[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 8/28

[Johnny Chio]

Greetings from Asian Media Access:

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).


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Asian Media Access Events or Sponsored Events:

1. Beyond Silence II: Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Recovery
Month Forum

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Local Community Events:

2. 2nd Annual Hmong Summit
3. Human Trafficking in Minnesota Conference

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1. Beyond Silence II: Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Recovery
Month Forum

Beyond Silence II: Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Recovery Month
Forum

Date & Time: Saturday, September 15, 2007, 9:30 am ­ 2 pm
Location: Hmong American Mutual Assistance Association, 1130 North 7th
Street, Minneapolis, MN 55411

The Forum is free and open to the public - lunch will be provided.

- Who will benefit from attending?
AAPI Parents, Youth, Community-based Agencies, Social Services, Support
Groups, Health Clinics and Treatment Centers, Juvenile Departments, Local
Public Health Officials, as well as City, State and Federal Partners.

- Exhibits from local agencies with resources on Alcohol, Tobacco and Other
Drugs (ATOD) treatment, prevention and other community health initiatives
- Youth Track for 10-18 year olds: How to Say No to Drugs, peer pressure and
prevention education
- Keynote Address by Ford Kuramoto, Los Angeles/National Asian Pacific
American Families Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA)
- Remarks by Local and Federal officials
- Presentations and Forum for Discussion, including: Reflections on local
Substance Abuse Trends and Panel Discussion on Eliminating Access Barriers
for Substance Abuse Treatment

By honoring September as the "Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month",
this event is sponsored by:

National Sponsors:
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment with a grant through the National Asian Pacific American Families
Against Substance Abuse (NAPAFASA).

Local Supporters: 
- Asian Media Access (AMA), Center for Hmong Studies, Council on Asian
Pacific Minnesotans, Hmong American Mutual Assistance Association (HAMAA),
Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Department of Human Services -
Chemical Health Division, Minnesota Prevention Resource Center (MPRC) and
Ramsey Tobacco Coalition.

For more information or if you would like to be an exhibitor, contact Asian
Media Access at 612-376-7715 or visit our website at www.amamedia.org.
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2. 2nd Annual Hmong Summit

Ready 4 K's Hmong Project is hosting its 2nd Annual Hmong Summit.  The theme
this year is "Celebrating Champions" to commemorate Hmong grandparents.
They would like to extend an invitation to 50 Hmong grandparents who provide
day-to-day care for young children.  So please pass this information along
if you know if Hmong grandparents who are interested in attending and
applying for this summit.  This summit will focus on school readiness,
quality care, healthy family/communities, emergency response training, and
early childhood findings in the Hmong community.

Date & Time:  Saturday, September 8th, 8 am ­ 5 pm
Location: Community School of Excellence, 1330 Blair Ave N, St. Paul

This project is also currently looking for co-sponsorship.  Those interested
in partnering or know of organization who might be interested, please
contact Jesse Kao Lee at 651-644-8138 ext. 111 or Jesse@ready4k.org.
Because space is limited, the summit is a first come, first serve basis.  If
you have any question or comments, please contact Jesse.
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3. Human Trafficking in Minnesota Conference

Please join Civil Society, Korean Service Center, SEWA, Somali Educational
and Social Advocacy Services, Vietnamese Minnesota Association, Vietnamese
Social Services and Waite House for the Human Trafficking in Minnesota
Conference:

Date: Friday, September 28, 2007

Schedule:
8:15 ­ Registration
9:00 ­ 5:00 Conference
5:00 ­ 7:30 Reception

Location: Neighborhood House, 179 Robie St E, St Paul, MN 55107-3390

Free of charge 
Gift Bags for trafficking victims are welcome.
 
Topics to be covered:
Human Trafficking ­ Why in Minnesota?
Human Trafficking ­What We Have Discovered.
Human Trafficking Victimization ­ How It Looks in Minnesota.
How Advocates Can Help Trafficking Victims.
Immigration Legal Issues in Helping Trafficking Victims
Health Issues of Victims of Human Trafficking
Case Management for Trafficking Victims
Human Trafficking in American Indian Community
Domestic Human Trafficking
Legislation Efforts against Trafficking in MN
Congressional Efforts to Stop Trafficking
Media Watch
Law Enforcement Efforts to Stop Trafficking
Religion Community Efforts to Stop Trafficking and Help Victims
Human Trafficking 101
Hope for Human Trafficking Victims
Out State Human Trafficking Issues
Ethnic Groups Speak Out Against Trafficking

Now registration is available at their website on the Civil Society home
page, in the news on top - Human Trafficking in Minnesota Conference
REGISTRATION.  The link is:
http://civilsocietyhelps.org/test/html/modules.php?name=Registration
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