Telus Matches Our Ticket Sales From the Blob For Canadian Red Cross

15 Mar

NEW UPDATE:

As one of our club executives is also a board member on the Telus Vancouver Community Board, Telus will be matching our tickets sales and donations for the Canadian Red Cross Japan Relief Fund.

Thank you everyone for all your support,
ACCO Executive

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Event details

Title: “The Blob: No Two are The Same”
Date: March 18th (Friday)

Time: 7-9pm (Doors open 6:30pm, performers come 6:30 for soundcheck)

Parking: available at the near-by West Mall Swing Space Building (2175 West Mall V6T 1Z4)

There will be free food available at this event. We strongly encourage that you bring your friends, family and fans along to support our cause. We also ask that you and your friends RSVP to our facebook event so that we will know how much food to get:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191851307522061&notif_t=event_wall#!/event.php?eid=191851307522061)

Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the door.

100% OF OUR TICKET SALES WILL BE DONATED TO THE CANADIAN RED CROSS. ACCO’S DONATION WILL BE MATCHED BY TELUS.

Please email us at info@ubcacco.com for any questions. Thank you all for your support and we hope to see you on March 18.

ACCO Donating 100% of Ticket Sales to Canadian Red Cross

9 Mar

THE BLOB in Partnership with UBC Japan Association

March 18th, 7:00 – 10:00pm

At Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge in Marine Drive

Like the rest of the UBC community, ACCO has been closely following the news concerning the Tsunami crisis in Japan.  We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to anyone who has been affected by this horrific event.

ACCO has decided to donate 100% of all ticket sales from The Blob, our annual music and art festival, to the Canadian Red Cross in support of the Tsunami relief aid in Japan.  We encourage anyone and everyone to come out this Friday March 18th @ 7pm to the Global Lounge at Marine Drive.  If you can’t make it, you can always make a personal donation directly here: http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

ACCO has a long history of utilizing art, film, and music to connect and engage people, cross-culturally, to address pertinent social issues affecting Asian Canadians and Asians abroad.  More than ever, we need to come together NOW and do what we can to help the relief effort in Japan.  ACCO’s event this Friday is the perfect opportunity to show the world how powerful art and community engagement can be.

We thank you for all of your support so far, and we look forward to a great event this Friday.

See you all soon,

ACCO Executive

Event details

Title: “The Blob: No Two are The Same”
Date: March 18th (Friday)

Time: 7-9pm (Doors open 6:30pm, performers come 6:30 for soundcheck)

Parking: available at the near-by West Mall Swing Space Building (2175 West Mall V6T 1Z4)

There will be free food available at this event. We strongly encourage that you bring your friends, family and fans along to support our cause. We also ask that you and your friends RSVP to our facebook event so that we will know how much food to get:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191851307522061&notif_t=event_wall#!/event.php?eid=191851307522061)

City of Vancouver partners up with RangiChangi Roots to Engage Multicultural Communities in Vancouver

15 Feb

After a year of consultations, meetings and research, Vancouver has drafted a plan to become the Greenest City in the World by 2020.  But they’re not done yet.  Working with RangiChangi Roots — a local non-profit that seeks to build bridges between multicultural communities and the green movement — the City of Vancouver hopes to engage diverse cultural groups to help shape the final Action Plan.

It’s going to take actions by people from all the different communities in Vancouver to achieve this vision.  There are many ways to help shape the final Action Plan.  Between now and the end of February 2011 you can:

Stay up to date on all the Greenest City news (including the recent unanimous City Council decision to adopt the Greenest City 2020 targets) by:

And most importantly, please help spread the word. Pass this on to your world of friends, neighbours, family and colleagues.

English Intro Video

Cantonese Intro Video

Punjabi Intro Video

Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2010 Nov 4-7

3 Nov

Welcome to November, everyone!

Take a few minutes to check out this year’s VAFF – Vancouver Asian Film Festival! The event starts tomorrow and runs until this Sunday. All films show at Tinseltown Cinemas (just steps away from the Stadium-Chinatown skytrain station!) With over 30 films neatly packaged into 16 ‘Programs’ – each program with evocative and intriguing titles like ‘Lost and Foundations’ and ‘Love Wins Out’ – you are sure to find something that catches your eye at VAFF 2010!

VAFF”s Mission Statement:

The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society (VAFF) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers to showcase their work to both Asian and non-Asian audiences. The aim of VAFF is to foster an understanding and appreciation of today’s independent North American Asian filmmakers, while providing a springboard to larger film festivals. The society endeavours to represent the often ignored North American Asians caught between two cultures. The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society will provide a cultural bridge between the Asian and non-Asian communities as well as the Asian communities themselves.

Vancouver Celebrates Diwali Festival presents: DIWALI DOWNTOWN

25 Oct

Hey everyone!

As October slowly draws to a close, ACCO wants to let you know about an exciting event called DIWALI DOWNTOWN, brought to you by the folks of the Vancouver Celebrates Diwali Festival. This main event, conveniently accessible by the Canada Line skytrain (depart at the Roundhouse stop), will feature even bigger and better activities from last year – dance, music, multimedia and theatre for the entire family! Interested in volunteering? Check out their website: www.vandiwali.ca for details. Already in its seventh year, DIWALI DOWNTOWN promises to be another successful and well attended event once again. 

 

DIWALI DOWNTOWN

A Roundhouse Partnership

Part of the Vancouver Celebrates Diwali Festival

Sun Nov 7, 12:00pm – 6:00pm

Roundhouse Community Centre

Free Event (certain activities may cost)

Info: www.vandiwali.ca

Diwali is a time to celebrate the universal light

that exists in everyone, so come “Light Your Sprit!”

at the 7th Annual Vancouver Celebrates Diwali Festival.

Our main event, Diwali Downtown showcases the best

of classical and contemporary South Asian arts & culture.

Bigger than ever this year as we take over the entire

Roundhouse, this day-long event brings dance, music,

food, crafts, comedy, film, visual arts and more all under

one roof, with plenty of new and exciting interactive

events for young and old. So come sing, create, laugh,

eat and dance with all your many friends and neighbors.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Youths raise awareness for organ transplantation in BC

18 Oct
The Youth Leadership Millennium Program, an initiative of the non-profit social service organization S.U.C.C.E.S.S.,  is a six month long program that helps foster the leadership and personal development of young people in the Lower Mainland. This year, ten participants are raising awareness for  organ transplantation in BC, especially with regards to the minority Asian population. This is a free event happening on October 23rd, starting at 1:30pm at the S.U.C.C.E.S.S.  Downtown offices at 28 West Pender Street. Event includes the group’s very own film documentary, speakers from BC Transplant, and FREE games and prizes. Don’t miss this chance to support our Asian Canadian youths volunteering for a great cause in the community!
 
Search “YLM: A New Beginning” on Facebook or email  ylm.ot.2010@gmail.com for more information. Click for the event poster: A New Beginning
 
More on the event:
 
To this day, there are many patients that are eagerly waiting for a suitable organ, but due to the lack of donors, many do not get a new opportunity at life, especially ones of the minority population. On October 23, we will host an event to raise awareness regarding the issue of organ transplant. The feature of the event is a documentary, which includes interviews with organ transplant recipients, donors and their family members, and also has a touching and realistic story of how a person goes through the process of an organ transplant. There will also be guest speakers and activity booths to answer all your organ transplant related questions. 
 
 

UBC Film Screening: CEDAR AND BAMBOO – Oct 14

11 Oct

Hi everyone! ACCO hopes you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. We also want to let you know about this cool film screening happening on campus! This FREE film screening explores the history of Chinese Canadians and First Nations in Canada through the eyes of its four main subjects, and touches on some meaningful and interesting issues of identity, alienation and acceptance.

Presented by the UBC Centre for Culture, Identity and Education (CCIE) and the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia (CCHS) with co-sponsor The Indigenous Education Society of Canada, CEDAR AND BAMBOO will be shown at the UBC First Nations Longhouse on October 14th, 2010 at 12pm NOON. Light refreshments will be provided. Hope you guys can all check it out!

This is a free screening, but RSVP is required via:
http://bit.ly/b2eBeD



HIGHLIGHTS…

* Musqueam Welcome
* Background to Cedar & Bamboo by Jean Barman
* Panel Discussion

Set throughout BC, Cedar & Bamboo explores the intercommunity histories and shared experiences of Chinese Canadians and First Nations. Directed by filmmakers Diana Leung and Kamala Todd, its central focus is on the lives of four people of mixed Indigenous and Chinese ancestry and their formation of strong and meaningful identities in spite of the difficulty of reconciling divergent identities, racist laws, the complexities of familial and ethnic acceptance and/or rejection and personal identification with and alienation from Canada and Canadianness, Chinese First Nations and Indigenous identity.

As a bonus – 1788: A History of Chinese and First Nations Relations in British Columbia, 10 minutes of academic commentary from Professors Henry Yu and Jean Barman of the University of British Columbia and Harley Wylie of Nuu-chah-nulth ancestry on the intersecting histories of First Nations and Chinese people in British Columbia.

As well, there will be a panel discussion, Separate Identities and Commingled Lives, by scholars and community activists of Aboriginals and Chinese ancestry. Moderator: Jo-ann Archibald. Panelists: Linc Kesler, Diana Leung, Hayne Wai, and Charles Menzies.

Bibliography on Chinese Canadian and First Nations: 150 years of Shared Experience: http://www.chinese-firstnations-relations.ca/

UBC Vancouver Campus
First Nations Longhouse
Sty Wet Tan (Big Hall)
1985 West Mall
Map: http://bit.ly/aiSPhB



Welcome to a New School Year!

7 Sep

Welcome to a new school year at UBC, and a new year with ACCO!  UBC Imagine Day was a great success, as it was wonderful to meet everyone at the booth today.  We will be sending out a welcome e-mail to all new mailing list subscribers shortly to orient you with all of the ACCO events coming up in the next few months.

But before then, here are just some reminders and updates about our club:

Get intimate with the exec team and learn the answers to questions you never knew you had about ACCO!  Our first general meeting takes place on September 22nd (Wednesday) in the I.K. Barber Learning Center in Room 415 from 5:30pm-6:30pm!!

You can also come visit us at our booth during UBC Club Days from September 22nd-25th (Wednesday-Friday) in the Student Union Building.  And look out for our Icebreaker event this October when all the new club members come to mingle!

You love us!  What now?!  Get involved with the exec!  We are still recruiting members for the following executive positions.  This is your chance to work with a variety of faculty members (Dr. Henry Yu in the Dept. of History, Dr. Gu Xiong in the Dept. of Art History and Visual Arts and Karen Duffek from the Museum of Anthropology) and help put together exciting events (Music Festival, Asian Canadian Week, and Art Exhibition) for the year!

  • Marketing Director
  • Marketing Committee of 2-3 people
  • New-Media Director
  • New-Media Committee of 2-3 people
  • Music Fest. Event Director
  • Music Fest. Committee of 2-3 people
  • Art Exhibition Event Director (Filled by Tina Kong)
  • Art Exhibition Committee of 2-3 people
  • A.C. Celebrations Event Director
  • A.C. Celebrations Committee of 2-3 people

Contact us at info@ubcacco.com if you are interested in filling any of the positions!  We are open to all applicants, and welcome you to ask us questions if you have any :].

We hope you have a great first few weeks at UBC, and we look forward to getting to know you this year!

- ACCO Executive Team 2010/2011

Chinatown Enchanted Evenings Concerts

31 Aug

Greetings from the new executive crew at ACCO!  We hope you all have had a restful summer.  While you may be gearing up for the start of classes in September, a great way to end the break is the Chinatown Enchanted Evenings Concerts.

Held at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden every Friday, a different musical group performs every week.  Featured music usually entails a fusion of old and new world tastes!

This Friday, the local band Plough will be playing “new-fangled old-time bluegrass” music!  Check them out at 7:30pm (doors at 7pm).

General tickets available for $20 and members for $18.  Reservations are recommended.  Call them at 604-662-3207 ext. 210 to reserve seats!

www.vancouverchinesegarden.com

Click the link below for the events poster:

Chinatown Enchanged Evenings Concerts Poster!!

Asian Canadian Indie Music Fest 2010

19 Feb

:::SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:::

We have made the following changes to the event:

1. The date has been changed — from March 5th, to Friday March 26th 2010

2. We have decided to change the venue to Thea’s Lounge in Koerner Grad Student’s House

3. Tickets will be$11 before the show and at the door, and appetizers and snacks will be provided!

THIS IS A 19+ EVENT! please bring your IDs. Alcohol can be purchased at the bar.

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Once again, we have brought back the Asian Canadian Indie Music Festival!

Come out and discover the amazing young, talented and local Asian Canadian performers of UBC and beyond! In its second year, ACCO’s Indie Music Fest is set to exceed last year’s expectations and open your eyes to the incredible diversity of up-and-coming Asian Canadian talent, featuring live performances by rock bands, singer-songwriters, acoustics crooners, traditional instrumentalists and much more. Refreshments will be served. This is ACCO’s biggest performing arts event of the year and is NOT to be missed!!!

Tickets only $11 in advance and at the door
All proceeds support Downtown Eastside Womens’ Centre

Date: Friday, March 26, 2010
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Thea’s Lounge, UBC Koerner Graduate Student building
Doors open @ 6:30pm, Show starts @ 7pm

You can get your in-advance tickets by:

1. Directly contacting any ACCO exec member (Crystal, Kristina, Anais, Jung Ah, Bard, Teresa, Lola, Brian, Jason), or
2. Emailing us at info@ubcacco.com, or
3. Dropping by our info booth on the SUB Concourse after March 5!!!

See you all there! :)

CLICK HERE for photos from last year’s music fest awsomeness!

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