Yearly Archives: 2003

Quick Updates (2003)

(Archive)

December 2003 Quick Update:

Planning Committee needed for Catalyst Event Boston

October/November 2003 Quick update:

Radio Interview on SBS Australia radio with VN adoptees
New Publication about Vietnamese Diaspora
Peace on Planet Earth – New book for Children
Call for submissions: New anthology of trans-racial adoptee writers
International Events

August/September 2003 Quick update:

New Books on Adoption – Jane Jeong Trenka and Lana Noone:
International Events

June/July 2003 Quick update:

Adoption Documentary new project US/Vietnam
Host an Exchange Student from Vietnam
Vietnam Adoptions Update
International Events

May 2003 Quick update:

Book
Mam Non Picnic day
Asia Writers Network and Music CD Launch

April 2003 Quick update:

SARS Warning
Vietnamese Mother Found
International Events

March 2003 Links to stories:

Vietnamese In Hindsight? The Construction of Adopted Vietnamese Identity and Place In the Diaspora
VN Adoption Film Screening
Visiting Vietnam for Tet
International Events
Last call for Volunteers to be interviewed for research project
Documentaries in Production
Recent Documentaries

Australia-Asia New Leaders Program (24/29 Oct 2003)

(SYDNEY, MELBOURNE) Australia-Asia New Leaders Program 2003 Information Sessions – Thursday 24 and Tuesday 29 October

Are you committed to building a prosperous and peaceful future for Australia in the Asian region? Are you an emerging leader with relevant work experience and a belief that you can make a difference?

The Australia-Asia New Leaders Program will develop your leadership skills while building high-level Asian knowledge and networks.

The program is an initiative of Asialink at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the National Institute for Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University and will operate in Melbourne and Sydney in 2003.

Information sessions:

SYDNEY- Thursday 24 October 2002, 6 pm – 7.30 pm, Minter Ellison, Level 19, 88 Phillip St, Sydney

MELBOURNE – Tuesday 29 October, 6pm – 7.30 pm, Freehills, Level 42, 101 Collins St, Melbourne

Bookings are essential. Please RSVP to Bernadine Fernandez at Asialink by phone: 03 8344 3574 or email: b.fernandez@asialink.unimelb.edu.au

The closing date for applications is 22 November 2002. For further information about the program contact Justin Kennedy at Asialink by phone: 03 8344 3583, email: j.kennedy@asialink.unimelb.edu.au, or visit the Asialink website: www.asialink.unimelb.edu.au/cpp/leadership/index.html

Sydney Rock 4 Refugees (27 Oct)

Many excellent local musicians and Vietnamese Australian comedian Hung Le are getting together to provide a full afternoon of entertainment at Henson Park in Marrickville, Sydney Australia. The aims are to raise awareness and to fundraise, including to Refugee Action Coalition and welfare organisations. From 12 noon till 7pm. No alcohol and all ages. Website under constructions – for info see www.zeronet.com.au/r4r. Tickets just $12 and available from next week.

Meeting in Burwood – Sydney Australia (Oct 2003)

The Post Adoptive Resources Centre are inviting adoptive parents (and potential) to join their staff, government people and adult adoptees for an evening of ‘talking about racism’ – how to help your child cope and celebrate their cultural diversity. Hope to see you there.