March 5, 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

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 5, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision by Frieda Lee Mock Visual Communications The Monthly Screen, 120 Judge John Aiso Street (San Pedro St.) Basement Level, LA Little Tokyo, free, 213-680-4462, www.vconline.org. Showtimes 7:30PM

March 7 Asian Comedy Film Festival, Rose Hills Theatre, Smith Campus Center, Claremont College, 170 E. 6th Street, Claremont, 8PM Box office: 909-607-8065

March 8 NATIONAL SONG AND DANCE COMPANY OF MOZAMBIQUE, El Camino College, 8PM $26, http://www.elcaminocollege.org/centerforthearts/worldculture.html

March 9 Gyuto Monks, Tibetan Tantric Choir, 8PM Royce Hall, UCLA, www.uclalive.com, 310-825-2101

March 9 Saturday, 1:00 pm Craft Class with Ryoko Shibata. Oshi-E (Boys and Girls Day) at the JANM

March 9 Chinese New Year & Lantern Festival Banquet, Saturday, March 9, 2002 (Please Note New Date!) 6pm Check-in, 7pm Dinner, 8:15pm-9:20pm Entertainment. Hilton Universal City & Towers, Mandarin Club, 555 Universal Terrace Parkway, Universal City, CA 91608 (213) 617-0666. $75 per guest. Contact Betty Liu, Museum Assistant (213) 626-5240 office@camla.org, The Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles

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Well, this time I was in Sequoia

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May 16 WRAP Family Services "Creating possibilities"

"A Night at the Skirball with Sandra Tsing Loh"

Fundraiser, 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. An hors d’oeurves reception will take place at 6:00 p.m. and the performance will start promptly at 8:00 p.m. and take place at the Skirbal Cultural Center located at 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles. Please call (310) 376-2236 for more information.

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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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Connects caller to Fair Employment and Housing counselors who can refer to other services and local district attornerys

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LA Times:

March 4 A Place Created for Women's Personal Refuge

A shelter helps those who fled Africa's turmoil only to find themselves at the mercy of domestic violence.

By SHARON BOORSTIN, SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-000016146mar04.story

March 4 Asian Americans Show Large Population Growth Census: Nationwide the group has increased 72% in a decade and now numbers 11.9 million.

By PETER Y. HONG, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000016240mar04.story

March 3 Census: Asian Population Spreading Out

By GENARO C. ARMAS, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-census-asians0304mar03.story

March 2 OBITUARIES

Yun Tau Chee, 73; Miss Hawaii of 1948, First Asian in Miss America Pageant

By ELAINE WOO, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000015655mar02.story

March 1 Asia Derided Nixon Suggestion

By DAVID THURBER, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-asia-nixon-tapes-reax0301mar01.story

March 1 ORANGE COUNTY Number of White Students Decreases

By JESSICA GARRISON, TIMES STAFF WRITER

http://www.latimes.com/editions/orange/la-000015491mar01.story

Feb 28 U.S. Extremists, Terror Groups Eyed

By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-attacks-us-extremists0228feb28.story

March 3 Cultural Visions for Little Tokyo

By JANET WISCOMBE

http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/magazine/la-000015982mar03.story

March 3 Daily Pilot

NEWPORT BEACH, COSTA MESA

Sidelines: The summer, and fall, of '42

Some great moments on the field of play, coupled with the saga of a couple of Sailors named Ikeda and Matoba.

By Don Cantrell

http://www.latimes.com/tcn/pilot/sports/la-dp0028747mar03.story