Asian American Insight

March 8, 2005

 

                   EVENTS

       1) Asian American Perspectives on Immigration Reform: A Community Forum?arch 17th


       2) 2005 Milestone Awards Benefit Dinner AVE the DATE April 28th


NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

       3) OCA Currently Accepting Applications for 2005 Scholarship Programs


       4) The Cab Driver Incident -- Two Sides to Every Story
Windy city Media Group - Chicago,IL,USA
... Ifti Nasim, co-founder of the South Asian LGBT organization Sangat, e-mailed Windy City ... He went on to state that, " [ a ] sa member of both Chicago's gay and ...


       5) NAPALC Calls for Passage of the Filipino Veterans Equity Act
ACTION ALERTS


       6) Attention College Students--UIC Researchers conducting survey on involvement in civic affairs



EVENTS
1) Asian American Perspectives on Immigration Reform: A Community Forum
Thursday, March 17 2005
6PM- 8PM
at Asian American Institute
4753 N. Broadway, 1st Floor Conference Room
(Bridgeview Bank Uptown)


The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium (NAPALC) and the Asian American Institute (AAI) present an interactive forum will provide the latest updates on immigration laws and policies at the federal, state, and local levels. Speakers will focus particularly on the impact of these laws and policies on Asian Pacific American communities, and how they can best respond.
Invited Speakers:
Traci Hong NAPALC Director of Immigration Policy
Mehrdad Azemun Illinois Coalition on Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Jerry Clarito Illinois Veterans Equity Center

Please contact Ben de Guzman at NAPALC at 202-296-2300 ext. 120 or via e-mail at bdeguzman@napalc.org to RSVP.

2) 2005 Milestone Awards Benefit Dinner
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Mid-America Club
200 E. Randolph, 80th Floor

Kick off Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by joining the Asian American Institute at our annual benefit.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
3) OCA Currently Accepting Applications For 2005 Scholarship Programs
The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) is opening the 2005 OCA Scholarship Program with applications now available online. Scholarships and financial aid are critical in helping students attain a college education. Depending on funding, OCA typically provides up to 60-$2000 scholarships for each academic year.

For more information on OCA? scholarship programs and an application, students may go to OCA? website at www.ocanatl.org. The deadline for applying to the 2005 OCA Scholarship Programs is April 11, 2005

4) The Cab Driver Incident -- Two Sides to Every Story
Windy city Media Group - Chicago,IL,USA
... Ifti Nasim, co-founder of the South Asian LGBT organization Sangat, e-mailed Windy City ... He went on to state that, " [ a ] sa member of both Chicago's gay and Pakistani communities, I was particularly disturbed to hear several white gay community leaders [ humanizing Jackson while short-changing Paryani ] ."?o:p>

5) NAPALC Calls for Passage of the Filipino Veterans Equity Act
The National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium and its affiliates the Asian Law Caucus and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center call on members of Congress to pass the Filipino Veterans Equity Act, HR 302 and S 146.

The proposed legislation will amend the 1946 Rescission Act, restoring benefits for Filipino veterans who fought in World War II. Unlike foreign nationals from more than 60 other countries who also fought under the U.S. flag, Filipino veterans were singled out and denied eligibility for benefits as U.S. veterans.

ACTION ALERTS
6) Attention College Students--UIC Researchers conducting survey on involvement in civic affairs.
This is a Chicago metropolitan area study. Students can participate if they either permanently reside in Cook County and the surrounding collar counties, or they are attending a school located in those counties. Graduate/professional students and undergraduates are eligible to participate.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are conducting a survey on college students of Asian descent and their involvement in civic affairs. You can participate in the survey if you are a US citizen, 18 years or older, and identify as being Asian, Asian American, or of Asian descent.

The survey will provide information about how the experiences of Asian American students are related to their involvement in their communities and attitudes toward public policies.

Few surveys of this kind have been conducted, and we need your help in gathering information about these issues. In order to gather the best results, YOUR participation is important. Please help spread the word to other Asian American students.

To participate in the survey, please send an email referring to the survey to aebreo@uic.edu and information will be emailed to you.

The survey will remain open to participants until August 1, 2005 or until the maximum number of participants is reached, whichever comes first.

For questions regarding the survey, please contact:
Angela Ebreo 312-996-5294 aebreo@uic.edu.

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