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CAPA e-Newsletter
November 2004
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in this issue
-- 1. CAPA announces new Board Members
-- 2. President's departing remarks
-- 3. Asian Pacific American Leadership Summit II
-- 4. Next CAPA Board Meeting -- 5. Two CAPA members inducted into Asian Academy Hall of Fame -- 6. Community project initiated by Hmong high school youth -- 7. FILAMCCO's Rizal Day Celebration -- 8. Voters express concern for jobs & economy -- 9. Gates Scholarship Information -- Editor's Note
Greetings! Welcome to the CAPA e-News! In this day and age, staying in touch with family and friends can be a challenge. We're hoping that the e-News can do just that -- stay in touch with YOU. CAPA brings together people of Asian descent and others who are interested in learning more about Asian Americans, their culture and heritage. CAPA is also commited to promote well-being of Asian Americans. I'd like to extend a personal invitation to you to join us at our next meeting. All of our meetings are open to anyone who'd like to come. Please check out Calendar of Events for details. With open arms, |
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1. CAPA announces new Board Members ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November 6, 2004, at the Annual CAPA Membership
meeting, new board members were elected. Please
click for the results of the election.
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2. President's departing remarks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sook Wilkinson, Ph.D., President of CAPA, will be
completing her two-year term at the end of 2004.
Under her dedicated leadership, CAPA has enjoyed
much success and attained visibility in the
community.
Click for President's departing remarks.
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3. Asian Pacific American Leadership Summit II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CAPA presents Leadership Summit II on December
9th, 2004. The goal of this summit is to build bridges
amongst various Asian Pacific American organizations
and with community at large. People of all ethnic
backgrounds are welcome to join. Tickets are only
$20 per person and dinner is included. There are only
100 spots available. Registration deadline is
December 3rd.
Click for details on registration and program highlights.
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4. Next CAPA Board Meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The next CAPA Board Meeting will be taking place
Saturday December 4, 2004. The meeting is at the
Philippine American Community Center on
17356 Northland Park Court in Southfield Michigan
from 9:30 am to 12 pm.
CAPA would like to extend the invitation to anyone who would like to learn more about us. Click to read the agenda for the meeting.
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5. Two CAPA members inducted into Asian Academy Hall of Fame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On November 13th, 2004, in Albuquerque, NM, the
Academy of Asian Leaders (AAL) inducted a total of 8
people into the Asian Academy Hall of Fame. Of
those six, three are from the Metro Detroit area, Dr.
Sook Wilkinson, Dominic Pangborn, and Dr. Sean Wu.
All three of the inductees are local community leaders
and two are members of the Council of Asian Pacific
Americans (CAPA).
To see pictures and read more about the winners, click on details.
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6. Community project initiated by Hmong high school youth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A group of Hmong high school youth and their
mentors are working on a project to put together a
newspaper. The primary goal is to outreach to the
various Asian communities in the city and begin
dialogues around community and politics. The focus
of the publication is the Asian American community
and Detroit.
There is a section, "Community Notes" that provides the space for the broader metro groups to be a part of the publication. The group would like to invite APA organizations around the metro area to submit articles or announcements. Please feel free to even submit a press release and the editorial board will summarize it. The due date to be included in the first issue is 12/5/04. For more information and submission, please email Michelle Lin at mlinz@bellsouth.net.
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7. FILAMCCO's Rizal Day Celebration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Filipino American Community Council is holding
their annual Rizal Day Celebration at Cobo Hall on
Dec. 18, 2004. Dr. Jose Rizal is the national hero of
the Philippines. The community will commemorate Dr.
Rizal's death on December 30, 1896 and celebrate
his ideals and honor his legacy. The theme for this
year is "Celebrating the Past...Shaping the Future"
with Dr. Anthony Aramada, CEO of Henry Ford
Hospital, as the keynote speaker. For information,
contact Nati Jenks,
natijenks@comcast.net or 248-546-3361.
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8. Voters express concern for jobs & economy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In New York City The Asian American Legal Defense
and Education Fund (AALDEF) announced preliminary
findings from its multilingual, nonpartisan exit poll of
almost 11,000 Asian American voters in eight states.
Asian American voters responded to written
questionnaires translated into 9 Asian languages at
82 poll sites in 20 cities in New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia,
Michigan, and Illinois.
To read more about the findings, please click on details.
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9. Gates Scholarship Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Gates (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)
Millennium Scholars program will select 1000 students
per year. The scholarship supports the costs of
attendance (books, tuition, fees, and living
expenses), and can be renewed each year during the
Scholars undergraduate program.
The award is renewable for graduate study for those scholars who choose one of the five graduate programs: math, science, engineering, education or library science. Students are eligible if they are African-American, American Indian, Asian Pacific Islander or Hispanic, citizen of the US, 3.3 GPA, will enter an accredited college or university as full time in the fall of 2005, leadership abilities, etc. The deadline is January 14, 2005. If you have questions, contact 1-877-690-4677 or email at info@gmsp.org.
Malcolm B. Staples, Manager
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Editor's Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you have something news-worthy for the Asian
Pacific American Community, please email me, Jay Dolata.
Please feel free to forward this to your friends & family and encourage them to sign-up for the eNewsletter. Spread the news and celebrate the rich culture and heritage of the Asian Pacific American Community with CAPA. Join CAPA mailing list at our web site, www.capa-mi.org. Suggestions?? CAPA loves feedback. If you have any feedback on the CAPA e-Newsletter please feel free to respond to this email. We will do our best to meet your needs. Thanks for reading! - CAPA
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Contact Information - Jay Dolata, CAPA Publicity Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
jdolata@capa-mi.org
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