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DAILY NEWS:
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Jolie Yang & Kyle Peavley of Ohio as Youth Advocates of the Year Jolie Yang of Centerville, OH and Kyle Peavley of Trenton, OH, have been named Youth Advocates of the Year by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids for their leadership in the fight against tobacco. Read the complete article in PR Newswire
Proposal for Non-Citizen Vote Could Affect Boston’s Asians A proposal to allow green card holders in Boston the ability to vote in municipal elections could have far-reaching effects for nearly half of the city's 45,000 Asian Americans, say local experts and office holders. Read the complete article in New America Media
Fil-Am Band to Launch Debut Album in New York City One of the hottest Asian-American bands, The Happy Analogues, will be launching its debut album entitled 'Lilacs and Politics' on Saturday May 5, 2007 at one of New York City's hottest clubs, The Rebel. Read the complete article in Asian Journal
San Francisco To Host Olympic Torch In '08 San Francisco was selected Thursday to represent the United States when the Olympic torch makes its way around the world next year during the city-to-city relay leading up to the summer games in Beijing, the U.S. Olympic Committee said. Read the complete article in CBS
Asian students not worried about backlash Several members of OSU’s Asian community said that they haven’t experienced anything negative following the Virginia Tech shootings. Read the complete article in The Daily O'Collegian
Slaying the Dragon examines Asian-American stereotypes The presentation of Slaying the Dragon by Diversity Advocacy showcased the negative stereotypes surrounding Asian-American women and the effect the media has had on society's perception of them. Read the complete article in The Daily Vidette Online
A Bad Week for Asian Americans Gets Worse It's been a lousy 10 days for Asian Americans. Read the complete article in The New York Sun
Chinese Americans outraged by CBS radio The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) on Sunday expressed outrage over a recent CBS radio segment, which it described as "racist, vulgar and sexist." Read the complete article in CCTV.com
CBS Radio/Free-FM NYC Hosts Suspended Over Prank Call Itís more tough sailing for CBS Radio as the company has suspended two hosts from their local station, Free-FM in New York after an Asian-American advocacy group complained about the broadcast of a six-minute prank phone call to a Chinese restaurant that was peppered with ethnic and sexual slurs. Read the complete article in Radio Ink
Pressures on Asian-American youth can be overwhelming When the gunman who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech was identified as Korean, many Asian-Americans wondered if he had been driven by the social pressures they associate with their community. Read the complete article in Hindustan Times
PBS to Offer Special Programming for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, May 1-May 31, 2007 In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, celebrated each May, PBS will present a special line-up of new and encore presentations that focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders. Read the complete article in PRNewswire-USNewswire
Virginia Korean community still reeling Korean Americans in the community where Seung-Hui Cho grew up are still reeling from the shock of learning that the Virginia Tech gunman was one of their own. But many say Cho was a stranger even among the tight-knit families who were his neighbors. Read the complete article in The Ely Times
Virigina Tech killer's family condemn evil spree The devastated family of Virginia Tech gunman Seung-Hui Cho have broken their silence over his killing spree. Last night, his shocked sister Sun-Kyung Cho said the family felt "hopeless, helpless and lost" and were praying for the families of his 32 victims. Read the complete article in The Sunday Mail
Korean-American let go after reaching finals for Trump Apprentice A 29-year-old Korean-American entrepreneur bowed out Sunday of Donald Trump's reality show "The Apprentice" after becoming the first Asian to go to the finals. Read the complete article in The Yonhap News
Being a ërealí Pakistani Pakistani and Pakistani-American readers of Hamidís book must question the extent to which Hamidís Changez represents the post-colonial quest to ěmake itî in the land of the white ěotherî and the extent to which Pakistani-American identity is built on this quest. Read the complete article in The Daily Times
Tea and history Not even 20 when she died, Okei Ito embodies a spirit as intimate as her fellow Japanese pioneers settling in the green folds of El Dorado County, yet as expansive and enduring as the American Dream. Read the complete article in The Sacramento Bee
Hawaiians reintroduce language Hawaii may be a long way from the Cherokee Nation, but both native Hawaiians and Cherokees face some of the same difficulties in preserving their native languages. Read the complete article in The Tahlequa Daily Press
Local Korean community apologetic, and fearful after Virginia Tech shooting He was one of more than 1.2 million people of Korean descent in the United States, a disturbed gunman on the other side of the country. But Cho Seung-Hui's role in the slaughter at Virginia Tech reverberated Tuesday in the local Korean American community, with some members taking the crime personally and others fearful of a backlash. Read the complete article in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Chinese American Student Association hosts 'Fear Factor' challenge Five challenges, five teams and five barf buckets lined with scented trash bags were in place when 15 Ohio State students competed to see if fear was a factor. Read the complete article in The Lantern
Selling the Sizzle Even Though Itís Sushi Her name was Rachael, she said. She was blond and wore a disarming, gleaming-white smile. Her smile, however, was about the only thing she was wearing, with the exception of a few chrysanthemums affixed to her underwear and banana leaves carefully positioned along the length of her body. Read the complete article in The New York Times
Campus Gunman Lived in U.S. 14 Years The Virginia Tech student identified as the assailant in Monday's deadly gun rampage was a South Korean immigrant who had been in the United States since 1992 and who held a green card signifying his status as a legal permanent U.S. resident, federal officials said Tuesday. Read the complete article in The Los Angeles Times
'Stealing Buddha's Dinner' by Bich Minh Nguyen IN 1975, Saigon and Grand Rapids, Mich., were places as alien to each other as the moon and the sun. Bich (pronounced "Bit") Minh Nguyen was 8 months old when her father fled South Vietnam during the fall of the capital with her and her older sister, leaving her mother behind in the chaos. Read the complete article in The Los Angeles Times
Once taboo, interracial marriage now flourishing in the U.S. The charisma king of the 2008 presidential field. The world's best golfer. The captain of the New York Yankees. Besides superstardom, Barack Obama, Tiger Woods and Derek Jeter have another common bond: Each is the child of an interracial marriage. Read the complete article in The Charleston Daily Mail
Among Catholic priests, Vietnamese are the new Irish Crossing the Pacific in a dilapidated boat, 10-year-old Bich Vu had a face-off with God. "If you save me and my family," he promised nearly three decades ago, "my life will be yours." Read the complete article in The Los Angeles Times
Sunita all set for Boston marathon Indian American astronaut Sunita Williams is all set to join the Boston Marathon in space on Monday, where she will circle the Earth at least twice running on a treadmill. Read the complete article in NDTV news
Fil-Ams have economic muscle but no political clout Filipino-Americans account for more than half of the foreign exchange that the Philippines receives annually from its overseas workers but lack the political clout to match their economic muscle. Read the complete article in ABS-CBN news
Equity for Filipino WWII Veterans, Now In early April, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco joined the Veterans War Memorial Commission to host an event entitled "The Day of Valor." Read the complete article in AsianWeek.com
Filipinosí strength in survival honored The image of a white flag doesn't symbolize weakness to Francisco Benigno, a Filipino World War II veteran. It means the opposite. Read the complete article in StarBulletin.com
Once taboo, interracial marriage now flourishing in the U.S. The charisma king of the 2008 presidential field. The world's best golfer. The captain of the New York Yankees. Read the complete article in Charleston Daily Mail
Girl gives voice to new Chinese-American cartoon Nickelodeon picks 10-year-old from Wauwatosa after nationwide search... Read the complete article in JSOnline
ASIAN POP: Mad Man After six seasons on Fox's MADtv, Korean American funnyman extraordinaire Bobby Lee is busting out with a new movie and a top-secret (well, not really), incredibly cool (absolutely) and drop-dead hilarious (almost certainly) series concept in development at Comedy Central. Read the complete article in SFGate.com
Stars of South Asian descent are on the ascent It's not just Apu anymore. After years of relative anonymity, performers of Indian heritage are establishing a small but growing presence in TV and film, breaking stereotypes along the way. Read the complete article in USA TODAY
Asian American history documentary begins airing Tuesday On Tuesday, Red River Radio will begin airing a multi-part documentary about the history of Asian immigration to America. Read the complete article in shreveporttimes.com
Adult Asian-American children give back to parents for raising them Adult Asian-Americans often pay their parents' expenses in the ultimate show of family duty. Read the complete article in Union of Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California
Human Rights activist accuses Pak intelligence of manhandling her A noted Pakistani-American human rights activist has accused anti-terrorist squad personnel of manhandling her during a demonstration in support of the suspended Chief Justice Iftikar M Chaudhry alleging that the action was ordered by senior officers. Read the complete article in Zee News
Genocide survivor shares story In honor of Asian-American Heritage month, Loung Ung, survivor of the genocide in Cambodia and bestselling author, graced students and locals with her devastating yet intriguing story last Thursday evening. Read the complete article in Northern Iowan
Fights in Oakland's Chinatown Vinson Lieu recalls walking to his mother's car when the mob of Mongolian-American youths surrounded him. Read the complete article in Mercury News
Lawmaker accused of racism for English-only bill Advocates praised a bill making English the official language of the state of Nevada during a state Senate hearing Friday - but critics labeled the plan as racist. Read the complete article in Nevada Appeal
Lifetime Achievement Asian American Studies is an interdisciplinary endeavor, combining aspects of the arts, humanities and social sciences with liberal doses of community-oriented research and community service. Read the complete article in AsianWeek.com
Bush Immigrant Plan Draws Fire Outcry Among Asian-American Leaders Asian-American leaders blasted President George W. Bush's newest immigration reform plan Wednesday... Read the complete article in HispanicBusiness.com
Portland woman wins Peabody for radio series on Asian American history Portland-based MediaRites, a nonprofit dedicated to telling the stories of diverse cultures, is the recipient of a 2006 Peabody Award for its radio documentary "Crossing East," the first radio series to examine in detail the history of Asian Americans. Read the complete article in The Oregonian
Action News reporter journals career Consumer News Reporter for Channel 6 Action News and Vice President of Broadcast for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association Nydia Han spoke to students on March 27 about her "mediocre abilities," her struggle post graduation and how her determination paid off. Read the complete article in The Quad
Two Northrop Grumman Employees Receive National Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards Two Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) employees, Brad Furukawa, vice president and chief information officer for the companyís Space Technology sector and Dr. Kim L. Ong, an industrial engineer and statistician within the companyís Information Technology sector, received awards for their outstanding contributions to engineering and community service at the 2007 Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards (AAEOY) in Washington, held on March 31. Read the complete article in WebWire
Reviewed: Mira Nair's new film The Namesake After Monsoon Wedding's huge success and Vanity Fair's lacklustre response, it's fair to say there is a lot riding on the success of Namesake for Mira Nair, which released here on Friday. Read the complete article in Asians in Media
Asian singers see cultural divide No Asian-American has broken through on the pop charts, though William Hung, of American Idol infamy, has found a following. Read the complete article in St. Petersburg Times
Immigrant Fictions: Contemporary Literature in an Age of Globalization Immigrant Fictions is a groundbreaking collection that brings together studies of world literature, book history, narrative theory, and the contemporary novel to challenge methods of critical reading based on national models of literary culture. Read the complete article in Fabula
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APRIL 2007:
Asian Diversity Career Expo 2007
By Joanne Lee for AIA, April 2007
Asian Diversity, Inc. is proud to present the Sixth Annual Asian Diversity Career Expo on Friday, May 4, 2007, in Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Asian Diversity Career Expo is the largest and fastest growing recruiting event for Asian Americans in the nation, featuring a wide range of firms and career opportunities. These events are designed to help job seekers meet one-on-one with recruiters and for companies to connect with the unique Asian American talent pool. The success of Asian Diversity's Career Expos is illustrated by the overwhelming support they receive from the Asian American community as well as federal, state, and local government agencies. Click here to read the complete article in the Careers section.
Born In Chinese
CompilAsian is, simply put, a collection of Asian American music. As a music lover, I am proud to call many of these artists my friends. As an Asian American musician, I am honored to call them all my colleagues. I hope you enjoy listening to this compilation as much as I have enjoyed making it. And please, if any of these songs move you in any way, reach out to the artists, buy their CDs, tell all your friends about themÖ or just blast the music really loud from your stereo. These artists originate from around the country and the music spans rock, pop, R&B, acoustic, and singer-songwriter genres. From the alternative power-pop of Johnny Hi-Fi and the synth rock of Blip Blip Bleep, to the jazz infused vocal stylings of Cynthia Lin and the indie acoustic sounds of Big Phony, CompilAsian represents a sampling of the incredible talent that the Asian American music community has to offer. This collection has something for everyone. BORN IN CHINESE is an Asian American record label. Founder Eugene Song encountered that strange phrase several years ago as a misguided pre-med student. Uttered by someone in a fit of ignorance, it struck him as amusing, sad, and offensive all at the same time. But rather than be angered at those words, or simply laugh it off, he decided to use it to spread Asian American cultural awareness via music. Thus, he formed this company, Born In Chinese. For more information, please visit Born In Chinese.
Hindu Prayer in Nevada State Legislature in Sanskrit
This is the first time any Hindu prayer is delivered in the Nevada State Legislature since its formation in 1864, says Pastor Albert Tilstra, Chaplain Coordinator for Nevada Legislature. At the opening of the Nevada Assembly session on March 19, 2007, after Speaker Barbara Buckley introduced Rajan Zed, he started Hindu prayers with "Om" (the mystical syllable containing the universe) and all assemblymen and assemblywomen stood up and listened intently while standing. "Today is a glorious day for all Nevadans and historical day for us when opening prayers from ancient Hindu scriptures are being read in this great hall of democracy," Zed said during the prayer. Laddus (ball-like Indian sweetmeat) were distributed on the occasion by local Hindu volunteers Annabelle and Maryanne. Besides people from the area Hindu community; ministers/priests from various Christian denominations like Presbyterian, Episcopal, Pentecostal, Church of Christ; and activists from Satyachetana International and World Peace and Divine Mission also attended the prayers as a gesture of support. Rajan Zed, along with his wife Shipa Zed, sat next to the Assembly Speaker at the podium. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has no datable beginning but some scholars put it around 3,000 BCE. It has no founder, no one authoritative figure, no one deity worshipped by all, and no single prophet or holy book. One of its scriptures, *Mahabharata*, which dates around third century BCE, is the longest poem ever written, comprising of over 100,000 couplets.
Hip-Hop Tour to Stop the Killings in the Philippines Comes to NY
Filipinos in the United States have already been actively fundraising for PPT, including a national benefit Hip Hop Tour by Filipino-American artist Geologic, the frontman of the Seattle-based Blue Scholars. The Stop the Killings Benefit Tour for the PPT commences this month in San Francisco, and makes it way through several US cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Long Beach, Chicago, and Portland, and will make its way to New York City on March 16, 2007, at the M1-5 Bar and Lounge in downtown Manhattan. Since 2001, over 830 BAYAN members and affiliates have been killed under the Arroyo regime. The alliance remains at the forefront of a broad-based people's movement heavily critical of Arroyo's domestic policies and subservience to the US war and trade agenda in what Bush has tagged "The Second Front" in the War on Terror. BAYAN is amongst the list of initiating groups pressing charges against the Arroyo regime at the PPT. Prominent supporters of the tribunal include former US Attorney General and NY-based human rights attorney Ramsey Clark, who has been invited to testify at the tribunal as a US foreign policy expert. The Philippines remains a top recipient of US foreign aid in the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please visit BAYAN USA.
Book on Japanese Americans Fights Against the Japanese
Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) will officiate at the public release of the historical work, ěNisei Linguists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During WW IIî on March 20, 2007 at 4:00 ń 5:30 PM, in a special ceremony at the Russell Senate Office Building, Room 418. ěNisei Linguistsî was written by James C. McNaughton, PhD, and is a 514 page history of the Japanese Americans (ěNiseiî) who served in the Asia Pacific Theater. This book was just published by the US Army Center for Military History (CMH). In addition to Senator Akaka and the CMH, other co-sponsors of the event are the US Army Public Affairs Office and the Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA). Jeffrey J. Clarke, PhD, is the Director of CMH. In May 1994, Colonel Sunao Phil Ishio, then-President of the Japanese American Veterans Association, briefed Senator Akaka on the Nisei role during WW II. The Nisei translated captured enemy documents, interrogated Japanese prisoners of war (POW), intercepted communications, persuaded Japanese militia to surrender, deployed behind enemy lines to collect information and sabotage enemy operations, and conducted psychological warfare activities. While the heroism under fire of the famous all Nisei US Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Italy and France was highly publicized during and after the war, the role of the MIS remained under a tight lid of secrecy until early 1971. For reasons not clear to this day, US military authorities chose not to disclose to anyone that it had the capability to read captured Japanese Top Secret documents, diaries, and maps. Ishio told Akaka that America should know about the Nisei who volunteered from internment camps to fight against the Japanese, in a demonstration of loyalty and belief in democracy. Convinced of the need that the Nisei contributions to the war effort in Asia must be told as a significant part of American military history, Senator Akaka and seven other members of congress petitioned the Secretary of the Army, who approved the writing of the book. Dr. McNaughton, then Command Historian of the Defense Language Institute, was commissioned to undertake this written project. Dr. Mc Naughton, who received his doctorate in modern European history from the Johns Hopkins University and is retired from the US Army Reserve as a lieutenant colonel, subsequently became the Command Historian of the US Army Pacific Command, and is now Command Historian of the US European Command. In the Pacific, 3,000 Nisei soldier-linguists served with every military branch of service and in every major military campaign from the Aleutian Islands to Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Australia; from India to Tonga; and from Palau, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa to the demobilization of the Japanese military structure. US Army Nisei also were assigned to the military units of Great Britain, Australia, India, New Zealand and Canada under similar conditions. An additional 3,000 graduates of the MIS Language School served during the Occupation of Japan from the municipal to the national levels and contributed to its success. They also served with the Tokyo War Crimes Trials, counterintelligence, and censorship. With their knowledge of the language and customs, they served as a bridge between Japanese and US officials that solidified the US-Japan alliance. For more information, please visit Japanese American Veterans Association.
Condemn Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Hold MTA Accountable!
On March 16, 2007 the New York Post reported that 17 year old Asian high school student, Marie Stefanie Martinez was assaulted in New York by a group of teenagers on a MTA B82 bus due to their perception that she looked ěChineseî even though she is of Filipino descent. Ms. Martinez was punched, kicked, and subjected to slurs in what can be categorized as a hate crime based on her attackers animus towards her perceived ethnicity. Reportedly, the MTA bus operator who witnessed the assault did nothing to intervene during the course of the assault on Ms. Martinez and neglected his moral and ethical duty to ensure the safety of MTA riders and punctuated his negligent conduct by allegedly advising Ms. Martinez, who was still wearing her Catholic school uniform, to "go talk to a priest" after the assault. This petition seeks the following: 1) The MTA and NYPD conduct a vigorous full and complete investigation into the incident ensuring that any violations found of any applicable hate crimes statutes are fully applied. 2) The bus operator be subjected to discipline commensurate to the action of permitting riders to commit a hate crime on a MTA rider. If the bus operator is found to have permitted the assault to have taken place and informed Ms. Martinez to ěgo talk to a priestî, MTA should subject the bus operator to termination from his position. By signing this petition, you state that you agree with the aforementioned two points. We will not tolerate hate crimes and will vigorously act to ensure justice in our communities. To sign the petition, please visit Petition Online.
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