[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 4/21

[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. Asian Media Access' Sponsored Event

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Local Community Events:

2. Presentation: Minnesota's Diverse Population: Challenges and Successes
3. Himal Traveling Film South Asia 2008
4. Training - Building a Sustainable Organization
5. SEWA-Asian Indian Family Wellness Annual Fundraising Dinner
6. DanceWorks Ensemble North America Tour
7. Hip-hop in Taiko Lab
8. Wellstone Action -- Camp Wellstone for High School Students!
9. Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center Performance: Tales of Heaven and Earth
10. Event Listing at Local Libraries
11. Summer Youth Employment Program

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National Events:

12. White House National Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

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1. Asian Media Access' Sponsored Event

A. Spice and Slice of Asian Culture: Three Gorges Photo Exhibit
Date & Time: Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m.
Location: Ridgedale Library, 12601 Ridgedale Dr., Minnetonka 952-847-8800
Exhibit May 1-31
George Slade, exhibit curator, Minnesota Center for Photography, will
discuss the photo project and the photography by artists who have visited
China's Three Gorges Dam - the world's largest concrete structure and
hydroelectric endeavor.  What are the social, cultural and environmental
impact along the mighty Yangtze River?  What permanent changes were wrought
upon the people and landscape?  Exhibit organized and originally presented
by the Minnesota Center for Photography with support from the National
Endowment for the Arts and Asian Media Access.

B. Spice and Slice of Asian Culture: Social Activism
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 7, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Maple Grove Library   952.847.5550,  8351 Elm Creek Blvd., Maple
Grove, 55369
A series of award-winning Asian public service announcements present concern
for equality, justice, civil rights and other pressing societal issues
throughout Asia. Discussion will follow.

C. Spice and Slice of Asian Culture: Funny Bones
Date & Time: Wednesday, May 14, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Ridgedale Library    952.847.8800, 12601 Ridgedale Dr.,
Minnetonka, 55305
Explore Asian social trends and cultural values through entertaining Asian
Advertising Award-winning commercials. Discussion on parenting, family
expectations and the Asian concept of the "good life" follows.

D. Schedule your own Film Forum event with Asian Media Access, FREE!
Any Place, Any Time
Asian Media Access is happy to announce the 2007 and 2008 "The Best Asian
Television Commercials" are available for May Showings at your
organizations.  For schedule a showing, please contact
amamedia@amamedia.org.

The Best Asian Television Commercials (2007, 48 min)
The Best Asian Television Commercials (2008, 45 min)

Curated by Steve Lu, Asian Media Access, the " The Best Asian Television
Commercials" has a wealth of collection of the best and funniest Asian TV
ads from all over Asia, ranged from Australia, China, Hong Kong, India,
Japan, Korean, Thailand, and Turkey, and from different industries such as
insurance & banking institutions, beverages & drinks, cars, restaurants &
food items, beauty products, airlines, newspapers, clothing, etc.   Many
commercials use satire to make jokes about popular cultures, for example,
using Japanese scary movie technique to sell deeply discounted merchandise
that will "SHOCK" you.   With a "Appreciate Little Things Come in Life"
slogan, the beer commercial featured people rejoicing on the street just for
getting a parking spot, or getting the last crab leg, or even just because
it is a Friday.  The best one goes to Turkey's bank commercial that used
people to form various shapes and objects of expensive jewelry and gifts.
The creativity and the quality of the commercials will for sure to win many
"Ahhhhhhh" and "Haaaaaaa" from audience.

Format: DVD
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2. Presentation: Minnesota's Diverse Population: Challenges and Successes

EFTIN In Partnership with Amran Academy for Girls Presents:
Minnesota's Diverse Population: Challenges and Successes

In the past 10 years, Minnesota has experienced a significant increase in
the number of new immigrant populations.  Join them to discuss strategies to
help you better connect, and serve immigrants families and their children.
Certificate of attendance will be issued.

Objectives:
- To help examine the continuous challenges facing new American communities
in MN
- To share successful outreach strategies implemented by nonprofit agencies
and public institutions
- To provide service providers the tools to effectively communicate and
connect with immigrant populations
- To highlight the importance of recruiting, retaining and building the
leadership of diverse staff.

Audience: Educators, Administrators, Health Service Providers, Social
Workers, Law Enforcement, and Community Agencies

Keynote Speaker: Patience Ferguson, YWCA, Director of Human Resources

Panelists: Faisal Madar, Cultural Liaison, Independent School District 196,
Angel Toro, Latino Family/School Liaison, Independent School District 196,
Ladan Yusuf, Somali Outreach Liaision, Hennepin County Office Of
Multi-Cultural Services, Txong Pao Lee, Executive Director, Hmong Cultural
Center, Inc (April 24th only), Nai Lo, Building Bridge Coordinator, Hmong
Cultural Center, Inc (April 30th only)

Presentations will be offered twice:

Location one:
Date & Time: Thursday, April 24th, 2008, 8:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave, Apple Valley, MN 55124
(952-891-7045)

Location two:
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 30th 2008, 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Wentworth Library, 199 E Wentworth Ave., West St. Paul, MN 55118
(651-457-8497)

To register online, please visit http://www.eftin.org/registration

FEE: $25 per person
Deadline: April 24th, 2008

For inquires, please call 952-435-7404 or send email to info@eftin.org.
Healthy snacks and refreshments served
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3. Himal Traveling Film South Asia 2008

Himal Traveling Film South Asia 2008

Dates: April 19th, 20th and 26th, 2008
Location: University of Minnesota (http://www.tc.umn.edu/~nepalgsa/fsa2008/)

A collection of 13 award-winning documentaries chosen by a jury from the
highly-acclaimed Himal South Asia Film Festival 2007 (Kathmandu, Nepal).  In
its 6th edition, the recent 2007 festival featured diverse selections from
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri
Lanka.  A select sample of the films have been selected for the Traveling
Film South Asia festival that will be shown at the UMN between April 19th
and 26th.  These high caliber independent films cover a wide range of topics
and issues of particular relevance to South Asia and its diaspora.  The 2008
film series includes films such as:

- EISENFRESSER (IRONEATERS) (85 min)
{Bangladesh, 2007, dir - Shaheen Dill-Riaz} [Winner of the Ram Bahadur
Trophy for Best Film at FSA '07] Famine forces farmers to seek work as
ship-breakers.

- 6 YARDS TO DEMOCRACY (55 min)
{India, 2006, dir - Nishtha Jain & Smriti Nevatia} Election promises of free
saris leads to stampede.

- LIVING GODDESS (96 min)
{Nepal, 2006/07, dir - Ishbel Whitaker} Lives of Kumaris during the People's
Movement of April 2006.

- THE SKY BELOW (75 min)
{India/Pakistan, 2006/07, dir - Sara Singh} [Joint Winner of the Best Debut
Film Award at FSA '07] The India-Pakistan frontier six decades after
Partition.

For more information on the screening and films, please visit their website:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~nepalgsa/fsa2008/

To reserve tickets, please contact: nepalgsa@umn.edu

Brought to you by: The Nepalese Graduate Student Association (UMN) The
Department of Asian
Languages and Literatures (UMN)
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4. Training - Building a Sustainable Organization

Building a Structure for Sustainability is a free two and one-half day
training sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) and Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) in
collaboration with the Governor's Council on Faith and Community Service
Initiatives.  This training is designed to introduce you to various
strategies that will assist you in sustaining your program services long
after grant funding ends.

Learn how to:
- Sustain your program services through various funding mechanisms
- Market your program services to potential funders
- Make your organization a money making business
- Evaluate your program to ensure successful outcomes
- Develop a strategic plan for your organization

Dates: May 6 - 8, 2008
Location: Center for Families, Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, 3333
North Fourth Street
Minneapolis, MN

Schedule:
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Registration for this training is on a first come first basis.  Deadline for
registration is April 25, 2008.  For additional registration information
please contact Lee Buckley at 651-201-2567 or lee.buckley@state.mn.us  or
Ernestine Coghill-Howard at 202-489-8094 or ecoghill@aol.com
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5. SEWA-Asian Indian Family Wellness Annual Fundraising Dinner

Join SEWA-AIFW in celebrating their 5th Anniversary serving the community at
our annual fundraiser featuring health workshops, distinguished speakers and
local artists.  This year's line up include:
- Judge Sangeeta Jain, Hennepin County 4th Judicial District Court
- Dr. Mohini Giri, Indian Women's Advocate
- Sreerupa Mitra Chaudhury, National Legal Services Authority, Government of
India
- Nepali Student Association performs traditional folk dance
- Dipankar Mukherjee directs play performed by community members
- Dance Studio performs Kathak dance
- Sonia & Friends performs Bharatanatyam

Date: Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Location: St. Catherine's College, Jeanne d’Arc Auditorium, 2004 Randolph
Ave, St Paul, MN 55105
Free Health Workshops: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Full Dinner: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Main Program: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Advanced Dinner and Program Ticket information:
- $15 per person
- $35 per family of four (Children under age 6 are free)

To order tickets, call Kamala at 952-829-5497 or email info@sewa-aifw.org.
Proceeds benefit SEWA-AIFW, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
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6. DanceWorks Ensemble North America Tour

The DanceWorks Ensemble will be performing Taiwanese tap dances.

Date & Time: May 9, 7:30 pm
Location: St. Paul Student Center Theater, University of MN, 2007 Buford
Ave., St. Paul

The admission is free.  For more information, please visit its website at
www.taamn.org or call Kuang-Sheng at 763-514-5197
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7. Hip-hop in Taiko Lab

Hip-hop in Taiko Lab

What: Taiko Lab, an annual performance of new and experimental Japanese
drumming works.
Who: Mu Daiko, the professional taiko drumming ensemble of Mu Performing
Arts.
When: May 9 and 10 at 8 pm
Where: Mixed Blood Theatre (1501 S Fourth St, Minneapolis)
Tickets: $12 adult, $9 student/senior.  612-338-6131 or www.mixedblood.com.

Twin Cities-based Japanese taiko drumming ensemble Mu Daiko will present a
special concert of new works May 9 and 10 at the Mixed Blood Theatre.  The
aptly named Taiko Lab is an intimate
presentation of experimental works-in-progress, a musical ³lab² in which to
test new combinations of styles and genres.  Mu Daiko lead artist and
composer Iris Shiraishi describes the annual performance as ³the gestational
home of brand new taiko-based pieces or new-to-Mu compositions.  The Lab
encourages taiko composers to work outside our typical style and framework.²
(www.muperformingarts.org)
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8. Wellstone Action -- Camp Wellstone for High School Students!

Wellstone Action -- Camp Wellstone for High School Students!  Now open for
registration!

This political training is for progressive high school students working for
change or who want to work on a campaign in 2008.  High schoolers will learn
from some of the best campaign managers and organizers about what it takes
to work on campaigns and get active in 2008.

Dates: May 9 ­ 10, 2008
Location: Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul

The training will go from 4-9 pm on Friday, May 9th (with dinner) and 9-5 pm
on Saturday, May 10th (with lunch and snacks).  The cost is only $10.  The
training is open only to high school students and people of high school age.
Sign up now for the limited slots!  To register, visit
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/114/donate.asp?formid=MTGC4&c=5443578
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9. Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center Performance: Tales of Heaven and Earth

Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center Performance
Tales of Heaven and Earth ­ Legends of the East II
Artistic Director: Qiang Yang

Show Time: 2 shows at 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM
Date: Sunday May 11, 2008
Location: Concordia University, St. Paul, E. M. Pearson Theatre, 312 Hamline
Ave, MN 55104
Tickets: Adults - $16, Children - $12, family of four package - $48
Tickets Sales: 612-327-5582, 651-246-5735, 763-229-6839
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10. Event Listing at Local Libraries

A. Spice and Slice of Asian Culture: "Journey From the Fall"
Date & Time: Sunday, May 18, 1-4 p.m.
Location: Southdale Library
One family's struggle and survival of the Vietnam War - family torn apart,
detention camps, grueling escape to America.  The film's management team
will discuss and share their vision and experiences in the making of this
moving and powerful movie. Sponsored by the Hennepin County Library in
partnership with Asian Community Media Institute (ACMI) - Minnesota and
Asian American Press in collaboration with the Friends of the Southdale
Library; funding provided by a grant to the Library Foundation from the
Comcast Foundation.

B. Spice and Slice of Asian Culture: "Kung Fu Hustle"
Date & Time: Saturday, May 31, 1:30 p.m.
Location: Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy., 952-847-5600
Do kung fu movies relate to contemporary life in mainland China?  Clips from
this popular action-packed film will be used to illustrate the use of
symbolism and start a discussion of Chinese values.  Funding provided by a
grant to the Library Foundation from the Comcast Foundation.
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11. Summer Youth Employment Program

Summer Youth Employment Program: Applications are available for special
needs, at risk or low-income youth, 14-21 years old, living in Dakota,
Washington and suburban Hennepin Counties for a 9-week paid summer work
experience designed to help young people learn and practice basic job
skills.  The program begins on June 23 and ends August 22, 2008.  Youth
generally work 20 hours per week and earn $6.15/hour.  Most jobs are working
outdoors on landscape projects in area parks. In Dakota and suburban
Hennepin County ONLY there are jobs indoors.

For more information or to download an application form, visit the
following:

Dakota and suburban Hennepin County brochure:
http://www.treetrust.org/pdfs/2008youth-brochure-.pdf
Application form: http://www.treetrust.org/pdfs/2008youth-app.pdf

Washington County brochure:
http://www.treetrust.org/pdfs/2008wash-brochure.pdf
Application form: http://www.treetrust.org/pdfs/2008wash-app.pdf

Tree Trust has applications for Dakota, Washington and suburban Hennepin
Counties ONLY.  If you live in one of the counties listed below, you can
call the corresponding number for information about their summer jobs.

Anoka County: 763-783-4800
City of Minneapolis (South): 612-821-4050
City of Minneapolis (North): 612-520-3500
City of St. Paul: 651-266-6430
Scott County: 952-496-8528
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12. White House National Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

White House National Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives!

Dates: June 26 - 27, 2008
Location: Washington, D.C.

This Conference is free and open to the public.  Online registration for the
Conference is available at www.fbci.gov by clicking on the "Washington DC"
conference link at the top right corner.
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