ASIA’s Sujata Burgess, Manager of Community Health Promotions and Executive Director, Michael Byun are pictured with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson. They are honored for their work in the community as part of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Day celebration.
The event was held at City Hall on May 26th with Mayor Frank Jackson, city council members, Keynote speaker Margaret Wong, attorney and community leaders and members from the diverse Asian communities in the Greater Cleveland area.
Check out our new translated materials for Hepatitis B. Learn about Hepatitis B, the vaccine, who should get vaccinated, and more. Materials are provided by the Immunization Action Coalition.
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Nearly 300 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) from across Ohio came together for the second year to meet their legislators and learn about each other’s communities and the importance of political engagement from local and state leaders at the second Ohio AAPI Legislative Day on June 14.
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Cleveland, Ohio— Cleveland’s refugee and immigrant resource providers are partnering with Active Voice and the BeCause Foundation to screen Welcome to Shelbyville, directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder for World Refugee Day. These Cleveland community agencies are joining dozens of other organizations that will host events nationwide throughout the month of June, in honor of the global holiday, which occurs on June 20th.
World Refugee Day 2011 will mark the 60th anniversary year of the United Nations Refugee Agency, which has worked to support the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world.
WHAT: FREE screening of Welcome to Shelbyville • Suggested $10 donation
WHO: Hosted by Neighborhood Family Practice with additional support by Catholic Charities Migration and Refugee Services, International Services Center, Building Hope in the City, Refugee Response, El Barrio, SEWA International USA, and Asian Services in Action, Inc. Welcome to Shelbyville is directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by BeCause Foundation in association with Active Voice.
WHEN: Wednesday, June 22 at 7:00 PM • Doors open at 6:30 PM
WHERE: Capitol Theatre • 1390 West 65th Street • Cleveland, OH 44102
For more information, visit: www.shelbyvillemultimedia.org
About Welcome to Shelbyville
Change has come to rural Tennessee. Set against the backdrop of a shaky economy, Welcome to Shelbyville takes an intimate look at a southern town as its residents – whites and African Americans, Latinos and Somalis – grapple with their beliefs, their histories and their evolving ways of life. Welcome to Shelbyville is directed and produced by Kim A. Snyder and executive produced by BeCause Foundation, in association with Active Voice. It will air on PBS’s Independent Lens series on May 24, 2011 (check local listings).
About Kim A. Snyder
Kim A. Snyder is an award-winning filmmaker with over a dozen shorts and two feature documentaries. Welcome to Shelbyville is a recipient of a 2010 Gucci-Tribeca Documentary Fund grant, an official selection of the U.S. State Department’s 2010 American Documentary Showcase, and will air nationally on PBS’s Independent Lens on May 24, 2011. Over the past four years, Kim worked with the BeCause Foundation to direct and produce four documentaries, which have won numerous awards
About Active Voice
Active Voice uses film, television and multimedia to spark social change from grassroots to grass tops. Our team of strategic communications specialists works with mediamakers, funders, advocates and thought leaders to put a human face on the issues of our times. We frame and beta-test key messages, develop national and local partnerships, plan and execute high profile, outcome-oriented events, repurpose digital content for web and viral distribution, produce ancillary and educational resources and consult with industry and sector leaders. Since our inception in 2001, Active Voice has built a diverse portfolio of story-based campaigns focusing on issues including immigration, criminal justice, healthcare and sustainability. One of its main projects is Shelbyville Multimedia, a platform inspired by the cast of Welcome to Shelbyville, designed to promote community-building and harmony between native-borm Americans, immigrants and refugees nationwide.
About BeCause Foundation
BeCause Foundation ignites social change through the powerful fusion of documentary filmmaking and creative outreach and engagement projects. BeCause films tell moving stories about individuals, organizations and communities who, with compassion and determination, are finding innovative solutions to complex social problems. By implementing engagement campaigns and coalition building around the films, BeCause Foundation helps transform these solutions into broad-based movements for social change.
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Ohio's first-ever AAPI Legislative Day was held in the Main Atrium of the Statehouse in Columbus. More than 350 AAPIs from across Ohio came together to understand their collective power and learn about each other's communities and the importance of political engagement.
See our webpage dedicated to photos, video and stories from this historic day.