[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 3/14

[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).

Local Community Events:

1. Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Homeownership Forum
2. Jeremiah Program is Now Accepting Applications
3. Century College's Asian Night
4. A Special Workshop for Chinese Language Teachers

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National & International Community Events:

5. 2007 Southeast Asian American National Leadership Gathering:
Collaborating Actions Among Leaders

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1. Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Homeownership Forum

Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Homeownership Forum

Date & Time: March 29, 3 pm ­ 5 pm
Location: United Cambodian Association of Minnesota (UCAM), 1101 N. Snelling
Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108
(Refreshment Served)

The Asian Community Council of the Emerging Homeownership Initiative (EMHI)
invites you to a Homeownership Forum.  At the Forum, you can:

- Learn more about the Emerging Markets Homeownership Initiative;
- Connect with Home ownership resources in the Twin Cities area; and
- Share your ideas about how to increase home ownership for Minnesota¹s AAPI
community

Confirmed Speakers include:
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- City of Minneapolis, Multi-Family Housing Unit
- Home Ownership Center
- City of Lakes Land Trust

For more information, contact Terri Thao at tthao@plcp.org or 651-379-0505,
or check out http://www.emhimn.org.
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2. Jeremiah Program is Now Accepting Applications

Are you a Single Mom looking for a Life Changing Experience?

Jeremiah Program Can Help.

The Jeremiah Program is an education and career readiness program that
provides support for women who desire to obtain economic self-sufficiency
through post-secondary education

Jeremiah Program
St. Paul Campus Application
Lindsey Varvil-Weld: 612-259-3034
www.JeremiahProgram.org
For an application or more information

If you are a low-income, single mom with children/child 5 years old or
younger and are enrolled in a post-secondary education or training program 2
and 3 bedroom apartments rent based on one-third of your income licensed
on-site Child Development Center one-to-one coaching empowerment and
personal development classes Jeremiah will complete construction on its
Saint Paul Campus in September 2007 and is NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for
the March and May pre-admissions process.
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3. Century College's Asian Night

For over 30 years, Century College has worked with the new refugee and Asian
community in the Twin-Cities.  Century College will be celebrating their
long relationship with the Asian community.  There will be Asian food and
entertainment from Minnesota AngelsDance group to welcome you.

Date & Time: Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: West Campus Commons

This will be a great opportunity for potential students to come and find out
about the many educational opportunities at Century College.  Whether you
are in high school student who is beginning the college search or whether
you are an adult student who is looking to return to further your education,
this will be a great time for you.

If you have any questions, please call Blong Yang at 651-773-1793 or e-mail
at blong.yang@century.edu.
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4. A Special Workshop for Chinese Language Teachers

Assessing What Counts: Incorporating Assessment into Your Units

Two sessions will be offered:
Dates: Friday, June 8 or Saturday, June 9, 2007
Time: 9:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: McNamara Alumni Center, Minnesota Room, 300 South Oak Street

Using group discussion, examples, and hands-on activities, renowned workshop
leader Donna Clementi will guide Chinese language teachers through the
process of designing their own standards-based performance task.  Each task
integrates the interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of the
Communication Standard.

Then using Backwards Design as a tool, participants will look at
implications for instruction in a standards-based classroom and design
scoring guides and rubrics for their performance task.  Teachers love this
approach to assessment because the tasks can be used right away in their
classes and students respond positively to the interactive nature of the
task.

Presenter: Donna Clementi is the dean of teacher seminars at Concordia
Language Villages.  She was a member of the ACTFL Performance Assessment
Unit Pilot Project and was on the Wisconsin Guide to Curriculum Planning
team.

Cost: This workshop is free, though you must be pre-registered at least 5
working days prior to the workshop.  Space is limited.

Note: Registration is limited. Mail or fax your registration to the CARLA
office.  Registration form is also available on CARLA's website at:
http://www.carla.umn.edu/conferences/ (If you have already received
confirmation of your registration, you do not need to do anything else.)
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5. 2007 Southeast Asian American National Leadership Gathering:
Collaborating Actions Among Leaders
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center is proud to announce the  2007
Southeast Asian American National Leadership Gathering: Collaborating
Actions Among Leaders

Dates: July 22 - 25, 2007
Location: Washington, DC

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!  Please register as soon as possible as free lodging
is limited.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND:  This year marks the 10th anniversary of the
Southeast Asian American National Leadership-Advocacy Training.  Since its
inception, SEARAC's leadership trainings have trained over 400 leaders.  In
place of their traditional training, this gathering will unite past
leadership training participants and new leaders to strategize on their
important role in mobilizing Southeast Asian communities throughout the
country.  The four day summit will include advocacy education, leadership
development, strategizing, collaborative networking, and communication with
policymakers.

HOW TO REGISTER: Registration form available at www.searac.org
<www.searac.org/lat-2007factsheet.html>.  Contact
leadershipgathering@searac.org for more information or for a hard copy of
the application.

DEADLINES: To be considered for free accommodations, they must receive your
registration by April 30, 2007.  Please note, however, that this does not
guarantee lodging as it is on a first-come, first-serve basis for the first
120 registrants who need lodging.  All other registrations due June 1, 2007.

This training is made possible through generous support from State Farm.
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