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Refugees and Immigrants Spring Storytelling Fundraiser a Success!
We had almost 100 people attend the Spring Refugee Connections Spokane Fundraiser this past Saturday. Thanks to all those who attended, donated and had a great time. We raised over $4000 from our efforts. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
The stories Chris Maccini recorded at the "Voices of Hope" event will be on Spokane Public Radio's Inland Journal podcast this Wednesday. You'll be able to find and listen to the story online here: https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/programs/inland-journal. It will post around 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.
World Refugee Day is coming up Saturday, June 15, from 11 am to 3 pm at Nevada Park, 800 E. Joseph. World Refugee Day is not a Spokane Public Schools sanctioned or sponsored event/activity.
Keep up with Kathy Villemure's Camino de Santiago Fundraiser at: http://www.refugeeconnectionsspokane.org/camino-pilgrimage-fundraiser.html
For more information, contact: Marijke Fakasiieiki, Executive Director, Refugee Connections Spokane at (509) 209-2384 or rcs@refugeeconnectionsspokane.org or go on the website at www.refugeeconnectionsspokane.org
We had almost 100 people attend the Spring Refugee Connections Spokane Fundraiser this past Saturday. Thanks to all those who attended, donated and had a great time. We raised over $4000 from our efforts. We look forward to seeing you at our next event!
The stories Chris Maccini recorded at the "Voices of Hope" event will be on Spokane Public Radio's Inland Journal podcast this Wednesday. You'll be able to find and listen to the story online here: https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/programs/inland-journal. It will post around 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning.
World Refugee Day is coming up Saturday, June 15, from 11 am to 3 pm at Nevada Park, 800 E. Joseph. World Refugee Day is not a Spokane Public Schools sanctioned or sponsored event/activity.
Keep up with Kathy Villemure's Camino de Santiago Fundraiser at: http://www.refugeeconnectionsspokane.org/camino-pilgrimage-fundraiser.html
For more information, contact: Marijke Fakasiieiki, Executive Director, Refugee Connections Spokane at (509) 209-2384 or rcs@refugeeconnectionsspokane.org or go on the website at www.refugeeconnectionsspokane.org
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Please find listed a few of the events that might be of particular interest to this group - some of which are sponsored by APIC-Spokane Chapter, a member organization of Greater Spokane Progress. Given the lack of awareness of the current and past experiences of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders in the United States, please help us spread the word!
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition (APIC) - Spokane Chapter worked with the City of Spokane on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation. The proclamation will be presented at the City Council meeting on Monday, May 6, at the city council chamber at 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. For those who would like to attend, we would recommend that you arrive by 5:45pm as the proclamation will be read at the beginning of the meeting.
On Monday, May 6, from noon to 1pm, in Hargreaves Reading Room, EWU Cheney Campus. Sina Sam, a Cambodian American community advocate, will be speaking on the topic "Breaking the Prison to Deportation Pipeline: Advocacy in the Southeast Asian Americans" Here's an article about Sina Sam and her work.
There will be a series of events held at different branches of the Spokane Public Library for the AAPI Heritage Month - please see attached for the complete schedule. APIC - Spokane Chapter is hosting a Kick-off Reception for AAPI Month on Saturday, May 4, at 12:30pm at Spokane Public Library Shadle Branch at 2111 West Wellesley, Spokane. Refreshments will be served. APIC - Spokane Chapter will have the "Portraits of Prominent Asian Pacific Americans" at the Shadle library through the entire month of May.
On Wednesday, May 8, from 6-8pm, the Spokane Public Library Downtown will show the film Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers. This important documentary tells the story of the Filipino American farm workers who instigated one of the farm labor movement's finest hours – The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 – that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union. Rowena Pineda of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition will introduce the film and lead the discussion.
On Saturday, May 11, from 3:30-4:30pm, at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Dr. Liping Zhu will give a talk on Chinese Inclusion in Telling Western Stories in which he will give a brief overview of the contributions made by Chinese immigrants to the development of the American West in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Shanghai, China, Dr. Zhu received a Ph.D in Western history from the University of New Mexico in 1994. Specializing in the history of Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth-century American West and the author of three books, he teaches at Eastern Washington University, where he is the current Chair of the History Department.
On Sunday, May 19, from 3-4pm, at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Dr. Nicole Willms will take about "Basketball 'Is' My Culture." Contemporary Asian American Communities and Sport." Through the example of Japanese American basketball leagues in California, local sociologist Dr. Nicole Willms explains the community dynamics and larger social forces that bind ethnic community and sport. She will also discuss how Asian American women have played a prominent role in the Japanese American leagues, as featured in her book When Women Rule the Court: Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball.
On Wednesday, May 22, from 5:45pm-8pm, the Spokane Public Library Downtown will show the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" with a discussion by Steve Bingo on the underrepresentation of AAPIs in films and the significance of this movie.
On Saturday, June 1, at 3:30pm at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Naghmana Ahmed-Sherazi and Karen Stromgren will speak on the topic "The Muslim World and the Muslims in Spokane."
Many thanks,
Pui-Yan Lam
Co-Chair
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition - Spokane Chapter
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition (APIC) - Spokane Chapter worked with the City of Spokane on the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Proclamation. The proclamation will be presented at the City Council meeting on Monday, May 6, at the city council chamber at 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. For those who would like to attend, we would recommend that you arrive by 5:45pm as the proclamation will be read at the beginning of the meeting.
On Monday, May 6, from noon to 1pm, in Hargreaves Reading Room, EWU Cheney Campus. Sina Sam, a Cambodian American community advocate, will be speaking on the topic "Breaking the Prison to Deportation Pipeline: Advocacy in the Southeast Asian Americans" Here's an article about Sina Sam and her work.
There will be a series of events held at different branches of the Spokane Public Library for the AAPI Heritage Month - please see attached for the complete schedule. APIC - Spokane Chapter is hosting a Kick-off Reception for AAPI Month on Saturday, May 4, at 12:30pm at Spokane Public Library Shadle Branch at 2111 West Wellesley, Spokane. Refreshments will be served. APIC - Spokane Chapter will have the "Portraits of Prominent Asian Pacific Americans" at the Shadle library through the entire month of May.
On Wednesday, May 8, from 6-8pm, the Spokane Public Library Downtown will show the film Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers. This important documentary tells the story of the Filipino American farm workers who instigated one of the farm labor movement's finest hours – The Delano Grape Strike of 1965 – that brought about the creation of the United Farm Workers Union. Rowena Pineda of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition will introduce the film and lead the discussion.
On Saturday, May 11, from 3:30-4:30pm, at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Dr. Liping Zhu will give a talk on Chinese Inclusion in Telling Western Stories in which he will give a brief overview of the contributions made by Chinese immigrants to the development of the American West in the second half of the nineteenth century. Born in Shanghai, China, Dr. Zhu received a Ph.D in Western history from the University of New Mexico in 1994. Specializing in the history of Chinese immigrants in the nineteenth-century American West and the author of three books, he teaches at Eastern Washington University, where he is the current Chair of the History Department.
On Sunday, May 19, from 3-4pm, at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Dr. Nicole Willms will take about "Basketball 'Is' My Culture." Contemporary Asian American Communities and Sport." Through the example of Japanese American basketball leagues in California, local sociologist Dr. Nicole Willms explains the community dynamics and larger social forces that bind ethnic community and sport. She will also discuss how Asian American women have played a prominent role in the Japanese American leagues, as featured in her book When Women Rule the Court: Gender, Race, and Japanese American Basketball.
On Wednesday, May 22, from 5:45pm-8pm, the Spokane Public Library Downtown will show the movie "Crazy Rich Asians" with a discussion by Steve Bingo on the underrepresentation of AAPIs in films and the significance of this movie.
On Saturday, June 1, at 3:30pm at the Spokane Public Library South Hill Branch, Naghmana Ahmed-Sherazi and Karen Stromgren will speak on the topic "The Muslim World and the Muslims in Spokane."
Many thanks,
Pui-Yan Lam
Co-Chair
Asian Pacific Islander Coalition - Spokane Chapter
