[AMA-e-News] Asian Media Access, E-Newsletter, 1/22/08

[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. Watch North Minneapolis Residents Speak Up at TPT Ch. 17

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Local Community Events:

2. Tzu Chi Year End Celebration of Chinese New Year
3. Hmong in Minnesota Events
4. Seminar: Hospice and End-of-Life Care for the Hmong Patient & Family

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1. Watch North Minneapolis Residents Speak Up at TPT Ch. 17

Watch North Minneapolis Residents Speak Up at TPT Ch. 17

Show Time: January 26th, 2008 at 9pm on TPT/17

Introduction: "Speak Your Mind" is a 30-min video, designed as a
non-traditional community engagement project, sponsored by Juxtaposition
Arts and Asian Media Access.  The project is led by youth and young adults
from both agencies, they went out on the streets of North Minneapolis to
capture the ideas and opinions of the people who live, work and frequent the
neighborhood.

This program is a collage of ideas, stories, and sound bites that paint a
multi-faceted, complex, and at times, conflicting portrait of the Northside.
Please tune in, at 1/26, and write to us about your opinions at
amamedia@amamedia.org, or call at 612-376-7715
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2. Tzu Chi Year End Celebration of Chinese New Year

Celebration of Chinese New Year (The Year of Rat)!  Tzu Chi appreciates your
support the past year and wish you have a very bright and Happy New Year of
2008.  You are invited to attend Tzu Chi Year End Blessing. Your family
members are all welcome. Tell your friends too.

Date & Time: Sunday, January 27, 2008, 2 pm ­ 4:30 pm
Location: Lauderdale Community Center, 1891 Walnut Street , Lauderdale , MN
55113
(Delicious dinner will be served after the program)

They will present Tzu Chi Global Annual Program, distribute Tzu Chi blessing
red envelopes which are directly from Master Cheng Yen in Taiwan and
lighting candles to make a wish for the luck of coming New Year.  The
delicious dinner will be provided next for all attendants after the
celebration.  All programs will be in Chinese with translation in English by
your friends.

Please let them know if you can join them before 1-20-2008.  Please email
tcmn1013@yahoo.com or call 651-808-0116 to reserve your seat.

Visit Tzu Chi Web: http://www.tzuchi.org.tw
Web TV: http://www.newdaai.tv
English Web: http://www.tzuchi.org/global/
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3. Hmong in Minnesota Events

Hmong in Minnesota Events

Date & Time: January 30, 7:00 p.m.
Location: St. Paul Public Library - Rondo Community Library, 461 North Dale
Street, St. Paul
Contact: Alayne Hopkins, Friends of the St. Paul Public Library,
651-366-6488
Branch tel.: 612-630-6000
Discussion and signing
Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Concordia College: Center for
Hmong Studies

Date & Time: January 31, 7:00 p.m.
Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Contact: Rachel Fulkerson, Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library,
612-630-6174
Discussion and signing
Free and open to the public, but reservations are required: 612-630-6155 or
friendsofmpl.org
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4. Seminar: Hospice and End-of-Life Care for the Hmong Patient & Family

Hospice and End-of-Life Care for the Hmong Patient & Family

Presented by: Deu Yang, LPN, Hmong Community Liaison; Linda Debner, RN, MA,
Hospice of the Twin Cities

Date & Time: February 25, 2008, 12:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Hmong American Partnership Conference Room, 1075 Arcade Street,
Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55106

Course Description: This seminar is designed for Hmong health and human
service professionals who serve Hmong communities.  Participants will
increase their understanding of culturally-responsive end-of-life care
services, become familiar with the principles and benefits of hospice care,
and learn how to access culturally responsive end-of-life care for Hmong
patients and families.

Objectives: Upon completion of this seminar, professionals will be able to:
- Describe the role of hospice in end-of-life care for Hmong patients and
families;
- Explain the referral process for hospice care;
- Discuss hospice care eligibility;
- Assist and support Hmong patients and families in end-of-life decision
making;
- Discuss strategies for pain and symptom management in end-of-life care.

This professional seminar is designed for Hmong Community Health Workers
(CHWs), Outreach Workers, Community Liaisons, Health Educators, Nurses, Case
Managers, Social Workers, and other health and human service professionals
serving Minnesota Hmong patients and families.  A Certificate of Attendance
for Contact Hours is provided for all attendees.

Please refer registration and further detail to kristin@hospicemn.org or Fax
651-659-9126 by February 19, 2008.
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Johnny Chio
Asian Media Access
3028 Oregon Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55426
USA
Phone: 612-376-7715
Fax: 612-376-7730
johnnychio@amamedia.org
http://www.amamedia.org
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