Archive for January, 2012

Northeast Ohio Asian Women’s Leadership Initiative (NALI): New Publication

January 25th, 2012

Asian Services In Action is pleased to announce the release of a publication on domestic violence in the Asian community that highlights the work of the Northeast Ohio Asian Women’s Leadership Initiative (NALI).

The NALI project is the first and only program of its kind to combat the issue of domestic violence among Asian women in Northeast Ohio. The program takes a collaborative approach by partnering with eight Asian immigrant and refugee groups including Korean, Indian, Laotian, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese and other communities. With scarce resources currently available for Asian women regarding domestic violence, the NALI publication helps highlight the challenges and successes in the community surrounding domestic violence and women’s empowerment.

Click here to view the publication!

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OCA Newsletter – January 2012 Issue

January 24th, 2012

Check out the January 2012 issue of the Organization of Chinese Americans’s (OCA) newsletter!

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Mon National Day – February 4, 2012

January 24th, 2012

The Mon community of Ohio invites you and your family to an all-day celebration of the 65th anniversary of Mon National Day.

Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.

Place: Italian Center
134 E. Tallmadge Ave.
Akron, OH 44310

Click here to view the invitation and event agenda.

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Call for Volunteer Scholarship Readers: APIASF Scholarship Program

January 24th, 2012

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is seeking volunteers to serve as readers for the APIASF Scholarship Program. Readers assist in the review and evaluation of scholarship applications submitted for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The scholarship review process will take place between now and March 2012. Readers will have access to a secure website to review scholarship applications. APIASF received over 7,800 scholarship applications this year. To ensure that there are enough readers to evaluate all applications, readers are asked to commit to evaluate a minimum of 40 applications. Each application takes approximately 10-15 minutes to review.

New volunteers are required to review a training webinar. The training will cover basic information related to education in the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities and provide an overview of the review and scoring process.

All readers must have an undergraduate college diploma.

If you are interested in volunteering as a reader for the APIASF Scholarship Program, please complete the new reader registration form online at https://secure.apiasf.org/reader/.

For more information, please email Devita Bishundat at dbishundat@apiasf.org or call (202)747-7235.

ABOUT APIASF

The Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund (APIASF) is the nation’s largest 501c(3) non-profit organization that provides scholarships to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) with financial need. Based in Washington, DC, APIASF was formed in 2003. APIASF strives to see that all AAPIs have access to higher education and resources that cultivate their academic, personal and professional success regardless of their ethnicity, national origin or financial means.

During the 2011 – 2012 scholarship cycle, APIASF awarded more than $1.2 million to over 500 students in 43 states and students in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and American Samoa. For more information, please visit www.apiasf.org.

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Vietnamese Lunar New Year Celebration in Cleveland

January 20th, 2012

The Vietnamese Community in Greater Cleveland, Inc. invites you and yours to TET 2012 – Year of the Dragon, a celebration of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year on Saturday, January 28th at 6:00 p.m.

St. Helena Catholic Church
1367 W. 65th St.
Cleveland, OH 44102

Download the English and Vietnamese flyers to distribute to your communities!

There will be a guest speaker, recognition of volunteer leaders, a dragon dance, and Vietnamese cuisine at this family event. This event is free, but donations are always appreciated.

Questions? Contact Le Nguyen at 216-857-1103 or lnguyen@city.cleveland.oh.us.

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