[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 02/20

[Johnny Chio]

Greetings from Asian Media Access:

Happy Chinese New Year (starting at 2/18/2007, for 15 days of Celebration)
to you and your family in 2007 - The year of the Boar!

"Xin Nian Kuai Le" (Happy New Year!)
(Mandarin)

"Gong Hay Fat Choy" (Wishing You the Best and Wealth!)
(Cantonese)

"Lei Si Dou Loy" (Giving Me the Red Money Pocket!)
(Cantonese)

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

Asian Media Access (AMA) Events or Sponsored Event:

1. Please Join Asian Media Access to celebrate 2007 Lunar New Year Gala

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Local Community Events:

2. Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media Workshop Meeting
3. ECHO Shows on Channel 17
4. Refocus: Transforming The Future of Media in Minnesota

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1. Please Join Asian Media Access to celebrate 2007 Lunar New Year Gala

When: March 4th (Sunday) 2007, noon-3pm

Where: at the Varsity Theater
PHONE: 612-604-0222 | 1308 4TH STREET SE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55414

What: This year¹s festival will highlight Asian Media through the best of
films, televisions and advertisements, showing the strong and vibrant
entertainment industry of Asia.  We will also highlight Asian New Year
traditions, feature varieties of Asian cuisine, and host a silent auction.

Why: AMA is hosting the 2nd Annual Lunar New Year Gala to raise fund for the
Multi Arts Complex to present Asian films and theater performances; to
encourage Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) youth's creations and
interactive activities and to provide training space for media/digital arts,
leadership and communication skills.  The newly remodeled Multi Arts Complex
will serve as a vibrant beacon of the arts/cultures, embodying AMA¹s
organizational values of openness, energy, and respect for diversity.

How: $ 35/per ticket, please reserve your tickets by contacting Asian Media
Access, at 612-376-7715 or amamedia@amamedia.org

Seating is limited, order your ticket NOW!!!!
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2. Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media Workshop Meeting

The next Asian Literatures, Cultures, and Media workshop meeting is this
Friday.  Don't miss it!

What: Rethinking Wong Kar-wai's "Sixties Trilogy"
Who: Simin Tan, ALCM Ph.D. student
Where: Folwell 318
When: Friday, Feb. 23, 4:00 - 5:30 pm

The paper is now available for download at
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~tanxx104/ST60sFeb07.pdf
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3. ECHO Shows on Channel 17

ECHO shows on Channel 17!

Feb 18 and 25: ECHO TV: ³INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY PREPAREDNESS² airs in 6
languages.

Sunday, February 18, broadcast in Spanish (8:00 pm), Hmong (8:20 pm) and
Vietnamese (8:40 pm)
Sunday, February 25, broadcast in Lao (8:00 pm), Khmer (8:20 pm) and Somali
(8:40 pm)

Every year, in every season, we hear about disasters that take people¹s
homes and lives. We watch pictures of the destruction on television news.
And still, most of us don¹t believe that such events could happen where we
live. Disasters can strike anywhere. Tornadoes, floods, chemical spills even
nuclear power accidents and acts of terrorism are real possibilities that we
must prepare for. There are two simple steps to help you survive. Neither of
them is difficult. Learn about them this month on ECHO TV.

In February the premiering ECHO TV topic will be ³Individual and Family
Preparedness². The program will inform people about what to do in the event
of an emergency, how to make a plan and make a survival kit.

ECHO guests for this topic include:
- Officer Pam Barragan, St. Paul Police Department (Spanish)
- Officer David Yang, St. Paul Police Department (Hmong)
- Sally Newbury, Twin Cities Area Red Cross (formerly)
- Hoa Young, Interpreter (Vietnamese)
- Deputy Phouthaivanh Sourignavong, Dakota County Sheriff¹s Dept. (Lao)
- Officer Sery (Tony) Pich, Ramsey County Deputy (Khmer)
- Yayhe Mohamed, Community Outreach Coordinator, Twin Cities Area Red Cross
(Somali)

All on Twin Cities Public Television, Channel 17.

ECHO exists to assure the health and safety of all Minnesotans by ensuring
that people with Limited English Proficiency (LEP) receive life-saving
health and safety information. It is a supplement to existing emergency
preparedness plans with some important differences. Working collaboratively
with local and state public health agencies and ethnic community
organizations, ECHO¹s mission is to educate LEP populations on health and
safety preparedness now, so that in a real crisis they are ready to act.

Now in its second year, ECHO includes a monthly TV show produced in six
languages, a web site (www.echominnesota.org) in seven languages, a
10-language health advisory and emergency alert phone line (1.888.883.8831)
and an emergency bulletin distribution service.

All ECHO TV programs premiere on Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Channel
17 and then are replayed on the ECHO website and cable stations throughout
the state.  To view ECHO programs on line and for a current schedule of
upcoming topics visit the ECHO website at www.echominnesota.org.

For information contact: Edie French, Minnesota Department of Health Special
Populations Coordinator at Edie.French@health.state.mn.us or 651.491.7974.
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4. Refocus: Transforming The Future of Media in Minnesota

Refocus: Transforming The Future of Media in Minnesota

Date & Time: Friday, April 13, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Minneapolis Community & Technical College/Wheelock Whitney Hall,
Room L3000, 1501 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis

Join other top leaders in the film and new media community to begin a
conversation about transforming the future of the industry in Minnesota.
Special invited guests include non-profit media arts organization visionary
Brian Newman, Re:New Media (NYC); author and distribution gurus John and
Janet Pierson-keen observers and participants of the booming media success
of Austin, Texas; Frank Patterson, Dean of the nationally rising film
program at Florida State University/Tallahassee; and Mike Maggiore, film
programmer at Film Forum, New York's leading movie house for independent
premieres and repertory. The goal of this summit is to strengthen
Minnesota1s economic infrastructure and create a vibrant film and new media
industry through all of its relevant sectors, including: education,
non-profit organizations, production, (including commercial and feature,)
exhibition and the digital revolution.

Funding provided by The McKnight Foundation, Bush Foundation and the Jerome
Foundation, with extra support from Minneapolis Community and Technical
College.  Questions can be directed to Jane Minton, IFP Minnesota at
jminton@ifpmn.org.
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