March 12, 2002

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

Schedule for 2002:

March 7 (Th) at 6 pm New Time!!!

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 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:

April 6 concert by Visiting Violette at the Japan America Theatre, 8PM, $16, 213-628-2725

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

Performance artists Lida Abdullah and Denise Uyehara, April 21, 8:30PM, Highways Performance Space, 1651 18th St., Santa Monica, $12, www.highwaysperformance.org, 310-453-1755, reservations 310-315-1459

April 27 33rd Annual Manzanar Pilgramage, noon, interfaith memorial service, ondo dancing, guided walking tours. Evening program at 6:30PM, Legion Hall, Independence. www.manzanarcommittee.org, 323-662-5102

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:

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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March 14 Groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of the Far East Building in Little Tokyo, 1:30-3PM, 347-353 E. 1st St., Mayor James Hahn will be speaking.

March 14 Facing LA: A conversation with its Writers and Poets, JANM, 7-9PM. Includes Angel Island poetry

March 16 Pacific Islands Festival of Masks family free day at the Pacific Asian Museum, 1-4PM.

March 17 Orchid Workshop at the Miller Garden, CSULB, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., LB 90840, 562-985-8885. 9-11:30AM $35, 562-985-8420. Orchid sale at 12-2PM, free admission (not the orchids).

March 16 Opera recital by soprano Keiko Takeshita, 5PM Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria St., Costa Mesa, $8.

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I went to see the movie "We Were Soldiers" (see http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie-1112647/reviews.php for a selection of reviews), the account of the of the real battle for LZ X-Ray (http://www.lzxray.com/) during the Vietnam War. The movie does make an attempt to humanize the NVA soldiers, showing that they have the same uncertainties and fears as their American opponents. The movie also depicts a multicultural American unit, while at the same time showing the irony of segregated laundries outside of the Army base in the States. The movie is well done, but doesn't have the same visual flair as Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down" as well as not having as much gore, but that isn't saying much in this context. The movie doesn't have any pat answers, but does give us another look at a painful chapter in our history.

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March 23, Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan. Film Screening and Discussion at the JANM. Co-Sponsored by the USC Program in American Studies and Ethnicity and USC Asian Pacific American Student Services. Struggle and Success: The African American Experience in Japan is the first documentary to thoroughly examine the complex relationships of African Americans and Japanese people. Regge Life, executive producer and director, initially went to Japan as an Artist Fellow with the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and Bunka-Cho. He is the recipient of many awards including a CINE Golden Eagle.

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I received this from Patricia Miyoshi at BEHN:

Dear Volunteers:

I want to mention a volunteer opportunity which may be of interest to you. On Wednesday, March 13, BSS has been invited to participate in Career Day at El Segundo High School (ESHS). Check-In is at 9:00 AM and you would be visiting two classrooms, one at 9:40 and the other at 10:45. The program will conclude at 11:35. This is a volunteer program and I am unable to provide charge numbers, but I will provide lots and lots of praise and thanks!

You don't have to worry about doing this alone. You will be paired with another person for the classroom visits. The goal is to expose students to a variety of career options--you just need to speak with the students about your career choices. (I have a list of suggested talking points if you need help.)

Please feel free to distribute this to your co-workers. We need a cross section of employees-both technical and professional.

Thanks for volunteering! You are making a difference!

Rosemary

662-6310

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