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Collaborator
Profile
Asian American Journalist's
Association
Each month for the next year, ACDC
will profile one of the many organization which we partner
or collaborate with to accomplish our mission. This monrh
we we feature The Asian American Journalists Association.
AAJA is a 2,000+ member nonprofit organization which
recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, works to promote
better news coverage of Asian American communities and
issues. Increasing fair and accurate media portrayals is a
critical component of AAJA's mission, and the Media Access
Workshop makes use of AAJA's human resources toward that
end. The goal of this AAJA-New England program is to help
Boston-area Asian community leaders augment their public
communication skills and to facilitate connections between
local journalists and new community sources.
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And see below to learn about AAJA's
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Listen in on what
A-VOYCE has to say on their weekly radio program
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Listen every Saturday
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Khmer New Year Celebration
Join us for food,
dancing, music and games!
 Come
join ACDC and MAP for Health in celebrating the Cambodian
New Year 2007, Year of the Pig!! The party will be outdoors
at the Buddhist Temple in Lynn, MA. There will be live
music, dancing, food, and traditional Khmer games. Buddhist
Monks will be in attendance to give blessings for the New
Year, state representative Steve Walsh as well as other Lynn
community members will be on hand to give speeches. Come out
and learn about Khmer culture and meet people from the
Cambodian communities of Lynn and Revere.
Event Details:
April 14, 2007, 10 AM - 4PM
Lynn Buddhist Temple, 110 Chestnut Street, Lynn MA 01902
For more information please contact
Sophea Khem at 617.482.2380 ext. 207
Volunteers would be appreciated!
Co-Sponsored by ACDC and MAP for
Health
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ACDC Co-sponsors Very First
APA Heritage Month Celebration @ State House
Join us and voice
your community's concerns to
law-makers
We invite
you to join state legislators and leaders from all Asian
communities across the region to meet at the first
APA Heritage Month Celebration ever held at the
Massachusetts State House.
Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi and Senator Diane Wilkerson
will address the event and Paul Watanabe of the UMASS
Institute for Asian American Studies will present findings
from
the highest-ranking Asian American in Massachusetts
Government, will also address the audience.
Event Details:
Monday, May 7th, 2007, 11 AM - 2 PM
Great Hall of the State House
A variety of gourmet Asian food will be served.
For RSVP, please contact Sophea Khem, 617.482.2380 ext. 207
Sophea.khem@asiancdc.org
This event is co-sponsored by ACDC, the UMASS Institute for
Asian American Studies, and the Asian American Commission.
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ACTION! comes to Chinatown
ACDC invites 2007 ACTION! Resident
forum to Chinatown
 Two
years ago, ACDC together with dozens of affordable housing,
transportation and environmental groups from the region
formed the ACTION! coalition to advocate for affordable
housing and transit justice. The coalition has created
principles and strategies that can guide development for
securing affordability for the long term and achieving
equitable transit oriented development in the Commonwealth.
The coalition is working with both legislators and community
residents to influence the policy change.
ACDC invited the coalition to host its 2007 Resident Forum
in Boston's Chinatown this May. We encourage leaders and
residents of Asian communities to come and join residents
across the region to discuss the issues affecting our
communities:
· What strategies can we use to make housing truly
affordable?
· How do we halt the patterns of gentrification that
displace the very people who fight to improve our
communities?
· How can we ensure that new development is sustainable,
fair, and equitable?
ACTION! Forum Details:
Saturday, May 12, 2007, 9:30 AM - 1:30PM
Asian CDC, 38 Oak St., Boston.
www.policylink.org
Breakfast and lunch will be served. Childcare and
interpretation can be available upon request. Please RSVP
to Alex
Zhang, 617.482.2380 ext 208
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Third Annual Asian Comedy Night
Laughter is
good for the soul, and for the community too!
Saturday, May 12th 2007
First Show: 5:00 PM
Second Show: 7:30 PM
The Comedy Studio, above Hong Kong
Restaurant
1238 Massachusetts Avenue, Harvard
Square, Cambridge
Tickets: $50.00 each
Our Evening's Headliner:
Combining solid material with an
upbeat charm, you may have seen
Kevin Kataoka most
recently on Comedy Central's Premium
Blend, ImaginAsian TV's Comedy Zen, or
acting on Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, but now
living in Los Angeles, Kevin has also graced the stage
at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in
Montreal, performed live on NBC's Late Friday
and appeared in animated form on Comedy Central's "Dr.
Katz," which spawned a nationally syndicated comic strip
he helped write. While performing standup across North
America, Kevin has also managed to squeeze in time to
write for Fox's "Mad TV," "Blind
Date" (yes, some of those "thought bubbles" are
his), "The Marc Maron Show" on Air America,
and was head writer for two seasons on AZN's
"Asia Street Comedy." He currently writes for Fox
Reality's "Reality Remix," occasionally
appearing as an on-screen guest.
We are currently seeking sponsors,
advertisers, and raffle donations. Please
contact
us with inquiries or leads!
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First Annual Media Access Workshop
Get the right
message into the right hands
On May 19th, 2007, ACDC in
partnership with the Asian American Journalist
Association (AAJA) is holding a media access
workshop for Asian activists and organizations. Join us
for one of 8 sessions on effective media strategies so
you can get news coverage for the issues you care about.
Develop television interviewing skills in a real life
setting with cameras, reports, and instant feedback.
Workshops and panels will consist of journalists and
reporters from Television and Print Media.
Workshop Details:
May 19, 2007, 1:00PM - 5:00PM
The Metropolitan Community Room at ACDC
38 Oak Street, Chinatown
Tuition: $25.00
Space is limited. Email or call Sophea
Khem, 617-482-2380 x 207 to register.
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New Chinatown Gateway Blog!
A participatory
process is the essence of the Chinatown Gateway campaign. The
coalition developed a first time ever web-blog for Chinatown
which virtually connects us with everyone who has an interest
in Chinatown. There people may share anything with us whether
it is about restaurant or shops, culture or environment,
development or people, your experience or comment, concern or
suggestion. Your insight about Chinatown today is valuable to
helping us shape the future for this community. Get on
www.bostonchinatowngateway.com and
start blogging!
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ACDC In the News...
Chinatown Vote Is Changing: More Non-Asians Than Asians Are
Registered to Vote in Chinatown,
Sampan, by Adam Smith April 6, 2007
Article disscusses the effect of massive luxury housing
developments on Chinatown's voter roster. Includes mention
of ACDC's The Metropolitan, which added 160 new voters to
the neighborhood, half of whom have Asian surnames.
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ACDC Leaders in the News...
We are very proud to annonce that three ACDC'ers
have been honored recently:
ACDC's board
president, Caroline
Chang
will be honored with the Asian American Lawyers Association
of Massachusetts' Founders Award, awarded at their annual
banquet to a MA attorney who has made significant
contributions in business, academics, or the community as it
relates to the law. Ms. Chang is currently policy advisor to
City Councilor-at-Large Sam Yoon, the first Asian-American
elected to office in Boston, and she also serves as the
Executive Director of the Chinese Historical Society of New
England. Previously, Ms. Chang was the Director of the
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil
Rights in Boston. The 22nd annual AALAM banquet will be
held Thursday, April 19, starting at 6 p.m., at the Omni
Parker House. If you are interested in purchasing
individual tickets, the individual reply form is
available here.
Our Youth Programs Coordinator,
Amy Cheung, has been
selected as the community of Quincy's Unsung Heroine of
2007 by the Commonwealth of Massachusett's Commission
on the Status of Women. She and the other Heroines will be
honored at a reception on May 16th from 1-4 PM at the State
House.
Former ACDC staffer Kuong Ly
was recently named a Truman Scholar. The mission of the
Truman Scholarship Foundation is to find and recognize
college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who
are committed to careers in government, the nonprofit or
advocacy sectors, education or elsewhere in the public
service; and to provide them with financial support for
graduate study, leadership training, and fellowship with
other students who are committed to making a difference
through public service. Kuong is a Philosophy and Studio
Art double major and Faith, Peace, and Justice minor at
Boston College. He is deeply involved in human rights
issues, primarily protecting the rights of refugee
populations. Kuong spent two years interning at ACDC
working on a variety of projects. To read more about Kuong,
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Community Events...
Things we thought you
might be interested in...
Housing Affordability For Households of
Color In Massachusetts
Thursday, April 12, 2007. 9:00 AM -
11:00 AM
Join us for a talk by Michael Stone
Professor of Community Planning and Public Policy, UMass
Boston Madison Park Development Corporation Community Room,
122 Dewitt Drive, Roxbury, MA To download a copy of the
report, Housing Affordability for Households of Color in
Massachusetts, visit
http://www.iaas.umb.edu
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Yvonne
Gomes-Santos @ (617)287-5885 or
yvonne.gomes-santos@umb.edu; RSVP by April 5, 2007; ADA
Request by April 5, 2007
"What Does Chinatown
Want For the Future: A report on the Chinatown focus group
discussions"
Tuesday April 17, 2007, from 6:30 PM -
8:00 PM
Metropolitan community room, 38 Oak
Street, Boston, MA 02111
A presentation by the Chinatown Gateway coalition on Thursday,
April 19th. With over 100 participants covering a broad
population of the Chinatown community, the focus groups asked
for each person's opinion on how Chinatown can be better.
The Chinatown Gateway coalition's mission is to advocate
for land development in the interests of the Chinatown
community. Coalition members are: Asian Community Development
Corporation, Chinatown Neighborhood Council, Chinese
Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinese Economic
Development Council, Chinatown Main Streets, Chinese
Progressive Association, and Chinatown Residents Association.
For more information, contact Kye Leung 617-851-8520 or
email:
info@chinatowngateway.org
MACDC Legislative Action Day
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 9:30 AM -
1:30 PM
Great Hall, State House
Join the
Massachusetts Association of Community
Development Corporations
as we ask legislators to increase funding for affordable
housing, preserve rental housing by protecting expiring use
properties, prevent foreclosures, add $2 million in the state
budget for Small Business technical assistance programs, and
establish a community development partnership program.
To RSVP or for
more information, please contact Pam Bender by April 18
pamelab@macdc.orgor
617-426-0303, ext. 25
NEXT Regional Conference
April 17, 2007, from 8 AM to 3 PM
UMass Boston's Campus Center
Come network, compare best practices and
learn about federal programs in the areas of business, health,
housing, minority contracts, grants and senior services.
Workshop and panel topics include "Effective Partnerships with
Governmental Institutions," "Building your Small Business and
Raising Capital," "Getting the Best Healthcare," "Finding
Affordable Housing," "How to get a Federal Grant," "Effective
Marketing for your Organization," and much more.
The event is free
and open to the public. Please RSVP online at
http://nextconference.org/register. |
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