Archive | October, 2009

You asked, we answered!

28 Oct

You asked, we answered!

Hi All,

Some of you have emailed us to ask just what it is we do. The “we” being — the Asian Canadian Cultural Organization (ACCO), of ubc. Here’s a quick briefing about us, as well as some additional information on our upcoming events this year.

What we do:
Our club is not a socializing outlet, we actually promote political awareness as well as socio-cultural understanding about Asian Canadians and the various cultures that form this demographic. Specifically, ACCO pushes for more fair and balanced representations of Asians (whether Sri Lankan, Hong Konger, Japanese, Mongolian, Uyghyr, you get the gist…) within mainstream media, politics and Canadian society in general.
So what do we really do? — we are having two main events this year:
1. An Indie Music Festival — this festival will be a celebration of all forms of Asian Canadian artists and entertainment. Last year, we featured a range of groups from Broadway Acapella, J-Rock (Japanese rock band), Cambodian Rapper, to hip hop dancers! If you, or your friends are seeking better musical or artistic exposure (whether you sing/rap/dance in English/Punjabi/Korean/etc) please feel free to step up to our request!
2. An Asian Canadian “Love-In”
A mini conference where we will discuss such issues as Asian dating in Canada, inter-Asian romance, Fob vs Local born Asian discrimination, and other things. This event will be fun and free to all, and will culminate in a party where we all hang out and celebrate our diversity!

Our first club meeting of the year will be:
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Time: 4 – 5pm
Place: Room 315, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Everyone - ACCO members and interested general public alike – are welcome and encouraged to join us at this introductory meeting. We look forward to seeing you!

 

25@25 Asia Pacific Foundation NATIONWIDE video contest – UBC workshop

21 Oct

25@25 is a NATIONWIDE video contest to help the Asia Pacific Foundation engage with young Canadians sharing an interest in Asia. Various educational, arts/film, and youth outreach organizations, such as HSBC, OMNI NEWS, Reel Asian Film Festival, ApathyisBoring, TakingITGlobal, Canada’s World@SFU, UofT, York University, UBC and many more are key partners or sponsors to this contest.

Share your vision, and help ignite exciting new dialogue on Canada-Asia relations!
If you’re between the ages of 18-35, we want to hear from you! Upload your video – anything from a mini-documentary, animated short, visual collage, or even a camera phone capture – be as creative as you like! We’re looking for forward-thinking entries between 30 sec. – 3 min. in length, with the main idea articulated as a theme or short phrase. Enter now, and put our money where your mouth is! (TOP PRIZE: $5000, People’s Choice Award: $500 and Voter Prize Draw). Contest closes on Dec 31, 2009 – 11:59 PM PST.

Visit http://www.25at25.ca/ for more information.
Add us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/2525/123766199558?ref=ts
Or follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/25at25

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Time: 3:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: IK Barber Centre for Learning, Lilloet Room
RSVP on our Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158503441800&ref=mf

ACCO Icebreaker // 2009 Launch Party

4 Oct

Dear Friends, old and new alike:

The Asian Canadian Cultural Organization is proud to invite you to our 2009 opening party!!

We’ll be explaining exactly what it is that we do; as well as the two major events we will be hosting this year in the name of Asian Canadian social awareness. In addition, we’ll introduce you to our executive team, as well as share with you which executive openings are currently available. We’ll also be talking about some of the funner events and collaborations we hope to have with fellow UBC clubs such as: Perspectives, UBC Postsecret, Asian Music Club, Indo-Canadian Club, etc. And we will introduce some of our local community partnerships with Schema Magazine, the Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop, CBC, and other affiliates.

And Lastly! we’ll obviously be hanging out, feasting (Italian dishes and hors d’oeuvres for you food fanatics!) and taking time to get to know each other (Games and Prizes).
In spite of ACCO’s socio-cultural and political purposes, we definitely aim to have a lot of fun this year!


ACCO Icebreaker
Friday October 16th 2009
Room 213, SUB, UBC
Time: 4:30 (doors), 5 – 7pm
RSVP: smallhearted@gmail.com *please let me know if you can make it ^^

So stop by and check us out, I guarantee it will be an awesome time :D

Best,

Crystal Tai
President, ACCO

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