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Shark Fin Soup: A Chinese American Perspective on Saving Sharks

Fri, 08/26/2011 - 00:33

I've been volunteering my time to pass this crucial bill ever since California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) called the shark fin ban (AB 376), “an unfair attack on Chinese culture”. I disagreed with my Senator, and I knew as a Chinese American I had to speak out.

 


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Samoan Language Week USA Kicks Off Today

Tue, 05/31/2011 - 21:11

Samoan-American Community Celebrates Worldwide Language Preservation Effort

 

“O fanau a tagata e fafaga i upu, a o fanau a manu e fafaga i fugalaau”

The young of birds are fed with the blossoms of trees, whereas the young of humans are fed with words.

 

LOS ANGELES — Samoan communities around the world are celebrating Samoan Language Week, June 1-7, 2011. This year, for the first time, the United States is joining in the celebration with the launch of the iSpeakSamoan campaign.


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Jay Chen's Daily Show interview with Aasif Mandvi regarding Cedarlane's Chinese language and culture class

Fri, 06/11/2010 - 22:45

Our Chinese language and culture class recently came under fire from Tea Party activists because some of the books we may use come from China.  The issue has been covered by the LA Times, AP and Fox News.  More recently, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired a segment on the controversy, and interviewed me for it as well.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-7-2010/socialism-studies

 


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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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Lai or Die

Wed, 04/01/2009 - 09:08

Artwork: Join or Die by Justine Lai If Join or Die is a call to citizens, I’d rather die than continue with Justine Lai’s mission to paint herself having sex along the presidential timeline.  Aesthetically, she’s got great technique (no pun intended) as an oil painter; other than that, her painting


Support the Arts in the Stimulus

Mon, 02/09/2009 - 15:32

Call Your Senators and Oppose Further Cuts to Arts and Theaters APAP urges its members to call their United States Senators and strongly oppose conservative Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn's "Limitation on Funds Amendment 175," which would prevent any money in the Economic Stimulus Bill to go to theaters and arts centers.


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Beau Sia's Poem to the Candidates

Wed, 06/04/2008 - 10:20

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgfZFkWv9VE[/youtube]


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AZN Television Shut Down

Sun, 01/27/2008 - 13:54

Earlier this week, Comcast decided to pull the plug on AZN television network, one of the few remaining networks dedicated to Asian American content. It's frustrating to see so many positive Asian American outlets being decimated due to lack of profit.


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