New Discovery Series: The People's Republic of Capitalism Posted 07-04-2008
The Discovery Channel is presenting a new program on China: 'Koppel on Discovery, The People's Republic of Capitalism'. This interesting four part series examines various aspects of the country as it becomes a world financial power. The series is set to air from July 9 - July 19 (10pm ET/PT).
To see preview clips about this program, visit the links below:
The People's Republic of Construction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTIKs3OLb5w
The People's Republic of Culture- Cultural Revolution as Dinner Theater:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsSXwNxp-9I
The People's Republic of Cars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfIb1VG44iQ
Volunteer with the Korean American Family Service Center Posted 06-23-2008
Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC) is a nonprofit organization established to promote healthy relationships and address domestic violence issues in Korean American families in the New York metropolitan area through a wide range of bilingual programs and services.
The Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC) serves families in the New York metro area with programs to prevent and end violence in the home and in partner relationships. We provide counseling, advocacy and education, and programs to strengthen communication and parenting skills, increase economic self-sufficiency, and promote the positive development of children and youth.
Have a desire and heart for serving and helping others?
There are many ways you can help. As a volunteer, you can join our staff and volunteers who:
Answer the 24-hour Hotline
Accompany clients to court (to interpret and advocate for them)
Assist our counselors in the Hodori After-School children's program
Become an Unni or Hyung (Big Sister or Brother) Mentor
Help at our fundraising events
Serve in a variety of other ways to help us help our community
Learn more at http://www.kafsc.org/index.html
30 More Days to Submit to the Hyphen/AAWW Short Story Contest Posted 06-11-2008
We know that there are millions of undiscovered Jumpha Lahiris, Jessica Hagedorns and Han Jins out there, so stop waiting and send your best short story to the 2008 Hyphen and Asian American Writers' Workshop short story contest!!
The winner of the 2007 Short Story Competition was Preeta Samarasan (for her story "Our House Stands in a City of Flowers"), whose debut novel Evening is the Whole Day was published by Houghton-Mifflin this year. That's right, winning this contest was one of the first major moments on the way to launching her career.
Don't sleep. Send us your stories.
Here are the details:
The winner pockets a $1,000 prize and has his or her story published in Hyphen magazine.
Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2008 Short Story Competition jointly sponsored by Hyphen and The Asian American Writers' Workshop (AAWW). The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize, publication in Hyphen magazine, a one-year subscription to Hyphen and a one-year membership to AAWW. Ten finalists shall also receive a one-year membership to AAWW and a one-year subscription to Hyphen.
The competition is open to all writers of Asian descent living in the United States and Canada. To be eligible, manuscripts must be previously unpublished and in English. No email submissions allowed. Only authors who have not published a book-length prose fiction manuscript are eligible. The competition is limited to short works of fiction, including short stories, novellas and excerpts from novels; the latter must stand alone as a separate work. There is no required theme or page limit.
Submissions must be postmarked by Friday, July 11, 2008 and accompanied by a $10 entry fee per story. Please send four copies of your story using paper clips. Manuscripts will not be returned and will be acknowledged only if a SASE is provided. Include a cover letter with name, address, email, daytime telephone number and a 3-sentence bio. The story title and page number should be clearly labeled on each page of the submission. Your name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript, except on the cover letter. Manuscripts should be typewritten and double-spaced on 8 1/2 X 11 plain white paper. Incomplete submissions will not be considered.
Manuscripts may be under consideration elsewhere, but please notify us immediately if your story is accepted for publication. Hyphen retains first publication rights and the right to publish a portion of the story on its website. All rights revert to the author upon publication.
To enter the short story competition, please send submission to:
The Asian American Writers' Workshop
2008 Short Story Competition
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
New York, NY 10001-3808
Make checks payable to "Asian American Writers' Workshop."
Entrants will be notified by or on Monday, Oct. 6, 2008.
A study is about "A Multiethnic Internet Study On Menopausal Symptoms" (MOMS study) Posted 03-10-2008
Study Announcement
Eun-Ok Im, MPH, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin and her colleagues are conducting an Internet study on menopausal symptom experience among diverse ethnic groups of middle-aged women. In the study, Internet survey and online forums using a Web site (home-page) (http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/) will be conducted to get information on women’s symptom experience during the menopausal transition.
"The MOMS study has been conducted for the past four years, so many of you have already participated. If you have not participated yet, please join us at this time."
You are being asked to participate in this study if you are a middle aged woman aged 40 to 60 years who can read and write English and who are a White, Hispanic, African-American, or Asian Americans.
Data will be collected from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2008. Methods for the data collection include an Internet survey among 500 middle aged women in the U.S. on the Internet.
Your involvement will be about 30 minutes are usually needed to complete the Internet survey questionnaire.
Reimbursement for participation will be made by providing a Target gift certificate of 10 dollars per Internet survey participant. For more information, please visit at our Web-site (http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/) and/or contact us.
Contact Information:
Chia-Chun Li, Graduate Research Assistant
School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701
e-mail: chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 475-6352
Dr. Eun-Ok Im
Professor
School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX, 78701
E-mail: eim@mail.utexas.edu
Project Website: http://moms.nur.utexas.edu/MOMS/
Call for Applications! All-Expenses-Paid Seminars in Health Journalism Posted 02-20-2008
When: April 13-18, 2008.
Deadline to Apply: March 3, 2008.
USC's Annenberg School for Communication is calling for applications for its national health journalism seminars. Based in Los Angeles, The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and multimedia journalists around the country who have a passion for health news. This program explores the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation's growing ethnic diversity. Fellows receive free tuition, meals, travel, and lodging. Fellows' editors or news directors are invited to a special two-day Editor/Fellow Workshop, at the program's expense. The program offers a $2,000 stipend upon publication or broadcast of a major fellowship project. To encourage collaboration between mainstream and ethnic media, preference will be given to applicants who propose a joint project for use by both media outlets. Each collaborator will receive the stipend.
For more information, visit www.reportingonhealth.com, call (213) 437-4419 or e-mail calendow@usc.edu.
e-MAPA study (ethnic differences in midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity) Posted 02-20-2008
The study is to explore ethnic differences in midlife women's attitudes toward physical activity. You are eligible to participate in this study if you are a midlife women aged 40 to 60 years old who do not have any mobility problems; who can read and write English; who are online; and whose self-reported ethnic identity is Hispanic, non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H African American, or N-H Asian. You will receive a gift certificate of 10 dollars for filling out the Internet survey, and an additional gift certificate of 50 dollars for participating in the additional online forum (only those who participate in the additional online forum for 6 months will be provided with this additional gift certificate). For more information, please visit at our website (http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu) and/or contact us.
Contact Information:
Chia-Chun Li, MSN, RN,
Graduate Research Assistant, doctoral student
E-mail: chiachunli@mail.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 475-6352
Eun-Ok Im, PhD, MPH, RN, CNS, FAAN, Professor
E-mail: eim@mail.utexas.edu
School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin
1700 Red River, Austin, TX, 78701
Project Website: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu
REEL 13 Shorts Seeks Short Films Posted 12-18-2007
REEL 13 Shorts Seeks Short Films
New York, NY
For more information contact mailshorts@reel13.org
http://www.thirteen.org/reel13/submit/index.html
WNET/Thirteen is excited to announce REEL 13 Shorts, an interactive online film competition that celebrates the best in independent short films. Short films can now be submitted for consideration to be seen online. The public will then rate their favorite films online. The winning film will receive an award of $500 and be broadcast on REEL 13, Thirteen's new weekly Saturday program of classic and independent cinema.
Deadline: This is an ongoing open call for submissions. Films should be in DVD format, maximum length 20 minutes. Submission form can be download from the website. Official submission form and film can be mailed to:
Duana C. Butler
Reel 13 Shorts
WNET/Thirteen
450 West 33rd Street, 6th Fl.
New York, NY 10001
2008 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Posted 12-02-2007
The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) is delighted to announce the CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship, funded by an endowment established by The City University of New York, in honor of Dr. Thomas Tam for his contributions as a former Member of the CUNY Board of Trustees, Executive Director of AAARI, and leader in the Asian American community. The Scholarship will award the amount of $1,000 annually to a qualified undergraduate student currently enrolled at any of the twenty-three college within CUNY.
The purpose of the Scholarship is to help support and recognize a CUNY undergraduate, Asian or non-Asian, who has demonstrated creativity in the communication of the concerns of the Asian American community in such areas as health, education and culture. The communication mode can be in the form of written reports, film, video, new media techniques, and the development of performances or materials in the Arts and Sciences.
The application deadline for the 2008 Thomas Tam Scholarship is Wednesday, April 30, 2008. The recipient will be announced no later than June 15, 2008, and honored at AAARI's Annual Banquet in Fall 2008. Details regarding the Scholarship and application form are available on our website at www.aaari.info/tomtamscholar.htm.
We hope that you'll pass on this information to a CUNY student who has demonstrated leadership and dedication to the Asian American community. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 212-869-0182.
Sincerely,
Antony Wong
Office Manager
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
URL: www.aaari.info
Let Their Success Be Your Inspiration Posted 11-30-2007
The mission of JANY is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. To do this, we place volunteers at elementary, middle, and high schools throughout the five boroughs and Long Island. Volunteers lead fun, hands-on activities with students that teach workforce readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship in a way students can understand and relate to. As role models, volunteers empower students to achieve their goals.
The time commitment for a JANY volunteer ranges from 5 class visits at 30-45 minutes each (elementary school) to 6-7 visits at 45 minutes each (middle and high school). Teachers are very appreciative of volunteers' efforts to reach out to their students, and will work with you to schedule times that are convenient for you. They will always be in the classroom to lend a helping hand during your lessons. Alternative models enable you to volunteer with JANY even with heavy travel or a difficult schedule. These models include JA one-day programming and company-based programming, in which the sessions are delivered to students in a more condensed fashion, rather than over time.
To ensure that your volunteer experience runs as smoothly as possible, all volunteers must attend one 90-minute training and orientation session. At this session, we will give you all of the tools and tips you need to be successful in your class. Via the link below, you will be able to sign up for a training & orientation session, as well as indicate your preferences for your volunteer experience.
The JANY team looks forward to working with you this year!
Please click here to register as a JANY Volunteer: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226YL4JJWHA
PHOTO Exhibition 2007 Posted 07-01-2007
The Chinatown Film Festival (www.cff2008.org), set to take place in October of 2008, is sponsoring a photo event inviting photographers from around the world to display their images of what they believe Chinatown is.
People have very different perceptions of what Chinatown is and we want to see those ideas in a photo.
The top 80 entries will be selected for an exhibition that will go up in New York City’s Chinatown.
The goal of the photo event is to try to get an understanding of what the Asian communities outside of Asia are like. We would like photographers of all ages to submit their most profound photograph.
The Chinatown Film Festival is also exhibiting many of the views of the Asian Cultures that is at many times misunderstood. The Chinatown Film Festival will hopefully bridge the cultures through the arts while having a great time doing so.
More info and guidelines in chinese, english, spanish and italian on
www.cff2008.org
