[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 12/11

[Johnny Chio]

Hi Everyone:

For information on community events, please also visit Asian Media Accessı
(AMA) Website at www.amamedia.org and click the link ³Community Events
Calendar² (http://www2.amamedia.org/calendar/month.php).

In this edition of Asian Media Access (AMA) e-newsletter:

Asian Media Access (AMA) Events or Sponsored Event:

1. Musical Performance ­ A Dragon Odyssey

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Local Community Events:

2. Community Gathering ­ API Community Health Center Planning Collaborative
3. Young Audiences Holiday Open House
4. 2nd Annual Youth Town Hall Forum
5. Mystical Arts of Tibet

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1. Musical Performance ­ A Dragon Odyssey

³A Dragon Odyssey² was part of the 2006 Fringe Festival this past summer.
It is a collaboration between Asian Media Access, Twin Cities Chinese Dance
Center and other artists.  The musical is directed by Qiang Yang and Phil
Bologna and created by Ange Hwang.

Centered in and around ancient China, both Chinese and English songs/
various style of dances weave this classic tragedy together. In the ancient
time, the four holy spirits, Green Dragon, White Tiger, Crimson Sparrow,
Black Turtle were mandated by the God of Heaven (Tien Dei) to be in charge
of the Rain, Wind, Sun and Moon.   Until the day, when the Green Dragon fell
in love with one of the Crimson Sparrow's lady fairies - Sky Blue, who
steers the Sun Chariot.  Everything has changed.......

Date & Time: Sunday, January 7, 2007, 1 pm ­ 3 pm
Location: St. Louis Park High School Auditorium, 6425 W 33rd Street, St.
Louis Park, MN 55426
Admission: Free

Schedule:
1 ­ 2 pm: Showtime
2 ­ 2:30 pm: Q & A Session
2:30 ­ 3 pm: Reception & Photo Opportunities

This performance is brought to you by Asian Media Access and Twin Cities
Chinese Dance Center.  It is made possible in part by a grant from the City
of St. Louis Park and in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State
Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature.

For more information, contact Asian Media Access:
T: 612-376-7715, Ange Hwang <amamedia@amamedia.org>, www.amamedia.org
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2. Community Gathering ­ API Community Health Center Planning Collaborative

The Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Community Health Center Planning
Collaborative, a community led effort to develop Minnesota's first API
Community Health Center, will host its 2nd Community Gathering on Thursday,
Dec. 14 2006 at 5:00 pm.  The event will take place at the Harrison
Neighborhood Association, which is located at 503 Irving Ave. N., Suite 100,
Mpls, MN 55405. The goal of the API Community Health Center will be to
provide community responsive, financially affordable, culturally and
linguistically appropriate primary health care services to Minnesota's
ever-growing API community.

Minnesota is nationally recognized as one of the healthiest states in the
nation. However, it also ranks alarmingly high in health and health care
disparities for APIs.  These disparities are primarily due to the lack of
access to regular health care, limited preventive services, and high disease
incidences that go undetected and untreated. (Source: SHAPE 2002).

 "The establishment of an API community health center is a critical part of
the solution to addressing health care disparities," states Emily Wang,
chair of the Minnesota Asian/American Health Coalition. "So many within our
multi-ethnic community fall between the cracks of our health care system and
go without care."

The API Community Health Center Planning Collaborative is a partnership
among community organizations and agencies at the city, county, state and
national levels. The Collaborative was awarded a $10,000 planning grant from
the "Healthy Together: Creating Community with New Americans" initiative of
BlueCross/BlueShield of Minnesota Foundation. In addition, they have also
received funding and support from the Association of Asian Pacific Community
Health Organizations (AAPCHO), a national association representing community
health organizations dedicated to promoting advocacy, collaboration and
leadership that improves the health status and access of Asian Americans,
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders within the United States, its
territories and freely associated states, primarily through their member
community health centers. The invaluable support has helped to foster
community exchanges related to health access between the underserved and
heterogeneous API community and the "receiving" community in the Twin Cities
metropolitan area. This is an unprecedented unified effort to establish MN's
first API culturally responsive community health center.

The Collaborative will present preliminary results from the health care
access assessment survey and API health provider supply and demand
distribution report at the Dec. 14th Community Gathering.  Community members
and other interested parties are invited to attend.

(The partnership includes members from: Asian and Pacific Islander American
Health Forum, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations,
CAPI, Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, Hennepin County-Office of
Multicultural Service, Hmong American Partnership, Hmong Health Care
Professional Coalition, Korean Service Center, Lao Assistance Center,
Minneapolis Department of Health & Family Support, Minnesota Asian/American
Health Coalition, Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers,
Minnesota Chinese Health Center, Minnesota Department of Health-Office of
Minority and Multicultural Health, Minnesota Department of Health-Office of
Rural Health and Primary Care, SEWA: Asian Indian-Family Wellness, Southeast
Asian Community Council, Southeast Asian Ministry, St. Paul-Ramsey County
Department of Public Health, United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, and
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota. Their support and partnership has
made this effort possible.)
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3. Young Audiences Holiday Open House

Young Audiences Holiday Open House!

Date & Time: Saturday, December 16, 4 pm ­ 5:30 pm
Location: Young Audienceıs Office, fourth floor of the St. Paul Landmark
Center in Room 416.

Enjoy homemade cookies and warm apple cider followed by a performance at
Rice Park by Young Audiences roster artist Karen Torkelson Solgċrd.
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4. 2nd Annual Youth Town Hall Forum

2nd Annual Youth Town Hall Forum!

Date & Time: Monday, December 18, 2006, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Twin City Event Center (lower floor of Mpls Park and Recreation
Board building), 2117 West River Road

Please RSVP by December 11 to 612-673-2708 or ycb@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

A Youth Action Crew is team of young people who work together to identify
(map) the supports, opportunities and services in many Minneapolis
neighborhoods, and interview other young people about their interests and
concerns.  There were six Youth Action Crews in operation in Summer/Fall of
2006 (Camden area, Near North, Central, Bottineau, Cedar Riverside,
Longfellow); they interviewed nearly 500 youth.

YAC's invite adults to listen, take note and take action.
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5. Mystical Arts of Tibet

Tibetan Monks Perform "Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing" at Saint
Johnıs University.

The famed multiphonic singers of Tibetıs Drepung Loseling Monastery, whose
sellout performances in Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center received national
acclaim, will perform Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World Healing at Saint
Johnıs University as part of their international tour of The Mystical Arts
of Tibet.

Dates & Times: Friday, February 2, 2007, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, February 3,
2007, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Stephen B. Humphrey Theater, Saint Johnıs University
Tickets: $20, Senior (60+); $15, Youth (5-21); CSB/SJU ID $10

For tickets call the Stephen B. Humphrey Theater at 320-363-3577 or order
online at www.csbsju.edu/finearts, though discounts are not available
online.   To learn more about the Mystical Arts of Tibet, visit their
website at www.mysticalartsoftibet.org.
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