More VoteCPAF.org PSAs featuring some of my favorite Asian Am. musicians.
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Jan 10
Jan 10
FM, Big Phony, & Ken Oak support CPAF
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Jan 10
Jan 10
Alison De La Cruz & Karin Anna Cheung on CPAF
These talented women from the API creative community share their stories and why you should VoteCPAF.org
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Jan 10
Jan 10
United Against Violence – VoteCPAF.org
Here’s the latest PSA from a series of PSAs to come. You’ll spot me in this one… but me a YouTube All-Star? I don’t know about that. Regardless, it’s an honor being part of something so important.
What exactly are we doing here? We’re trying to win $1 million from Chase Community Giving so that the Center for the Pacific Asian Family can continue to do what they’ve been doing… and that’s helping women of Asian Pacific Islander descent who suffer from domestic violence and sexual assault. Fact: 40-60% of Americans of API descent experience intimate partner abuse or sexual abuse in their lifetime and that is wayyy too many. We need organizations like CPAF. To find out more info, go to: NurturingChange.org and VoteCPAF.org.
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Jan 10
Jan 10
Vote for the Center for the Pacific Asian Family
The Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF) is a Los Angeles based non-profit that provides a multi-lingual 24-hour call center, emergency shelter, transitional housing program, counseling services and community outreach programs that focus on the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
CPAF finished in the top 100 out of a half million eligible groups in the first round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. As a result, they received $25,000 and a chance to compete for a grand prize of $1 million or one of five runner-up awards of $100,000 in the final round of voting from January 15-22. The winners will be announced on January 23. Please join us in the effort to spread the word and get out the vote to help CPAF win so they may continue to better serve the community.
Any and all proceeds earned will be used by CPAF to reach beyond the API community to unify all 24-hour call centers in Los Angeles County. The badly needed funding will be used to create a sustainable joint hotline for 20 domestic violence shelters and 6 rape crisis centers. Additionally, CPAF will extend the hotline services to include online chat to make services more accessible to victims.
Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the U.S.
Every two minutes someone in the U.S. is raped or sexually assaulted.
One in three women will be abused in her lifetime.
It happens too often… the silence is deafening.
If a woman has the courage to call, we must make sure there will be someone there to listen.
To vote, please visit: www.VoteCPAF.org
Related links:
Chase Community Giving on Facebook
http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/
Center for the Pacific Asian Family
http://www.NurturingChange.org/
Watch the Videos on CPAF’s YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/CPAFpsa
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Oct 09
Oct 09
Halloween Bash 09
Get your pre-Halloween party on for a good cause! Team Pacquiao, Crave Nights, and FR*A present Halloween Bash 09: A Philippines Disaster Relief Fundraiser! Friday, 10/30 at Club Nokia with Kaba Modern, a special DJ set from Macy Gray, David Choi, Danny Cho, The Rockaz, Jason Yang, and Monarch on the 1’s and 2’s. Hosted by C.S. Lee from Showtime’s “Dexter!”
Buy your tix here: http://framagazine.com/hb09/
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Jun 09
Jun 09
Michelle doesn’t need a donor.
She needs PRAYER. http://projectmichelle.com/blog/
Last year, my friends contacted me about their friend Michelle Maykin who was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (a cancer of the blood). After seeking a bone marrow donor amongst her family, she needed to find a match from a stranger. Tricky thing is that there was and is a lack of Asian bone marrow donors out there. So her friends and family started ProjectMichelle.com in hopes of finding a bone marrow donor for Michelle. A donor was not found, so she went with another option: double cord transplant. Things seemed to be going ok post-transplant, but the cancer came back. After that, she decided to keep fighting and started undergoing chemo again this month. However, according to her doctor, the cancer is now chemo-resistant and she only has 4-6 weeks to live… That must be the hardest news to hear at the age of 27 (I’m only a year younger than her…-_-). Michelle being the fighter that she’s been has decided to try out Eastern medicine…
I was very sad to read the latest update on Michelle and am more than ever determined to meet her, and no not in the next 4-6 weeks, but when she is healthy and cancer-free!
Michelle needs prayer and I am praying that Jesus will heal her. Jesus can heal all! Yes, He can. Please pray with me.
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Jun 09
Photo Courtesy of Sara Mibo Sohn.
Jun 09
Bring Laura and Euna Home
A good idea of how last night’s vigil in LA went down:
Praying for peace and calm for the families of Laura and Euna during this time. And praying for the safe return of Laura and Euna in the very near future!
Photo Courtesy of Sara Mibo Sohn.
From LA Observed: Laura Ling & Euna Lee vigil photos
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Jun 09
From L to R: Euna Lee and Laura Ling
Jun 09
Updated: June 3rd Vigils for Laura Ling and Euna Lee
*Vigil info updated. Links added for official site and petition. Originally posted on May 28, 2009.
I haven’t blogged about this before, but most of you know by now that American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee of Current TV were taken prisoners by North Korea on March 17th and are facing trial on June 4th (June 3rd our time) for “illegally” entering North Korea and “hostile acts.” Speculation says that they are being held as chips in NK’s nuclear game. This is some serious sh*t.
I pray that Laura and Euna are safe from mistreatment, that their hearts and minds stay strong during this time, and that they will be released very soon.
From L to R: Euna Lee and Laura Ling
On June 3rd, vigils will be held across the nation to support Laura and Euna on their trial day. Here are all the current vigil locations and times:
LOS ANGELES, CA
6:15pm – 9:00pm
Location: Wokcano – 1413 5th Street, Santa Monica, CA
(meet at Wokcano, walk to Promenade and around)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=79299243499
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=MXCSTMEJDKQDWXTKMYHC
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Front Steps of San Francisco City Hall – 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112511386222
SACRAMENTO, CA
6:30 – 8:00pm
Location: L Wine Lounge & Restaurant – 1801 L Street
Phone: (916) 443-6970
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=87281128378
NEW YORK, NY
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Washington Square Park (The Fountain)
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=85102251771
WASHINGTON, D.C.
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Freedom Plaza – 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=81896567681
CHICAGO, IL
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Chinatown Square Plaza – Cermack and Wentworth Streets
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206839975710
BOSTON, MA
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Location: Boston Common fountain (or in case of rain, gazebo) – Tremont St. side
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207691540187
PORTLAND, OR
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: South Park Blocks – SW Park Ave from Salmon St to Jackson St
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111689610930
BIRMINGHAM, AL
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Tentatively Linn Park – 223 Carrington Lane
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=84322779270
To stay updated…
Official Website: http://www.bringlauraandeunahome.com
Sign the Petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-euna-and-laura
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60755553149
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Mar 09
Mar 09
Marrow March Madness
For those of you who have yet to register to be a bone marrow donor, it’s just gotten easier! You can register online. More info from A3M:
In spirit of March Madness, Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches is starting a small campaign called Marrow March Madness in hope to increase the registrant pool through a new method: the online way.
Each year thousands of patients are searching for their one life-saving match. They depend on people like you to register as marrow donors and potentially save their life. HLA typing matches depend heavily on ethnic background so your registration will help someone of your own ethnic community.
Here are just a few stories of patients in search of a donor, patients with successful transplants, and patients that have passed away:
http://www.projectmichelle.com
http://www.teamkrissy.com
http://khanhvo85.blogspot.com/
http://www.savejodie.com
http://www.ericamurray.blogspot.com/HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE:
1. http://marrow.org/HELP/Join_the_Donor_Registry/Join_Now/join_now.html
2. Enter this promo code when asked: CTFHOPE03 (03 as in zero three)
*Entering the code enables you to waive the HLA typing fee of $52 that they normally charge… registering is FREE!
**Code expires at 11:59pm March 31, 2009
(should you be reading this blog post after that date, just change the end of the code to read 04 which stands for April and so forth)
3. Wait for cheek swab kits to come in mail
4. Swab yourself, mail it back.Once you’ve registered, you’ll only be contacted should you show up as a match. Otherwise you’ll just remain on the registry in peace until you’re 61, which is when you’ll be automatically removed.
ACTUAL DONATION PROCESS:
Flow chart: http://asianmarrow.org/donors/howtobeadonor/index.html
Please consider it. You could save a life.
