[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 11/26

[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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Local Community Events:

1. The Andersen Library Research Forum Presents: Representations of
Transnationally/Transracially Adopted Koreans in American Children's
Literature
2. Post-9/11 Hate Crimes Documentary and Filmmaker at the U of M
3. Prepare for 2009 TV Digital Signal Conversion ­ Get Coupons for Converter
Box

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1. The Andersen Library Research Forum Presents: Representations of
Transnationally/Transracially Adopted Koreans in American Children's
Literature

The Andersen Library Research Forum presents:
- Representations of Transnationally/Transracially Adopted Koreans in
American Children's Literature

With Sarah Park, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date & Time: Tuesday, 27 November 2007, 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: 120 Andersen Library

Representations of transnationally/transracially adopted Koreans began
appearing in American children's books in 1955, with at least one new title
appearing every few years since.  They analyze how these children's books
reflect and manifest evolving practices and attitudes towards transracial
adoption from Korea by examining who writes stories, who they address, and
what kind of stories they tell through both text and illustrations.

Sarah Park is a PhD candidate in Library and Information Science at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  She has participated in Kamp
Kimchee and the International Korean Adoption Studies Research Symposium at
the IKAA Gathering 2007.  For more information see www.sarahpark.com

This event is co-sponsored by the Social Welfare History Archives and the
Children's Literature Research Center.  For information about the location
of Andersen Library and nearby parking, see
http://special.lib.umn.edu/swha/parking.pdf
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2. Post-9/11 Hate Crimes Documentary and Filmmaker at the U of M

Several local groups will host the film Divided We Fall: Americans in the
Aftermath, the first
feature-length documentary film to analyze the aftermath of 9/11 on South
Asian and Arab Americans.

Date & Time: December 3, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Coffman Memorial Union Theatre at the University of Minnesota

The award-winning film documents hate crimes against Sikhs, Muslims and
others after 9/11 and examines how Americans react to the perceived "other"
in times of war.  Filmmaker Valarie Kaur will be available for Q&A with
audience and press interviews.  Directed by Sharat Raju, Divided We Fall
follows then-college student Valarie Kaur in the days and months after the
2001 terrorist attacks as she drove across America interviewing victims of
hate violence.

The evening film showing is part of a series of events throughout the day to
commemorate Human Rights Day, the internationally celebrated anniversary of
the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  Valarie Kaur will
also be the featured keynote speaker at the December 3rd conference, Voices
>From Silence: September 11 and the Impact on Refugees, Immigrants and
Religious Minorities, to be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the
University of Minnesota Law School.
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3. Prepare for 2009 TV Digital Signal Conversion ­ Get Coupons for Converter
Box

By Feb. 19, 2009, TV signals will be mandated to switch from an analog to a
digital signal in an effort to free the nation's airwaves for public safety
and other services.  Regular analog TV set will be required to add on a
converter box to receive signals; otherwise the TV will go black.

You do not need a converter, if:
- Your TV is hooked up to cable or satellite services, or
- You have recently bought a TV and it has a built-in digital tuner.

For those who need the converter boxes, the government will help by
providing coupons to reduce the cost of the boxes. Under the rules, all U.S.
households will be able to apply for up to two $40 coupons to defray the
cost of a basic digital-to-analog converter box during the program's initial
phase.  Converters are expected to cost between $50 and $70 apiece.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2008, households will be able to make such requests
through a toll-free phone number 1-888-388-2009 or TTY-1-877-530-2634,
website www.dtv.gov.  March 31, 2009, is the last day to make the requests.
Limited quantities, please apply early.
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