ViSA Newsletter 2/16/11

[Anh Vo]

*V**i**S**A** 2/16/11*



*1.     **Weekly Dinner Meeting*

*2.     **Event: **ViSA Cultural Show (Tam Cam: A Vietnamese Cinderella
Story)***

*3.     **Event: Dinner and Discussion about the Purpose of the Asian
Community at Yale*

*4.     **Event:  TAS Dumpling Night*

*5.     **Event: Annual Arts Festival*

*6.     **Event: Master’s Tea with Lillian Kimura*

*7.     **Opportunity: Submit to AACC Revelations*

*8.     **Opportunity: Apply for CC Aid*

*9.     **Opportunity:** SEAS Summer Grant*

*10. **Opportunity: Tina E. Yeh Fellowship*

*11.    **Opportunity**: SEARAC Leadership Training*



*1.   **Weekly Dinner Meeting*

5:30 Saybrook Fellows Lounge.



*2.   **Event: ViSA Cultural Show*

Tam Cam: A Vietnamese Cinderella Story**

Fri. Feb. 19 at 8pm

Free Admission

Morse-Stiles Crescent Theater (302-304 York Street)

A (very) loose adaptation of a classic Vietnamese fairy tale about fish,
magic, and love, the annual ViSA cultural show will feature acting, musical
performances, & traditional and modern dance numbers. All donations
collected at the door will benefit the charity PeaceTrees Vietnam, which
supports safe and healthy lives for families in the still-struggling region
of Quang Tri, Vietnam.  For more information, contact ViSA co-presidents
eric.moy at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Aeric.moy%40yale.edu>or
paulina.haduong at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Apaulina.haduong%40yale.edu>

*3.  **Event: **dinner and a discussion about the purpose of the Asian
American community at Yale.  ***

Why does the term Asian American continue to exist?  Does the Asian American
community continue to exist, or has it splintered into smaller communities?
What is the purpose of organizations of AASA and the AACC today?  To be
political?  Cultural?  Social?  Do these organizations have a purpose at
all?

We will also talk about Vi Nguyen’s post on the AASA blog “Will the Asian
American community please speak up?”
http://www.yaleaasa.org/blog/?p=2504#more-2504<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yaleaasa.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D2504%23more-2504>.
If you can, please take a look at it before the discussion.

Dinner and discussion will be held at the AACC on Wednesday February
23rdfrom 6-7:30. Please send questions and RSVP’s to
lia.dun at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Alia.dun%40yale.edu>
.

*4.  **Event*

*TAS Dumpling Night ***

*Come to TAS Dumpling Night: Saturday, Feb 26th!*

*Get ready for delicious, mouth-watering pork & veggie dumplings, along with
a variety of blended sauces. *

*You definitely don't wanna miss this event!*

*Indulging is only half the fun! Why not join us in helping and preparing
for this event? BETTER YET, BRING YOUR FAMILIES along too! Bond with your
family and TAS and meet new people as we cook and fold 4,000 dumplings! *

*5.  **Event: **Annual Arts Festival***

<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage2.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3D4ccb4f3412%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>

February 25th, Sudler Hall, WLH 201 (100 Wall Street, New Haven, CT)

Show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Get excited for our Annual Arts Festival! We have an amazing line-up of
performers, ranging from a rap band to Yale’s first Hindi a capella to a
string quartet! We’ll also be hosting a raffle for a $20 giftcard of your
choice! Hope to see you there!

Performances by
Clara Chung, (folk/pop singer,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1vics33eLc<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3Dad3e3a860f%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>)
Regie
Cabico (spoken word artist,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FY6FYTOEh0)<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3Da6ce366c11%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>
afterschoolspecial
(rap/rock band,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZzN6AC8zXU)<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3Dfd6959c8f0%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>
Tiffenpoofs
- Yale’s Hindi a Capella
String Quartet (Annie Wang, Paulina Haduong, James
Campbell, Merav Stern)
Oye & Teeth Poets

Dinner with Clara Chung at 116
Crown (February 25th @ 5:00 p.m.) 
RSVP to
kasy.board at gmail.com<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Akasy.board%40gmail.com>by
February 20st
Dinner with Regie Cabico @ Bentara (February 25th @ 5:00
p.m.) 
RSVP to ysabel.ilagan at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Aysabel.ilagan%40yale.edu>by
Februrary 20st
Poetry Workshop with Regie Cabico (February 26th @ 2:00
p.m.)
RSVP to karmen1cheung at gmail.com<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Akarmen1cheung%40gmail.com>by
Febrary 23rd

Cosponsored by South Asian Studies Council, Southeast Asian Studiies
Council, Silliman College, Saybrook College, Muslim Students Association,
Korean American Students at Yale, KASAMA and MSA

*6.  **Event: **Day of Remembrance: Master's Tea with Lillian Kimura***

This week we will be hosting a Master's Tea with Lillian Kimura to
commemorate the Day of Remembrance.

Friday, February 18 at 4:30 
Pierson
College - Master's House

Lillian Kimura is the first female president of
the Japanese American Citizens League, and she will be discussing her
experience in the internment camps during WWII.

*7.  **Opportunity: **Submit to AACC Revelasians***

Submit to Revelasians

Want to see your work published? 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! Revelasians is now open to submissions of poetry, prose, artwork,
photography, and documentation of campus events from student groups! Have an
interesting piece you wrote for English 120, a photo from Intro to
Photography, or something you want to say? Send it in!

To all AACC affiliate groups: please submit a piece on any major event you
host! We want to hear about it :)
Please send your work to
Yale.Revelasians at gmail.com**

*8.  **Opportunity: **Apply for CC Aid***

We are now accepting applications for Cultural Connections 2011! Please
forward your applications to Ms. Silvia DeCastro, SSS 110 or <
silvia.decastro at yale.edu<https://connect.yale.edu/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Asilvia.decastro%40yale.edu%3chttps%3A%2F%2Fconnect.yale.edu%2Fowa%2FUrlBlockedError.aspx>>.>
Paper apps are available at the SSS front desk as well as at your
Residential College Dean’s Office. An electronic
version<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage2.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3D90394f205c%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>is
attached to this message. See
here<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyale.us1.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D30ad52ce3a5211066abacd6a6%26id%3D4da6a92edc%26e%3D43b1cb3a61>
.**

* *

*9.  **Opportunity:** SEAS Summer Grant*

The Council on Southeast Asia Studies provides limited support in the form
of student fellowships for the research-related purposes of Yale University
graduate and undergraduate students with a demonstrated commitment to the
field of Southeast Asian studies.

Appropriate purposes for support include (but are not limited to) language
training, masters thesis summer research, pre-dissertation research field
work, and funding supplements required to bring a research project to
fruition.We expect other sources of funding to be pursued before or in
addition to SEAS application if possible, and such effort will be
considered positively by the award selection committee.

Deadline for submission of 2011 Summer Fellowship applications (including
all supporting materials and recommendation letters) is February 23, 2011.
Applications for academic 2011/2012 semester projects should also be
submitted at this time. For additional information and application
instructions, see
http://www.yale.edu/seas/studentgrants.htm<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yale.edu%2Fseas%2Fstudentgrants.htm>
**



*10.**Opportunity: Tina E. Yeh Fellowship*

Tina. E Yeh Fellowship Information Session

Date: Feb 10 5:30 to 6:30pm (refreshments will be served)

Location: AACC, 295 Crown St.

Application deadline: March 31, 2011

Summer Stipend: $2,500

Two $2,500 fellowship grants are available for Yale students who will intern
for 10 weeks at a non-profit organization that serves Asians (in the U.S. or
Canada). The fellow can ask an agency to host a project designed by the
fellow, or the host agency can assign the fellow to a project chosen by the
agency. The fellowship offers an opportunity to learn about and directly
contribute to the Asian community.  Yale undergraduates or recent graduates
of Asian ethnic heritage (at least 50%) are eligible to apply.

This year, we have an online application with additional information to help
students find a host organization (click
here<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveygizmo.com%2Fs3%2F426880%2F5d046faa2dbc>).
Contact Catherine (Siyue) Chen,
siyue.chen at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Asiyue.chen%40yale.edu>,
Thu Do, thu.do at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Athu.do%40yale.edu>or
Timothy Pham,
timothy.pham at yale.edu<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Atimothy.pham%40yale.edu>,
Summer 2010 Tina E. Yeh Fellows for questions about their experiences.

Application is available on line:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/426880/5d046faa2dbc<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.surveygizmo.com%2Fs3%2F426880%2F5d046faa2dbc>.
Students may also contact
scholarship at asianpacificfund.org<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=mailto%3Ascholarship%40asianpacificfund.org>with
any questions.



*11.**Opportunity**: SEARAC Leadership Training*

The Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) is pleased to announce
our Thirteenth Annual Southeast Asian American Leadership & Advocacy
Training.  This year, SEARAC will be convening in two locations:



New Orleans, LA:  May 22-24, 2011 (Application deadline: March 20, 2011)

Washington, DC: July 24-26, 2011 (Application deadline: May 1, 2011)



These trainings provide a forum for Southeast Asian American community
leaders to participate in three days of activities that include leadership
strategizing, collaborative networking, advocacy education, and relationship
building with decision makers on issues that are specific to the Southeast
Asian American community. These trainings are open nation-wide to all
members of the Southeast Asian American community and/or individuals
currently working with the Southeast Asian American community.  Due to the
training format and other constraints, we strongly urge that only residents
of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast apply to the New Orleans training
program.  SEARAC will cover the majority of hotel fees and help with travel
costs for participants living outside of the training locations, but
participants may be responsible for portions of their travel costs.

Applications are available online:
http://www.searac.org/lat2011<https://www.mail.yale.edu/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.searac.org%2Flat2011>
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