The Asian Women’s Shelter (AWS) was founded in 1988 to provide immediate crisis services to domestic violence survivors and children, especially those who are immigrants and refugees. AWS connects these women and children to legal, medical, and long-term services, and has provided thousands of shelter bed nights to them. 100% of women and children improve their nutrition and health while residing at AWS. AWS is committed to every person’s right to live in a violence-free home. Please support and join us in creating a future free from violence.

The talented PULSE band started in SF Japantown over 25 years ago, and is still going strong playing Funk, R&B and Rock music. The band is a favorite at Bay Area community events and clubs, and is composed of some of the best-known Asian American musicians in the Bay Area. PULSE remains true to its goal of providing exciting music with veteran musicians Billy Shen on guitar, Carey Huang on keyboards, Derrick Tong on bass, Arthur Wong on drums, and vocalists Mel Banez, Eva Chew, and Cris Dumandan-Garcia. www.myspace.com/PulseSF

Colette Ikemi is Japantown’s legendary diva who has performed with bands Hiroshima and Pulse. She has a truly soulful and romantic style of singing. Colette is a local favorite jazz/R&B singer who continues to perform at many community events such as the Cherry Blossom Festivals and Nihonmachi Street Fairs. www.ColetteIkemi.com

An AWS former resident says it best, “Since the first day I moved to AWS my world has turned from darkness, paranoia, and fear into a better life. No longer do my children and I have to cry. Now the three of us have only smiles, music, and laughter. We have learned more about human rights, law, communal living, and language.  We have a second chance in life.”

If you’d like more information about this topic, or to buy tickets or sponsorships, please call June at 415-271-3290 or email June at AWSdance@yahoo.com.

UPDATE 7/25: Event has been moved to Aug. 7 so that we can hold at 111 Minna.  See doctorstohaiti.orgfor the most up-to-date information.

The host committee includes Dave Lu, Kevin Lee, Benjamin Wan and Darlene Lee. Grace and Yuni, aka KC Productions, are organizing this fundraiser to supplement the cost of sending these ten volunteers to Haiti.

RSVP on Facebook.

Five days after the earthquake, JIA was there beginning the work that continues even today. In fact, the president of JIA just left last week for Haiti again, continuing to help Haitians rebuild and recover from the devastating earthquake that demolished Port-au-Prince in January of this year.

It has been over six months now, but let’s not forget the devastation that took place there with over 230,000 lives lost.

Please see the event website (http://www.doctorstohaiti.org) for more information about the event.

$25 donation for admission; any and all additional donations will be appreciated. Your generosity makes a life-changing difference to the lives of many Haitian victims. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please e-mail events@gracekeh.com.

We hope to see you all for this exciting event!

Cross-posted from keithpr.com.

Yes, that’s right. You can eat and raise funds for KollaborationSF at the same time!

KollaborationSF is holding a fundraiser at Ichiban Restaurant in Berkeley. Bring your friends, family, coworkers to dine on Ichiban’s wide variety of Japanese cuisine anytime between February 26 and March 5!

After paying for your meal, drop your receipt in KollaborationSF’s designated box to contribute 15% of your meal towards our first annual show.

Ichiban Restaurant
2017 Shattuck Ave. (cross University) – google map
Berkeley, CA 94704
http://www.ichibanberkeley.com

Spread the word! Invite folks to the Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=296278499731

Tickets for the first annual show on April 10 at the Palace of Fine Arts are on sale now!

Visit http://www.kollaborationsf.org to purchase online.

Add yourself to the event on Facebook.

Ticket prices are: $150 (general admission); $135 (government attorneys); $110 (non-profit attorneys); and $95 (law students). To register and pay online, visit their Acteva page. To pay by check, please send your name, employer/organization, mailing address, telephone, and e-mail address (and indicate whether you require a vegetarian meal) to: AABA, PO Box 190517, San Francisco, CA 94119. Please allow enough lead time for receipt by the deadline.

For information on table sponsorships and other sponsorships, or for other questions, please e-mail aabadinner@gmail.com or download the sponsorship packet PDF.

Government agencies and government-affiliated groups and non-profit organizations who organize tables of 10+ individual ticket holders will be recognized in the dinner program, if you let us know soon enough for our print deadlines!

This information is subject to change, so visit the AABA website for the latest information.

Put this on your calendars! Join us for the Center for Asian American Media’s 30th Anniversary Gala (http://www.asianamericanmedia.org) and celebrate the organization’s 30 years of presenting the richness and diversity of Asian American stories.

Held during the heart of the SF International Asian American Film Festival, CAAM has partnered with the Asian Chefs Association to present signature dishes from some of the Bay Area’s finest chefs: Khai Duong (Ana Mandara), Lawrence Chu (Chef Chu’s), Dennis Wong (Le Soleil), Jackson Yu (Live Sushi Bar), Jeff Hubbard (Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion), Peter Chan (South Sea Seafood Village) and Hung Le (Three Seasons).

Guests will partake in a unique pan-Asian tasting event with Asian American film luminaries and community leaders.

Center for Asian American Media CAAM
30th Anniversary Gala
Monday, March 15, 2010
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Ana Mandara Restaurant
891 Beach Street (at Polk Street, Ghirardelli Square)
San Francisco, CA

Join this save-the-date FB event

Funds will go towards supporting CAAM’s ongoing vision of bringing the best new films and filmmakers to our annual film festival, serving schools and libraries with high quality documentaries, and innovating in digital media.

For more information:
Debbie Ng
CAAM Development and Communications Director
415-863-0814 x104
dng@asianamericanmedia.org

Host Committee Members (list in progress):
Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco
Ken Ikeda & Catherine Huang
Bill Imada
David Lei & Linda Lei
Konrad Ng & Maya Soetoro-Ng
Susie Pak & Greg Pak
Ann Sung-Ruckstuhl & John Ruckstahl
Eddie Wong & Anna Whittington
Mona Lisa Yuchengco
Dien Yuen

Honorary Committee Members (list in progress):
Jeff Adachi
Mary Bitterman
Supervisor David Chiu
Representative Mike Honda
Mike Hsieh & Tom Hsieh
Keith Kamisugi
Michael Kang
Sung Kang
Spencer Nakasako & Laureen Chew
Amy Tan
Jay Xu & Jennifer Chen
Helen Zia & Lia Shigemura

Los Angeles-based nonprofit CPAF provides a multilingual 24-hour call center, emergency shelter, transitional housing program, counseling services and community outreach programs that focuses on the needs of victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

CPAF finished in the top 100 out of a half-million eligible groups in the first round of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. As a result, they received $25,000 and a chance to compete for a grand prize of $1 million or one of five runner-up awards of $100,000 in the final round of voting from January 15-22. The winners will be announced on January 23.

Any and all proceeds earned will be used by CPAF to reach beyond the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities by unifying all 24-hour call centers in Los Angeles County. The much-needed funding will be used to create a sustainable joint hotline for 20 domestic violence shelters and six rape crisis centers. CPAF will also extend the hotline services to include online chat to make services more accessible to victims.

Every 15 seconds a woman is beaten in the U.S. Ever two minutes someone in the U.S. is raped or sexually assaulted. One in three women will be abused in her lifetime. It happens too often. The silence is deafening.

If a woman has the courage to call, we must make sure there will be someone there to listen.

To vote, please visit http://www.voteCPAF.org.

Related links:
Chase Community Giving on Facebook – http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving
Center for the Pacific Asian Family – http://www.NurturingChange.org
Watch the Videos on CPAF’s YouTube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/CPAFpsa

This year marks Academy of Friends’ 30th year fighting HIV and AIDS. Their sell-out Oscar party is the second largest in the country and one of the largest HIV/AIDS fundraisers in the Bay Area. Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center is honored to be a returning beneficiary.

There are a number of ways you can help A&PI Wellness Center meet its requirements as an Academy of Friends beneficiary.

BUY RAFFLE TICKETS – Buy a premium raffle ticket for your chance to win a two year lease on an Audi A4, from Royal Motor Sales. Each ticket is $40.00 or Three (3) tickets for $100.00. Or purchase general raffle tickets to win one of three exciting packages. A SF weekend package, including a 2 night stay at CLIFT, $150 for dinner at Asia de Cuba, and $100 for drinks at the Redwood Room. — A $1000 shopping spree at Westfield San Francisco Centre. — Or 2 Roundtrip Tickets Anywhere on Southwest. General raffle tickets are $10 per ticket or three (3) for $25. To purchase raffle tickets contact Sara Kunitake, Development Coordinator, at (415) 292-3420 ext. 373 or sara@apiwellness.org.

TICKETS & SPONSORSHIPS – We ask that you name Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center as the referring organization for your Academy of Friends ticket or sponsorship purchase. After registering as a new donor or signing in as a returning donor at www.academyoffriends.org, indicate “A&PI Wellness Center” as your beneficiary. This will help us meet our goals. A ticket to the Gala is $250 and joining a sponsorship circle ranges from $350 to $20,000.

VOLUNTEER – A&PI Wellness Center also has various volunteer goals at outreach events leading up to the Gala and the fabulous event itself. Work with us to meet these goals. Volunteer any number of different ways including general office help, gift bag set-up, ticket outreach, and more. For more information email Ruben Garcia at ruben@apiwellness.org.

The Glide Foundation, in partnership with Bay Area Benefit, Citizen Hope, and A Good Idea invites supporters from the San Francisco Bay Area to an event to raise funds for the disaster victims in Haiti and for Glide on Saturday, January 30, from 9 p.m. at Nuit Blanche, 564 Market St, San Francisco.

Nuit Blanche, an exclusive penthouse in downtown San Francisco, will host this open bar event with tickets starting at $45 available at http://sfrecess.eventbrite.com.

Event will feature Legendary DJ KingMost, an open bar and hors ‘doevres. The $45 ticket price is good until January 22 (only 65 of these tickets are available) and the price goes up to $60 on Jan. 23.

Join the event on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=273876462564.

Kudos to Mike Kim for spearheading this effort!

The game is on Friday, January 22, from 7:30 p.m. at Oracle Arena in Oakland.  You can join the Facebook event here.

Project by Project is an organization of young professionals who serve the Asian American community by selecting a theme each year and partnering with non-profit community-based organizations that fits the cause. Each year the local chapters of Project by Project partner with a community-based organizations in their city and tailor a year-long campaign to help them raise public awareness, volunteerism and capital.

Purchase discounted tickets at https://www.gs-warriors.com/forms/secure/fct_asian0910_pbp.html. Ticket purchase includes a free Asian Heritage Night T-shirt.

Contact Dean Yao with any questions at dean.yao@projectbyproject.org.

APALSA is this year proud to honor United States Magistrate Judge Edward Chen with its Alumni of the Year Award.

Individual tickets are $100. Tickets for employees of non-profit organizations is $50. Sponsorship opportunities available.

Purchase your ticket online at http://www.apalsa-boalt.org/Fellowship/

This is Berkeley Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Student Association’s (APALSA) third annual alumni and public interest fellowship dinner. APALSA is the largest student-run organization at Berkeley Law as well as the largest Asian Pacific American law student association in the nation.

In addition to honoring alumni and leaders who have made significant contributions to the Asian Pacific American legal community, the dinner raises funds toward the endowment of the Dale Minami Public Interest Fellowship, which provides critical financial support to outstanding individuals who commit to serving the public interest.

Minami Fellows are selected for their diverse backgrounds, record of exceptional academic and professional accomplishment, leadership in community service, and commitment to social justice and public interest work. The 2010 fellowship recipient will be honored at the event.

Please e-mail minamifellowship@gmail.com or phone (916) 538-2826 if you have any questions or need additional information about this event.