The January 2012 issue of The Lotus is now available online! Check out their first issue of the new year for…
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The Lotus is a free monthly publication of the Federation of India Community Associations (FICA) in Cleveland.
ASIA is now offering FREE citizenship classes in 2012, thanks to a generous grant from United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Classes will be held at our Akron and Cleveland locations.
See our flyer in English, Chinese, and Korean for details on class schedule and registration.
Register today! Contact Felicia at (216) 881-0330 ext. 203 or fbode@asiainc-ohio.org.
ASIA, Inc. social worker Paw Pree has been named a Community Hero for 2011 by the Plain Dealer!
At age 16, Paw Pree was separated from her family and on the run, fleeing an oppressive military regime in her homeland, Burma.
A member of the minority Karen tribe, Pree joined 15 other runaways and worked her way through jungles and safe houses, eventually finding shelter in a refugee camp in Thailand, where she lived for seven years.
Now she lives in a Lakewood apartment, attends Cuyahoga Community College, plans to go to nursing school and works as a social worker at Asian Services in Action.
Read her full story here.
India International‘s December 2011 issue is on the stands! Be sure to pick up your free printed copy, or download the digital version.
December Issue Highlights:
Senator Voinovich praises Indian Americans as hard working, talented people with great values
Indian Americans top in income, population crosses 3 million
Harvard University Drops Dr. Subranian Swamy’s course following his writing about Islamic Terrorism (We reprinted his article last month)
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The Regular Features:
India Quiz, Community News, Humor, Riddles, Immigration and much more…
India International is a secular, independent newspaper published monthly out of Cleveland, OH. It aims to create better understanding between Indian Americans, other ethnic groups, and mainstream American society. Distributed for free in Greater Cleveland; $10 yearly subscription for home delivery. To learn more, contact indiaint@aol.com or 216-781-4055.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders reports that a coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community leaders met with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in November. ASIA’s executive director Michael Byun was among the representatives who voiced the needs of AAPIs to the Bureau:
We all know that mortgage paperwork is complicated. As Nam Pham, a community leader from Dorchester, Massachusetts, explained, if American-born citizens with fluent English are getting cheated or misunderstand the mortgage process, how are AAPIs with limited English proficiency supposed to get a fair deal?
We heard from Michael Byun, from Asian Services in Action in Cleveland, Ohio, that fair homeownership needs to be more accessible, both through providing more loan documents in plain English, and translating those documents into AAPI languages. Participants were excited to learn that the CFPB currently offers a complaint helpline that has interpretation available in 189 languages.
Read the full story here on the AAPI Initiative’s blog.
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.