David Henry Hwang’s FOB plus Panel Discussion
Saturday, February 20
3:00 p.m. Performance
5:00 p.m. Panel discussion with David Henry Hwang and original cast

Nitery Theater, above El Centro Chicano (Old Union) on the Stanford Campus

Price:  $10 per person

To reserve your seat(s), please order by Feb. 12!

AAAYA NorCal is reserving a block of ONLY 20 tickets for David Henry Hwang’s ground-breaking play FOB being staged at Stanford by the Asian American Theater Project. David Henry Hwang (Yale ‘83 MFA) is the only Asian American playwright ever to win a Tony (M. Butterfly) and has won numerous awards, including the 1980-1981 Obie Award for Best New Play with FOB. read more…

Happy Year of the Tiger!   Join us for Dim Sum at the Empress Pavillion Restaurant in Chinatown on Sat. Feb 13 at 10:30 am.  Spouses, significant others, friends, kids, grandmas all welcome!

Empress Pavillion
988 N. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 91107 US

When: Saturday, February 13, 10:30AM

R.S.V.P to: benhuang@aya.yale.edu

Dear AAAYA NorCal Members,
Happy New Year and Happy Year of the Tiger!  We had a great first year in 2009 as a formal AAAYA chapter and we plan to keep our momentum for 2010.

On January 14th, we had a chapter planning meeting in San Francisco to chart a calendar of events and programs for 2010.  We have an ambitious agenda and volunteers have already stepped up for specific events.  However, we need help.  The leadership philosophy for our chapter has been “officer light, volunteer heavy” to allow individuals to volunteer to organize an individual event or program without having a long-term commitment.  This worked well last year and we would like to continue this leadership style.  If you are interested in serving as an officer or in coordinating any of the proposed events or programs listed below in the notes, please let me know at aaayanorcal.president@aaaya.org.

Looking forward to another great year,
Harry Chang ‘84

AAAYA NorCal Planning Meeting of January 14, 2010 Notes

A Strong List of Events for the Forthcoming Year

In attendance at the planning meeting: Harry Chang, George Chen, Lotus Yee Fong, Linda Hwee, Shannon King, Ruth Kwon, Christen Lee, Robert Lee, Wayne Lew, Julie Wong.  Via conference call: Scott Bowker, Kameka Dempsey, Grant Din, Vincent Law, Jimmy Lu

2010 Calendar and Event Ideas

Presentation at the Commonwealth Club by Professor Marvin Chun on the human brain was announced and planned for January 21st with an early event reception for AAAYA and Yale Club of Silicon Valley members.

To see the additional ideas for the remainder of the year, select the read more…  link

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Volunteers at New York's Yung Wing School on Yale's Day of Service, May 16, 2009

Introduction

In last year’s AAAYA Annual Report, the first for our young organization, we reported that we were “well on the road” to accomplishing our ambitious goal of “creating a national organization that would ‘promote the civic participation, leadership and service of Asian Americans and Asians at Yale and in the broader society.’”

If we were “well on the road” at the end of 2008, then 2009 marked a year when we  gained significant momentum.  The number of programs and events for alumni, students, and our communities reached critical mass,  powered by the enthusiasm and hard work of a growing national network of volunteers united by a shared vision.

Hundreds of alumni, students, and friends came out for over twenty-five events in five metro areas. This annual report highlights the most significant of the organization’s activities and milestones of 2009.

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