[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-newsletter, 11/20

[Johnny Chio]

Hi Everyone:

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(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:

Local Community Events:

1. SASE: GLBT "Straight But Not Narrow" Reading
2. Race and Pedagogy Workshops
3. First Annual Asian Business Forum
4. Thirst Theater Featuring Mu Artists
5. Forum for Youth Workers
6. Party for Women Leaders
7. NAAAP-MN Mingler Event
8. Minnesota Minghua Chinese School 10th Anniversary Celebration

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1. SASE: GLBT "Straight But Not Narrow" Reading

SASE: GLBT "Straight But Not Narrow" reading!

Date & Time: Wednesday, November 22, 7 pm
Location: Intermedia Arts.

Reading by: Katie Leo and Alex Lemon
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2. Race and Pedagogy Workshops

Race and Pedagogy workshops at Department of Anthropology, The Institute for
Advanced Study

I. The Contradictions of Colorblindness: Race and Its Discontents
Michael Omi (Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of California,
Berkeley)

Date & Time: Thursday, November 30th, 7 pm ­ 8:30 pm
Location: Nolte 140

Michael Omi is Associate Professor and former Chair of Ethnic Studies at the
University of California at Berkeley.  The co-author of Racial Formation in
the United States, Professor Omi's groundbreaking work has transformed how
we understand the social and historical forces that give race its changing
meanings over time and place.  He has written extensively on racial theory
and politics, Asian Americans and racial stratification, racial and ethnic
categories and the U.S. Census, and both racist and anti-racist social
movements.

II. Histories and Race
Rose Brewer (Professor, African American and African Studies)
Karen Ho (Assistant Professor, Anthropology)
Keith Mayes (Assistant Professor, African American and African Studies)
Richard Martinez (Assistant Professor, Chicano Studies)
Tom Romero (Assistant Professor, Hamline University School of Law)

Date & Time: Friday, December 1st, 9:30 am ­ 11:30 am
Location: Nolte 140

Professor Brewer's specialties include the intersection of economy, culture
and Black family life; Black women's studies; race, class and gender; social
transformation; and critical theory.

Professor Ho's research and teaching focus on the political economy of
global finance, race in American culture, and feminist and ethnographic
approaches to the study of culture.

Professor Mayes' research and teaching include African American 20th Century
history; Black nationalist politics of the 1960's & 1970's; African American
rituals; holidays & culture; and African American public history.

Professor Martinez's research areas include group relations, urban studies,
and intersections of race and religion; his teaching areas include
immigration and politics.

Professor Romero's primary teaching and research foci are in the areas of
legal history, race and law, and property.

III. Race and the Sciences
Margaret Moss (Associate Professor, School of Nursing)
Rhonda Jones-Webb (Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Community Health)
Richard Lee (Associate Professor, Psychology)
Colin Campbell (Associate Professor, Pharmacology)
Nimi Singh (Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Adolescent Health)

Date & Time: Friday, December 1st, 1:30 pm ­ 3:30 pm
Location: Nolte 140

Professor Moss's research and teaching focus on ethnogeriatrics; American
Indian aging; problem and policy innovations in elder care for Indian
elders.

Professor Jones-Webb's teaching and research concern alcohol epidemiology
and policy with a special emphasis on race and social class issues, policy
as a prevention strategy, and minority health issues.

Professor Lee's research focuses on the process and outcome of cultural
socialization and how it serves as a protective factor against mental
illness for ethnic minorities exposed to various acculturative life
stressors.

Professor Campbell is interested in the relationship between nuclear and
mitochondrial DNA instability and human pathologies including cancer and
aging, and also teaches on bioethics.

Professor Singh's clinical and research interests have focused on
disenfranchised youth including homeless and incarcerated youth, and on the
mental health needs of youth in varying socioeconomic and cultural contexts.

IV. Teaching Race in the New Genetics: What is at Stake?
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee (Cultural and Social Anthropology & the Center for
Biomedical Ethics,
Stanford)

Date & Time: Friday, December 1st, 3:45 pm ­ 5:15 pm
Location: Nolte 140

Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., Senior Research Scholar, is an anthropologist who
studies race, ethnicity and culture in science, technology and biomedicine.
Her research programme focuses on the social and scientific meanings of race
in human genetic variation research and their implications for
understandings of human difference.  Dr. Lee has conducted a study on the
social and ethical issues related to the DNA sampling of human populations
and policies around the use of racial taxonomies by publicly funded cell
repositories.

Refreshments will be served.
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3. First Annual Asian Business Forum

Wells Fargo's Asian Connection Minnesota Team Member Resource Group Invites
you to join them for the First Annual Asian Business Forum.  This is a
breakfast conference highlighting new ideas for financial success with Wells
Fargo as a partner in your business.

Date & Time: Monday, December 11, 2006, 8 am ­ 11 am
Location: Crowne Plaza Northstar Hotel, Lake Minnetonka Room, 618 Second
Avenue South,
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Guest Speakers:
- Jon R. Campbell - CEO, Minnesota Region, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
- Sharon Garth - Vice President Supplier Diversity
- Philomena Morrissey Satre - Regional Diversity Consultant
- Brenda Fong - Asian Connections 2006 Chair, Asian Connection's Ace Team
- Dr. Tom Gillaspy - State Demographer

Please RSVP by December 1, 2006 to Ger Hang by email at
ger.hang@wellsfargo.com, by phone at 612-316-0832 or by fax at 612-316-4579.
Thinking creatively to help your business grow.
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4. Thirst Theater Featuring Mu Artists

Come support MU artists: Sun Mee Chomet, Randy Reyes, and Ann Kim as they
perform in scenes with other actors written by local playwrights, including
Jeany Park!

Date: Monday, Dec. 4.
Time: arrive by 7:15 pm, play starts at 7:30 pm
Location: Jitters Nightclub (basement of The Times Bar and Cafe) 205 East
Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55414 (corner of Hennepin Avenue and 2nd St. NE)
Tel. 612-617-1111
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5. Forum for Youth Workers

Twin Cities Youth Work coalition (TCYC) would like to invite you to attend
their first forum in a one-of-a-kind series, designed for Youth Workers.
>From this forum, you will walk away with a professional portfolio that will
become your tool to document and communicate skills and knowledge gained
while working in the field with youth.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to; network with peers, hear from
field experts and find out how TCYC can support your work.  You work for
youth, now let TCYC work for you!

Date & Time: Friday, December 8, 8:30 am - Noon
Location: Adeth Jeshurun congregation
Fee: Free

To register, visit its website at www.youthworkinstitute.corg under heading
TCYC
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6. Party for Women Leaders

It's a Party!  If ever there was a time to get together and celebrate...
it's now.  From board rooms, to neighborhood associations, to city councils,
to the state legislatures.  Now, Minnesota can celebrate many "firsts":

- First female U.S. Senator, Amy Klobuchar
- First female Attorney General, Lori Swanson
- First Latina in the Minnesota Senate, Patricia Torres Ray
- First female Speaker of the Minnesota House, Margaret Kelliher

And, here's another huge win: Minnesota now has the highest number of women
in state legislative history--more than 35%.  These achievements do not
happen by accident.  Many of you worked tirelessly on campaigns for women
you believed in, and took part in making history in this state!

SO SAVE THE DATE!  Come celebrate the runners, the winners, the workers, the
trainers, the support organizations and the voters!

Date & Time: Wednesday, December 13, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: The White House Project Office, 2402 University Avenue West #600
(near University and Raymond) St. Paul, MN

Food and wine will be served!  Please RSVP to their MN Election Intern
Melanie Lee Larson -
melanie@thewhitehouseproject.org.
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7. NAAAP-MN Mingler Event

In the spirit of the approaching holiday season, NAAAP-MN is announcing its
upcoming December Minglers as opportunities for festiveness and
relationship-building.  They look forward to sharing time with you and
yours!

Date & Time: Wednesday, Dec. 13, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Peninsula Malaysia Cuisine, 2608 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, MN
55408 (612-871-8282)

A True Southeast Asian Experience!
For directions, visit
http://www.peninsulamalaysiancuisine.com/contactus.html#location
Guests cover their own food/ beverage costs at Peninsula.
For details, go to http://www.naaap-mn.org
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8. Minnesota Minghua Chinese School 10th Anniversary Celebration

Minnesota Minghua Chinese School is celebrating its 10th Anniversary.

Date: Sunday, December 17, 2006
Main Event: 2:30 pm ­ 4:30 pm
Student Works Exhibition: 1 pm ­ 2:30 pm

Location: Maranatha Hall, Totino Fine Arts Center, Northwestern College,
3003 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul, MN 55113

For tickets or more information, please call 651-442-9517, 651-295-6910 or
email mmcs@minhua.com.
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