Happy MLK Day

“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a sword that heals. [It] cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Asian and Pacific Islander Networking

APA-UCLA

STUDENT CAREER

NETWORKING

CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2010

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Apa-ucla Student Career Networking Conference

Tour De Nez - 2010

Here is a promotional video for the cycling race Tour De Nez (pronounced Nay, you know like French for nose). I was one of the motorcycle camera operators for the show that was on Versus in 2009. It was pretty fun. It's good to know they are back on for 2010. Some of the footage I shot last year is used in the promo for this year.

MOVIE TO WATCH: Treeless Mountain (Korean - 2008)

If a clear border between documentary and narrative movies exists. I think it lies between the fictional film Treeless Mountain and the documentary The Story of the Weeping Camel. Both of these films unfold quietly and delicately at their own pace.

The world of Treeless Mountain is so enveloping and complete, and the are scenes so precisely selected. It manages to use mood, delicate as a leaf's skeleton, as the storytelling engine of the movie. Which is a nearly impossible task to accomplish or explain.

Treeless Mountain Trailer:


Here is the director So Young Kim talking a little bit about the making of the movie:

Townhall on the state of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health in California

Here is the internet video series I have cut together from California Assemblymember Mike Eng's November 18th, 2009 townhall meeting on the state of mental health in the AANHPI community in California. This townhall is a continuation of the work that Assemblymember Eng has been doing to help disaggregate data on Asian and Pacific Islander sub-groubs.

This is an album of some of Mike Eng's opening comments, a few community members, and excerpts from all of the panel members who spoke that day.

Asian Pacific Islander Health Report

California Assemblymember Mike Eng is committed to advancing health issues for Asian and Pacific Islanders.



He helped commission a report which disaggregates mental health problems for many diverse Asian and Pacific Islander communities. You can download the report here.

Last night he also hosted a townhall presenting the issues facing these communities. I recorded the event and will be posting some videos soon. Legislative Aide Annie Lam was extremely vital to the success of the event and said "This is only the beginning of the work we hope to do in these communities."

Pacific Islander Youth Leadership Summit

THE EVENT IS NEXT FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14TH, 2009 8am to 4pm

It is a free event and travel scholarships are available for PI students in Northern California and San Diego.

This program is part of a "College Day" event planned by CSUDH and the NHPI Youth Coalition. Please share with your Native Hawaiian high school and college students. Agenda to include, but not limited to NHPI Youth issues: Health, Education, Mental - Behavioral Health, "Island Identity" vs Acculturation.

For more info please contact:

Victor Kaiwi & Jane Ka`ala Pang
Pacific Islander Health Partnership (PIHP)
1-714-401-1784 (cell)
email: kaiwisplace@yahoo.com

To download a flyer and a registration form click here: www.drop.io/piyouthsummit