Announcements

Mike Masaoka Fellowship Fund seeking candidates Applicants are being sought for the Mike M. Masaoka Congressional Fellowship for the 1999-2000 term. Candidates must be American citizens who are in at least their third year of college. The fellowship includes a $7,500 stipend. Deadline for applications is May 1 for both the fall and spring terms. Interested candidates should contact the National JACL at 415-921-5225 or e-mail JACL@JACL.org.

Announcements
Asian American Arts Grants The Asian American Arts Foundation will be awarding its annual grants for Bay Area artists and arts organizations. Grant applications can be obtained by contacting AAAF at 415-905-9100 or on-line at www.aaafoundation.com. Applications must be postmarked by May 1. Grant recipients will be announced in July. The AAAF is offering nine grants:

• • Tai Seng Film Video Marketing/AAAF Film Arts Grant: $2,500 toward an Asian American film project.
  
• • Kaisik Wong/Academy of Art College/AAAF Grant: One year education at the Academy of Art College (current academy students are not eligible).
  
• • Sandra Sakata Memorial Grant: $1,000 to a professional artist with about 10 or more years in the field.
  
• • AT&T/AAAF Theater Grant: $1,000 to assist an actor, playwright or production.
  
• • T. Delaney Inc./Children’s Arts Grant: $1,000 to assist an arts program benefiting children.
  
• • Supernews/AAAF Community Arts Grant: $2,000 to a community arts organization providing arts education.
  
• • Invisibl Skratch Piklz/AAAF Music Grant: $1,000 to an individual or group pursuing a career in the music industry.
  
• • AAAF Founder’s Grant: $1,000 to an organization or individual best exemplifying the goals and ideas of the foundation.
  
• • Michael Futagaki Memorial Scholarship: $500 cash grant and a 3-month internship with Classified Records to an individual pursuing careers in the music entertainment and recording industry.
  

Events
South Bay Chinese Service Club Scholarships to be announced Channel 5 Eyewitness News reporter Cynthia Gouw will be the keynote speaker at the club’s scholarship luncheon Sunday. For reservations or more information, call 790-0865.

Meetings
Adopt a special kid People thinking about adoption are invited to attend monthly meetings at 287 17th Street, Suite 207, Oakland. Next meeting is May 4 at 7 p.m. For more information, call Andrea at 510-451-1748.

aPI-PFLAG Family Support Network Asian Pacific Islander Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Family Project, which promotes communication about sexual diversity within families and in the broader Asian Pacific Islander community, meets from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. every second Sunday at St. Francis Church located at 152 Church St. in San Francisco. Call 415-921-8850 for information.

Caregiver’s Support Group This group offers an opportunity to share experiences, concerns and the pain of caring for elderly family members. Meetings are held at 1 p.m. every Tuesday at Oyama

Hall, Kimochi Home, 1531 Sutter St., San Francisco. For more information, call 415-922-9972.
Computer Classes Free after-school computer classes for low-income children in the Tenderloin, Mission, Chinatown and Western Addition are available through the Career Resources Development Center in San Francisco. For more information, call 415-775-8880.

English and Computer Classes The Intercultural Institute of California/Korean Center is offering English, citizenship and computer classes in Word, Excel, the Internet, Web pages and Cisco networking through June 11. Classes are free to San Francisco residents. For more information, call 415-441-1881.

English Classes The Chinatown YMCA offers free morning English classes with bilingual counselors to help Cantonese speakers with limited English skills. Enrollment is open. Call 415-928-4419 for more information.

Legal Advice and Referral Volunteer attorneys are available to provide free legal advice and referral to elderly and low- and moderate-income Asian Americans. Chinese translation is available 6 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Asian Law Caucus, 720 Market St., Fifth Floor, San Francisco. In collaboration with Chinese for Affirmative Action, the caucus holds clinics for seniors in Visitacion Valley of all ethnicities on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the CAA office, 333 Schwerin St., Second Floor, San Francisco. Call 415-391-1655 for details.

Swimming Lessons New classes for all ages and skill levels begin at the start of each month. Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.—classes every 30 minutes—at YMCA Chinatown, 855 Sacramento St., San Francisco. For details, call 415-982-0117.

Announcements
Getty Visual Arts Internships The Getty grant Program has awarded $530,000 to 78 museums and visual arts organizations to provide paid 10-week summer internships to 156 college students interested in pursuing careers in the visual arts. Institutions participating include the Japanese American National Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art and Inner City Arts. Interns, who will receive $3,000 stipends, must be currently enrolled undergraduates who live in the Los Angeles area. Applicants should apply directly to the organizations of their choice. For a list of the participating organizations or more information, visit the Getty Web site at http://www.getty.edu/grant/internships.

HIV/AIDS Oral Testing The Asian Youth Center provides free HIV/AIDS oral testing and counseling every other Thursday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at 100 W. Clary Ave. in San Gabriel. For information, call 626-309-0622.

Workshops
Citizenship classes Chinatown Service Center offers free citizenship classes from Monday to Thursday between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. The center is located at 767 N. Hill St., Suite 400 in Los Angeles. Call 213-253-0870 to register.

Martial Arts classes The Asian Pacific Islander Martial Arts Association holds free martial arts classes for low income children 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday at St. Anselm’s Episcopal Church, 13091 Galway, Garden Grove. For more information, call the Orange County Pacific Islander Community Alliance at 714-636-9095.

Tai Chi Chuan Chao Li Chi teaches the traditional Chinese martial art. Saturdays, 8 a.m. at the Pacific Asia Museum, 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Call 626-449-2742 for more information.