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Announcements, workshops, and opportunities for community, family and career.

REGIONS:

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Northern California
Southern California

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2003 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.

EVENTS

The Filipino at Home Pamana Ng Lahing Pilipino Foundation and F.I.S.H. for P.E.A.C.E. announce the first in a series of forums to address the issue of the Filipino American identity, The Filipino at Home. The forum will feature a resource speaker, panelists, cultural performances and an exhibition of graphic art, and will take place Sat., Nov. 16, 2 p.m., at the San Francisco Main Library. For more info: 415-586-4861.

Go 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. µ2, 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.

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. It will take place Wed., Nov. 20, 5:30–7:30 p.m., at Self Help for the Elderly, 408 22nd St., 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.

WORKSHOPS

Mythology in Movement Bindlestiff Studio invites the public to a free dance workshop led by choreographer Alleluia Panis, drawing from traditional Filipino dance, rituals and mythologies as well as contemporary movements. The class will be held Sun., Nov. 17, 3–5 p.m. at Bindlestiff Studio, 185 6th St., San Francisco. For more info: www.kularts.org.

Growing Old with Better Memory The Older Adult and Family Center of the V.A. Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine present a free educational event for seniors and their caretakers, Growing Old with Better Memory: Is It Possible? The workshop will be conducted in English only, at the OnLok Senior Health Center, 2700 Geary, San Francisco. For more info: 415-292-8709.

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.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

EVENTS

Immigrant 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.