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CAPA e-Newsletter - Your Asian American Connection
CAPA unites the Asian Pacific Americans and the community at large through culture, education, and community service. November 2005 (best view in HTML version) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this issue...
-- 1. CAPA Upcoming Events
-- 2. Starfish Program
-- 3. What’s New with CAPA?
-- 4. Editorial Column – featured in CAPA Blog -- 5. Guest Voice -- 6. CAPA Goes Global -- 7. CAPA Shares -- 8. CAPA Participated Events -- 9. Community Events -- 10. Opportunities -- 11. Articles of Interest -- CAPA eNewsletter Team's Note
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1. CAPA Upcoming Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
12/3/05 - CAPA Board MeetingAll are welcome. Click for details.
12/7/05 - APA Leadership Summit III
12/10/05 - Multicultural Families Workshop:
Strategies for Raising Our Children with Culture(s)
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2. Starfish Program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
With the launch of CAPA’s newest outreach program
well underway, The Starfish Program –
Helping Families One by One continues
to grow and develop.
CAPA invites all of you to read about the work we’ve done so far, and consider ways in your own lives that you might be of real help, especially to those who might be forgotten or not accustomed to asking for help. Each of us can play a part in the enormous task of rebuilding the part of our country. CAPA Press ReleasesOctober 20, 2005 October 6, 2005 Click for online donation by credit card or paypal.
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3. What’s New with CAPA? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CAPA is excited to announce Carmen Johnson as a
newly appointed Advisory Board Member. Carmen is
currently Director of External Affairs for SBC,
responsible for public relations and government
affairs in Oakland County. Her years of experience
and knowledge will provide CAPA will valuable
guidance as CAPA continues to grow.Click to learn more about Carmen. CAPA proudly welcomes our first Intern, Stephanie Chang, a native of Canton, Michigan to our Education Committee. Stephanie, a second-generation Taiwanese American, is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies...Click to read more.
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4. Editorial Column – featured in CAPA Blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HAAP is for Healthy Asian Americans, by Janilla
Lee, Ph.D.
From the 2000 census report, 21.9% of Asian Americans had annual income $100K or more, nearly double that of the U.S. population (13.8%). Under the shadow of this big header labeling Asian Americans as an affluent group, it is easily overlooked that there are still 22.3 % of Asian Americans (29% for total U.S. population) below the poverty line of annual income $25K or less. They need help, even more so than other low-income Americans because of language and cultural barriers. For this reason, the Healthy Asian American Program (HAAP) at the University of Michigan School of Nursing is to provide health service to the underserved people...Read the complete article at CAPA Blog, http://www.capa-mi.blogs.com/. Click for a copy of the article.
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5. Guest Voice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Frances Kai-Hwa Wang is this month’s guest voice. A
second generation Chinese American from California
she is currently the editor for IMDiversity.com –
Asian American Village, the Outreach Coordinator for
the Ann Arbor Chinese Community Center of Michigan
and a much sought after speaker on culture, family
arts, and lifestyle topics.
“You Know You’re an Asian American Parents When...” Click to read the full article.
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6. CAPA Goes Global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the effort of helping with a national project in
Philippines of transforming slums into beautiful and
peaceful community, CAPA President, Katherine M.
Lee, made a personal donation of $1,000 in the name
of CAPA. CAPA will now have a house in its name in
the Gawad Kalinga community in the Philippines.
“I was very inspired by the project, and for only
$1,000, a family can have a house to call their own!
I was going to make the donation anyway, but I
thought it would have more meaning if the house was
in CAPA’s name instead!”, said Ms. Lee.
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7. CAPA Shares ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CAPA supports McNair Technical Middle School
students as they open their hearts and raise money
to provide help to the needy in their community
during this Thanksgiving Day. Click here to read more.
CAPA, along with several other Asian Pacific community organizations in Michigan, participated the calling by the Governor’s Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs to pool together funds raised for Katrina Relief effort. Over $23,000.00 was raised and presented to Director Linda Parker of the MI Department of Civil Rights on behalf of the Governor. Click to learn more.
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8. CAPA Participated Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
9/10/05. CAPA Board RetreatThis was an invited event for the Advisory Board and Board Members to come together and reflect on the Mission and Vision of CAPA. Click for pictures.
11/12/05. "Medicare Part D: Drug
Insurance Coverage" Seminar
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9. Community Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Governor's Advisory Council for Asian Pacific
American Affairs’ next meeting will take place on
12/5/05 at the Governor's Office in Lansing, 10 am to
1 pm, and is open to the public. Those interested in
attending the meeting should contact its
Chairperson, Sook Wilkinson, Ph.D., at
sook@afterthemorningcalm.com.
The Council's website: http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr/0,1607,7- 138--127553--,00.html. 12/4/05 - ACA's General Membership Meeting 12/4/05 - ACA's 23rd Annual High School Achievement Awards Reception 12/17/05 - Filipino American Community Council’s 2005 Rizal Day Celebration.
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10. Opportunities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click
for Quarterly Vacancy Report for October through
December 2005 on various MI State advisory
boards. Applications and Questionnaires are
available online by going to www.michigan.gov/gov
and clicking on the Gov. Appointments link. It will
then take you to Appointments Process, there you
will find the application and questionnaire. We hope
some of the CAPA members and other Asian
Americans will consider applying.
HAAP, the Healthy Asian American Program at
the University of Michigan School of Nursing, is
searching for a permanent program director
position. Invitation to apply for Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Asian Language Study Grant. Deadline: 12/30/05.
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11. Articles of Interest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Click to learn more about Asian Pacific
Americans and affirmative action.
Not our kind of people (The Boston Globe, Oct 30, 2005)
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CAPA eNewsletter Team's Note ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you have something news-worthy for the Asian
Pacific American Community, please email Jen
Hilzinger, at jenhilzinger@capa-mi.org.
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. Click here for previous issues of CAPA e-Newsletter.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 - Jen Hilzinger, CAPA Publicity Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Email:
jenhilzinger@capa-mi.org
CAPA Web:
http://www.capa-mi.org
CAPA Blog:
http://www.capa-mi.blogs.com
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