Job Readiness Workshops at King Library January 29, 2009
Posted by cece337 in Community, Resource.Tags: Friends of San Jose Public Library, Workforce Institute
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Job Readiness
Free workshops
Receive coaching and feedback
• Saturday, February 28 10:30 am-12:00 pm
Effective Networking
• Tuesday, March 17 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Winning Résumés
• Tuesday, March 24 6:00 pm-7:30 pm
Interview Techniques
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
Classroom 125, 1st floor
150 E. San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA 95112
Sign up early: 408-808-2397
Bus routes 63, 64, 72, 73 and 81 stop at the library
To request an accommodation or alternative format for City-sponsored meetings, events or printed materials, please call 408-808-2397 or 408-808-2130 (TTY) as soon as possible, but at least three business days before the meeting/event.
Cosponsored by:
Friends of San Jose Public Library and Workforce Institute
B Sure, B Tested, B Hep B Free! January 29, 2009
Posted by cece337 in Community, Health.Tags: Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI), Asian Liver
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AACI in partnership with Asian Liver Center provides Hepatitis B Screenings & Vaccinations here at AACI 1-2 Saturdays a month.
Info on the next screening and vaccination clinic:
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009
Time: 10 am – 1 pm (no appointment necessary)
Location: AACI, 2400 Moorpark Ave, Suite 111 (1st Floor), San Jose CA 95128
*Cash only
Both Hep A and B shots will be available at low cost!
Quick Hep B facts:
· 1 in 10 foreign born Asian Pacific Islanders (API) are chronically infected
· Most people with chronic Hep B have no symptoms
· Without treatment or monitoring, 1 in 4 persons with chronic Hep B will die of liver cancer, cirrhosis or liver failure
Hep B continues to be a serious chronic illness in the Asian/Asian American community. Please tell your family, friends, and networks!
B Sure, B Tested, B Hep B Free!
Report on Hotel Workers’ Working Conditions January 22, 2009
Posted by cece337 in Community, Event.Tags: Rising Together, UNITE HERE! Local 19
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Hotel Workers Rising and Rising Together — the community alliance of hotel workers and community organizations will be publishing a report this March — titled Invisible No Longer — on the working conditions at the non-union Hyatt Santa Clara, based on the community hearing held last November in Santa Clara.
We want this report to be as effective as possible in communicating our message to the community. We invite you to preview a draft of the report and discuss your thoughts on the draft, as well as how we can best use the report to reach out to the community.
We are hosting the discussion on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 6 p.m. at the Local 19 office at 2302 Zanker Rd, San Jose. Food will be provided. Please RSVP!
Your ideas will be very important for us and for the Hyatt Santa Clara workers.
Thanks,
Calvin Miaw
and
Rising Together:
AFSCME Local 101, Affordable Housing Network, Billy DeFrank Center, CHAM, Coalition of Concerned Citizens and Organizations, Comite Cesar Chavez, San Jose Peace and Justice Center, Silicon Valley DeBug, Student Advocates for Higher Education at SJSU, The Interfaith Council, UNITE HERE! Local 19
Small Business Loan Application Event January 15, 2009
Posted by cece337 in Community, Resource.Tags: Opportunity Fund
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Looking to Start Your Business in the New Year?
Apply for a $1,000-$10,000 Loan*
*Opportunity Fund loans range from $1,000-$200,000
WHO: Opportunity Fund
WHEN: Wednesday, January 21st, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
WHERE:
Gecko Grill
855 N. 13th St.
San Jose, CA 95112
•Speak one-on-one with a loan consultant
•Fill-out and submit a loan application
•Network with other business owners
•Snacks and refreshments
•Opportunity Fund is a non-profit lender providing small-business loans to low-income entrepreneurs in the Bay Area.
Call to RSVP: Robert 408-512-2225
LISTEN TO THE SILENCE: 13th Annual Asian American Issues Conference January 5, 2009
Posted by tamon527 in Community, Conference, Event.Tags: Asian American, Conference, Stanford
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Turn on, Tune it, Take Charge!
13th Annual Asian American Issues Conference
Sponsored by Asian American Students’ Association (AASA)
Saturday January 24th, 2009
Click here to register for LTS 2009!
Registration is free and food will be provided.
“Listen to the Silence” is Stanford’s annual Asian American community issues conference organized by the Asian American Students’ Association (AASA). “Listen to the Silence” started in 1995 out of the need to increase visibility of Asian American issues and to educate both those in and outside of the community about the real conditions of the Asian American community. The conference goals have since expanded to include the empowerment of Asian American students to take direct action to improve their communities and work towards social justice. This year marks the 13th Anniversary of “Listen to the Silence,” which will be held on Saturday, January 24th, 2009.
The event attracts hundreds of local high school students, college students from around the nation, and community activists throughout California. The conference will consist of a series of workshops aimed at educating participants on community issues, building organizing skills, and facilitating connections between activists and students to fight for progressive social change.
Each year “Listen to the Silence” is followed by an exciting evening concert featuring Asian American hip-hop, spoken word, and other talented artists. We prioritize bringing Asian American performers to “Listen to the Silence” because we believe that those from the community—those directly affected—are best able to express the experiences and conditions of Asian America. These artists stand in solidarity with the vision of this conference and believe that Asian Americans must get active in the Movement for social change. Our voices need and must be heard.
Past performers include Berkeley’s TheaterRice, Karmacy, Jupitersciples, Bao Phi, Paul Kim, Golda Supanova, and Kiwi and Bambu of Native Guns, among others.
