[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 2/19

[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. Please Join Asian Media Access to celebrate 2008 Lunar New Year Gala

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Local Community Events:

2. China Mini-Workshop Part III
3. SEWA-AIFW Event Listing
4. The First Korea Seminar Series Events for Spring Semester 2008
5. Youth Councils: Creating Authentic Opportunities for Young People
6. Hmong Women Speakers' Series 2008
7. 2008 Republican National Convention Announces Summer Internship Program

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National Events:

8. Free Multicultural Journalism Training Available for High School Students

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1. Please Join Asian Media Access to celebrate 2008 Lunar New Year Gala

Asian Media Access will host its Third Asian Lunar New Year Celebration.

Date & Time: Sunday, March 2, 2008, 12:00 noon - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Varsity Theater (Dinkytown), 1308 - 4th Street, SE., Minneapolis.

This exciting New Year celebration is complete with entertainment, food and
a silent auction to help raising funds for the Asian Media Access Multi Arts
Complex.  Guests will enjoy a diverse buffet lunch with feature dishes from
Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian and other ethnic
restaurants, and back by high demand, a showing of the best of television
commercials from
Asia Pacific.

For information on attending or to volunteer, for group sales, sponsorships
and donations please contact Chanida at 612-376-7715 or email
chanida@amamedia.org.
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2. China Mini-Workshop Part III

China Mini-Workshop Part III

China's Environmental Challenges and Development of a Green Society
Speaker: Jennifer Turner

Date & Time: February 22, 2008, noon ­ 2:30 pm
Location: Minneapolis Community Technical College, Room Library 3000
Lunch is provided on site from 12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM, the workshop will
immediately follow the luncheon.

Jennifer Turner is the Director of the China Environment Forum (CEF) at the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a senior program
associate with the Environmental Change and Security Program.  She also
serves as the editor of the Wilson Center's annual journal, the China
Environment Series.  Her most recent publications include a co-authoring
(with Kenji Otusukai) of a Wilson Center report: "Reaching Across the Water:
International Cooperation Promoting Sustainable River Basin Governance in
China" and a co-authoring (with Lu Zhi) of "Building a Green Civil Society
in China" in State of the World (2006), Washington, DC,
Worldwatch Institute.  Dr. Turner received her PhD in Public Policy and
Comparative Politics from
India University, Bloomington.  Her current research focuses on
environmental civil society and water resources protection issues in China.
Her workshop presentation will focus on China's environmental challenges and
the development of green civil society.

Please send an email to confirm lunch participation to
kejohnson@stcloudstate.edu.  This workshop is made possible by a grant
through the MnSCU Center for Teaching and Learning, Office of the
Chancellor.
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3. SEWA-AIFW Event Listing

I. Annual Women's Day Out
Date & Time: February 24th, 2 pm ­ 5 pm
Location: Creakside Apartments, 200, Nathan Lane in Plymouth.
They will feature several stress reduction activities including Chai and
Chat, Meditation, eyebrow threading and face packs as well as FREE Indian
food!  This event is for Women and children only!

II. Monthly senior gathering.
Date & Time: Friday, February 22, 11 am ­ 2 pm
Location: 1515 Park Ave S, Minneapolis.

For more information, visit its website at www.sewa-aifw.org.
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4. The First Korea Seminar Series Events for Spring Semester 2008

The first Korea Seminar Series Events for Spring semester 2008!  For more
information, contact Anne Jin Soo Preston, Program Coordinator, Consortium
for the Study of the Asias, Institute for Global Studies at 612-625-6103 or
apreston@umn.edu

Date: February 25, 2008
Location: 125 Nolte
The Department of Asian Languages and Literatures
A Story about Potatoes, a Poem about Flowers:
Performance and Control as Modernity Markers in 20th century Korean
Literature
David McCann
Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Literature
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Harvard University

Date: February 26, 2008, 7:00 P.M.
Location: Studio 100, Barbara Barker Center for Dance
Korean Poetry Reading featuring:
David McCann, Sun Yung Shin, & Ed Bok Lee

Spring 2008
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

David McCann will be reading translated poems from two books of Korean
poetry, and his own work, one recent, The Way I Wait for You (Codhill Press)
and forthcoming Urban Temple, (Boleaf).

Sun Yung Shin will be reading new works and Selections from her book Skirt
Full of Black (poems, Coffee House Press).

Ed Bok Lee will be reading from his book Real Karaoke People, as well as
some new poems (and, possibly, an excerpt from a new essay about his
relationship to Korean poetry and history that was recently published in an
essay collection by HarperCollins).
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5. Youth Councils: Creating Authentic Opportunities for Young People

Youth Councils: Creating Authentic Opportunities for Young People

Date & Time: Tuesday, March 4th, 2008, 3:30 - 6:00 pm
Location: TIES Building, 3rd Floor Cafeteria, 1667 Snelling Avenue N.
(corner of Snelling/Larpenteur), St. Paul, MN 55108
Cost: FREE!

Interested in starting a youth council?  Hoping to enhance the work of your
existing youth council?  Join them for this unique gathering to share ideas
and learn from experienced youths and adults representing nine youth
councils from both urban and rural environments who advise nonprofits,
foundations, and government policy at a city- and state-wide level.
Panelists include YouthCARE, youthrive, City of St. Paul Second Shift Youth
Commission, MN Youth Advisory Council, Children's Hospital and Clinics of
Minnesota, Northland Foundation Kids PLUS Youth in Philanthropy, Worthington
Youth Engagement Council, and the National Youth Leadership Council.  The
format will include a panel of youth representatives and several roundtable
active discussions on how to effectively and authentically engage youths
through councils or boards.
Practice-based researcher Terri Sullivan from the Harvard Graduate School of
Education, who has done extensive research on effective youth engagement
throughout Minnesota, will be opening the event.

Please RSVP to Amanda Larson at alarson@nylc.org or 651.999.7362 by February
28th.
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6. Hmong Women Speakers' Series 2008

Hmong Women Speakers' Series 2008

Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Hoa Bien Restaurant, 1129 University Ave W, St. Paul
Cost: $100.00 per Individual per Session

Register on-line and or by mail or voice mail.  Please mail and make payment
payable to HWAT.  Registration is not complete until payment is received.
Please send check or inquiries to: Hnub Tshiab: Hmong Women Achieving
Together, P.O. Box 14127 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55114.
Phone:  651.276.0957
Website:  www.hmongwomenachieve.org
Email:  info@hmongwomenachieve.org

A. March 13 - Hmong Women's Leadership
Mai Moua, PhD - Dr. Moua received her doctorate in leadership studies from
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. She is the founder and proprietor
of Leadership Paradigms Inc., a leadership consulting firm specializing in
leader-ship and organizational development, training, and research.  Dr.
Moua will focus on the ways in which Hmong women lead that make them
effective and successful as well as focus on their leadership challenges and
skills. She will identify ways in which we can support and help Hmong women
to develop their leadership styles and potential.

B. June 12 - The Influence of Culture on Mental Health
PaDer Vang, PhD - Dr. Vang received her doctorate in Social Work at the
University of Minnesota in 2007.  She works as a mental health planner for
Ramsey County. She has tremendous experience in issues of domestic abuse and
mental health. Dr. Vang will talk about the influence of culture on the
mental health of Hmong women and the social conditions in which she lives
and make her decisions. She will try to answer why Hmong females think and
act the way they do.

C. Sept. 11 - Hmong Women for the 21st Century
MayKao Hang, MA Public Affairs - Ms. Hang received her MA Social Policy &
Distributive Justice from the Humphrey Institute.  She is the Director of
Children & Family Services for Wilder Foundation.  She is an expert on the
dynamics of cultural preservation and acculturation with regard to Hmong
women's rights. Ms. Hang will focus on what it means for Hmong women in the
21st century to have authority, power and leadership in her personal and
professional life where none existed before. Have they really gone against
the cosmic order of the Hmong way or are they showing us more than one way
to live a life?

D. Dec. 11 - Hmong Women in Corporate America
Kaohly Her - Ms. Her is a manager in account development for American
Express.  In her career, she's had to take career transfers that have led
her to Baltimore, Chicago and Minnesota. A wife and mother with two
daughters, she serves on the site council for JJ Hill Montessori Elementary
School in St. Paul. Ms. Her will focus her discussion on her work experience
and the set of skills that Hmong women and men will need to possess and
develop to be successful in corporate America. She will share with us the
balance she's found and that is needed to thrive as a wife, mother, and
business woman.
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7. 2008 Republican National Convention Announces Summer Internship Program

Students Invited to Apply Online at www.GOPConvention2008.com

The 2008 Republican National Convention today announced that the Committee
on Arrangements (COA) will host an Internship Program from June 2 through
Sept. 4, 2008. The program will provide college students and recent
graduates with the opportunity to participate in the preparation and
planning of a quadrennial presidential nominating convention. COA interns
will play key roles in the offices of Delegate Services, External Affairs,
Communications, and Operations. Interested students are encouraged to apply
online at www.gopconvention2008.com/interns. Applications must be submitted
by March 14.

"Republicans will make history in Minneapolis-Saint Paul - and COA interns
have the unique opportunity to play a behind-the-scenes role in the planning
and execution of a presidential nominating convention," said convention
President and Chief Executive Officer Maria Cino. "Their energy and
expertise will be put to good use as we help our eventual Republican nominee
become the next President of the United States."

The Committee on Arrangements is a committee of the Republican National
Committee (RNC). The COA's mission is to plan for and manage the 2008
Republican National Convention for the Republican Party and the future
nominee. There are currently more than 40 COA staffers working out of the
convention's downtown Saint Paulheadquarters, and that number will
eventually grow to more than 140. COA interns will support the offices of
Delegate Services, External Affairs, Communications, and Operations.

To be eligible, an applicant must be at least 18 years of age and enrolled
in an undergraduate or graduate program at a college or university, or have
graduated the previous semester. It is important to note that internship
positions are unpaid, and that receiving academic credit from the internship
is contingent upon an applicant's university or college. Applicants must be
able to stay through September 4, 2008. Please address any questions
regarding the intern program or the application process to
internship@gopconvention2008.com.

The 2008 Republican National Convention will be held at Saint Paul's
XcelEnergyCenterfrom September 1-4, 2008. Approximately 45,000 delegates,
alternate delegates, members of the media and other guests are expected to
attend the convention. Minneapolis-Saint Paul is expected to receive an
estimated $150-$160 million positive economic boost from the event. For more
information about the 2008 Republican National Convention, please visit
their website at www.GOPConvention2008.com.
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8. Free Multicultural Journalism Training Available for High School Students

Diversity in the news media is key to shaping the news that accurately
covers different communities across the country.  The Asian American
Journalists Association (AAJA) is inviting African American,
Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Asian American/Pacific Islander,
multiracial and other high school students to apply for its free summer
journalism training program, J Camp.  This year's program will run July 18
through 23 at Loyola University in Chicago.  Selected students will have all
program costs, flight and housing covered. Applications are due April 11.

Trainers are top print and broadcast journalists. Past speakers have
included 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley, Watergate investigative
reporter Carl Bernstein, White House correspondent Helen Thomas, Meet the
Press host Tim Russert and journalists from every network and from top
circulation newspapers and magazines in the U.S.

J Camp 2008 is made possible through a grant from the Annie E. Casey
Foundation with major funding from media companies such as The McClatchy
Company, Bloomberg, and Scripps Howard Foundation, as well as AAJA's
National Endowment.  For applications or to support J Camp, call
415-346-2051 x102 or go to www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/j_camp/.
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