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API Equality – LA Wins City of Los Angeles Pride Award
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsLos Angeles – Each year, at the end of the month of June, Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl holds a special Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) pride celebration during a meeting of the Los Angeles City Council. As part of that celebration, the councilmember... -
A Community Left Out in the Cold
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsBy Rodel Rodis San Francisco – Greg Macabenta, Baylan Megino and I answered the call of Rudy Asercion, Executive Director of the West Bay Pilipino Multi-Service Center, to attend the public hearing of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on June 22 to speak out... -
Daily Dose & Announcements: 06/30/09
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No Comments>>Despite Their Success, Asians Not Rising to Heights of Silicon Valley’s Corporate World >>Rockets Could Lose Yao for Season or More >> U.S. Senate Confirms Harold Koh as Legal Adviser of Department of State >>CA Legislators Draft Resolution to Recognize and Apologize to Chinese Americans... -
Chinese American Heroine: Connie Chung
Posted on June 30, 2009 | No CommentsName in English: Connie Chung (Constance Povich) Name in Chinese: 宗毓华 [宗毓華] Name in Pinyin: Zōng Yùhuá Gender: Female Birth Year: 1946 Birth Place: Washington, D.C. -
Chinatown Job Fair Draws Over A Thousand People
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No CommentsThe Chinatown Neighborhood Workforce Center hosted a large scale Career Fair in San Francisco Chinatown on June 18, 2009 at the Salvation Army gym. The event attracted over 1,200 of eager job seekers, all looking for a glimpse of hope in these tough times. Candidates... -
Tim Dang, Producing Artistic Director of EWP, Receives Irvine Leadership Award
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No CommentsEast West Players in Los Angeles is the nation’s oldest professional theater of color in operation today. An estimated 75 percent of Los Angeles-based Asian American dramatic artists have made a presence there, including Tony Award winning B.D. Wong, Star Trek star George Takei and... -
Daily Dose & Announcements: 06/29/09
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments>> NAPABA Celebrates the Confirmation of Florence Pan as Associate Judge for the District of Columbia Superior Court >> New Hmong Studies Fellows at the University of Minnesota Announced >> Oldest Chinese Radio Station in Bay Area Closes >> Hyphen’ Issue #17 Release Party >>... -
Chinese American Hero: Sam Chu Lin
Posted on June 29, 2009 | No CommentsIn Week 15 of our tribute to Chinese American Heroes we’re going to be looking at our news reporters. Our modern pioneer was Sam Chu Lin, who led the way for many Chinese Americans and Asian Americans to follow. Beginning with his own radio show... -
Quest Crew Wows San Francisco Clubgoers
Posted on June 26, 2009 | 1 CommentSAN FRANCISCO – Clad in purple, the seven cute and stylish members of Quest Crew – the winners of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew season 3, strut on to the dance floor of Club NV eliciting a frenzy of flashes from the audience’s digital cameras... -
Pelosi Discusses May China Trip With Ethnic Media
Posted on June 26, 2009 | No CommentsBy Melissa He At a special news briefing held for Asian American and Pacific Islander press in San Francisco on Jun. 22, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed her May trip to China, tackling environmental and human rights issues. This was Pelosi’s second visit in...