Monday December 9th 2002 7:30PM – Sydney THE QUIET AMERICAN+ Q&A WITH PHILLIP NOYCE This program is presented in association with INSIDE FILM Popcorn Taxi in association with Inside Film present a very special advanced preview screening of PHILLIP NOYCE’s topical new film, THE QUIET AMERICAN, starring MICHAEL CAINE, BRENDAN FRASER and DO THI HAI [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]The Catalyst Foundation, together with Humanitarian Services for the Children of Vietnam, invites you to join us for our “Take a Chance on Me” Annual Benefit Dinner on Friday – December 6. 2002, at 5:30 p.m., in the Great Hall, US Bank Trust Center Building, Lowertown – 180 East Fifth Street – St. Paul, Minnesota The Honored Guest Speaker, [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]VAN will help Clear Path International and the Adopt-A-Minefield campaign by hosting a dinner for the worldwide “Night of 1000 Dinners” annual fundraiser. To register contact info@van-online.org We are one of many in our state and across the nation who will participate in this the global campaign to help rid the world of landmines and [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Who: Also-Known-As What: Adoption Forum for Adult Adoptees Topic will be Identity When: Sunday, December 1, 2002, 1-4 PM Where: 39-60 54 Street, Woodside Info: Adoption is a lifelong journey that contains complex emotions and issues. Individually our paths lead to different places, though they meet in crossroads throughout the course of our lives. Adoption Forums are sessions were [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]BABYLIFT REMEMBRANCE DAYNEW JERSEY VIETMAM ERA EDUCATIONAL CENTER HOLMDEL, NEW JERSEY …on the grounds of the Garden State Art Center at Exit116 of the Garden State Parkway.NOVEMBER 23, 2002 AT 1:00 PMwww.njvvmf.orgFee-$5.00 The program will include a special presentation of the Babylift Documentary Film “Precious Cargo”, with the co-producers leading a discussion. Speakers include: Shirley Barnes, author [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]RESEARCH PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR COMMUNITY CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT Free public lecture and discussion led by Bernice Gerrand, Manager, Community Cultural Development Board, Australia Council for the Arts. Does community cultural development present alternative and fresh perspectives and practices for those engaged in community strengthening, health promotion, environmental action, arts development and related fields of practice? [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]An adopted Vietnamese female returns to Vietnam to find and meet her birth mother in this Sundance Award winning documentary Screening: The Quad Cinema 34 West 13th StreetNew York, NY Opens Nov. 1, 2002www.quadcinema.com The Coolidge Corner Theatre 290 Harvard St.Brookline, MA Opens Nov. 8, 2002www.coolidge.org The NuArt Theatre 11272 Santa Monica Blvd.West Los Angeles, [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]GENERATE: doing [multi] culture exhibition Tues 29 October – Mon 11 November 2002 UTS Gallery, Peter Johnson Building (Building 6, Level 4), 702 Harris St, Ultimo. doing [multi] culture is an installation that maps culturally diverse Western Sydney. It’s also one component of the major cultural event, GENERATE: The Art of Migration, which represents Stage [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Rally for the Truth about Refugees and War This was originally planned to commemorate the drowning of 353 asylum seekers on the so-called SIEV-X vessel and the failure of the government and the navy – strangely, given they were warned – to do anything about this. It now has a broader aim to connect the questions of refugees [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]“Families with Children from Vietnam” are holding a culture camp and are extending the event to adult adoptees – volunteers appreciated. For more information please contact Maryanne O’Conner at email: moconnor@arielgroup.com Games area: Will be coordinated by Christine Poirier. Arts & Crafts area: Will be coordinated by Chris Thomas and Eileen Heeney. Cooking: Hai will [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Inter-Country Adoption Forum – Sydney Date: Sat 19 OctoberVenue: St Scholastica’s College – GlebeFocus: Racial Identity & Attachment and the Emotional Development of Trans-racially Adopted ChildrenGuest Speakers: Specialists in AdoptionOther Speakers: Inter-country Adoptees, Adoptive parents, Birth Parents Jointly presented by PARC, DoCS, ICASN, ASIAC, & AFFC. RSVP by October 14 $20 PH: 02 9365 3444
[Read the rest of this entry →]The Multiracial Child: What Professionals, Parents and Communities Need to Know hosted by the Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA) Tucson, AZ www.ameasite.org/conference2002.html e-mail AMEAorg@aol.com or call 1-877-954-AMEA Source: Matt KelleyFounder/President & CEOmattk@mavinfoundation.org MAVIN Foundation600 First Avenue, Suite 501Seattle, WA 98104 Ph 206 622.7101Fx 206 622.2231 www.mavinfoundation.org
[Read the rest of this entry →]‘A story of soil’, by Chi Vu, is an Australian-Vietnamese tale about a generation of young people who are attempting to create a new identity for themselves that incorporates both Western and Asian ways. Tien, a young Australian woman with Vietnamese parents, runs away with her Australian boyfriend, who is rebelling against his middle-class family. Tien’s sense of identity is [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]The next generation of Vietnamese within Australia is the cultural mediators within the Vietnamese – Australian community, and they are the beacons of the future. This exhibition presents a range of work, which examines the contested meanings of being Vietnamese in Australia and in particular in Western Sydney. This exhibition identifies the need to understand [...]
[Read the rest of this entry →]Manly Jazz Festival Is anyone interested in helping leaflet the crowd with pro-refugee material at any time – even a little while – at this very large event? Please let me know at brucek@triode.net.au if you might be interested.
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