February 5, 2002 It's Black History Month www.infoplease.com/spot/bhm1.html

Chinese New Year Dinner in LB

LA Times & other news articles

MISSION STATEMENT:

Promote full utilization of the capabilities of the Enterprise's employees and champion the betterment of the company and community. Promote interest in Asian Pacific issues and culture and act as a bridge to all groups within our community.

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ed. by Douglas Ikemi

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The internet site is:

Our own domain name, apa-pro.org, stands for Asian Pacific American Professionals. www.apa-pro.org/ gives you a menu of AP organization websites.

Back issues of the newsletter for all of 2000 and 2001are available on the website if you want to look up some past event.

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APPA Board Meeting Schedule for 2002:

Evening meetings will be at the Hilton Garden Inn, 2100 Mariposa Ave.(corner of Nash)310/726-0100. Noon time meetings will be on Raytheon premises

Proposed schedule for 2002:

Feb. 14 (Th) at 12 pm

March 13 (W) at 6 pm

April 16 (Tu) at 12 pm

May 15 (W) at 6 pm

June 13 (Th) at 12 pm

July 10 (W) at 6 pm

Aug. 13 (Tu) at 12 pm

Sept. 11 (W) at 6 pm

Oct. 10 (Th) at 12 pm

Nov. 13 (W) at 6 pm

Detailed calendar-finally updated up to March is attached this week and is available on the internet at www.apa-pro.org in Acrobat and Excel formats. Events go into the calendar that I don't mention here. Please send in information on cultural events and news items. Thanks to those who have.

Long range calendar items:

Feb 16 BEHN-ES Annual Valentine Dinner and Dance Scholarship Fundraiser, Torrance Marriott Hotel 3635 Fashion Way, 6:30PM, $60 still. Contact Patricia Miyoshi (310) 416-4125

Feb 16 Day of Remembrance at the JANM, endorsed by APPA. See flyer at website, www.apa-pro.org.

Chinese New Year, Los Angeles. Colorful dragon dancers parade through the streets of downtown's Chinatown. For this year's schedule www.lagoldendragonparade.com

April 5-7 First Cherry Blossom Festival in Pasadena, 626-683-8243, wowproductions@earthlink.net

April 7 Keiko Matsui Jazz Concert, 5PM at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, $45, 40, 35, 800-300-4343 or 562-916-8500

8 June, 2002 - 5 January, 2003 Rediscovered Imperial Treasures: Masterpieces From The Nanjing Museum at the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana, www.bowers.org

The Pacific Asia Museum (46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101, 626-449-2742) Family Festival schedule for 2002, Saturdays, 1-4:

Feb. 16 Year of the Horse Chinese New Year Festival

March 16 Pacific Islands Festival of Masks

April 20 Thai New Year Festival

May 11 Different Drummers Festival, Memorial Park

June 15 Costumes of Pan Asia

July 20 Origami Festival

Aug. 17 Flavors of India

Sept. 21 Lacquer Ware of Myanmar

Oct. 19 Pakistan Festival

Nov. 16 Buddha: Faces of Enlightenment

Dec. 14 Pasko Sa Nayon

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Feb 8 Uncle Gunjiro's Girlfriend, written and performed by Brenda Wong Aoki, 8PM, Campus Theatre at El Camino College, $21. 1-800-832-ARTS. [I saw an earlier performance of this multi-cultural tale and I highly recommend it.]

Feb. 9 Soprano Keiko Takeshita performs "Soprano Recital: Romantic Evening" in the Cal State LB Daniel Recital Hall, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., LB, 949-653-5882

Feb. 9 Peking Acrobats, directed and choreographed by Hai Ken Tsai, 8PM, El Camino College, Marsee Auditorium, www.elcaminocollege.org/centerforthearts.

Feb 10 Firecracker 10K, LA Downtown Chinatown, 8AM, http://www.firecracker10k.org/ Start near N. Broadway and College, course goes through Elysian Park, $22, $27 late registration

Feb 10, 16, 23 Tour in the Japanese Pavilion of LACMA: Arts of Japan, 2PM

Feb. 11 AAPA Year of the Horse Luncheon, 12-1PM, $7, Chinese Gourmet, 12101 Valley View St., Garden Grove CA 92845, (714) 899-2288

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First, I would like to thank Cheryl Cambridge and Diana Castano of the BSS Diversity Office and The Boeing Company for allowing me to help represent the company at two important events. The first was the 25th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Dinner sponsored by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Los Angeles and the Martin Luther King Legacy Association on January 21 at the Biltmore Hotel. The second was an Enterprise-wide Community Forum sponsored by Boeing to which the leaders of Boeing affinity groups, HR focals, and Community and Educational Relations people were invited. The latter was on January 31 at the Westin, LB. These were both very educational events and I was honored to be there.

Last Saturday I attended a matinee performance of Sisters Matsumoto at the East West Players ($15 rush ticket). This play was better than I'd expected, featuring a veteran cast. The plot was about an extended Japanese American family returning to their farm after being released from an American concentration camp (President Roosevelt's terminology) at the end of World War II. Just when they thought things couldn't get worse... The play is fairly thoughtful, including dealing with frictions within the Japanese American community that have only recently been brought into the open for discussion.

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The Long Beach Qingdao Sister City Association invites You To Celebrate Chinese New Year 4700, Year of the Horse. Saturday, February 16, 2002 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. At The Hilton Long Beach in the Catalina Room, Complimentary Parking. PLEASE RSVP BY CALLING: Sister Cities of Long Beach, Inc. EVENT HOTLINE at: 562-495-8016 OR BY E-MAIL at: dzanatta@AOL.com or lonliv@earthlink.net

Tickets are limited so make your reservations now. Tickets are limited and will be picked up at the door the night of the event. Co-sponsored by AAPA

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The Chinese American Museum is hosting the 1st Annual Chinese Lantern Festival. http://www.camla.org/events/lant0202.htm The festival will hold a Children’s Lantern Making Workshop at the Chinatown New Year Festivities, Saturday and Sunday, February 16th and 17th. The Lantern Festival will take place in Paseo de la Plaza, Olvera Street, across from Union Station in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 23, 2002, 1pm to 7pm. This festival is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department.

Currently, we are recruiting volunteers to help out at the three days event. This is a great opportunity for your organization to contribute their personal time, expertise and effort to make a positive impact on our community. Volunteers who speak other languages in addition to English (Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, Taiwanese, Shanghainese etc.) are strongly encouraged. Please visit our website for more information, www.camla.org

Friends of the Chinese American Museum is a volunteer support group organized to raise funds generate community interest, support, and provide information about programs and research project for the museum.

Our 509(a)(1) documentation is available upon request. Should you have any questions, please contact museum's Administration Assistant, Betty Liu at (213) 626-5240.

Thank you in advance for your attention and cooperation.

Sincerely Yours,

Barbie Chien

Volunteer Coordinator

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LA Times:

Feb 4 POMONA Expo showcases Asian cultures Vendors and entertainers help visitors absorb the sights, sounds and tastes from several nations.

By David Hermann / david.hermann@latimes.com

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/ontario/news/front/la-iv0020220feb04.story

Feb 4 LOS ANGELES Peaceful Rivalry Plays Out at USC

Athletics: Despite tensions between their homelands, Pakistani, Indian students enjoy weekly cricket match.

By K. CONNIE KANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000008826feb04.story

Feb 4 World Rice Glut Hits Home

By GUY COATES, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-farm-scene0204feb04.story

Jan 31 FAMILY

Great Diversity for Black History Month

By JANICE RHOSHALLE LITTLEJOHN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000007698jan31.story

Feb 2 RELIGION The Case for 'Yellow Theology'

A former Buddhist preaches a style of Christian evangelism that is sensitive to Asian culture.

By K. CONNIE KANG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000008221feb02.story

Feb 1 N BRIEF / SOUTHLAND Another Jelly Candy Brand Is Recalled

Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000008003feb01.story

Jan 30 One Faith, Two Minds

Feeling snubbed by Muslim immigrants who are defining the faith for the U.S. public, African American Muslims are calling attention to the way they, too, practice their beliefs.

By MARY ROURKE, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000007439jan30.story

Feb 4 Detainees Put Rules of War to Test

By NAOMI KOPPEL, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-rules-of-war0204feb04.story

Feb 4 Hawaii Looks to Lure Japanese

By B.J. REYES, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-attracting-japan0205feb04.story

Feb 4 Japan Tries to Bolster Space Program

By HANS GREIMEL, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-japan-rocket0204feb04.story

Feb 3 Patron Saint of Lost Causes

The Notorious Sleepy Lagoon Trial Inspired Alice Greenfield McGrath to Crusade for

Social Justice. Sixty Years Later, She Shows No Signs of Stopping.

By FRANK O. SOTOMAYOR, Frank O. Sotomayor is a Times staff writer and editor

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000008632feb03.story

Feb 3 Public Support for Japan PM Plummets [That's what he gets for dumping Makiko.]

By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-japan-politics0204feb03.story

Feb 2 BURBANK Come on, you know the words With at least eight venues citywide, karaoke enthusiasts are belting out tunes tohappy crowds.

By Laura Sturza

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/burbank/news/la-bl0007496feb02.story

Feb 2 Japanese Cheer Bicultural Kids Who Sing in Their Language

By ERIC TALMADGE, ASSOCIATED PRESS

http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-000008174feb02.story

Feb 1 IOC Says No to Sumo, Yes to Wushu

By LARRY SIDDONS, AP Sports Writer

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-ioc-meetings0201feb01.story

Jan 31 COLUMN ONE It's Japan, for Crying Out Loud

Premier's remark-- after official's outburst--that tears are the ultimate female weapon has upset many.

By MARK MAGNIER, Times Staff Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-013102tears.story

Feb 5 SHORT TRACK

Predictions

By Mike Kupper

Men

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-000008964feb05.story

Feb 4 Chinese Speedskater Sets Record

By Associated Press

http://www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-oly-speedskating-record0204feb04.story

Feb 4 Beyond the Mainstream

Tai Chi May Pay Off in Unconventional Ways

Barrie R. Cassileth

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-000008717feb04.story

Feb 1 MOVIE REVIEW Lives Left to Marinate in 'American Adobo'

Filipino American friends gather around the table to await a heaping serving of what comes next.

By KEVIN THOMAS, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/calendar/la-000007961feb01.story

Feb 3 An Aristocrat's Mission of Mercy

Suraya Sadeed Has Been Smuggling Food Into Afghanistan Since 1993. Now

Everyone Wants to Get in on the Act--and There's Not Always Safety in Numbers.

By MICHAEL ALAN LERNER, Michael Alan Lerner, who was a foreign correspondent for Newsweek, is a screenwriter and freelance journalist living in New York City

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000008630feb03.story

Feb 3 JEWISH DEFENSE LEAGUE

A Dead-End Movement Hits the Wall

By GENE LICHTENSTEIN

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000008455feb03.story

Feb 3 POP MUSIC

A High-Voltage Singer With Low-Key Plans

To reconnect with fans, Senegal's Baaba Maal has an intimate set in mind for UCLA.

By DON HECKMAN

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/printedition/suncalendar/la-000008401feb03.story

Feb 3 THE NATION

Mixed Reviews on Anti-Terror Interview Plan

Michigan: Many of the men sought--most from Arab countries--never responded. Officials say program serves purpose.

By TERRIL YUE JONES, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-000008683feb03.story

Feb 3 THE STATE

Muslim Chaplain Embraces New Job Ministering to War Detainees

Religion: The Camp Pendleton-based cleric tries 'to look into their souls' and respect their dignity, yet be cautious.

By TONY PERRY, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000008527feb03.story

Feb 1 THE REGION

Southland Muslims Take a PR Approach

Advertising: Billboard campaign emphasizes shared values to promote good relations and counter negative images after Sept. 11 attacks, its sponsors say.

By WILLIAM LOBDELL, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000008021feb01.story

Feb 4 ORANGE COUNTY

Ethnic Influence, by the Numbers

Politics: O.C.-based Hispanic 100, a heavily GOP executive group, starts fast on shaping a pro-business agenda.

By JENNIFER MENA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000008831feb04.story

Feb 3 Panel to Plan Black History Museum

By DEBORAH KONG, AP Minority Issues Writer

U.S. Rep. John Lewis envisions a slave ship exhibit, depicting the passage from West Africa to America

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-black-history-museum0203feb03.story