First Annual All In Poker and Blackjack Tournament fundraiser

Posted on 18th June 2010 in Uncategorized

Saddle up to the table for a Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament for your chance to win an Apple iPad, PokerSavvy.com online poker membership and other great prizes, and be crowned Champion of the Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s (OACC) First Annual All In Poker Tournament on Friday, June 25th at 7 pm at OACC’s facility in Oakland Chinatown.

Poker players of all skill levels are welcome! Reserve your seat today as seating is limited. Non-poker players can enjoy our ongoing blackjack tournament for their chance to win an iPod Touch!

The buy-in is $35 with unlimited $20 Re-Buys for the poker tournament until 9 pm. This is a 21+ event. ID’s will be checked at the door. Pizza and beer will also be available.

Help us spread the word with the e-flyer (http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/183722/1b53ab73ac/ARCHIVE) and the Facebook event page (http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=122679004426769)

OACC is excited to offer readers of foundasian.org a special rate to participate in the tournament! Receive $5 off your buy-in (applicable only to credit card payments processed directly through OACC staff and cash / check payments received at the door or prior to tournament) if you tell us that you are on the Foundasian.org guest list.

Special Thanks to our Sponsor: PokerSavvy.com.

For more information or to register for the tournament, visit http://www.oacc.cc/supportus/donations/pokertournament.html or contact OACC Co-Director Roy Chan at (510) 637 – 0455.

All proceeds benefit the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

About OACC: OACC is a thriving first class community arts organization in Oakland and the Bay Area that promotes cross- cultural understanding for present and future generations. Local artists and their cultural art forms are promoted through a variety of programming and community collaborations. Your valuable contribution will enable OACC in continuing to provide innovative and artful APIA programs and services to the San Francisco and greater East Bay Area community.

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Angela Chan Newest S.F. Police Commissioner

Posted on 4th June 2010 in Uncategorized

Angela F. Chan was sworn in Wednesday as San Francisco’s newest police commissioner. Her appointment was approved by an 11-0 vote by the Board of Supervisors. She fills the seat on the commission previously held by Vincent Pan, whose term ended. (Photo by Kenneth Lu)

The Police Commission sets policy for the Police Department and conducts disciplinary hearings on charges of police misconduct filed by the Chief of Police or Director of the Office of Citizen Complaints, imposes discipline in such cases as warranted, and hears police officers’ appeals from discipline imposed by the Chief of Police.

Angela is a staff attorney in the juvenile justice and education project at the Asian Law Caucus (I serve on the board of ALC). She represents immigrant families with youth in the juvenile justice system and youth who are harassed or discriminated against in the education system based on race, ethnicity and other protected categories. Angela is also an instructor in the Raza department at San Francisco State University where she teaches “race, crime and justice” and “issues in the criminalization of Latino youth.”

Previously she served as a clerk to Judge Napoleon A. Jones in the Southern District of California. While in law school, Angela was a clerk at the Harvard civil rights project, Greater Boston Legal Services, the Harvard prison legal assistance project, the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office , the NAACP legal defense fund, and Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll.

She earned a juris doctorate, cum laude, from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Occidental College.

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