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ANNOUNCEMENTS2003 Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest The Elks Club and the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department invite boys and girls, ages 8-13, to compete in a basketball free throw competition held at the Chinese Playground in Chinatown. Winners will compete in the Jan. 4, 2003 city-wide tourney at the Sunset Recreation Center. Entry is free. Sign up by Wed., Nov. 27 at the Chinese Playground, 850 Sacramento St., San Francisco. For more info: 415-274-0202. Scholarship Contest The Japan Exchange and Teaching Alumni Association of Northern California is offering a $1,000 college scholarship to high school students who have demonstrated a sincere interest in Japan. Applications must be received by Jan. 10. For more info: www.jetaanc.org. EVENTSGo Bears UC Berkeley Chinese Chapter will be hosting a Big Game Dinner Dance to cheer on the Golden Bears in their annual football battle with Stanford University. The event will include dinner, dancing and scholarship recognition and will take place Fri., Nov. 22, 6 p.m. at the Silver Dragon restaurant in Oakland’s Chinatown. Tickets: $45 per person, $400 per table of 10. For more info: 510-204-0690 or chinesechapter@alum.calberkeley.org. East Bay Diversity job fair Recruiters from companies such as Southwest Airlines, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and BART will be recruiting in fields such as communications, social services, information technology, healthcare, finance, administration, and sales and marketing. The one-day event will take place Wed., Nov. 13, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland and at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center, 3301 Crow Canyon Road, San Ramon. Admission: free. For more info: 1-888-843-JOBS or www.jobjournal.com.Chinatown Night Market Fair Chinatown Neighborhood Inc. presents Chinatown Night Market Fair in Chinatown’s Portsmouth Square Sat., Nov. 9, 6–11 p.m. The evening program will include traditional lion dancing, Chinese opera, musical performances, Chinese painting, fortunetellers and feng shui consultants. Participating merchants will validate up to two hours parking from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Portsmouth Square Garage and from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. at St. Mary’s Garage, with minimum purchase. For more info: www.sfnightmarket.homestead.com. Cartoon Workshop for Kids Shazam! Artists from Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art are offering a free four-part workshop to kids aged 7–12. Classes are Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 at the Brookfield Branch Library. For more info: 510-615-5725 or www.oaklandlibrary.org. Early Stage Alzheimer’s The Northern California Alzheimer’s Association will present a free evening workshop on the diagnosis and prognosis of early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. The program will be led by multicultural program director Edie Yau, and will be translated into Cantonese. The workshop will be held at Self Help for the Elderly, 408 22nd Ave., San Francisco. For more info: 800-660-1993. Silver Bells Kimochi will hold its annual Silver Bells arts and crafts fair, in conjuction with the first week of the Gara Gara Festival, with proceeds benefiting Kimochi’s work with seniors in the Japanese American community. The fair will take place at the Kinokuniya Building and Miyako Mall, in San Francisco’s Japan Center, Sat., Nov. 30 and Sun., Dec.1, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more info: 415-931-2294. WORKSHOPSHealing Body/Movement Purple Moon Dance Project offers a free movement class for women living with cancer, HIV and other life-threatening illnesses, and their caretakers. Healing Body/Movement will use meditation and gentle stretching to strengthen movement and encourage spiritual balance, in a safe, supportive place. Classes are Thurs., beginning Nov. 7, 6 p.m., at The Other Place, 3599 Mission St. For more info: 415-552-1105 or www.purplemoondance.org. Palo Alto Area Bar Association is a non profit organization supporting communities in and around Palo Alto. PAABA’s Community Law Night offers the community an opportunity to talk to experienced attorneys about legal questions or problems in various areas of law, including landlord-tenant, debts, employment, wills and trusts, family law and immigration, in a confidential consultation. This one-night event will be held on Wed., Nov. 20, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3800 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. For info: 650-326-8322. Unlearning sexism Stirfry Seminars and Consulting will be conducting a three-day workshop entitled “Unlearning Sexism” that examines the conflicts and pain created by our personal perceptions and internalized stereotypes, and explores the impact of sexism on people of all gender identities. The workshop will take place Nov. 8 – 10, at the Berkeley Training Center. For more info: 510-420-8293x100 or www.stirfryseminars.com.
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EVENTSImmigrant Workers March for Justice Join the immigrant workers of Forever 21 and Assi Supermarket on the first anniversary of their campaigns to demand their rights: The Garment Worker Center and Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates will join forces to demand justice from employers and an end to sweatshop labor and worker exploitation. Meet Sat., Nov. 16, at Wilshire and Western, 3 p.m. Rally at Eighth Street and Oxford, 5:30 p.m. For more info: 213-748-5866 or www.boycottassi.com.
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