Topic: Calendar of Events

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 [...]

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Building the Next American Revolution: A Celebration and Tribute to Grace Lee Boggs

[ March 3, 2012; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] CAA is proud to co-sponsor this upcoming event with activist and writer, Grace Lee Boggs. We hope to see you there on March 3. Please see below for more information.

Event info on www.cpasf.org
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A Conversation with Mayor Ed Lee

San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

[ February 9, 2012; 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Please join CAA and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee at our annual membership meeting to have a conversation about our community, our City, and our future.
Conversation with Mayor Ed Lee
at CAA’s Annual Membership Meeting
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Gordon J. Lau Elementary School Auditorium
950 Clay Street, San Francisco
Doors open at 5:30 pm
PROGRAM:
6:00 pm: Membership Meeting*
6:30 pm: [...]

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Free Immigration Workshop: Basics of Immigration Processes

[ January 14, 2012; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Learn about:

Where to get an immigration form
How to get an updated status on your case
Other resources to help you with the immigration process

***The workshop will be held in Cantonese***

Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Time: 10am – 11am
Location: CAA, 2nd Floor
17 Walter U. Lum Place
San Francisco, CA 94108

For more info: 415-274-6760 x301

Organized by the San Francisco Immigrant [...]

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ASPIRE Second Annual Fundraiser: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop

[ October 26, 2011; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Please join CAA in supporting ASPIRE (Asian Students Promoting Immigrant’s Rights through Education), the first Asian undocumented student group of its kind at its 2nd Annual Grassroots Fundraiser. Jose Antonio Vargas, the undocumented Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and founder of Define American, will be their guest speaker.

When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 6-8PM

Where: At the historic [...]

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Mr. Hyphen 2011 (hosted by Hyphen Magazine)

[ November 5, 2011; 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Our awesome community ally, Hyphen Magazine, will host their annual Mr. Hyphen competition on November 5 at the Brave Theater in San Francisco. Mr. Hyphen is a beauty pageant for Asian American men – but men who are community-minded and competing to win $1,000 for a nonprofit of their choice. It’s always a fun event [...]

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2011 Advancing Justice Conference

[ October 27, 2011 9:00 am to October 28, 2011 5:30 pm. ]
CAA is a community partner of the 2011 Advancing Justice Conference that will take place at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco’s Japantown on October 27 to 28.

Executive Director Vincent Pan will speak on the panel for “Trending Now: Civil and Human Rights for All”.

Policy Advocate Grace Lee will present at the workshop “How Strong [...]

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Who Will Be SF’s Next Mayor?

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[ September 28, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] CAA hosted a candidates forum for the 2011 San Francisco mayoral race at the Chinese Culture Center in SF Chinatown. See here for highlights.

誰是三藩市的下一任市長?由華人權益促進會主辦的候選人論壇

Chinese for Affirmative Action hosted a bilingual English and Cantonese forum for the 2011 San Francisco mayor’s race. With the election coming in November, this was an opportunity for candidates to speak [...]

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San Francisco District Attorney Candidates Debate

[ August 3, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Wednesday, August 3rd
6:30PM
African American Art & Culture Complex

CAA is pleased to co-sponsor a debate for candidates for San Francisco District Attorney. This event will be the first opportunity for all three of the major candidates–Sharmin Bock, David Onek and George Gascon–to engage in a dialogue with each other, leading civil rights advocacy organizations, [...]

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Hyphen Magazine Issue Release Party and Celebrating Angry Asian Man’s 10-year Anniversary!

[ June 3, 2011 9:30 pm to June 4, 2011 2:00 am. ]

Our awesome allies at Hyphen Magazine are launching their latest issue “Bittersweet” this Friday at 111 Minna. Concurrently, they’ll be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the well-known blog Angry Asian Man!

Friday, June 3, 2011
9:30 pm – 2 am
$10 cover
21 and over

More details on Hyphen’s website.

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