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Alex Wan campaigns for Atlanta City Council

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 15:42

Earlier this month, non-profit executive Alex Wan took a huge step towards becoming Atlanta's first Asian American on the city council by coming in first in his primary. Wan captured 32% of the vote and moved into a run-off against second-place finisher, Martha Coyle, who received 23%.


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Asian American Businesses and Discrimination in Public Contracting; Affirmative Action Helps Asian Firms

Fri, 11/06/2009 - 16:07
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A new report* to be published by the Asian American Justice Center will summarize an analysis of Asian American business participation in public contracting activities by the cities of Atlanta, Chicago, and San Francisco.  Bottom line: Asian American owned businesses in the industries of construction, IT/technology, and architecture/engineeing (the above video features one Asian American design firm - DScheme in San Francisco) are not getting thei


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The life of an 88 year old Chinese American man tells us more about immigration than we can imagine

Fri, 10/02/2009 - 08:48

From the Restore Fairness blog:

Even as we skirt the issue of immigration, our museums and movies are seeing to it’s life and soul. A network of 13 U.S. museums has hit upon a unique idea - to craft a new vision of immigration in locations connected to history by understanding how previous generations have faced and tackled these issues before us.


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Great news! "Vincent Who?" is coming to a town near you!

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 17:24

Great news! "Vincent Who?" is coming to a town near you!

Thanks for all your support. We’ve had a busy summer so far, wrapping production, working on post and doing some last-minute fundraising for the film. (More details on how you can help below.) In the meantime, we’re starting to hear back from some film festivals in the fall.


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