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AABANY at the AAAYA Dinner at the Golden Unicorn on 3/9

Past President Rob Leung is being honored by the AAAYA (Association of Asian American Yale Alumni) on Saturday, March 9, at the Golden Unicorn. AABANY will be taking a table. AABANY members who wish to join can do so at the subsidized rate of $50 per person. You don’t have to be a Yale alum to attend. If interested, please send email to [email protected]. Seats are limited.

Here are the details:

The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni and the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance

Cordially invites you to

 

WELCOME THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE!

 

Join your fellow Yale alumni at AAAYA’s 5th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet!

Connect and re-connect at the cash bar Happy Hour with dim sum!

Savor a sumptuous 10 course Chinese banquet featuring traditional New Year dishes!

Enjoy the lucky Lion Dance performed by students from P.S. 124, The Yung Wing School!

Honor your fellow Yalies:

Julie Otsuka, YC ’84, National Book Award-nominated author

Robert Leung, LAW ’94, Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

Ken Chen, LAW ’05, Executive Director, Asian American Writers’ Workshop

TICKETS

Individual Ticket $100

Tables            *All tables seat 10

Unicorn Table $1000

Bulldog Table $1250

Dragon Table $2000

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AARP.ORG Debuts Webpage for APAs 50 Years Old and Over

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For Immediate Release

 

AARP.ORG DEBUTS FIRST EVER WEB PAGE FOR

ASIAN AMERICANS 50+ DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR

Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2013) –This February, AARP.org celebrates Lunar New Year by launching its first Asian Community web page, www.aarp.org/asiancommunity.   Tailored to engage the 50+ Asian audience, the web page will include news and information relevant to the Asian American community on topics including caregiving, financial security, health, retirement, and social security among others.  It also includes AARP Asian member stories, Asian events from the state, local and national offices, videos highlighting Asian AARP members and AARP Asian executives that are in English but also providing subtitled versions in Chinese and Korean along with a financial education column from Chinese American AARP executive, Jean Setzfand! .  

“Our goal in creating this page is to be a trusted and user-friendly resource for 50+ Americans of Asian Pacific descent, the fastest growing population in America,” said Lorraine Cortes Vazquez, Executive Vice President for Multicultural Markets and Engagement at AARP.  “By offering content that is relevant, we encourage the community to participate in the national conversation on how best to serve the Asian community with issues important to our members and their families to help them get more out of life as they age.”

The video “AARP—Helping Asian Families Get More Out of Life” will be one of the links available through the new web page.  Subtitled in both Chinese and Korean, the video features AARP Asian executives as well as testimonials from influential Asian community leaders who discuss the importance of being informed about issues that affect Asians 50 and older.

To become a member of AARP and to learn more about AARP’s Asian initiative and programs, please visit www.aarp.org/asiancommunity.

About AARP

AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of more than 37 million, that helps people turn their goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, employment security and retirement planning. We advocate for consumers in the marketplace by selecting products and services of high quality and value to carry the AARP name as well as help our members obtain discounts on a wide range of products, travel, and services.  A trusted source for lifestyle tips, news and educational information, AARP produces AARP The Magazine, the world’s largest circulation magazine; AARP Bulletin; www. aarp.org; AARP TV & Radio; AARP Books; and AARP VIVA, a bilingual news source.  AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to political campaigns or candidates.  The AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that ! provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. AARP has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Learn more at www.aarp.org. 

 

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Grace Niwa

Niwa Public Relations

617-299-9848

[email protected]

Kristin S. Palmer

AARP Media Relations

202-434-2560

[email protected]

 

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Are You Good at Trivia?

The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), New York Chapter, will be hosting a Trivia Bowl on Friday, May 18, at ABC News studios in New York City.  The MC will be JuJu Chang.  The proceeds from the event “go toward supporting students who pursue the journalism profession; providing increased training to AAPI journalists (through stipends/scholarships) so they can be effective leaders for positive change in the industry with a commitment to diversity in the newsroom, and forging stronger ties within the AAPI communities.”

AABANY is taking a table and we are looking for some fellow team members whose minds are filled with useless knowledge that comes in handy during Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy and events like this Trivia Bowl.  Maybe you have knowledge in certain categories, like sports, music, history, film or science.  That’s fine; we can pool our trivial knowledge together to form a winning team. 

I don’t think we get anything other than bragging rights if we win, but I’ve been told that when this event was held by AAJA in other parts of the country, the lawyers’ teams tended to do well, so I feel like our New York lawyers should do no less.  Come on, New York attorneys – let’s represent!

Also, AABANY is helping to get APA judges to participate as judges for the event, scoring the answers submitted by the teams entered.

More information can be gleaned from the event website: http://chapters.aaja.org/NewYork/?page_id=2194. If you are interested in joining, contact [email protected].

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Obama Judicial Appointments Infographic

Obama Judicial Appointments Infographic

Seen on Twitter from @jesseclee44, great infographic about Obama’s successes and obstacles encountered in making appointments to the bench.  While Obama has made great strides in increasing diversity on the bench, including doubling the number of APAs on the bench, he has faced lengthy confirmation delays – 151 days for circuit judges, 103 days for district court.  Take a look and share your comments.

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