Talent Wanted…

1 Feb

Hey Everyone!

ACCO is currently recruiting talented performers for our upcoming Asian Indie Music Festival which will be held in early March (between Mar 3-5)!

What kind of performers are we looking for? Well, anything and everything, really! All types of artistic expression — whether you sing, dance rap, speak, act, play or entertain, are all welcome. Last year, our music festival featured talented performances by rock bands, a Broadway troupe, rapper, dance crew, live DJ and more!

The goal of this musical evening extravaganza is to promote and celebrate emerging talented, local Asian Canadian performers. We are also using this opportunity to raise funds for the Downtown Women’s Eastside Centre.

If you are interested, or know anyone who is interested, please contact Jung Ah Won at jungahwon@hotmail.com.

Happy New Year (!!), and Asian Parents

24 Jan

Dear friends,

“Alas! A new update” you say? It definitely has been a busy few months, with exams, holiday festivities, etc etc etc. But now that we are nestled in the comfort (?) of a new semester, you can be assured that ACCO will be bringing on some awesome activities in the next few months! Please be sure to visit our page in the next few weeks for news on our upcoming events such as the Lunar New Year party, the Indie Music Festival, and our conference, the Asian-Canadian “Love-In”.

Topic of the week: Asian Parents

This video pretty much sums up my relationship with my parents during adolescence :)

What are your insights? Do the relationships with our parents mould our identities as “Asian-Canadians”?  While there are exceptions to every generalization, Asian parenting (to me) usually entails emphasis on: family values, pursuit of good education (often within the confines of “doctor/lawyer/engineer/accountant”), the importance of working hard, learning to play a musical instrument, and so on. How does our Asian family-relations affect our outlook on life within the Canadian society?

Feel free to use the “comment” feature to express your thoughts on this :)

Until next time,

Teresa
(VP Promotions)

FREE SCREENING: ACCO-VAFF Mighty Asian Moviemaking Marathon Winners

3 Nov

MAMM

This year ACCO and VAFF are co-presenting ’2008 MAMM Winners Screening’ (Mighty Asian Movie-Making Marathon)!! It will take place from 5-6:30pm in the Victoria Learning Theatre in the UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009. The screening will feature the top three winners in the Asian Canadian filmmaking contest. VAFF and ACCO executives will be in attendance, as well as up and coming directors, producers, screenwriters and actors. A panel will follow. Join us for an evening of Asian Canadian film, discussion and fun!!

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

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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

ACCO at Club Days This FRIDAY, SEPT. 25

24 Sep

Greetings new, current and prospective ACCO members,

This is Kristina here, your new VP for 2009/2010!

A new year is upon us and we would like to invite every single one of you out to our UBC Club Days booth!!

Details below:
Date: September 25th (this Friday!)
Time: 10am to 4:30pm (drop by whenever)
Place: Student Union Building (SUB), Room 215 (upstairs)

We will have our traditional big ACCO display, totally revamped for the new school year! You can’t miss it. AND there will be prizes for participation :)

This is *the* prime time to sign up for or renew your membership, and we will have execs on hand to talk to you more about our club and what we have in store this year, as well as answer any questions you may have.

Spread the word to your friends and classmates and get them over to our booth this Friday! See you all there!

Cheers,

Kristina Chang, Vice President
on behalf of all the ACCO 2009/2010 execs

PS – Don’t forget to check out our facebook group!

Schema Magazine presents PHIL YU aka AngryAsianMan.com

17 Sep

10329_581344774413_116204283_34663466_5146121_nSchema Magazine is launching a monthly series of web writing workshops and speakers, featuring some of the most pioneering, innovative and ethnic cool voices on the Internet.This month, they will feature Phil Yu, the blogger who started angryasianman.com. The details are as follows.

Phil Yu aka. AngryAsianMan.com
Wednesday September 23, 2009
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Victoria Learning Theatre
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre | University of British Columbia 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C.

It is a free event and everyone is welcome. RSVP required as seating is limited. Please visit NAAAP Vancouver to reserve a seat. Register fast as seating is limited!

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Since 2001, Phil Yu’s Asian American news/culture blog AngryAsianMan.com has risen to become one of the most-well known blogs on the net, acclaimed by the Washington Post “as a daily must-read for the media-savvy, socially conscious, pop-cultured Asian American.” Mixing humor with criticism, Phil’s commentary has been featured and quoted in stories for the Post, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, USA Today, MSNBC, Newsday, CBS News and SF Gate. On September 23rd at UBC’s Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Phil will share the inspiring story of starting one of the most influential online spaces in today’s Asian American movement, share tips on how he keeps his content accessible and relevant, and what was involved in moving AngryAsianMan.com from activism to super-blog status. To minimize the carbon footprint of this event, Phil Yu is speaking in Vancouver via video-conference from his headquarters in L.A.

Commemoration of the Day of "Peace in the Asia Pacific"

12 Aug

http://www.awwa.ca/Web/index.html

On August 15, 2009, in commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the end of WWII in Asia, the UBC Awareness for World War II Club (AWWA) will be hosting its first major event. The event will consist of a Proclamation of the Day of “Peace in the Asia-Pacific”. It will take place at UBC Robson Square Theatre (800 Robson Street) from 2:00 to 5:00 pm.

There will be a film screening of Iris Chang – The Rape of Nanking. To conclude the event, there will be a Q&A discussion with very special guests including Oliva Cheng, who played Iris Chang in the movie.

Admission is by donation but due to limited seating, please RSVP by emailing ubcawwa@gmail.com with your name, number and email.

For more information, please visit: UBC AWWA

http://www.awwa.ca/Web/index.html

Korean Heritage Festival

11 Aug

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On Saturday, August 15th, the Korean Heritage Festival will take place at Blue Mountain Park (975 King Albert Anenue, Coquitlam B.C.) from 10:30 am – 6:00 pm.

There will be performances all day ranging from the Vancouver Korean Dance Society to a martial arts demonstration by Sunhang-Do Demonstration Team. There will also be lots of food and music as well!

For more information, please visit: Korean Heritage Festival

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