ViFF 2009
The Fourth Edition of the biennial Vietnamese International Film Festival

PRODUCTIONS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION: Feature-length and short productions of any content (not necessarily related to Vietnam or Vietnamese) by persons of Vietnamese descent living anywhere around the world or productions about Vietnamese people or culture in the following categories:
Narrative
Documentary
Experimental
Animation
NO ENTRY FEE!

ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries MUST BE POSTMARKED no later than December 31, 2008. We will announce the final selection at the end of February 2008.

Download ViFF 2009 Entry Form (Word format)

For more information and a PDF of our entry form, please visit www.VietFilmFest.com. Please email vietfilmfest@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

ViFF’s mission is to support, celebrate, and project a diversity of visions and voices from filmmakers of Vietnamese descent and films by, for, and about the Vietnamese people and culture.

The Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) is an eight-day event uniquely showcasing films made by Vietnamese and Vietnamese diasporic filmmakers. Presented biennially since 2003 by the two non-profit organizations Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) and Vietnamese Language & Culture (VNLC), ViFF has featured films from all over the world, including but not limited to Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Poland, United States, and Vietnam.

ViFF is held mainly at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), with some screenings at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Westminster, Southern California. Each edition, ViFF attracts around 4,000 people coming from all over the world.

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