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CAA Parent Advocates Leadership Institute Graduation
[ May 19, 2012; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 19, 2012, 1PM
Emcee: Jenny Mai, CAA Parent Alumni Leader
Introduction
Welcoming Remarks
Vincent Pan, CAA Executive Director
Sandra Fewer, San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner
Peer Leader Story
Keynote
Eric Mar, San Francisco Board of Supervisor
Presentation of Certificates
Jenny Lam, CAA Director of Community Initiatives
2012 Slideshow Presentation & Insight
Closing- Next Steps
Jessica Wan, CAA Community Advocate
CAA Supports Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity for All
The U.S. Supreme Court will revisit race-based affirmative action in the court case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, involving an applicant at the University of Texas at Austin who was denied admission and is currently claiming that the school’s admission policy is inconsistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This [...]
Chinatown Families Economic Resource Fair 2012
[ April 28, 2012; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] As a leading member of the Chinatown Families for Economic Self-Sufficiency Coalition (CFESC), CAA will be co-hosting a free Economic Resource Fair on April 28, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM at the Gordon J. Lau Elementary School. This event will connect neighborhood residents to economic-support resources in housing, financial planning, employment, financial aid, and much [...]
Photos from the New City College Chinatown/North Beach Campus
New City College Chinatown Campus: Construction Photos (Final Phase), a set on Flickr.
These photos were taken from January through April 2012 and show various parts of the campus under construction. The campus is substantially complete, meaning the exterior construction is done and the focus is now on interior finishing work: painting, carpeting, polishing, troubleshooting, moving [...]
Our CAA Parent Advocates at OccupyEducation in SF on March 1.
parents_occupyeducation, a photo by Chinese for Affirmative Action on Flickr.
New report on the journey to local hiring reform in SF recently published
Our community partner, Brightline Defense Project, just published a new report documenting the years of advocacy and coalition building that led to our city’s local hiring policy for construction. Titled “Putting Local Hire To Work”, it features a narrative and policy background of the advocates, workers, labor leaders, and policy makers that came together to [...]
CAA founder and board co-chair Germaine Q Wong honored as an “Amazing San Francisco Woman”
Congratulations to CAA co-founder and board co-chair Germaine Q Wong for being honored as an “Amazing San Francisco Woman” at this year’s Women’s History Month ceremony. She’s been fighting for justice and making waves for the past 40+ years.
Congratulations to CAA co-founder and board co-chair Germaine Q Wong for being honored as an “Amazing [...]
USF’s “Infinite San Francisco: Chinatown”
[ February 21, 2012; 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm. ] CAA’s Director of Community Initiatives Jenny Lam will be speaking at USF’s “Infinite San Francisco: Celebrating Chinatown” series today. This series explores and celebrates unique aspects of some of San Francisco’s neighborhoods, including the Tenderloin, Mission, Western Addition, Bayview, and Chinatown. Participants will learn about neighborhood histories, demographics, assets, dilemmas and opportunities from a panel [...]
The 30th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival
[ March 8, 2012 4:00 pm to March 18, 2012 4:00 pm. ] The film festival is here! Every March, the Center for Asian America Media presents the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF). It is the largest and most prestigious showcase for new Asian American and Asian films in North America, annually presenting approximately 120 works in San Francisco, Berkeley, and San [...]
Video: Our Conversation with Mayor Ed Lee at CAA’s Annual Membership Meeting
A video of the full-hour conversation between Mayor Ed Lee and CAA Executive Director Vincent Pan.
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