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Friday, January 27, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Chicago is the World » We gain so much wading in the water of each other’s cultural experiences–Adventures in Multicultural Living
Written by American Citizens for Justice Advisory Board member Frances Kai-Hwa Wang:
Two years ago, my father’s choir at the University of Hawaii was invited to sing at a big international diversity concert at Lincoln Center in New York for MLK Day. Choirs from around the world had been invited to sing together, and a Hawaiian choir adds instant diversity with its multicultural population of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese, Caucasians and native Hawaiians. That summer, over a breakfast of Chinese pancakes and Portuguese sausage, my father told us about the difficulties he had had the night before at choir practice pronouncing the words in the spirituals that they were learning, “You have to say the words like a Negro,” he said.
Twelve-year-old Hao Hao gently corrected him: “African American. These days you should say African American.” (I bet Senator Reid wishes his grandchildren had told him this, too.)
click on link for more: Chicago is the World » We gain so much wading in the water of each other’s cultural experiences–Adventures in Multicultural Living
Two years ago, my father’s choir at the University of Hawaii was invited to sing at a big international diversity concert at Lincoln Center in New York for MLK Day. Choirs from around the world had been invited to sing together, and a Hawaiian choir adds instant diversity with its multicultural population of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Portuguese, Caucasians and native Hawaiians. That summer, over a breakfast of Chinese pancakes and Portuguese sausage, my father told us about the difficulties he had had the night before at choir practice pronouncing the words in the spirituals that they were learning, “You have to say the words like a Negro,” he said.
Twelve-year-old Hao Hao gently corrected him: “African American. These days you should say African American.” (I bet Senator Reid wishes his grandchildren had told him this, too.)
click on link for more: Chicago is the World » We gain so much wading in the water of each other’s cultural experiences–Adventures in Multicultural Living
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
APALC and American Citizens for Justice to Hold Free Citizenship Workshop in Detroit for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
DETROIT – American Citizens for Justice (ACJ), in partnership with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) and other organizations, is providing a free citizenship workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The workshop will be held at the Philippine American Community Center of Michigan (PACCM), 17356 Northland Park Court, Southfield, MI 48075.
click on link for more: APALC and American Citizens for Justice to Hold Free Citizenship Workshop in Detroit for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
click on link for more: APALC and American Citizens for Justice to Hold Free Citizenship Workshop in Detroit for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Friday, January 6, 2012
Remembering Vincent Chin Conference: The Legacy and Future, A 30th Year Remembrance
Where are you going to be June 23, 2012? Keynote Speaker Frank Wu.
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