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Happy Hour to Kick Off Boalt APALSA Dale Minami Fellowship Dinner
Boalt APALSA is holding their 2nd Annual Dale Minami Boalt Alumni Fellowship Dinner on Jan. 30 and they’re kicking off their push for the dinner on Thursday, January 8, 6pm, at Bong Su, 311 Third Street, San Francisco. The happy hour is free, but donations to the Fellowship are welcome at the event or online.
RSVP to the event on Facebook.
Boalt Hall’s Asian Pacific American Law Student Association (APALSA) holds its 2nd annual alumni and public interest fellowship dinner to support outstanding Asian American and Pacific Islander students who commit to working in the public interest sector upon graduation.
The fellowship is named after Dale Minami (’71), a prominent San Francisco-based attorney and a recipient of the American Bar Association’s 2003 Thurgood Marshall Award. Dale is well-regarded for his civil rights work on Korematsu v. United States and co-founded the Asian Law Caucus as well as the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area.
We are planning on having a Chinese banquet in San Francisco with entertainment, speakers, including Dale Minami, and well over 150 current students, professors, and alumni. We invite you to support this important endeavor by attending our dinner and/or by becoming a sponsor. The dinner offers a great opportunity for Boalt alumni to reconnect with former classmates. It is also the ideal venue for law firms to meet current and past Boalt students.
Seattle Chinatown International District Authority Looking for Executive Director
Albert Shen emailed a reminder that the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) is currently seeking a new Executive Director. Download the job description (PDF) here.
The Executive Director is responsible for the overall direction, day-to-day operations and financial success of SCIDpda. This includes managing over 80 employees, nearly 500 low-income units, over 200,000 square feet of retail/commercial space in nine buildings, and a senior services program (assisted living and adult day services). SCIDpda’s annual operating budget is $7.8 million.
The Executive Director is a community leader, finding opportunities through real estate development and programs to enhance a key, historic Seattle neighborhood.
Two Japanee Bruddahs: Entrepreneur Kaori Nagao Holds Key to Hawai’i’s Ninth Island
I wrote this for my Two Japanee Bruddahs column, published in the New Year’s special edition of the Nichi Bei Times. PHOTO: Kaori Nagao (left) and Sylvia Torres.
Kaori Nagao didn’t know it then, but her education at an international school in Yokohama, Japan, turned out to be an ideal environment for her later role as owner and president of a concierge services company in Las Vegas.
The Saint Maur International School graduate now runs AngeLiKa Promotions, a company that creates hassle-free and wait-free VIP experiences for visitors to the Nevada entertainment mecca. Nagao’s clients can choose from a wide range of services, including nightlife, hotel, fine dining, show and concert, spa, nightlife, executive limousine, convention and trade show reservations.
All of which is a long way of saying that if you want a rock star experience in Las Vegas, put Nagao’s number on your speed dial.
And she knows a little something about rock stars. Her graduating class of 21 students included children of celebrities, famous baseball and soccer players, as well as influential business executives.
“You had to have a foreign connection to get into my school,” said Nagao. “I was able to get in because my mother was an interpreter for a Japanese medical association and she traveled a lot abroad.”
Gen. Eric Shinseki to Lead Veterans Affairs Dept.
President-elect Barack Obama announced yesterday that General Eric Shinseki would be his nominee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. General Shinseki is a former Army Chief of Staff and 38-year Army veteran who served two combat tours in Vietnam. He understands the changing needs of our troops and their families and shares President-elect Obama’s commitment to modernizing the VA to meet the challenges of our time.
“Throughout his nearly four decades in the U.S. Army, he won the respect and admiration of our men and women in uniform because they have always been his highest priority,” President-elect Obama said. “He has always stood on principle – because he has always stood with our troops. And he will bring that same sense of duty and commitment to ensuring that we treat our veterans with the care and dignity they deserve.”
Born in Hawaii to a Japanese-American family, Eric Shinseki graduated from West Point in 1965. He went on to serve in the Army for 38 years, from 1965 to 2003, including two combat tours in Vietnam, where he lost part of his right foot. He served as Chief of Staff of the Army from 1999-2003.
General Shinseki has commanded troops from Vietnam to the Balkans, and his career has been marked by innovation, vision, and fierce loyalty to the troops who served under him. He is the recipient of numerous decorations, including the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Legion of Merit, and the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals.
San Francisco Japantown Foundation Awards Grants to 15 Organizations for 2008
The San Francisco Japantown Foundation last night announced the recipients of its 2008 grants during a presentation event at the Asian Art Musuem.
The foundation’s 2008 competitive grants totaled $25,000 and were divided among 12 organizations in varying amounts of $5,000 or less. The foundation also approved $65,000 in special grants, made possible by an additional donation from Jack Hirose, to three Japantown organizations: Nihonmachi Little Friends, Kimochi, Inc. and Golden Gate Optimist Club.
Organizations receiving competitive grants include:
Ellen Endo New Executive Director of Asian American Journalists Association
The Asian American Journalists Association yesterday announced that former newspaper and television industry professional Ellen Endo will be the organization’s new executive director. Endo fills the spot vacated by the departure of Rene Astudillo, who has led AAJA since 1999.
“It is indeed an honor to be able to carry on AAJA’s proud history of promoting the highest journalistic ideals and sharing these principles with younger generations,” Endo stated.
Endo spent 24 years in TV industry senior management positions, serving as executive vice president of Republic Pictures Productions, senior vice president of MGM/UA Television, vice president of Embassy Communications, and program executive with the ABC network. She was instrumental in developing numerous television series, mini-series, and movies, among them the Emmy-winning “Separate but Equal,” which dramatized the desegregation of schools by Brown vs. the Board of Education, and Golden Globe winner, “One Against the Wind,” a historic drama set in World War II.
She also served as managing editor of The Rafu Shimpo, Los Angeles Japanese Daily News, and chief operating officer of the nonprofit Go For Broke National Education Center.
Gina Hiraizumi 運命の愛 Music Video Teaser
Gina Hiraizumi - 運命の愛 Music Video - Behind the Scenes Teaser Reel from Gina Hiraizumi on Vimeo.