[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 10/9

[Johnny Chio]

Hi Everyone:

For information on community events, please also visit Asian Media Access¹
(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. 2006 Media Camp for Asian Pacific American Youth

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Local Community Events:

2. Vietnamese Student Association of Minnesota ­ Celebrating 30 Years
3. 5th Annual Hmong Resource Fair
4. Community Briefing on Hmong Poisonous Diets
5. Minnesota State Arts Board Extended Grant Deadline

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1. 2006 Media Camp for Asian Pacific American Youth

Asian Media Access is hosting the 2006 Media Camp for Asian American Youth.

Dates: Oct. 19 ­ 22, 2006
Location: Mankato State University (Overnight at Mankato Oct. 20-21)
Application Deadline: October 13, 2006

Learn media, make friends and having fun!  The 2006 Media Camp for Asian
American Youth is a fun-filled 4-day retreat.  Through hands-on media
training, the Media Camp will provide students with a chance to explore
current issues in forms which can effectively reach a broad audience.
Students will also attend Asian Pacific American Conference at Mankato State
University filled with leadership training opportunities, and attend a
semi-formal opening night Youth Celebration Banquet at St. Paul Travelers to
celebrate the achievements of previous youth participants of Asian Media
Access¹ youth programs.

To apply, visit our website at
www.amamedia.org/programs/media_camp_register.shtml.  For more information,
please visit our website at www.amamedia.org, or contact us at 612-376-7715
or email at amamedia@amamedia.org.

This program is sponsored by Mankato State University and St. Paul
Travelers.
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2. Vietnamese Student Association of Minnesota ­ Celebrating 30 Years

Vietnamese Student Association of Minnesota ­ Celebrating 30 Years Since
1976!

Date & Time: Friday, October 13, 2006, 6 p.m. ­ 11 p.m.
Location: Lucky Dragon, 1527 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454 (Tel:
612-375-1690)
Preorder Tickets: $18/adults, $10/children
Tickets at the Door: $20/adults, $12/children
To Purchase Tickets: Helen Tran, 651-214-0964, tran0399@umn.edu

Dinner, traditional dance, live show, dance and raffle!

For more information, visit its website at www.vsamn.com or email
vsa@umn.edu.
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3. 5th Annual Hmong Resource Fair

You and your family are invited to the 5th Annual Hmong Resource Fair.

Date & Time: Saturday, October 21, 2006, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Location: Arlington Senior High School, 1495 Rice Street, St. Paul, MN 55117

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public.  Come and learn about health and
nutrition, education, employment, housing, legal, government services and
much more.

They will have:
- Bilingual staff to assist non or limited English speakers
- Door prizes, Refreshments, and Cultural performances
- Transportation (only at various locations)

For more information, please contact:
Kazoua Kong-Thao
Phone:  651-431-3037
Email:  Kazoua.kong-thao@state.mn.us

Mark Pfeifer
Phone: 651-917-9937
Email: resources@hmongcenter.org

Web Info: http://www.hmongresourcefair.bravehost.com/
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4. Community Briefing on Hmong Poisonous Diets

Along with other seasoned individual, the MN Department of Health‹Refugee
Health, Achieve Language Academy, and the Hmong Archives they are hosting a
community briefing on "Hmong Poisonous Diets"; other topical discussion
items may include: nightshade and the sumac plants as well.

It would be ideal to share for those of us that work closely with newly
arrived refugee/immigrants; especially Asians and the Africans...we like to
forage and gather.

Date & Time: Friday, October 27, 2006, 6 pm ­ 8 pm
Location: Achieve Language Academy (first dual languages: Hmong/Spanish
charter school in MN), 2169 Stillwater Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55119
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5. Minnesota State Arts Board Extended Grant Deadline

The Minnesota State Arts Board has extended the application deadline for the
Cultural Community Partnership grant program.  The new deadline is 4:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, November 1, 2006.
  
Cultural Community Partnership grants are meant to enhance the artistic and
career development of artists of color.  Funds may be used to support
collaborative projects between two individual artists of color, or between
an artist and an organization. To help promote the work of grantees, each
recipient will be expected to present some type of public event or
exhibition as part of his or her project.  Grants range from $1,000 -
$5,000. 
  
Cultural Community Partnership grant application forms and instructions are
available on the Arts Board Web site:
http://www.arts.state.mn.us/grants/cultural_community_partnership.htm
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