Presentations from the Asian American community
Department: Asian American Studies
Date and Time: February 23, 2016 | 3:30 PM-5:00 PMEvent Location: SSH 100
Event Details
Please join us for presentations from two of the largest Asian American community organizations in Southern California. This presentation and Q&A will take place in Professor Linda Vo's Asian American Communities class.
Mary Anne Foo is founder and Executive Director of the Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance, a nonprofit community-based organization helping the Asian and Pacific Islander communities with health, policy, youth, education and community and economic development needs. She serves on numerous boards and advisory committees and has been a national trainer for Asian Pacific Islander tobacco control, cancer prevention, cultural competency and women's health care issues.
Johng Ho Song has spent his entire working career at the Koreatown Youth & Community Center (KYCC), beginning as Mental Health Community Worker in 1985 and now serving as Executive Director. KYCC is one of the nation’s largest Korean American community organizations, and it serves people of all races and ethnic backgrounds in the diverse Koreatown neighborhood. Its programs and services are directed toward recently immigrated, economically disadvantaged youth and families, and promote community socio-economic empowerment.
Event is free and open to the UCI community. For more info or to request reasonable accommodations for disability, please contact, volt@uci.edu