ViSA Thông Báo 11/3

Tue Nov 2 21:07:14 EDT 2010

ViSA
Vietnamese Students Association

November 3, 2010

*General Meetings are every Wed at 5:30, Saybrook Fellows Lounge*

1. <>  Vietnamese Documentary Screenings (Nov 9)

2. <>  Girls’ Night (Nov 12) **Note the date change**

3. <>  ViSA Families
4. <>   SEAS/YVSG

5 <> . AASA/AACC Announcements

   - Film Festival (Starting Nov 3)

   -Diwali Pooja

   -Monique Truong Reading

6 <> . Other/Plugs

  -Jook Songs (Nov 5&6)

1. Three Documentaries from Vietnam

Premiere film screenings with directors

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 - 7:00 P.M.

Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

IVCE (Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education) is pleased to announce the premiere of this Vietnamese documentary film series, directed by twin brother artists Le Duc Hai & Le Ngoc Thanh, Tran Phuong Lan, and Nguyen Sy Bang. Synopses of the documentaries: http://www.yale.edu/seas/VietDocumentaries.htm. 

ViSA is collaborating with SEAS Council to co-sponsor this event, so ViSA members are highly encouraged to attend.

http://www.yale.edu/seas/Hai_Thanh.jpg http://www.yale.edu/seas/Lan.jpg http://www.yale.edu/seas/Bang.jpg

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2. Girls’ Night

Friday November 12

6pm, Silliman B11 (Hai Vu’s suite)

Calling all ViSA ladies! Get ready for an awesome night of bonding with the girls. There will be makeovers, food, and fun! Please RSVP to thu.do at yale.edu soon and include what, if any, makeover services you can contribute (i.e., manicures, eyebrow plucking). An email with more details will be sent out.

Contact paul.tran at yale.edu for information about Boys’ Night.

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3. ViSA Families

Now that most of you have met your families, it’s time to hang out and get to know each other. There are multiple AACC Events (see below) or grab a simple meal in a dining hall on an evening you’re all free! Big Sibs, please make an effort to coordinate family get-togethers. Also, Thuy, Paul, Catherine, Mary, and Anh’s family is featured on the APA Blog: http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2121 

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4. SEAS/YVSG

"Sufism in Contemporary Indonesian Islam"  

Arif Rohman Zamhari, Advisor, Nahdlatul Ulama; Yale World Fellow 2010

Wednesday, November 3

12:00 Noon 

Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

As one of the top activists in the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia (with some 40 million members), Arif Zamhari promotes moderate and progressive Islam and is committed to engaging civil society in countering terrorism and promoting tolerance through dialogue and education. He is devoted to interfaith discourse and is involved in Track II diplomacy through leadership of the International Conference of Islamic Scholars Forum. Zamhari is also a lecturer in theology and psychology at the State Islamic University in Jakarta and the State Islamic Institute in Surabaya.

Wednesday, November 3 

4:00 P.M. LC 212

YVSG Workshop "Would a Saola by Any Other Name Still Be a Saola?"

Michele Thompson, SCSU, will present her titular paper, attached.

November 10

4:00 P.M.

LC 212, 63 High St.       

"The Road to Thang Long: The Route Back to Chinese Recolonization? Debates and Implications about Vietnam's Contemporary Domestic Politics"

Betty Do, University of Hawaii

For complete SEAS seminar and events scheduel, see http://www.yale.edu/seas/Events.htm 

5. AASA/AACC Announcements

AACC Annual Asian American Film Festival 

(Nov. 3rd-6th)

Opening Night: November 3rd (7:30 p.m., Sudler Hall): Hiding Divya

Hiding Divya provides a rare, realistic and poignant glimpse into the lives of three generations of South Asian women afflicted with mental illness in this heartfelt drama. 

Will be followed by a Q & A with screenwriter and director Rehana Mirza.

November 4th (7:30 p.m., Silliflicks): Oldboy 올드보이

A dark existential thriller that follows Oh Dae-Su as he uncovers the truth behind his unexplained 15 year imprisonment. 

November 5th (7:30 p.m., LC 101): Wo Ai Ni Mommy

A heartwarming documentary about an eight-year-old girl adopted from China and her transition into a new life in America.

November 6th (7:30 p.m., LC 101): All About Dad

The story of a Vietnamese-American family with a loving but strict father whose rigid expectations threatens to ruin the dreams of his children.

Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served at all screenings.

Visit our Facebook event for more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128865930501164 

Co-sponsored by the Film Studies Department, Council on Southeast Asian Studies, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department, Mind Matters, South Asian Film Society, CASA, CASPY, ViSA, SAS, KASY, and ALSEAS

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Diwali Pooja

Friday, November 5

President's Room (Woolsey Hall)

7:30 pm

Come join the Hindu Student's Council for their biggest event of the year - Diwali, the Festival of Lights! The program will include prayer and song, and will be followed by a catered Indian dinner. All are welcome and encouraged to attend. Questions? E-mail arshia.chatterjee at yale.edu or ashna.reddy at yale.edu

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Monique Truong Reading BITTER IN THE MOUTH

Vietnamese American Alumna and Author, Monique Truong'90 will host a reading in New Haven, Nov. 6, 2010 from her new book, BITTER IN THE MOUTH

Saturday, November 6, 6-8pm

KEHLER LIDDELL GALLERY

873 whalley avenue - new haven, connecticut - 203.389.9555

National bestselling author of her debut book "The Book of Salt", Monique Truong reads from her much anticipated second novel, "Bitter in the Mouth." Truong is sculptor Joseph Saccio's daughter-in-law. Works by Saccio will be on display during the reading.

http://www.kehlerliddell.com/november/

http://www.monique-truong.com

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ThiNK North Korea Pepero Fundraiser

Like CHOCOLATE? Buy Pepero, and share the love, chocolatey goodness, and help save a TB patient's life in North Korea! Proceeds go to the EugeneBell Foundation  (eugenebell.org) which is currently responsible for delivering TB medicine and medical aid for approximately a third of the North Korean population. Place an order at yalethink at gmail.com. $3/1box or $5/2boxes. Pepero will be delivered on November 11th.

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CASPY

Come celebrate CASPY (Chinese Adopted Siblings Program for Youth) on Saturday, November 13! Meet your Little Sibs, have great fun and food, and make lasting friendships. We also highly encourage anyone who cannot stay for the whole event to sign up as a volunteer for registration, lunch, workshop and/or nightmarket activities.

Register online at yale.edu/caspy Admission is free! We sell CASPY T-shirts in Big Sib sizes and will be accepting any hugs and healthy snacks for lunch. 

Click on the links below to sign up to be a Big Sib or a volunteer. 

http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010bigsibs 

http://tinyurl.com/fallcaspy2010volunteers

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Yale PostSecret 

Students speak out! AASA hosted PostSecret in order to encourage the campus to have a safe and open discourse about cultural identity. 

Participants get to anonymously submit their thoughts through artistic mediums and the community can come together to enjoy the art and discussion.

Submit today using the provided index cards at tabling stations from Tuesday 10/19 through Wednesday 10/27 in COMMONS ROTUNDA 

OR submit online at: www.yaleaasa.org/postsecret

Exhibition:

Opening Reception - 10/29 tat 4pm at Maya's Room (Silliman)

Ending - 11/4

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Revelasians & APA Blog
Revelasians, the semesterly publication put out by the Asian American Cultural Center, would like to welcome all members of the Yale community to submit their work! We're currently taking student created works of poetry, prose, photography, art and much more! Have an interesting piece you wrote for English 120, a photo from Intro to Photography, or something you want to say? Send it in!

All AACC affiliate groups must submit a piece on any major event they host

Please send all submissions to austin.lan at yale.edu or yale.revelasians at gmail.com 

For samples of previous issues, please click here: http://www.yale.edu/aacc/publications.htm 

If you’re interested in other Asian American voices, check out the AASA Blog at www.yaleaasa.org/blog.  There you’ll find amazing photos from AASA events, restaurant reviews, and other interesting submissions from Yalies in the Asian American community, including yours truly. Feel free to submit your own work to apablog10 at gmail.com.  We are now recruiting more staff members so please email us also if you are interested in being a permanent contributor.

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6. Other/Plugs

Jook Songs

Friday, November 5 & Saturday, Nov 6 

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Calhoun Cabaret

Jook Songs is a group of Asian Americans who write and perform real autobiographical pieces from their lives. "MAINTENANCE" is not a theater production or a play, but a night of truth. As a writing group, we push each other to write honestly and without pretense, to dig deeper into all the parts of ourselves that don't get said in the day-to-day. Come to our show for a break, perhaps, from the small talk: Listen to us tell our stories and think about your own.

To rsvp, go to www.jooksongs.com/rsvps 

**Come support Quynh Do, who’s directing the show!

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“Women in Leadership” Conference

"Where Tradition Meets Innovation: A Fresh Perspective on Being a Professional"

Saturday, November 13 at Yale Law School

Application Deadline: Monday, November 1st

Information at http://yalewomenleaders.com

To apply for a limited spot at this event, please fill out this <https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dG1wQTBCU2syT3NzTW13V0MyUm9iaUE6MQ#gid=0>  form

Email Co-Chairs of Conference Sejal Hathi and Cynthia Tsay at conference at yalewomenleaders.com with any questions about registration or the conference in general.

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“The Third Indonesian Cultural Night”

An evening of food, friends, fun and entertainment

Sponsored by the Indonesian Community in Connecticut 

the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia New York

and Yale Indonesia Forum

Saturday, November 6

6.00 PM, Luce Hall

34 Hillhouse Avenue

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Do you have an event you’d like ViSA members to know about? Publicize it here! It can be a performance you are in or a cause you’re volunteering for – just about anything outside of ViSA that concerns you!  It will be listed under the Other/Plugs category. Just email me at catherine.dinh at yale.edu about where and when your event will be and a short description before the week of the event.

If you would like to be removed from the panlist, please send me an email at catherine.dinh at yale.edu.

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