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Chinese New Year 2008 You are cordially
invited to a celebration
of the Chinese New year 4706
OCA General metting on September 15, 2007 Please click the linkage here to see in details about the metting
OCA/TRFCC Picnic on July 22, 2007 Please click the linkage here to see in details about the Banquet OCA/TRFCC Family Luncheon on Mar. 25, 2007 Please click the linkage here to see in details about the Banquet
Chinese New Year 2007 Please click the linkage here to see in details about the Banquet Autumn 2006 Angel Island Immigration Station For a golden opportunity, come join Daphne Kwok, Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and former OCA National Executive Director, for a special presentation to learn more about Angel Island Immigration Station, its history, and the effort now underway to protect and preserve the site and its legacy. Angel Island served as the Pacific Gateway to 1 million immigrants from 1910-1940 including Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, South Asians, Russians, Mexicans, Australians, Canadians and Europeans. The Immigration Station was built to enforce The Chinese Exclusion Act which specifically barred Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. from 1882-1943. Date: November 4th (Saturday), 2006. Time: 5:30 pm. Location: Mandarin Gourmet, 305 Wood Street, Downtown, Pittsburgh. (412-261-6151) Cost: $15 per person, dinner included. RSVP: Please register by phone or e-mail beforehand for dinner count at Wen-Ching Yang, 724-327-3011 or yangwc@adelphia.net Biography of Daphne Kwok In July 2005, Daphne Kwok became the Executive Director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), which seeks to promote a greater understanding of Pacific Coast immigration and its role in shaping America's past, present, and future. Previously Ms. Kwok was based in Washington, DC serving as the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) focused on increasing political participation of the APIA community and working with the APIA elected officials. For 11 years, she was the Executive Director of the Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a non-profit, civil rights organization. From November 1997 until April 2001, Ms. Kwok was the first elected Chair of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans, a network of national APA organizations. Ms. Kwok serves as a Board Member of APIAVote, National Coalition of Asian Pacific American Community Development, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center and National Japanese American Memorial Foundation. She was one of the founding board members for the Asian Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund. Her views have been featured on national radio and TV programs as well as in major newspapers and magazines. A 1984 graduate of Wesleyan University, Ms. Kwok became the first Asian American member of its Board of Trustees. She has a B.A. in East Asian Studies and Music. She received a Masters in Public Administration from New York's Baruch City College. YOUR VOTE NEEDED FOR ANGEL ISLAND IMMIGRATION STATION TO RECEIVE PRESERVATION GRANT Angel Island Immigration Station has been selected by American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of twenty-five Bay Area historical sites to potentially receive funding from the "Partners in Preservation" program. We need your help in voting for the Immigration Station to ensure that Angel Island's $100,000 proposal for preservation is selected. $1 million will be distributed in the Bay Area. Your vote will make a difference! Through October 31st, you have the opportunity to cast one vote each day for the sites that you care about. All you have to do to be a voter is to register and vote at http://www.partnersinpreservation.com/ Please vote for the Angel Island Immigration Station each and every day! Pass this on to your friends and colleagues so that they can vote too. The site with the most votes will automatically receive funding. Other projects will be judged by the public's comments and judging as well as a Bay Area Advisory Committee. The sites to receive funding will be announced in November. American Express Partners in Preservation is a $10 million, five-year commitment to historic preservation that will increase public awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and around the world. This commitment will help protect historic and cultural landmarks and will strengthen local communities. It is a joint effort between American Express, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the World Monuments Fund. SF Chronicle article can be read at: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/19/BAGQ1L89AF1.DTL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Click to Download OCA Free Medical Clinic 美華義診 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Click to Download OCA Free Medical Clinic 美華義診 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer 2006 OCA-PGH 2006 GENERAL MEETING/SENIORS LUNCHEON
Date: September 30, 2006 (Saturday) Place: Oriental Super Buffet, 4801 McKnight Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Time: 11:30 am Cost: General $10 plus soft drink extra Program: 11:30 – 12:30 am Luncheon and fellowship RSVP Wen-Ching Yang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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