6-28-05 JOIN HELEN ZIA APALC!

Join us for an evening of advocacy, activism, and inspiration…

mention: SpeakAsianAmericans had sent you!

“Filipino American, Joseph Ileto was a victim of racially-motivated crime. However, his death was at first overshadowed by the media's portrayal of a purely anti-Semitic act. Asian Americans united to elevate this tragedy to honor Joseph Ileto. His name has gradually become synonymous to political empowerment…”

~SpeakAsianAmericans

Date: Friday, August 26, 2005
Time: 6:00 pm – Reception, 7:00 pm – Program
Location: National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Los Angeles 90012
(Next to the Japanese American National Museum)
Sponsor: Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Cost: Free

RSVP to Cathy Dang at cdang@apalc.org or (213) 241-0254
www.apalc.org/iletoevent

From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Mohandas Gandhi to Dalai Lama -- For generations peace has been on the agenda for many activists. However, peace is not an object that can easily be obtained, but rather an objective that takes dedication from many to accomplish. In tribute and remembrance to Filipino American postal worker Joseph Ileto, victim of a hate-motivated shooting in 1999, the Joseph Ileto Fellowship Lecture Event will both inform and open up dialogue on the goals and tactics of peace advocacy and activism in search of a nonviolent society.

The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and Ileto family, in conjunction with the Japanese American National Museum and the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, are delighted to have journalist, author, and activist, Helen Zia, as the speaker for the Joseph Ileto Lecture Event.

For over twenty years, Helen Zia has continuously involved herself with advocating social justice for the Asian Pacific Islander community. Ms. Zia is an award-winning journalist, author of Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, and a Contributing Editor to Ms. Magazine, where she was formerly Executive Editor. In 2001, she was named one of the most influential Asian Americans of the decade by A. Magazine. Her work on the Asian American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy Award nominated film, "Who Killed Vincent Chin?"

FEATURED SPEAKER
Helen Zia, Author, journalist, activist

A MUST READ. UCLA AA Studies Commencement Speech-- Jeff Chang

Asian American Studies Commencement Speech -- Jeff Chang

Oh man. This was the toughest 10-minute speech I've ever had to write.

I saw a bumper sticker in Berkeley today--yeah it's a bumper sticker kind of town--"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember what you said." The problem is getting to the truth in the first place. Sheesh.

Thank you to the 2005 graduates of UCLA's Asian American Studies and best of luck!


To Dr. Min Zhou, Dr. Don Nakanishi, the Asian American Studies department faculty, the Asian American Center staff, Dr. Sue Ann Kim, Dr. Kay Song, Irene Soriano and the student graduation coordinating committee, and most of all, to the 2005 graduates of the UCLA Asian American Studies Department, please let me extend my heartfelt gratitude for being granted the honor to speak to you this afternoon. To you graduates, let me offer a hearty congratulations on your great achievement.

You are graduating into a dangerous world, a much more dangerous world than the one I graduated into 10 years ago.

During the time you have studied here, you have witnessed the unveiling of the U.S. as a warfare state. Indeed, the last three decades of wars—in Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Middle East, in domestic wars on graffiti, on drugs, on gangs, and on youth—seem but a prelude to this imperial moment.

In Afghanistan and Iraq, the kind of politics that conditioned the emergence of the hip-hop generation—namely the politics of containment and its twin, the politics of abandonment—are on view daily.

The logic of abandonment that left the Bronx and Watts to burn now leaves Kabul and Baghdad shattered. The logic of containment that has led to the incarceration, disenfranchisement, and dehumanizing of 2 million people in the U.S. takes on an ugly, globalized form in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.

War is the backdrop to even the most pressing local issues. The plague of joblessness, the resurgence of gang violence, the explosion of interracial and interreligious tensions, and the debt-driven real estate speculation that is driving massive racial displacement are all effects of war.

Every day we ask ourselves the question: how do we begin to turn back such catastrophic trends?

In a single, startling line of hope, Arundhati Roy has written, "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way."

But what will that world look like? And will Asian Americans be there to help midwife her birth?

ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES AND TRANSFORMATION

Twenty years ago, I took my first Asian American Studies course at UC Berkeley, a freshman composition class. On the first day, the teachers told us the theme would be "transformation".

Now when you take an Asian American Studies class, things happen. Some people get very good grades. Other people get a lot of phone numbers. But everyone undergoes some sort of transformation.

You start thinking about the way you grew up, how you were socialized, who influenced you. You remember the first time you were made to feel different, and the way you reacted. You look at the dry cleaner, the bus driver, the waitress, the seamstress, your parents, your grandparents, your siblings and cousins, all a little differently.

Sometimes you develop a profound rage that you feel you have to unleash.

You walk into an Abercrombie & Fitch store and you can't believe they're selling t-shirts that say "Wong Brothers Laundry Service: Two Wongs Can Make It White".

You watch a sports show and you can't believe a basketball superstar is insulting another by making fun of his Asian accent.

You turn on your favorite hip-hop radio station, and you can't believe the African American host is defending a racist song about the tsunami by saying Asians who don't like the song probably think they're superior to Blacks.

Sometimes you stay there in your anger. Your first rage is so powerful, it's blinding.

Sometimes you think about it a little more, and you wonder about the sweatshop workers being forced to manufacture those racist t-shirts. You wonder what kind of masculinity requires an athlete to mock his opponent in racial terms. You wonder what happened to make that Black radio host want to be so hurtful.

Sometimes you then acquire a deep sadness, a disabling melancholy that you don't feel you can overcome.

Asian American Studies is a different kind of intellectual experience. It always takes you somewhere, and it also never leaves you.

THE CRISIS AFTER MULTICULTURALISM

When I was at UC Berkeley during the 1980s, multiculturalism was our rallying cry.

At its best, rainbow multiculturalism unveiled race in the production of knowledge, culture, and power. And it proposed alternatives, such as affirmative action or independent community-centered arts. Jesse Jackson's presidential bids and Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It", the anti-apartheid movement and the redress and reparations movement, the push for diversity graduation requirements and Don Nakanishi's successful tenure fight—they were all part of this moment.

Times have changed.

I was part of the first cohort of graduate students to enter the Masters Program here after the Los Angeles Rebellion in 1992. Those riots shook Asian American Studies to the core. The idea of Third World solidarity that had guided us from the founding of Ethnic Studies seemed to be in ashes. And in many ways, we are still sorting through the rubble.

After the rebellion, multiculturalism was absorbed into global capitalism, made easy for consumption. Its insurgency was contained.

Now dark skins—like Jet Li or the Wu-Tang Clan—provide global entertainment. Alberto Gonzales and Condoleeza Rice—not Yuri Kochiyama and Philip Vera Cruz—are presented as American icons of racial struggle and success. Universities and corporations increasingly see the value in diversity in a globalized world. And, post-affirmative action, it is Asian American bodies who largely provide that value.

For us, the Duboisian question is turned upside down, and is made to haunt us: How does it feel to be a solution?

TOWARD ANOTHER WORLD

Cast this way, we cannot avoid our responsibility. We can only dispatch ourselves with clearer purpose, principle, and integrity.

If we were to describe the world that we want, would it be a world in which professional athletes are tested for accent sensitivity the way they are tested for steroids? Would it be a world in which Abercrombie and Fitch only sells us yellow-power t-shirts?

I ask, because this world is certainly possible. But it's not what we should settle for.

Hot 97 radio personality Miss Jones tore open unhealed wounds with her comments on Asians' supposed perceptions of superiority over Blacks. But how do we heal those wounds? Where did those wounds come from?

We cannot begin to answer these kinds of questions if we allow ourselves to be caged by our first rage, or incapacitated by our first sadness. That rage and sadness can block us from understanding our truer roles, our unfulfilled responsibilities, our necessary allies, and the larger forces at work against us all.

They prevent all of us from healing. They blind all of us to the possibility of another world. We need to act from love.

So the transformation that we begin in Asian American Studies does not end once classes do.

As the great Glenn Omatsu reminds us, the fundamental practice of Asian American Studies is to build community. Building community goes beyond centering the self. It is about imagining what it takes to revere justice, to respect difference, to reduce hurt, to correct wrong, to nurture growth, and to discover joy. It is about activating and propagating these values within a conception of "we" that continually expands, and is always concerned with caring for the least of us first.

For us, the possibility of another world can begin with the project of recuperating a progressive Asian American identity, one that stands against the totalizing push of global capitalism and the new imperialism, the disintegration of an anti-racist movement, and the destruction of other oppressed communities, particularly African Americans and indigenous peoples.

That possibility, in fact, begins with you.

To you, the graduates of Asian American Studies, here in this dangerous moment, I regret to say—and I am also happy to say—that we place a lot of hope in you. I regret it because it means in some sense we have not fully done our job. I am happy because I know our faith is well-placed.

We look to you to lead the way forward toward a new Asian American left, a new progressive movement, and the shining new world waiting to be born.

Thank you for this opportunity, and once again, congratulations on your most important achievement.

6-27-05 Pinoys ... and Pinays!

Historic Filipinotown
Community Reception for
PHILIPPINE CONGRESSWOMAN
LIZA MAZA
Of Gabriela Women's Party

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005
7:30pm
Temple Gateway Youth & Community Center
(Multi-Purpose Room)
As a Congresswoman, the Honorable Ms. Maza sits as the vice-chairperson of the Women's Caucus and the Higher and Technical Education Committee. She is also on the Ways and Means, Appropriations, Health, and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Philippine Congress. She has authored over 18 bills and 25 resolutions. Most notably was the passage of the Anti-trafficking Bill, one of the only such legislation in the Asia Pacific region. Recent legislation under her auspices is the controversial Divorce Bill. Congresswoman Maza never hesitates to bring the issues of the grassroots and the frontlines of rallies and picket lines to the halls of Congress. We invite you to a community reception featuring Congresswoman Maza and an update of the current Philippine situation as it affects us here in the United States. For more information, please contact Lalee Vicedo at (323) 445-9093 This event is
co-sponsored by Gabriela Network-Los Angeles and Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)

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(New Dates!)
Looking for a FUN internship for the summer?
Want to meet new people? Apply for SIPA's new
VOLUNTEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM!!!!

Help plan SOCIAL GATHERINGS! Limited spots available! Resume builder! Gain community service hours!

The young adult Interns (between the ages of 13 and 19) of this new, non-paid Volunteer Leadership Program will gain valuble skills and experience in:
- Facilitating a meeting
- Workshop Planning
- Coordinating a Program
- Event Planning
- Volunteer Organizing

The program will run quarterly and will be every Monday
from 5:00-7:00pm beginning Monday, June 27th, 2005. (Date Change!)
This wonderful program will consist of a total of about 50 hours of service-learning experience and FUN!

APPLICATION EXTENSION!!!!

APPLICATION & ESSAY RESPONSES DUE DATE EXTENDED TO: Thursday, June 23rd, 2005 @ 7:00pm
There are limited spots available, so apply fast!

Training Schedule:
(Subject to change)
Monday, June 27th: 5:00-7:00pm
Wednesday, June 29th: 5:00-7:00pm
Friday, July 1st: 3:00-5:00pm


For More Information:
Maureen Ivy Quicho: (Contact info below)
Kim Baglieri: kbaglieri@esipa.org or (213) 382-1819 x108

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Is INTERIOR DESIGN your thing? Like to paint?
Want to hang out with the SIPA staff?
Help with the SIPA beautification project!
We are currently in Phase I: Painting, of this extensive project.
Therefore, we are looking for volunteers to help move furniture, tape, and paint.
In addition to this we are accepting any donations including drop rags,
paint brushes, or rollers.

If you would like to donate, volunteer, or help with the planning aspect,
please contact Dorothy Gamoning, Director of Administration,
at dgamoning@esipa.org or (213) 382-1819 x120

PHASE I: PAINTING SCHEDULE
Friday, June 24th 2:00-7:00pm: Kitchen
Monday, June 27th 2:00-7:00pm: Lobby


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Congratulations to all Graduating Volunteers & Interns
CLASS OF 2005!
SIPA will be holding a SPECIAL GRADUATION CEREMONY for all graduates on

Friday, July 1st
5:00-7:00pm
in the Temple Gateway Youth & Community Center
(Also known as the Multi-Purpose Room)

There will also be a special final performance by the SIPA EK (Eskuwela Kultura) Dance & Performance Classes

Please join us in congratulating the Class of 2005!

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SIPA'S ANNUAL
SUPER SUMMER CELEBRATION
IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!

Volunteer for SIPA'S LARGEST EVENT of the year!

BRING YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY!
REPRESENT YOUR SCHOOL AND/OR STUDENT GROUP!


August 20th, 2005
@ SIPA's side lot
& all along Robinson St.


We cannot ensure that every volunteer will be accepted and placed in their desired work area,
so SIGN UP FAST!

Volunteers needed to assist in set-up & clean-up, running games, activities, food, and other necessary tasks throughout the day.

Please email Maureen Ivy Quicho for a volunteer registration form [contact info below]

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YOUR VOLUNTEER WORK = COLLEGE CREDITS!
Want to earn school credit without taking summer school classes?
Volunteer at SIPA through your local community college!
Simply check in with your local community college's Co-Operative Education / Work Experience (Co-Op Ed) program and let them know that you will be volunteering at SIPA and you will simultaneously earn school credit.
This program is designed to enhance students' academic & personal development. Educational objectives are coordinated with the student's employer to provide realistic employement relationships.
LACC (Los Angeles City College) Requirements:
Subject to change, depending on school
Meet with the CO-OP ED director during the first week of school for the semester
Attend two (2) 2.5 hour seminars
Be enrolled in seven (7) or more units (which may include CO-OP ED units) at LACC
Be currently employed and/or have arranged an internship or volunteer position through an employer, and
Complete a CO-OP ED application and subnit the CO-OP ED agreement, signed by the employer
For students working in their major or a related field, a maximum of four (4) units may be earned per semester for a total of sixteen (16) units maximum in CO-OP ED. The same CO-OP ED course may be repeated for a maximum of four (4) semesters. Students may enroll in one (1) ticket number and a maximum of four (4) CO-OP ED units per semester.
For More Information:
George Holmes, Director
Franklin Hall 19B
(323) 953-4000 ext. 2675
www.lacitycollege.edu

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Summer is the perfect time to give back to the community!

Need to fulfill community service hours?

Have extra time on your hands?
... then VOLUNTEER AT SIPA!

HOT SUMMER VOLUNTEER & INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:


PROGRAMS

Homework Club- Volunteer Tutors Needed!
Hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 4:00-5:00pm
Program: The Homework Club provides elementary school students with help on everyday school homework. Exercises to stimulate thought processes and additional practice in target subject areas are also provided.
Responsibilities: Tutor students in various subject areas; Aid in homework; Provide positive and constructive comments; Track/reward progress.
Qualifications: Applicants must at least be a high school student with a C average; Work well with children and youth; Serve as a role model / mentor; Obligate to regular time commitments; And be able to follow directions.

Computer Lab Instructor
Hours: Flexible- mainly after 3:00pm, weekdays
Responsibilities: The Computer Lab Instructor will administer the computer lab rules; monitor the rotating sign up list; maintain cleanliness of lab; and teach basic computer skills to the youth and/or adults (I.e. Microsoft Word, Photoshop, how to browse the internet, etc.).
Qualifications: Applicants must be 18 years of age; work well with children and youth; obligate to a regular schedule; and have basic computer knowledge.

Sports Instructors
Hours: Flexible- mainly after 3:00pm, weekdays
If you would like to coach a sport during the summer, please contact us!

SIPA welcomes volunteers to bring in new talents and interests to our after school programming, therefore if you are interested in any of the above positions or would like to start a new project or program, please contact us!


NON PAID INTERNSHIPS
[Paid Internships below]

Fiscal/Administration Internship [Non Paid]
Hours: 8 hours a week; Department open from 9:00-6:00pm
Program: This program is designed for those with a desire to learn through hands-on training. The successful candidate will work directly with the Accountant as well as the Director of Finance. Must be capable of prioritizing and executing multiple tasks. Some required tasks include filing, data entry, use of QuickBooks, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bank Reconciliations, etc. This position is excellent if you are looking to gain experience.
Qualifications: A strong will to learn about fiscal operations and administration is a must. Must be responsible and detail-oriented. Knowledge of Microsoft Word and QuickBooks a plus.

Program Manager Assistant Internship [Non paid]
Hours: Flexible
Program: The Program Manager Assistant will be able to get hands-on training and insight on being a Program Manager at a nonprofit organization.
Responsibilities: The Program Manager Assistant will work with the Program Manager for the SIPA Youth Club and Outreach with contractual paperwork and anything that the Program Manager requests.
Qualifications: Applicant must be responsible, reliable, and self-starting.

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SIPA JOB OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Job Title: Youth Activities Specialist
Department: Department of Programs and Services
Classification: Part-time Position (Must be at least 22 years of age)
Salary Range: $10.00 /hour
Reports to: Program Manager
Posted: May 31, 2005

Organizational Description: Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), founded in 1972, is a non-profit, community-based social services organization providing culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and services to the Pilipino American community of Los Angeles County. SIPA ‘s services include affordable housing, community education and outreach, case management and counseling, alternative after school activities and leadership development.

SIPA’s mission is to enhance the quality of life of Pilipino Americans and other communities through youth development, health, economic and social services. SIPA also develops affordable housing and other projects that promote cultural identity, economic stability, self-sufficiency and civic participation. SIPA’s innovative programs and services are facilitated through community-based collaborative relationships.

Job Summary: Under the direct supervision of the Program Manager, the Youth Activities Specialist is responsible for coordinating positive alternative youth activities. The Youth Activities Specialist will work with other staff and develop alternative activities that promote sports skills, cultural and educational enhancement, and community involvement. This position requires flexible working hours to evenings and weekends.

Duties and Responsibilities
· Supervise /implement current after school youth activities such as homework/tutoring lab, computer lab workshops, lsports leagues/tournaments, literacy, etc.
· Develop and maintain positive public relations with community organizations, schools, families and neighborhood businesses in the targeted area.
· Maintain documentation and tracking system of clients participating in the after
school activities of SIPA.
· Submit monthly reports.
· Attend program and staff meetings.
· Required to provide transportation for clients by driving the SIPA van.
· Participate in staff development and training activities.
· Other duties related to SIPA’s after school program or as assigned by the Program Manager.

Qualifications ( Skills/Competencies)
· Must at least be 22 years of age
· Must be self-starter and ability to create ideas for youth activities.
· Experience in working with children, ages 6 -18, and families.
· Working knowledge of recreational activities and sports.
· Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships; collect and analyze data; organize and prioritize work assignments.
· Good verbal and written communication skills.
· Flexible working hours, must be able to work evenings and weekends.
· Fluency in Tagalog highly desired.
· Computer skills (MSWord and Excel).
· Valid California driver’s license.
· Background check required.


To apply: Send resume with cover letter stating position title to:

Human Resources
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
3200 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

or Fax to (213) 382-7445
Attention: Dorothy Gamoning


AmeriCorps*VISTA Job Opportunities


Job Title: Community Development Specialist
Department: Department of Development & Communication
Classification: Full-Time Internship (Must be at least 18 years of age)
Salary Range: $895+/month, PLUS choice of either (1) Education Stipend of $4700, or (2) Cash Stipend of $1200
Benefits: Be a part of the first ever Pilipino AmeriCorps*VISTA collaboration in the nation; Limited health benefits; Life Insurance; Student Loans Deferment; Some relocation expense reimbursements

Reports to: Director of Development & Communication

Organizational Description: Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA), founded in 1972, is a non-profit, community-based social services organization providing culturally and linguistically appropriate programs and services to the Pilipino American community of Los Angeles County. SIPA ‘s services include affordable housing, community education and outreach, case management and counseling, alternative after school activities and leadership development.

SIPA’s mission is to enhance the quality of life of Pilipino Americans and other communities through youth development, health, economic and social services. SIPA also develops affordable housing and other projects that promote cultural identity, economic stability, self-sufficiency and civic participation. SIPA’s innovative programs and services are facilitated through community-based collaborative relationships.

Job Summary: The VISTA Community Development Specialist will identify funding sources and cultivate prospective relationships. In addition, the Community Development Specialist will provide access to resources to implement the organization's capital improvement. The position will also involve program development- identifying and seeking partnerships with community organizations to create and maintain programs at the center. The Community Development Specialist will create a communications and media program to develop materials and educate the general public about the center.

Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct research to identify potential funding sources
- Create and implement funding strategies
- Create funding database and records system
- Identify potential community organizational partners
- Create community advisory board with key community leaders
- Develop orientation and training of advisory board
- Identify target audiences and markets for center
- Write and design appropriate marketing and educational maters

Qualifications (Skills/Competencies)
- Excellent writing and communication skills
- Public relations skills: Ability to interact with public (community organizations, board members, potential funders, media).
- Excellent computer skills; ability to design flyers and media materials with PowerPoint or similar programs; database experience is helpful
- Ability to organize and coordinate meetings and training sessions
- Interest in working with youth and families

To apply:
Please go to www.americorps.org to begin the application process
Project Code- CA319265

For more information:
Dorothy Gamoning
Director of Administration
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
3200 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

(213) 382-1819 x120
dgamoning@esipa.org

www.esipa.org



Job Title: Fund Development Specialist
Classification: Full-Time Internship (Must be at least 18 years of age)
Salary Range: $895+/month, PLUS choice of either (1) Education Stipend of $4700, or (2) Cash Stipend of $1200
Benefits: Be a part of the first ever Pilipino AmeriCorps*VISTA collaboration in the nation; Limited health benefits; Life Insurance; Student Loans Deferment; Some relocation expense reimbursements

Organizational Description: The PWC was officially established May 1st of 1997, on the idea that all individuals have rights to a healthy quality of life, including safe working conditions, living wages, access to healthcare and human dignity. Its mission is to provide services and resources that help meet urgent needs of low-income Pilipino workers and their families in the short term, and to organize them collectively to address workers' needs and issues both in the community and in the workplace for long-term change. Services we provide include job search assistance, assistance in accessing healthcare, assistance in searching for affordable housing and other services that help to connect new immigrants with resources that they might never find on their own. Our service are aimed at helping immigrant workers to help themselves out of poverty. Our target population primarily consists of newly arrived, low-income Pilipino immigrant workers and their families living in the L.A. Historic Filipinotown and surrounding areas. There are high numbers of them working as parking attendants, home healthcare, convalescent, restaurant and retail workers. These jobs pay around minimum wage and do not provide healthcare insurance or other benefits or job security. Many are also unemployed or do not have permanent jobs. Our constituents are located in the central L.A. area where 80% of the population have no health insurance and a lack of nearby emergency care. Many of them are limited-English speakers who cannot express themselves well in English.

Job Summary:
- Conduct research to identify potential funding sources
- Create and implement funding strategies
- Create funding database and records system
- Identify potential community partners
- Create community advisory board with key community leaders
- Develop orientation and training of advisory board
- Identify target audiences and markets for community center
- Write and design appropriate marketing and education materials

Qualifications (Skills/Competencies)
- Computer Competent (MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point)
- Fluent in Tagalog a plus
- Takes own initiative
- Strong and clear writing skills. Grant writing and marketing skills are a plus, but not required.
- Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work with the general public, staff, potential funders, board members and volunteers.
- Ability to organize and coordinate meetings and trainings session.


To apply:
Please go to www.americorps.org to begin the application process
Project Code- CA319265


For more information:
Dorothy Gamoning
Director of Administration
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
3200 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

(213) 382-1819 x120
dgamoning@esipa.org

www.esipa.org



Job Title: Resource Development Assistant (RDA)
Classification: Full-Time Internship (Must be at least 18 years of age)
Salary Range: $895+/month, PLUS choice of either (1) Education Stipend of $4700, or (2) Cash Stipend of $1200,
Benefits: Be a part of the first ever Pilipino AmeriCorps*VISTA collaboration in the nation; Limited health benefits; Life Insurance; Student Loans Deferment; Some relocation expense reimbursements

Organizational Description: Filipino American Service Group, Inc. (FASGI) is a private non-profit community based agency that provides basic human services. FASGI's mission is to empower Filipino Americans and other ethnicities through culturally and linguistically sensitive advocacy, education, social services, social action, research, and leadership that are also gender and age appropriate. FASGI provides culturally and linguistically sensitive 22-bed capacity housing and supportive services, as well as other services addressing nutritional, consumer, health, mental health and civic needs in the community. FASGI's services target low-income and indigent individuals in Los Angeles County. With two decades of serving seniors and the capacity to provide services that are culturally and linguistically sensitive, FASGI serves a subpopulation of immigrant seniors who are monolingual or limited in English proficiency and other groups who are highly economically vulnerable.

Job Summary: The VISTA Resource Development Project will expand the fiscal resources, community and other support for FASGI's programs and mission. FASGI is in the process of preparing for its 2004 Strategic Planning Retreat to evaluate how FASGI can continue to provide services that truly address the community's needs. As part of FASGI's strategy to diversify its portfolio of funders / donors, FASGI needs to conduct more research into community needs and service gaps, trends of community support, and potentials funders/donors/supporters. The Resource Development Project will address these needs as well as work with FASGI's more in-depth program development efforts to formulate an overall plan and implement specific steps for grant writing, donor development and fundraising. Successes, issues and any obstacles, as well as any new discoveries made in the implementation of this project will be shared during FASGI's Strategic Planning Retreat.

Qualifications (Skills/Competencies)
- Bachelor's Degree highly preferred, but some college or post-high school academic training acceptable
- At least three years experience in social service or community organizing, experience in program planning / fundraising a plus
- Strong communication skills with ability to write quality reports and letters
- Open-mindedness and sensitivity to cultural differences and have ability to work with diverse ethnicities
- Sensitivity and compassion in working for elderly and low-income / indigent populations, including frail or disabled immigrants
- Confidence and ability to conduct Power Point presentations to potential funders
- Have outgoing, friendly personality, especially for networking
- Computer literate in MS Word, Excel and Power Point
- Must have own transportation with valid CA automobile insurance


To apply:
Please go to www.americorps.org to begin the application process
Project Code- CA319265


For more information:
Dorothy Gamoning
Director of Administration
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans
3200 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90026

(213) 382-1819 x120
dgamoning@esipa.org

6-26-05 BLACKLAVA... new face!

BLACKLAVA.NET newly revamped!

go check it out! click on the icon to your left....

Shout out to Ryan Suda.

6-17-05 Summer Series with Chinese American Museum

Summer Conversation Series

Saturday, June 18, 1pm
A Conversation with Artists Milton Quon & Sam Boi Lee


CAM Curators Sonia Mak and Cynthia Woo chat with watercolorist Milton Quon and photographer Sam Boi Lee. Impressions: Milton Quon’s Los Angeles and Sam Boi Lee’s A Portrait of My Mother are on view at the Museum through January 15, 2006. An artist-led Gallery Walk-Through will be followed by a panel discussion and a Q&A session with both artists.



Seating is limited and by RSVP. Please call (213) 473-5306 for reservations. Light refreshments will be served.



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Saturday, July 16, 1pm

Author Talk with Lisa See



National best-selling novelist Lisa See, author of New York Times Notable Book On Gold Mountain, will discuss her new book, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Set in 19th century China, this absorbing novel follows the relationship between two women and the friendship and love that sustains them through their lives. Snow Flower is based on the secret language, nu shu, or “women’s writing,” that was developed by women in a remote county and kept secret for thousands of years. See will discuss and sign copies of her book that has already received advanced acclaim and praise from critics.



Seating is limited and by RSVP. Please call (213) 473-5306 for reservations. Light refreshments will be served.

Lodestone Theatre Ensemble presents
the next installment in the Yellow Box series:

www.lodestonetheatre.org

A reading of a new play
FROM FAIREST CREATURES
by Karen Huie
directed by Chil Kong
featuring Mark Bramhall, Justin Chon, Camille Mana & Eve Yeung

The son of an aging Shakespearean actor brings home a runaway from Chinatown in this drama about a man, a boy and a girl who become entwined by the absence of love.


MONDAY, JUNE 20th, 7:30 PM
(Please note the earlier start time)

Boston Court
70 North Mentor (at Boston Court)
Pasadena, CA 91116
FREE PARKING in the lot behind the theatre
www.BostonCourt.com
Facilities for this event are provided courtesy of The Theatre@Boston Court.

FREE ADMISSION (but donations gladly accepted and encouraged).

NO RSVPS required, however, please arrive at least ten minutes before curtain for seating (which is limited and on a first-come basis).

THERE WILL BE NO LATE ADMISSION!

For more info. about Lodestone:
(323) 993-7245
SHPLodestone@aol.com
www.lodestonetheatre.org

6-13-05 Korean Americans United

2005 Summer Youth Empowerment Project

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June 13th - August 5th, 2005

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Activism In Light


Korean American Activism In LightCourses offered 4 times a week will deliver a wide array of activities and experiences involving culture, history, and academics. Internship opportunities will be offered to any student that is interested in being an active part of the community.
Monday - Thursday (8 weeks)
2pm - 4pm
Fee: $50



Moonlighting in Korean America


Open to anyone interested in attending film screenings & discussions on:
- Civil / Immigrant Rights.
- Modern Korean History.
Every Thursday (8 Weeks)

6:30pm - 8pm

Fee: $20 (Suggested Donation)



Funds will be used towards course materials, graduation, and picnic.
Contact Sungpyo Ma for more info:
sungpyo@krcla.org or 323) 937.3718
KRC's Website: www.krcla.org





Sungpyo Ma
Immigrant Rights Coordinator
Korean Resource Center
Tel. 323.937.3718
Fax. 323.937.3526
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900 S. Crenshaw Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90019
sungpyo@krcla.org
www.krcla.org

6-08-05 Last Event of LA's APIA Heritage Month

*** COME AND JOIN US HAVE FUN, FUN, FUN!!!! ***



This is our last chance to celebrate

Los Angeles Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Month




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Awards Night and Closing Celebration

Wednesday, June 8, 2005

5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Los Angeles City Hall - South Lawn

200 N. Spring Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

RSVP: (213) 847-APAH (2724)


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It will be a fun-filled night featuring ethnic and modern Asian and Pacific-Islander American entertainment, cultural exhibits & food!

Best of all, everything is FREE!!!!



SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT is in store for YOU!!!! Experience first-hand the energetic and sentimental feelings that can only be generated by watching live performances by the East Wind South China Lion Dance Team, Kim Eung Hwa Korean Dance Academy, Asian Princesses, Pindh Di Masti/USC Bhangra, Halau Kealii O' Nalani, AT LAST, Jennifer Paz, the cast of "IMELDA: The New Musical," Dessa, Kevin Youk, Antoinette Taus, and a host of others!



Watch with pride as we HONOR DISTINGUISHED APIs!!! Our honorees this year include Ming-Na (film & television), Kelly Hu (public service), Kent Nagano (music), Maria Quiban (community advocacy), Liz Masakayan (sports), Wing Chao (architecture) and South Asian Network (community service).



DELIGHT YOUR GASTRONOMIC SENSES!!! Craving orange chicken and beef with broccoli? Ever tasted Asian calamari and stuffed mussels? Ever wonder what's in a lumpia? Do you know the oodles upon oodles of ways of preparing noodles? Want to go wild over balut (fertilized duck egg)? Ever been punched by the power of coffee and ginseng? Want to tickle your taste buds with the latest mango brew? Want to sample the fusion of Asia, Italy and America in a biscotti?



Come and dine on a wide array of Asian and Pacific Islander foods brought to you through the expert coordination of Cecilia de Castro (Exec. Chef for Wolfgang Puck Productions) and the generous support of Panda Restaurant Group, Goodness Snacks, Tamcor/Mexim USA (distributor for Skyflakes & Fita Crackers, SuperQ Bihon, Philippine Brand Mango juice & jam, UFC products and Mascato sardines), AI International Food (Gold Label Brand lumpia) and Asian Noodles (ever tried their calamari? here's your chance!!!) And, to bring back last year's tradition, DRINKS ARE STILL FREE!!!!



Need a brush-up on your culture? Stroll through the park and visit the tables featuring various CULTURAL EXHIBITS ranging from henna tattoing, dough sculpture, origami, lei-making, fruit carving, and many, many more!!!!



Are you asking if there's a catch? Well, we would appreciate it if you could stroll through, look with interest (this is a must!), ponder possession (this is more of a must!!), and place a bid on any of the wonderful items displayed at our SILENT AUCTION. Proceeds will go to Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches (A3M) to help with their drive for bone marrow donations!!!



REMEMBER TO MARK THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDARS!

WE WANT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!

LET'S END OUR MONTH WITH A BANG!!!



Yey Coronel
Director of Community Development
Liaison to the Asian American Community
Office of Mayor James K. Hahn
Tel. (213) 978-0777
Fax (213) 978-0780
Cell (213) 359-0248
email: ycoronel@mayor.lacity.org

6-02-05 GRACE LEE project up!

Please go support! This is a very cute film...

Dear Friends,

I'm pleased to announce that my feature documentary The Grace Lee Project will be having its Los Angeles premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 19 and 21st. Please join me, and several other Grace Lees at the Sunset 5. Tickets go on sale starting today. Order early -- even if you think you have time -- both screenings in San Francisco were sold out. We could fill a whole theater with southern California Grace Lees alone!

Hope to see you there, and feel free to email me if you have any questions.

More info on the film at http://www.gracelee.net

Best,
Grace



Here's the info: Feel free to forward...

THE GRACE LEE PROJECT
Screening in the Los Angeles Film Festival
Documentary Competition

Sunday, June 19, 3pm
Laemmle Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.

Tuesday, June 21, 9:30pm
Laemmle Sunset 5

Tickets are $10 ($9 for FIND (formerly IFP West) members)

For more info and to purchase tickets online (beginning June 1) visit

http://www.lafilmfest.com

Tickets can be purchased in advance at 1.866.345-6337 M-F, 10am-6pm or at the box office one hour prior to screening (if they are still available!)


Some more info about the film:

THE GRACE LEE PROJECT

Does your name dictate the kind of person you become? Filmmaker Grace Lee, often having been introduced to someone only to hear, “I know a Grace Lee,” takes us on a brilliant, hilarious journey to uncover “Who is Grace Lee, anyway?” Smartly paced with humorous sidebars, Lee's eponymous project traces the chicken-and-egg name-is-fate dilemma from the perspectives of people who claim to have known the ubiquitous yet somehow elusive Grace Lee, and from multiple Grace Lees who reveal themselves to her.

While the filmmaker wonders why she's so unlike the smart, quiet, violin-playing girl everyone seems to know, viewers ponder their own individuality. Maybe 'Grace Lee' is the default category for Asian American women. The film reveals the intriguing contradiction that this person/a is simultaneously impressive and forgettable, special and generic, an emblem of a subculture and an individual who defies categorization. With wit and charm, THE GRACE LEE PROJECT challenges the personal and cultural investments made in Grace Lee, all the while sending a love letter to her.

- from the SF Intl Asian American Film Festival


Some reviews:

"a funny but complex meditation on identity, ethnicity and cultural expectations that should be as accessible to teens as adults." -- Variety, March 16, 2005

"...a documentary filled with personality, humor, and, well, grace." -- The Austin Chronicle

"humorous and, well, graceful exploration of Asian American women's identity." -- The San Francisco Bay Guardian

"The result is a funny, up-beat film that says a lot without a single preachy or didactic moment. Learning about American subcultures has rarely been this much fun or as informative." -- RottenTomatoes.com




The Grace Lee Project
http://www.gracelee.net

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