The ANBM Source would like to say Happy Lunar new year to you all! this is the year of the Water Dragon 2012! Wishing you good health, wealth and prosperity in the year ahead!
Another year to make the water dragon year happen (see above) this is the century of Asian determination!
We all need wealth and prosperity all year around however more important is our families and good health.
This is our way of expressing our appreciation and sincerity to each other.
Great cultural values, traditons should never go out of fashion.
Ed Lee’s inauguration Sunday morning marked a historic moment for San Francisco, which now has its first-ever elected Chinese American mayor. But unlike when he was first appointed a year ago by then-outgoing Mayor Gavin Newsom, yesterday’s ceremony saw an affable Lee downplaying his background in the Chinese community, instead emphasizing his role as an innovator for the city as a whole.
Thousands gathered to witness the swearing-in, administered by former San Francisco Mayor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein. The ceremony began at 11a.m. after an hour of dance and musical performances. Introduced by former Mayor Willie Brown, Lee, the 43rd mayor of San Francisco, was joined by his wife, Anita, and two daughters, Brianna and Tania.
WCCO's James Schugel is in the doghouse with the Asian American Journalists Association, which is demanding an apology for his idiotic report last week that local dogs were being sold for human consumption in New York City's Chinatown.
Asian Americans endure far more bullying at US schools than members of other ethnic groups, with teenagers of the community three times as likely to face taunts on the Internet, new data shows.
Policymakers see a range of reasons for the harassment, including language barriers faced by some Asian American students and a spike in racial abuse following the September 11, 2001 attacks against children perceived as Muslim.
“This data is absolutely unacceptable and it must change. Our children have to be able to go to school free of fear,” US Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday during a forum at the Center for American Progress think-tank.
The research, to be released on Saturday, found that 54 percent of Asian American teenagers said they were bullied in the classroom, sharply above the 31.3 percent of whites who reported being picked on.
The angel Island Immigration Stations was enlisted on as one of the 11 most endangered historic sites in 1999, As a major port of entry for immigrants from the Pacific Rim and parts of South America, the Angel Island Immigration Station is sometimes called "the Ellis Island of the West Coast." An estimated 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese, along with thousands of immigrants from other nations, passed through the station from 1910 to 1940.
This hallowed spot, a California state park, fell into ruin. Its plight was mirrored throughout the 265 units of the state parks system, where chronic under funding resulted in a deferred maintenance debt approaching $500 million for historic sites alone.
Year Listed: 1999
Location: California
Current Status: Saved
Threat: Deterioration, Natural Forces, Neglect
We're throwing a charity event with a cool concept: gourmet chefs cooking street foods from around the world. Three Michelin-starred chefs, Slanted Door's Charles Phan, and 18 more will be cooking live. To top it off, the event will be at the historic Ferry Building, right on the waterfront!
This is OneVietnam's first charity gala and I would love your help getting the word out. Here are some details:
- Street Eats: September 18th at 6PM in San Francisco, CA
- 22 chefs including Michelin-starred chefs of Ame, Terra, Aziza
- 16 wineries from Napa & Sonoma
- Bottomless plates & open bar
Message from Charles Phan
Executive Chef, The Slanted Door | OneVietnam Board Member and Gala Chef Chair
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders announces the launch of its “What’s Your Story?” video challenge. The challenge aims to explore the personal stories of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) across the country who have impacted their community through their dreams, experiences, and dedication to a cause.
Our stories define who we are.
Tell us how your unique experiences have shaped who you are today. Are you a passionate advocate of green and health initiatives for nail salons? Have you made a difference in your community through work with immigrant integration programs? Are you part of a movement that paves the way for AAPIs in the arts? Respond to our launch video below with a video under 3-minutes about your own experience and community leadership. You may also submit an essay under 1,000 words to address these questions.
Her ‘crime’ was different, having a relationship with and then marrying a Chinese man, but the result the same. Thrown in jail, stripped of citizenship and child, and forced abroad, Demerson offers a historical perspective on sexist laws that still deny Canadians their right to nationality. Another segment in the Vancouver Observer's Lost Canadian series shines light on a tragedy that has yet to be apologized for by the government.
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In 1939, Velma Demerson was 18 years old when she was arrested, convicted of being incorrigible, and locked up for ten months.
The dreadful “crime” for which Velma Demerson was imprisoned was to fall in love with a Chinese-Canadian, Harry Yip. The Chinese Exclusion Act was still in force, effectively keeping nearly all people from China from entering Canada, and stating quite boldly that it was government policy to put up a barrier to the intermingling of races.
Velma was a Caucasian and her relationship with an Asian was deeply frowned upon.
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, welcomes long-time public interest attorney Doreena Wong as the project director for APALC's Health Access Project
Wong, a long-time civil rights lawyer and expert on health policy and language access issues, spent the prior 11 years as a senior staff attorney at the National Health Law Program (NHeLP), which is a national public interest law firm focused on health care issues. Wong is also a well-known social justice advocate who has helped to found several Asian/Pacific Islander lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights group, including API Equality-LA.
She has also worked at other notable civil rights and public interest organizations, including the Asian Law Caucus in San Francisco, the ACLU of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. and a Los Angeles civil rights firm specializing in enforcement of consent decrees in race discrimination cases.
Karin Wang, the Vice-President of Programs & Communications at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), will be honored today as the 2011 Woman of the Year for the 49th Assembly District.
APALC, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, is the nation’s largest legal and civil rights organization serving Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities. Before her current position, Wang directed APALC’s immigrant rights project and helped file a landmark civil rights complaint against Los Angeles County on behalf of limited English speaking welfare recipients, leading to major reforms to the department’s services to immigrants and payment of $1.7 million in back benefits. Wang also ran the first Los Angeles field office of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, enforcing federal civil rights laws across the Southwest and the Pacific.
LOS ANGELES, CA– The California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) will present its 2011 CAHRO Leadership Award to Stewart Kwoh, the president and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.
Kwoh, a nationally-recognized civil rights advocate who has received dozens of awards, including a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant, will be honored during CAHRO’s statewide training conference, “California: The State of Human Relations” at The California Endowment’s Center for Health Communities on Feb. 7. More than 100 human relations and civil rights leaders from governmental and community-based entities statewide are expected to attend the conference.
“I am honored to receive the CAHRO Leadership Award and believe deeply in CAHRO's mission and values,’’ Kwoh said. “Collaboration and coalition-building are key to effective and lasting social change in our communities.”
Work on civil rights issues affecting Asian American communities and join the movement for racial and economic justice!
Deadlines: for spring 2011, ASAP; for summer undergraduate interns, Feb. 7; for summer legal interns, Feb. 11.
SPRING 2011 INTERNSHIPS For Undergraduate, Graduate, and Law Students
Spring internships are available for the following program areas:
- Anti-Trafficking Initiative, legal research and writing related to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as well as outreach, community education, and advocacy on the rights of women and youth trafficking survivors. **Law students ONLY**
- Economic Justice for Workers, litigation on behalf of garment, restaurant, and other low wage workers.
He also launched his much anticipated Eco Chef App available for the PC Computer, MAC Computer, iPhone, iPod, iPad, iTouch through iTunes and App Store last year.
The multi-talented entrepreneur, actor and activist recently answered a few questions about his latest book:
Tell us about your latest book Eco Bryan Au Raw Star Recipes: Organic Meals, Snacks & Desserts in 10 Minutes:
The man perched over the table is 103 years old and a virtual unknown
in China. In fact, Zhou Youguang should be a household name for it was
he, more than 50 years ago, who created pinyin. To hear him talk,
lucid as ever, catch the magnificent sparkle in his eyes and follow the
track of his fascinating life it is clear this is a man who simply
loves the business of living. When you pass 100, you don't minimize
your age, you inflate it.
"I was born on January 13 1906,
so I suppose I am 103," he chuckles. "But you can call me 104 because
that's what I am in the Chinese way."
Throughout the long
interview Zhou displayed an unflagging modesty. Perhaps it is because
he is currently writing about Confucius, for whom humility was such a
key trait. "Yes, I visited Einstein a couple of times," he says
matter-of-factly. "But I didn't understand relativity at all so we just
chatted about everyday things."
LOS ANGELES, CA– On December 7, 2010, a group of former and current Filipino American hospital employees filed a lawsuit against their employer, a hospital located in the Central Valley, for discrimination and harassment on the basis of national origin. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court, Eastern District of California. The action was filed against Central California Foundation for Health d/b/a/ Delano Regional Medical Center and Delano Health Associates, Inc. (collectively referred to as “DRMC” or “Defendants). The employees are represented by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (“APALC”), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.
The complaint states that DRMC discriminated against its Filipino American employees because of their national origin and subjected the Filipino American workers to severe and pervasive workplace harassment. DRMC prohibited Filipino American employees from speaking Tagalog and other Filipino languages under a broad-reaching English-only policy. DRMC singled out only Filipino American employees in enforcing the policy.
CSU Fullerton - Eleven students and their professor spent the past year engaged in a community project that has resulted in heightened awareness of sexual and reproductive health issues in the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in Orange County.
Through a $9,000 grant from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Tu-Uyen N. Nguyen, assistant professor of Asian American studies, conducted a year-long service-learning course that produced surveys and delivered results in the form of health education campaigns.
“Prior to taking the class, I had little awareness of reproductive health issues that Asian American and Pacific Islander women face,” said Juliane Nguyen, a senior health science and Asian American studies major, who is continuing work on the project. “I didn’t know what to expect from this class at first, but I was very interested about learning how many factors affect health. I learned about reproductive justice and how women are still fighting to have sovereignty over their sexuality, gender and reproduction.”
Here is some interesting news that was passed to me recently.
to my surprise this article was on the Wallstreet Journal website, wallstreet is probably the heart of Corporate America and it would probably be the last place that cares about the dignity of the Chinese people; let alone expose any political propaganda on anti-China campaigns.
But if you want an example of classic American xenophobia, racial profiling and even the "Yellow peril" it is all in this commercial.
UC Davis Cancer Center is now home to the National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities, the only such national center for Asian-Americans designated by the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities to research populations disproportionately affected by the disease.
The $5.6 million research grant builds upon more than a decade of accomplishments by the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training (AANCART) that has increased cancer awareness and builds community-centered research capacity to address cancer issues among Asian-Americans.
The center will continue to function as a consortium of organizations, including UC Davis, UC San Francisco, Chinese Community Health Resource Center in San Francisco, Hmong Women’s Heritage Association in Sacramento, UCLA, University of Hawaii and the University of Washington.
China Daily - BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhaunet) -- Looking good trumps health concerns as cosmetic lenses attract the eyes of the trendy, Todd Balazovic and Wang Wen report
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Chinese community had a defiant message for Winter Olympics organisers when it was suggested they should cancel their longstanding Lunar New Year parade - 'no way in hell'.
The city's 36th annual parade, which will usher in the Year of the Tiger, will go ahead as planned on February 14, two days after the start of the February 12-28 Olympics.
City councilor Kerry Jang said there had initially been suggestions from VANOC, the Olympics organising committee, to either cancel or postpone the parade "over security and other concerns".
"The Chinese community said ‘no way in hell'," said Jang, a third-generation Chinese-Canadian.
"They went to city hall and said ‘forget it, we're having it'. So we had a compromise."
He said he was expecting about 20,000 people or more to attend this year's festivities which will start earlier than usual.
Working with diverse immigrant populations who suffered from various mental health disorders in New York City, Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm had a first-hand look at health disparities among Asian American communities. As a psychiatric social worker for 10 years, she saw a growing prevalence of young Asian American adults dealing with substance use and sexually transmitted disease (STDs). This led her to question the factors associated with risky health behavior patterns, as well as the protective factors of those behaviors including substance use and HIV/STDs risk behaviors among young Asian Americans.
Company Supports Asian/Pacific Islander Community in Promoting Hep B Awareness
SAN FRANCISCO - Subaru of America is joining the San Francisco Hep B Free campaign as the official vehicle and partner by donating the use of a 2010 Subaru Legacy detailed with full color artwork promoting the campaign theme which calls on everyone to "B a Hero" in preventing liver cancer and the hepatitis B disease.
Hepatitis B causes up to 80 percent of all liver cancers, and disproportionately affects 1 in 10 Asian and Pacific Islanders. A safe and effective vaccine prevents infection and liver cancer caused by hepatitis B. The most important step towards eliminating hepatitis B disease is by bring tested for infection in your doctor's office.
Transcript - REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT AAPI INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNING
East Room
3:46 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. Welcome to the White House. I'm glad you could join us today as I proudly sign this executive order reestablishing the President's Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
Now, when we talk about America's AAPI communities, we're talking about the industry and entrepreneurship of people who've helped build this nation for centuries: from the early days, as laborers on our railroads and farmers tilling our land, to today, as leaders in every sector of American life, from business to science to academia, law and more.
ScienceDaily - Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.S.-born Asian-American women seem to be particularly at risk for suicidal behavior, according to new University of Washington research.
The study shows 15.93 percent of U.S.-born Asian-American women have contemplated suicide in their lifetime, exceeding national estimates of 13.5 percent for all Americans. The finding comes in a study published in the current issue of the journal Archives of Suicide Research. Lifetime estimates of suicide attempts also were higher among U.S-born Asian-American women than the general population, 6.29 percent vs. 4.6 percent.
USAsianwire - More Than 6,000 Attendees Expected Gala Awards Dinner Will Recognize Top Companies, Business Leaders and High-Profile Individuals For Their Achievements and Contributions to the Asian Community Lead Academic Sponsor is Columbia Business School; Lead media sponsor is The New York Times; Participating Career Expo Employers Include Booz Allen Hamilton, BP, Monsanto, Federal Reserve, McDonalds, New York Life, Dell, Raytheon, Volkswagon, Moody's Investors Service, Pepsico, State Farm, United Health Group, Among Others
The 2010 APM Calendar with photography by Jeff Sheng is available for sale now on amazon.com keyword 2010 APM 100% of the production profits from the sale of the calendar go to the Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, a non-profit community health center that provides low cost medicine to the working poor and uninsured in over ten, mostly Asian languages. The calendar features Survivor winner Yul Kwon, filmmaker Edward Gunawan, and actors Daniel Ichikawa and Ji Han.
"This calendar is a great way to increase visibility of Asian American men's bodies in a society that disproportionately focuses on "white" beauty, or Asian American women," said photographer Jeff Sheng. "Not only are we making something that will monetarily benefit an Asian American community health center, but we are hoping to combat the lack and invisibility of string, good-looking Asian male imagery out there in American culture."
Asian Week - A night on the town with music, dinner, and friends, a benefit for SF Hep B Free
Two beautiful up and coming Asian Pacific American female musicians - Odessa Chen and Alice Tong, have joined the San Francisco Hep B Free Campaign to help promote awareness about the impact of the hepatitis b virus (HBV) on Asian Pacific Americans. The two will be performing at “An Unexpected Encounter: A night on the town filled with music, dinner & friends” on Friday Aug. 21, from 6 to 9pm at Jillians, located at 101 4th St., inside the San Francisco Metreon.
NAM - Last year, Frank Chang spent about $1,500 on non-surgical cosmetic procedures. This year, the 35-year-old Chinese American may go a step farther.
“I may be getting a lift for my eyes,” said Chang. “The reason I am not doing it yet is because I am a bit afraid of the pain.”
Chang said if he were happy with the results, he would continue to do more surgical procedures “in a healthy way.”
Chang is one of an increasing number of Asian-American men defying a cultural stigma to engage in cosmetic surgery in order to improve their appearances. Experts say what is motivating men to seek plastic surgery may be the need to raise their chances of surviving a job market that is increasingly favorable of younger workers, and to be competitive in romantic relationships.
WCCO's James Schugel is in the doghouse with the Asian American Journalists Association, which is demanding an apology for his idiotic report last week that local dogs were being sold for human consumption in New York City's Chinatown.
Asian Americans endure far more bullying at US schools than members of other ethnic groups, with teenagers of the community three times as likely to face taunts on the Internet, new data shows.
The angel Island Immigration Stations was enlisted on as one of the 11 most endangered historic sites in 1999, As a major port of entry for immigrants from the Pacific Rim and parts of South America, the Angel Island Immigration Station is sometimes called "the Ellis Island of the West Coast." An estimated 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese, along with thousands of immigrants from other nations, passed through the station from 1910 to 1940.
Message from Charles Phan
LOS ANGELES, CA -- The Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, welcomes long-time public interest attorney Doreena Wong as the project director for APALC's Health Access Project.jpg)
Karin Wang, the Vice-President of Programs & Communications at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), will be honored today as the 2011 Woman of the Year for the 49th Assembly District. 
LOS ANGELES, CA– The California Association of Human Relations Organizations (CAHRO) will present its 2011 CAHRO Leadership Award to Stewart Kwoh, the president and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of Asian American Center for Advancing Justice.
Eco Chef Bryan Au has just released a new recipe book that will "rawck your world".
The man perched over the table is 103 years old and a virtual unknown
in China. In fact, Zhou Youguang should be a household name for it was
he, more than 50 years ago, who created pinyin.
UC Davis Cancer Center is now home to the National Center for Reducing Asian American Cancer Health Disparities, the only such national center for Asian-Americans designated by the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities to research populations disproportionately affected by the disease.
China Daily - BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhaunet) -- Looking good trumps health concerns as cosmetic lenses attract the eyes of the trendy, Todd Balazovic and Wang Wen report
New Studies Show Huge Health Disparities Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Asian Immigrant Populations .jpg)
By Professor Hyeouk Chris Hahm
Company Supports Asian/Pacific Islander Community in Promoting Hep B Awareness
Transcript - REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT AAPI INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE ORDER SIGNING
ScienceDaily - Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.S.-born Asian-American women seem to be particularly at risk for suicidal behavior, according to new University of Washington research.
USAsianwire - More Than 6,000 Attendees Expected Gala Awards Dinner Will Recognize Top Companies, Business Leaders and High-Profile Individuals For Their Achievements and Contributions to the Asian Community Lead Academic Sponsor is Columbia Business School; Lead media sponsor is The New York Times; Participating Career Expo Employers Include Booz Allen Hamilton, BP, Monsanto, Federal Reserve, McDonalds, New York Life, Dell, Raytheon, Volkswagon, Moody's Investors Service, Pepsico, State Farm, United Health Group, Among Others
The 2010 APM Calendar with photography by Jeff Sheng is available for sale now on amazon.com keyword 2010 APM
Asian Week - A night on the town with music, dinner, and friends, a benefit for SF Hep B Free 
NAM - Last year, Frank Chang spent about $1,500 on non-surgical cosmetic procedures. This year, the 35-year-old Chinese American may go a step farther.