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“All In For Life” Charity Poker Tournament

“All In For Life” Charity Poker Tournament

Asian Americans for Hope (AAFH), Young Korean American Network (YKAN), and Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP) invite you to support a wonderful cause and put a “bad beat” on cancer – 100% of the proceeds directed towards programs, services, and education on cancer prevention program of American Cancer Society Asian Initiatives for the Asian American community.

Saturday April 7th 2012, 3pm – 8pm
J’Adore (37 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011)

Tickets can be purchased online at http://allinforlifecharitypoker.eventbrite.com/

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Times Union Editorial: Shame on you, legislators

Times Union Editorial: Shame on you, legislators

As a member of ACCORD, AABANY has been following developments in redistricting.  Earlier this week, Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann (EDNY) released Congressional maps in connection with a pending case in Federal court, a little more than a week after being assigned the task.  The Times Union editorial has some harsh words to say about the New York state legislature’s inability to draw fair and reasonable lines after working on maps for a year.  You can read the full text of the editorial by following the link above.  Here’s an excerpt:

THE RIDDLE:

How many legislators does it take to draw fair, nonpartisan maps?

THE ANSWER:

Trick question. They can’t.

It took the state Legislature the better part of a year to come up with new congressional district maps, and then, only with a court breathing down its neck. It took U.S. Magistrate Roanne Mann just eight days to do the same thing — and to do it, by most accounts, much better.

What do you think?  Share your comments and reactions here.
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New York Magazine: The Case(s) Against Law School

New York Magazine: The Case(s) Against Law School

Mainstream press has apparently caught wind of the recent class action suits against law schools, if the New York magazine article this week is any indication. (Click the link to go to the article.)  Did they get it right?  Is this attention good or bad for the pending suits?  Is it good or bad for law schools?  Will people continue to enroll regardless?  Read the article; share you thoughts!

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Shanghai Restoration Project & NeochaEDGE

Shanghai Restoration Project & NeochaEDGE

Friday, March 9, 2012
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021

Chinese-American pianist Dave Liang returns to the Asia Society with The Shanghai Restoration Project, a group renowned for its unique blend of Chinese instrumentation, hip-hop and electronica. The evening will also feature a multimedia presentation from Sean Leow of NeochaEDGE, a Shanghai-based creative agency, introducing the audience to the emerging Chinese creative community.

Interested going with a group from AABANY?  Group discounts for more than 5 people are available for this event.  Contact [email protected]

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The Pinoyorkers

The Charles B. Wang Center invites you to The Pinoyorkers, Tuesday, March 13 at 7PM.

This lively panel discussion gives voice to some of the most compelling and accomplished FIlipino-American experiences in New York arts and activism. Pinoyorkers features Jessica Hagedorn, Kenneth Bauzon, Angel Velasco Shaw, and selected representatives from the Bayanihan Kultural Kolektib of the Philippine Forum.

Pinoyorkers complements Wang Center’s exhibition Singgalot – The Ties that Bind: Filipinos in America from Colonial Subjects to Citizens, on view now through April 22, 2012.

For details, click here to view the flier, or here to visit the Wang Center website.

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NCVAA 2012 Conference: “Legal Roundup”

National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys announces its 2012 “Legal Roundup,” May 18-19 in Houston, TX.  Early Bird registration ends March 30.  If you are interested in participating as a panelist or to volunteer for the conference committee, please contact Mai Phan:  [email protected]

Please visit the website for more information on NCVAA 2012 –  www.ncvaa.org

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Thanks to everyone for coming to AABANY’s 23rd Annual Dinner held on February 29, 2012.  For the second consecutive year it took place at Cipriani Wall Street.  We had over 600 attendees, including members and friends from all across the legal spectrum: attorneys in private practice, from firms large and small, global and local; judges; prosecutors; in-house counsel; and law students.  We were privileged to be joined by representatives of elected officials, Federal, State and local, along with bar leaders from the New York State Bar Association, KALAGNY, SABANY, MuBANY, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the Network of Bar Leaders.  We were pleased to be joined by our friends from AALDEF, MinKwon Center and the Asian American Arts Alliance (a4).  We were honored that the a4 President, Ravi Rajan, and a4 Executive Director, Andrea Louie, could be with us last night.

Congratulations to our honorees: Saru Jayaraman, recipient of our Emerging Leader Award; Sam Reeves, recipient of our Diversity Leadership Award; and Susan Blount, recipient of our Corporate Counsel Leadership Award.  Susan presented a wonderful keynote speech.

Congratulations to this year’s MVP Award recipient Ben “the Asian Sensation” Chan.  He gets his own blog post.  Why?  Well … he’s the Asian Sensation.  Need I say more?

Thanks to our MC Obaid Kadwani for keeping things moving along all through the evening.  We were sorry that illness struck Elie Mystal, who was supposed to be a co-MC with Obaid, and we wish a speedy recovery to Elie.

Corky Lee and Steven Wu shot photos all through the dinner and we will put up those photos soon. In the meantime, enjoy some photos from the evening (mostly from the after-party) in the slideshow above. 

If you came and have some feedback to share with us, please use the Comment feature to let us know what you thought about the Annual Dinner.

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