Nation
»Akshaya Patra Foundation USA announces formation of Advisory Board
The Akshaya Patra Foundation USA recently announced the formation of an Advisory Board to oversee the organization reach its goal of feeding freshly prepared nutritious meals to five million schoolchildren by 2020.
Deepak Chopra, founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing; Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys Technologies; Nitin Nohria, Dean of Harvard Business School; and Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s GPS are the first four to join the advisory board.
The Foundation has expanded in the last ten years from 1,500 children in five schools to 1.2 million children daily in over 700 schools from 19 kitchens across eight states. Their mission is to provide incentive for children to stay in school and to focus on learning through providing healthy lunches to schools.
For more information please visit www.foodforeducation.org.
Bay
»CHSA to host annual gala
San Francisco – The Chinese Historical Society of America is hosting their annual gala on September 11 at 6 pm at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco.
The gala will honor the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) and the Angel Island Immigration Station Historical Advisory Committee (AIISHAC). It will feature the paintings of Jake Lee, a special exhibit entitled Detained at Liberty’s Door, a dance preview of Passages by Lenora Lee, and the music of Jon Jang and Francis Wong/
There will be a silent auction and raffle with prizes such as a vacation in Oahu, exclusive membership to the San Francisco Tennis Club, and bottles of Chateu Mouton Rothschild and other high-end wine.
The Four Seasons Hotel is located at 757 Market Street (near Stevenson Street) in San Francisco. Tickets are $225 for the general public and $200 for CHSA members. To RSVP, please contact Lisa Wong at (415) 665-1150 or email lisa@wongway.net.
Arts
»SFPGC holds semifinals of Kulinarya competition
San Francisco – The Office of the San Francisco Philippine Consulate General (SFPGC) recently held the semifinals round for its Kulinarya competition.
Teresita B. Paynor, wife of Philippine Consul General to San Francisco Marciano A. Paynor, Jr. led the panel of judges composed of Lenni Di Carlo, owner of Philippine Sea Salts; Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN News Bureau Chief of The Filipino Channel—North America; Executive Chef Kelly Degala of Va de Vi in Walnut Creek; Executive Chef Thomas Weibull of Swell; Jun Belen of Food Blogger and Photographer; and Cindy Mendoza, President of the Asian Culinary Board.
The judges tasted the entries of six contestants each from the amateur and professional divisions. The contestants were asked to prepare a Filipino dish from a predetermined list of dishes set by the judges.
Nathan Camba, Clemente Escopete, and Aileen Suzara were the winners of the amateur division, and Edgar Grajo, Kristela Mendoza, and Cocoy Ventura were the winners of the professional division.
For more information please visit www.philippinessanfrancisco.org.
Commerce
»AAAIM to host finance conference
San Francisco – The Association of Asian American Investment Managers (AAAIM), a forum for Asian American investment managers to meet and conduct business, recently announced the opening for official registration for its event Building Bridges: Capital Access, Asia, Government Policy. The conference will be held at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco on October 14-15.
The program will feature a who’s-who list of Asian financial figures such as ohn Chiang, California State Controller, Lynda Choi, University of California, Office of the Treasurer of the Regents, Ta-lin Hsu of H&Q Asia Pacific, Ginger Lew of the National Economic Council, John Liu, New York City Comptroller and representatives from the Chinese Consulate and Singapore government. Linda Tsao Yang will be presented the Lifetime Achievement Award. The last day of the conference will also feature a high-profile speaker from the United States Treasury to be announced during the conference.
Advance online registration is now open. Tickets are $780 for AAAIM members and $1080 for non-members until September 14. For more information, please visit www.aaaim.org.
Global
»Taiwanese artists’ environmental exhibit featured in Japantown
San Francisco – New People in San Francisco and the Superfrog Gallery present Nonlife Zoo, an art exhibition presenting an imaginary vision of planet Earth, created by two Taiwanese artists who go by the names of Owen and Cloud, collectively 
known as Biaugust. Nonlife Zoo will feature mediums such as paintings and other sculptures. The exhibit hopes to raise awareness of animal preservation in hopes of improving social responsibility to the environment.
Nonlife Zoo will run until September 10 at the Superfrog Gallery, located on the third floor of New People at 1746 Post Street (at Webster Street) in Japantown in San Francisco. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s oldest and largest global environmental network.
For more information please visit www.superfrogglallery.com.
