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KQED Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Program and Resource Guide • May 2010
Programs
KQED Public Television proudly
celebrates the diversity of our
community with a special lineup
in May on KQED Channel 9 and
and HD (the high-definition
channel, Comcast 709, digital 9.1).
This guide also lists programs
airing on the following digital
channels, which are available to
viewers on Comcast digital cable
and/or via a digital receiver:
Life (Comcast 189, 54.3) and From Mao to the Met with Hao Jiang Tian Photo: Ming Hsiung.
World (Comcast 190, 9.3).
Some of these programs repeat
Saturday 1 EVE NIN G
7:00pm Life | Global Voices Circus School. | RR 5/1
additional times on these channels. mo r nin g
6pm | R (Life) 5/16 1am
Visit kqed.org/dtv for the complete 10:00am KQED 9HD | Simply Ming | H |
8:00pm KQED 9HD | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of
digital program schedule. Panko/Dijon Mustard.
Fire films unbelievable scenes of the world’s
after noon most active volcano, Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big
2:30pm Life | Travelscope Madhya Pradesh, India— Island. | R (9/HD) 5/3 2am, 5/9 11am; (World)
pro gr a mmi ng symbo ls
The Heart of India discovers the capital of 5/8 9pm, 5/9 3am
q This program is a KQED Delhi, the ancient temples of Khajuraho, rural 9:30pm World | American Experience My Lai.
production or presentation. villages, and palace ruins. Vietnamese survivors and U.S. soldiers
H This program is airing on KQED for 5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge discuss the 1968 My Lai massacre and its
the first time. subsequent cover-up.
India—Varanasi to Bandhavgarh visits India’s
P This broadcast will be interrupted holiest river towns and the largest religious 11:00pm KQED 9HD | Global Voices Shaolin Ulysses:
by pledge intermissions. gathering on the planet. | R (Life) 5/16 2:30 Kungfu Monks in America chronicles the
R This program will be repeated on 5:00pm World | Insular Empire: America in the adventures of a group of fighting monks as
the date noted. they visit New York City and Las Vegas. | R
Mariana Islands looks at these small
RR This program is a repeat. See islands, where the U.S. military is planning (9/HD) 5/3 3am
noted date and time of original a massive buildup with no input from
broadcast for program description.
the people.
Monday 3
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Global Voices Circus School
m ornin g
Programs are subject to change. follows a group of children training to be
For the latest information, call acrobats in China. | R (Life) 5/2 7pm, 5/3 1am 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
415.553.2215 or view our listings Stamp Collecting, China. Look at the history
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at www.kqed.org. For a list of of stamp collecting and visit China, where
11:10 KQED 9HD | Shangri-La profiles the Hunan stamp collecting is greatly encouraged.
changes only, visit www.kqed.org/ Dance Company. | R (9/HD) 5/2 5:10am
tvchanges. If you are recording a 9:30am Life | Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with
program, please allow five minutes Rudy Maxa New Zealand’s South Island
for early starts and late finishes. Sunday 2 weaves Kiwi culture with scenic splendor.
Rudy visits vineyards and gets a crash
after noon
course in Maori bone carving.
1:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens The Cats of
Mirikitani is an intimate exploration of the
lingering wounds of war and the healing Tuesday 4
powers of friendship and art. m ornin g
Cover: Independent Lens: A Village Called
Versailles airs on KQED 9HD on Tuesday,
2:00pm KQED 9HD | Sikhs in America explores the 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
May 25, at 11pm. (See program listing on family, economic, and work lives of Northern Taiwan, a Sense of Place, Part 1 of 2. People
page 6 for additional repeat dates and times.) California’s Sikh community. who have come to the United States from
Photo: Father Luke Nguyen (center) and 2:30pm KQED 9HD | My Name Is Belle gives Taiwan describe why they immigrated and
Versailles youth celebrate victory at the Chef a snapshot of the immigrant experience what they have accomplished.
Menteur Landfill protest, 2006. Credit: Yoojin through the eyes of a 7-year-old child
Janice Lee/ITVS.
9:30am Life | Smart Travels: Pacific Rim with
from Taiwan. Rudy Maxa New Zealand’s North Island.
Rudy kayaks along the North Island’s most
glorious coastline, visits local towns,
and sees where local tribes signed a
controversial treaty with European settlers.E V ENIN G
Friday 7 Sunday 9
10:30pm Life | Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie
mo r nin g after noon
Hawaii’s Big Island: Food Lover’s Paradise
discovers the ways in which Hawaii has 7:00am World | History Detectives Doc Holliday’s 1:30pm KQED 9HD | American Masters Hollywood
developed into a unique melting pot of Watch/Civil War Female Soldiers/Japanese Chinese examines how Chinese people have
flavors from around the world. Internment Camp Artwork investigates a set contributed to and been portrayed in the
of postcard-sized paintings that may have American film industry. | R (Life) 5/10 9:30pm,
been painted in an internment camp 5/11 3:30am
Wednesday 5 in California.
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mo rn i ng 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
7:00pm Life | Seeking Art in Shanghai surveys the
Taiwan. Visit the most important temples and
8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions booming contemporary art scene in China’s
discover the secrets of getting the best flavor
Taiwan, a Sense of Place, Part 2 of 2. In most populous and cosmopolitan city
when making tea.
this episode, a Yankees pitcher, a forensic through the eyes of two American
scientist and an AIDS researcher discuss 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Delhi and Agra, gallery owners.
their accomplishments as immigrants India explores northern India’s colorful
8:00pm Life | 12 Girls Band: Live from Shanghai
from Taiwan. mosaic of urban and rural life.
China’s foremost world music ensemble
10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure Sea Kayaking EVE NIN G performs beneath the famous Pearl Tower.
in Southern Thailand explores the dazzling
7:00pm Life | Secrets of Shangri-La | RR (KQED 9/ 9:00pm Life | A Moment in Time | RR (KQED 9/HD)
caves, coves, and inland lagoons of Phang
HD) 5/6 8pm | R (9/HD) 5/9 7pm, 5/10 1am; 5/8 7pm | R (Life) 5/10 3am
Na Bay.
(Life) 5/8 1am
10:00pm Life | Black Grace: From Cannon’s Creek
E V ENING
8:00pm Life | Lost Cave Temples | RR (KQED 9/HD) to Jacob’s Pillow profiles a troupe of Maori
7:30pm KQED 9HD | Spark | q | Up from the Street 5/6 9pm | R (Life) 5/6 9pm and Pacific Islander men who rose to the
features artists whose work emanates from pinnacle of the international dance world.
9:00pm Life | In the Footsteps of Marco Polo. | RR
the street. Tommy Guerrero channels skate
(KQED/9HD) 5/6 10pm | R (Life) 5/8 3am 11:00pm KQED 9HD | Globe Trekker | H | Indonesia:
culture through his music and visual art work;
Java and Sumatra explores two of the 11,000
graffiti artist and self-described bad boy
islands in the Indonesian archipelago. | R
David Choe has moved from the streets of Saturday 8 (9/HD) 5/10 5am; (World) 5/10 9am & noon,
LA and San Jose into museums and galleries
mo r nin g 5/12 7am & 10am
worldwide. And experience the four-wheeled
interactive art work Wowhaus. | R (9/HD) 5/6 10:00am KQED 9HD | Simply Ming | H | 11:00pm Life | Great Museums: China: West
1:30am, 5/7 11:30pm, 5/8 5:30am; (Life) 5/8 Organic Soy Sauce/Preserved Lemons. Meets East takes a look at 40 centuries of
2pm, 5/9 5:30pm Chinese art on display at the Metropolitan
after noon
Museum of Art in New York.
11:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens | H | 2:00pm Life | Spark | q | Up from the Street | RR (KQED
Wings of Defeat. What were the Japanese 9/HD) 5/5 7:30pm | R (Life) 5/9 5:30pm
Kamikazes thinking just before crashing
4:00pm World | P.O.V. Campaign. This startling look
Monday 10
into their targets? When Risa Morimoto
at Japanese politics follows a man with no m ornin g
discovered that her beloved uncle trained as
experience who runs for city council. 9:00am World | Globe Trekker Indonesia: Java
a Kamikaze pilot in his youth, she wondered
the same thing. Through rare interviews with 5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge and Sumatra. | RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/9 11pm
surviving Kamikaze pilots, Morimoto retraces The Kingdom of Bhutan. Art discovers | R ((World) 5/10 noon, 5/12 7am & 10am
their journeys from teenagers to doomed mountainside monasteries, sacred festivals,
pilots and reveals a complex history of brutal and chanting monks in a spiritual nation.
9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Rajasthan.
training and ambivalent sacrifice. | R (9/HD) 5:00pm World | A Necessary Journey Binh Rybacki Rudy visits temples, palaces, backstreets,
5/6 5am; (Life) 5/6 10pm, 5/7 4am fled Vietnam in 1975 during the fall of Saigon and the countryside.
and moved to Colorado. She reluctantly
EVE NIN G
Thursday 6 returned in 1993, and found a country very
different from the one she left. 9:30pm Life | American Masters Hollywood
E V ENING Chinese. | RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/9 1:30pm
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Dreaming of Tibet follows the
8:00pm KQED 9HD | Secrets of Shangri-La arduous journeys of refugees from Tibet into
Explorers and archaeologists climb into
unexplored caves in the high Himalayas.
exile over a 19,000-foot Himalayan pass.
Tuesday 11
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| R (9/HD) 5/7 2am, 5/9 7pm, 5/10 1am; m ornin g
(Life) 5/7 7pm, 5/8 1am 7:00pm KQED 9HD | A Moment in Time | H |
8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
Directed by Academy Award winner Ruby
9:00pm KQED 9HD | Lost Cave Temples Taipei. Visit the city’s night market and the
Yang, this documentary harkens back to a
Climbers uncover ancient cave temples in traditional shops. Then get a riverside seat
time when movie houses in San Francisco’s
the Himalayas. | R (9/HD) 5/7 3am, 5/9 6pm; for dragon boat races.
Chinatown crystallized the memories,
(Life) 5/7 8pm, 5/8 2am after noon
beliefs, and aspirations of Chinese immigrant
10:00pm KQED 9HD | In the Footsteps of Marco families. | R (9/HD) 5/9 1am; (Life) 5/9 9pm, 2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold
Polo. A photographer and a former Marine 5/10 3am Little Tokyo looks at the history of the
retrace Polo’s 25,000-mile path from Venice Japanese American community in downtown
9:00pm World | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire | RR
to China and back. | R (9/HD) 5/7 4am; (Life) Los Angeles.
(KQED/9HD) 5/2 8pm; | R (World) 5/9 3am
5/7 9pm, 5/8 3am
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10:00pm Life | Independent Lens Wings of Defeat.
11:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens | H | The
| RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/5 11pm | R (Life) 5/7 4am
Horse Boy. A family journeys halfway across
the world in search of a miracle to heal their
autistic son. | R (9/HD) 5/12 5am; (Life) 5/12
10pm, 5/13 4am
3Wednesday 12 Saturday 15 after noon
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold | H | Hmong.
mo rn i ng mo r nin g
In this episode, we visit two small farms run
10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure Rafting 8:30am KQED 9HD | Gourmet’s Adventures with by Hmong families, who are growing some
India’s Sacred Ganges descends through Ruth The Tamarind School, Laos focuses on of the most interesting and unusual produce
thrilling rapids and passes farms, villages, the cuisine of Laos. in California.
and temples.
10:00am KQED 9HD | Simply Ming | H |
a ftern o o n Organic Teriyaki/Cream.
Tuesday 18
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold Angel Island after noon
m ornin g
examines the island’s history as an immigrant
2:00pm Life | Spark | q | World Premieres.
detention center from 1910 to 1940. 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions
| RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/12 7:30pm | R (Life)
The New Hong King. Explore, shop, and eat
5/16 5:30pm
in this fascinating city of contrasts.
E V ENING 2:30pm Life | Travelscope Thailand—Islands and
after noon
Festivals focuses on the Loy Krathong festival
7:30pm KQED 9HD | Spark | q | World Premieres
in Chiang Mai, which features fireworks and 2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold | H | Pacific
witnesses the agony and the ecstasy of
5,000 floating paper lanterns. Asia Museum visits the Pasadena museum.
presenting new works. Hear Kent Nagano
and the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra’s 5:00pm World | Global Voices Anatomy of a
premiere of Naomi Sekiya’s unusual concerto Springroll. A man searches for an ingredient
Wednesday 19
for double guitar. Also meet John O’Keefe, that will blend his traditional culture with his
Robert Moses’ Kin, and poets from Youth adopted American life. m ornin g
Speaks. | R (9/HD) 5/13 1:30am, 5/14 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure A Camel
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Nova Secrets of the Samurai
11:30pm, 5/15 5:30am; (Life) 5/15 2pm, Safair in the Thar Desert ventures into one of
Sword reveals the art and science of making
5/16 5:30pm the world’s harshest environments to camp
the perfect sword.
10:00pm Life | Independent Lens The Horse Boy. on the dunes and meet the tribal people that
| RR (KQED/9HD) 5/11 11pm | R (Life) make the desert their home.
5/13 4am
Sunday 16 after noon
after noon
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold Manzanar
Thursday 13 2:30pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge uncovers the Japanese internment camp’s
India—Varanasi to Bandhavgarh. | RR (Life) complex history.
mo rn i ng 5/1 5pm
EVE NIN G
9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Bangkok, EVE NIN G
Thailand. Rudy visits the city’s back streets, 7:30pm KQED 9HD | Spark | q | FYCO, McCormick,
7:00pm Life | Independent Lens Na Kamalei: The and Guerrero profiles the Firebird Youth
residential klongs, and legendary food carts
Men of Hula. The only all-male hula school Chinese Orchestra, Daniel McCormick, and
and markets.
in Hawaii prepares to compete at the world’s Jaime Guerrero. | HD | R (9/HD) 5/20 1:30am,
10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure Kauai— largest hula festival. 5/21 11:30pm, 5/22 5:30am; (Life) 5/22 2pm,
Hawaii’s Garden Isle explores the
7:00pm World | The Hidden Dream | H | recounts 5/23 5:30pm
magnificent Na Pali coast.
the Filipino experience in America since the 10:00pm Life | Independent Lens | H | Project
a ftern o o n Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. Kashmir. American women, one Muslim, one
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold | Guadalupe. 10:30pm Life | Independent Lens How Is Your Fish Hindu, take cameras to Kashmir. | RR (9/HD)
Meet descendants of Filipino families who Today? Screenwriter Hui Rao has writer’s 5/19 11pm, 5:20 5am; (Life) 5/20 4am
have been living and working in the Santa block and begins to live the life of the 11:00pm KQED 9HD | Independent Lens Project
Maria Valley for generations. character he’s trying to create. Kashmir. | RR (Life) 10pm | R (9/HD) 5/20 5am;
E V ENING 11:00pm KQED 9HD | Globe Trekker | H | Pacific (Life) 5/20 4am
11:00pm KQED 9HD | Dabbawallas Every day, Islands: Fiji, Vanuatu, and Solomon visits the
4,000 boxpersons deliver 100,000 lunches in Pacific Islands, participating in a local tribe’s
Kava-drinking ceremony and going diving
Thursday 20
Bombay, India, without the aid of technology.
| R (9/HD) 5/14 5am; (Life) 5/14 10pm, for shipwrecks. | R (9/HD) 5/17 5am; (World) after noon
5/15 4am 5/17 9am & noon, 5/19 7am & 10am 2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold California/
China Connection highlights artifacts and
locations that shed light on the lesser-known
Friday 14 Monday 17 connections between California and China.
mo rn i ng mo r nin g
7:00am World | History Detectives 8:30am Life | Burt Wolfe: Taste of Freedom Friday 21
Ventriloquist Dummy/Witch’s House/Poems. Chinese New Year explores how Chinese
m ornin g
One investigation looks into poems written Americans celebrate this holiday.
on the walls of Angel Island by Chinese 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure The Forts and
9:00am World | Globe Trekker Pacific Islands:
immigrants seeking entry to California. Palaces of Rajasthan travels on horseback
Fiji, Vanuatu, and Solomon. | RR (KQED
through the ruins of an ancient fortress and
9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Golden 9/HD) 5/16 11pm | R (World) noon, 5/19
visits a Maharana’s lavish palace.
Triangle. Rudy visits an elephant orphanage, 7am & 10am
takes mahout lessons, explores villages, and 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand,
meets Buddhist monks. Andaman Islands. Dramatic limestone cliffs Saturday 22
E V ENING and rock formations jut from the translucent m ornin g
waters of Phang-nga Bay.
10:00pm Life | Dabbawallas | RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/13 8:30am KQED 9HD | Gourmet’s Adventures with
11pm | R (Life) 5/15 4am Ruth The Yangshuo School, China. Canton,
Hunan, and Vietnamese culinary traditions
are fused in this beautiful southern province.
410:00am KQED 9HD |Simply Ming | H | Maitake
Mushrooms/Worcestershire Sauce.
1:00pm KQED 9HD | From Mao to the Met with
Hao Jiang Tian | H | The Chinese-born
Asian Pacific American
a ftern o o n
opera singer discusses his journey and Heritage Month
performs. | R (Life) 5/24 7pm, 5/25 1am
2:00pm Life | Spark | q | FYCO, McCormick, and
2:00pm KQED 9HD | Global Voices Sumo East and
Programming
Guerrero.| RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/19 7:30pm | R
(Life) 5/23 5:30pm
West looks at the past, present, and future KQED Public Radio
of sumo.
4:00pm World | Kung Fu Journey to the East
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Globe Trekker | H | Nepal visits
88.5 FM San Francisco
explores the world of martial arts in China
through the eyes of two American Kung Fu
the bustling city and remote regions of the 89.3 FM Sacramento
country. | R (World) 5/24 9am & noon, 5/26
students.
7am & 10am
5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
EVE NIN G
Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu. Art discovers
red-crested cranes, Mount Fuji, and Koyosan 7:00pm Life | Transformation: Building the Rubin
and takes a dip in Nagano’s hot springs. Museum of Art chronicles the creation of a
New York City museum dedicated to the art
5:00pm World | Little Manila: Filipinos in
of the Himalayas. Kawthoolei
California’s Heartland Little Manila was Thursday, May 6, at 8pm
once a bustling area in downtown Stockton 7:30pm Life | Independent Lens American Made.
and home to a large number of Filipino A son accuses his Sikh American father of Along the Thai-Burma border,
immigrants coming to the United States. looking like a terrorist. meet the women peace activists
5:30pm World | Forsaken Fields honors the 8:00pm World | China from the Inside | q | Power working in the midst of the world’s
Japanese Americans who helped build and the People examines how China is longest-running civil war.
California agriculture and explores the dealing with corruption, rural unrest, and In the Karen language,
racism and intolerance that gripped the ideological by-products of capitalism. Kawthoolei is the name of a
United States during World War II. mythical homeland in eastern
9:00pm Life | Interpreting Ancient Chinese
Burma (Myanmar). The Karen
6:00pm KQED 9HD | Richard Bangs’ Adventures Fashion San Francisco fashion
people have been struggling for
with Purpose | H | Assam India: Quest for designers Jude Gabbard and Colleen Quen
control of this land for nearly 60
the One-Horned Rhinoceros. Renowned seek inspiration by visiting China.
years. This conflict between the
adventurer Richard Bangs treks through the
9:00pm World | China from the Inside | q | Women Burmese military regime and the
remote state of Assam in India—a region of
of the Country looks at the opportunities and Karen National Union is now
rushing rivers, strapping monsoons, vast
pace of change for women in China’s cities considered the world’s longest-
expanses of unspoiled land, and a
and women in rural China. running civil war. There are
staggering array of wildlife.
10:00pm Life | Indique: Untold Stories of numerous reports of ethnic
Contemporary India Contemporary India cleansing, and hundreds of
Sunday 23 Travel Special embarks on a journey to discover thousands of Burmese and ethnic
unique stories of India. refugees have flooded western
a ftern o o n
Thailand, yet this conflict is often
11:00pm KQED 9HD | Indique: Untold Stories of
noon KQED 9HD | American Masters I.M. Pei: overlooked by the Western media.
Contemporary India Bollywood Calling!
Building China Modern chronicles the Produced along the Thai-
Learn how to “scrum” in the mud with the
realization of Pei’s lifelong dream and his Burma border in the refugee camps,
Indian National Rugby Team and movie
biggest challenge: designing a museum to medical clinics, and rebel military
sensation Rahul Bose. | R (9/HD) 5/24 5am
house the antiquities of Suzhou. bases, Kawthoolei attempts to
demystify the complicated history
of Burma’s ethnic groups while
Independent Lens: Project Kashmir Photo: Dishoom Pictures.
focusing on Karen women activists
working for non-violent solutions.
This documentary from Outer Voices
features interviews with Nobel Prize
nominees Zipporah Sein and Dr.
Cynthia Maung, as well as several
other women activists, observers,
humanitarian workers,
and refugees.
5Independent Lens: Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula. Photo: Frank Among/ITVS . Independent Lens: Wings of Defeat Photo: Public domain/ITVS.
11:00pm Life | Mighty Warriors of Comedy
Hailed as one of the most devastatingly
EVE NIN G
Friday 28
11:00pmKQED 9HD | Independent Lens | H |
funny comedy troupes of the past decade, m ornin g
A Village Called Versailles. A Vietnamese
the 18 Mighty Mountain Warriors is an 7:00am World | History Detectives Red Hand Flag/
community in New Orleans fights against the
audacious Asian American sketch comedy Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong.
opening of a toxic landfill after Katrina. | R
group from San Francisco. Was there a Tong operating inside Isleton,
(9/HD) 5/26 5am; (Life) 5/26 10pm, 5/27 4am
California’s once-booming Chinatown?
Monday 24 Wednesday 26
mo rn i ng Saturday 29
after noon
9:00am World | Globe Trekker | H | Nepal. | RR after noon
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold Songbird of
(9/HD) 5/23 6pm | R (World) noon, 5/26 3:00pm World | Most Honorable Son profiles
Manzanar features Mary Kageyama Nomura,
7am & 10am Nebraska farmer Ben Kuroki, who became
known as the “Songbird of Manzanar.”
9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Tokyo, Japan. A the first Japanese American war hero and
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marriage of high tech and age-old customs spoke out against racism.
makes this city a fascinating destination. 7:30pm KQED 9HD | Spark | q | Chitresh Das Dance
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Company, Mark Jackson, Midori. Learn
a ftern o o n 8:00pm World | Globe Trekker Mongolia. | RR (KQED
kathak, an ancient Indian dance form, from
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold San Luis master Pandit Chitresh Das. Go behind the 9/HD) 5/26 11pm | R (World) 5/30 2am, 5/31
Obispo Chinatown uncovers the history of scenes with director and playwright Mark 9am & 12pm
early Chinese pioneers in California. Jackson. And meet violinist Midori for a
E V ENING one-night appearance at San Francisco
Performances. | HD | R (9/HD) 5/27 1:30am,
Sunday 30
7:00pm Life | From Mao to the Met with Hao 5/28 11:30pm, 5/29 5:30am EA RLY
Jiang Tian | RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/23 1pm | R
10:00pmLife | Independent Lens A Village Called mid KQED 9HD | Bhutan—Taking the Middle
(Life) 5/25 1am
Versailles. | RR (KQED 9/HD) 5/25 11pm | R Path to Happiness The Himalayan
(Life) 5/27 4am; kingdom is committed to environmental and
Tuesday 25 11:00pm KQED 9HD | Globe Trekker | H | Mongolia
cultural preservation and honest governance.
mo rn i ng travels through the varied landscapes of EVE NIN G
the country, from Ulaan Bataar to the Gobi 8:00pm World | China from the Inside | q | Shifting
9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Kyoto, Japan.
Desert. | R (9/HD) 5/27 5am; (Life) 5/27 Nature explores the country’s plan to reroute
The spiritual heart of Japan offers tiny streets
10pm, 5/28 4am; (World) 5/29 8pm, 5/30 the Yellow River.
with wooden homes, impressive temples,
2am, 5/31 9am & noon
and gardens. 9:00pm World | China from the Inside | q |
a ftern o o n Freedom and Justice is an exploration of
2:00pm KQED 9HD | California’s Gold | Little
Thursday 27 the interlocking conflict between individual
personal freedom and governance.
Manila. Huell Howser travels to Stockton’s EVE NIN G
Little Manila neighborhood. 10:00pm World | Frontline Young and Restless in
10:00pm Life | Globe Trekker Mongolia. | RR (KQED China. Young Chinese scramble to keep
9/HD) 5/26 11pm | R (Life) 5/28 4am; (World) pace with their rapidly changing society.
5/29 8pm, 5/30 2am, 5/31 9am & 12pm
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Asian immigrant women workers to
send an e-mail to heritage@ stimulate positive changes in their library and a telemedicine center.
kqed.org. workplace, communities, and broader
society through education, leadership Charity Cultural Services Center
development, and collective action. 415.989.8224;
www.ccschelpinghand.20M.com
Asian Inc. Aims to help children, youth, and adults
415.928.5910; www.asianinc.org prepare for a better future through
Works to strengthen Asian American education, employment training, and
communities in Northern California and other essential services promoting
to assist in their physical, economic, personal and economic self-sufficiency.
and social development. Services
include home-buying services for Chinatown Community
low-income families and assisting Development Center
in the development and growth of 415.984.1450; www.chinatowncdc.org
disadvantaged small businesses. Acts as neighborhood advocate for
and as organizer, planner, developer
Asian Law Caucus and manager of affordable housing.
415.896.1701; Based in San Francisco’s Chinatown,
www.asianlawcaucus.org but also serves other San Francisco
The nation’s oldest legal and civil neighborhoods.
rights organization serving low-income
Asian Pacific American communities; Chinese American Citizens
provides technical assistance and Alliance
legal representation to victims of hate www.cacanational.org
crimes and discrimination and works www.cacasf.org (S.F. chapter)
with targeted communities to build The oldest civil rights organization in
awareness about issues. the Asian community; works to secure
equal rights and opportunities for all
Asian Neighborhood Design Americans; the San Francisco chapter
415.575.0423; www.andnet.org is the largest local lodge.
Provides housing and community
development for low-income Chinese for Affirmative Action
multicultural communities; services 415.274.6750; www.caasf.org
include architecture and planning, Defends and promotes the civil and
construction management, family political rights of Chinese and Asian
and youth self-sufficiency programs, Americans within the context of and
employment training, and job creation. in the interest of advancing multiracial
democracy in the United States.
Asian Pacific Environmental
Network Chinese Newcomers Service
510.834.8920; www.apen4ej.org Center
Seeks to empower low-income 415.421.2111;
Asian Pacific Islander communities www.chinesenewcomers.org
to achieve environmental and social Provides multilingual social services,
justice. Strives to build grassroots acculturation/adjustment support,
organizations that will improve information, referrals, job preparation
our communities. workshops, free food, and job
placement assistance to Chinese
Asian Pacific Islander Legal immigrant families.
Outreach
415.567.6255, 510.251.2846; Chinese Progressive Association
www.apilegaloutreach.org 415.391.6986; www.cpasf.org
Provides services in many languages A grassroots, membership-based
for Asian and Pacific Islander organization that helps educate and
communities. Offers attorney organize low-income and working-class
representation, consultation, Chinese immigrants to help improve
educational workshops, prevention their living and working conditions
activities, and training. and build collective power with other
oppressed communities.
7Consulate General of Japan Nobiru-Kai, Japanese Newcomers Asian Art Museum Japanese Cultural and Community
415.777.3533 Services 415.581.3500 | www.asianart.org Center of Northern California
www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ www.nobirukai.org One of the largest museums in the 415.567.5505 | www.jcccnc.org
Promotes a better understanding of Provides bilingual/bicultural social, Western world devoted exclusively Seeks to be a repository of Japanese
Japan and the Japanese culture by educational, medical, and legal to Asian art. Leads a diverse global American ancestry, cultural heritage,
providing a wide range of educational services to Japanese newcomers. audience in discovering the unique histories, and traditions. Strives to meet
services and programs to the public. aesthetic, intellectual, and material the evolving needs of the Japanese
Refugee Transitions achievements of Asian art and culture. American community through
Crosscultural Community Services 415.989.2151 | www.reftrans.org educational, cultural, recreational,
Center Assists refugee and immigrant families Asian Pacific Islander Cultural and social programs.
408.223.6628 | www.ccscusa.org in becoming self-sufficient by providing Center
Offers a variety of educational services, services that help them attain the life, 415.829.9467 Kearny Street Workshop
primarily for at-risk youth and recent job, academic, and English-language www.apiculturalcenter.org 415.503.0520 | www.kearnystreet.org
immigrants, to the various cultural skills they need to succeed in their Supports and nurtures the artistic Promotes art that enriches and
groups in the Santa Clara Valley. new communities. endeavors of the Asian Pacific empowers Asian American
Islander community in the Bay Area. communities. Provides a base for
Gay Asian Pacific Alliance Samoan Community Development Collaborates on, sponsors, and artists to connect to their roots and
www.gapa.org Center produces performances and art events; community; encourages new forms
Dedicated to furthering the interests 415.841.1086 | www.samoancenter.org provides multidisciplinary art resources of expression and focuses on art as a
of gay and bisexual Asians and Pacific Strives to improve the quality of life for the community. bridge to cultural understanding.
Islanders by developing a positive for Samoans and Pacific Islanders
collective identity and establishing through self-help, economic self- Center for Asian American Media Locus Arts
a supportive community. sufficiency, community solidarity, and 415.863.0814 www.locusarts.org
the preservation of cultural customs www.asianamericanmedia.org An all-volunteer organization of
Japan Society of Northern and traditions. A nonprofit organization dedicated Asian American artists and arts
California to presenting stories that convey the supporters dedicated to promoting
415.986.4383 www.usajapan.org Southeast Asian Community richness and diversity of the Asian Asian Pacific American consciousness
Strengthens cooperation and Center Pacific American experience to the and community through the arts.
understanding between the peoples 415.885.2743 broadest audience possible. Funds, Showcases music, theater, and
of the United States and Japan A nonprofit, multiethnic, multiservice produces, distributes, and exhibits performing, literary, and visual arts.
with programs that help to expand organization dedicated to helping films, television, and digital programs.
knowledge, increase personal Southeast Asians integrate into Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu
interaction, and facilitate discussion of American society while cultivating their Chinese Culture Center of 415.647.3040 | www.naleihulu.org
important issues. native languages, values, and identities. San Francisco A dynamic Hawaiian dance company
Provides health-care, resettlement, and 415.986.1822 | www.c-c-c.org that features a rich blend of traditional
Japanese American Citizens economic development services. A major community-based nonprofit and contemporary forms of hula;
League organization that aims to foster the committed to the preservation of and
415.921.5225 (national office) Tibetan Aid Project understanding and appreciation of education about the Hawaiian culture
415.345.1075 (regional office) 510.848.4238 Chinese and Chinese American art, through hula.
www.jacl.org 800.338.4238 history, and culture in the United States.
Secures and maintains the civil rights www.tibetanaidproject.org National Japanese American
of Japanese Americans subjected to Provides information on Tibetan Chinese Historical Society of Historical Society
injustice. Promotes cultural values and Buddhism, Tibetan history, and the America 415.921.5007 | www.njahs.org
preserves the heritage and legacy of political situation in Tibet, plus links to 415.391.1188 | www.chsa.org A nonprofit, membership-supported
the Japanese American community. other Tibet-related organizations. Offers Fosters an understanding of organization dedicated to the
general assistance to monastic centers, the Chinese experience in the collection, preservation, authentic
Japantown Task Force Inc. monks, and nuns. United States through research, interpretation, and sharing of historical
415.346.1239 documentation, interpretation, and information of the Japanese American
www.japantowntaskforce.org Vietnamese American Council education. Produces programs, events, experience for the diverse broader
A nonprofit organization focused on 408.315.8472; www.viet-nam.org and publications, including the annual national community.
the planning, economic development, Promotes the social, economic, journal Chinese America: History and
and preservation of San Francisco’s and cultural advancement of the Perspectives. Nikkei Matsuri
Japantown. Vietnamese American community www.nikkeimatsuri.org
while maintaining Vietnamese cultural Emeryville Taiko Sponsors an annual cultural arts
Korean Community Center of the heritage. Assists low-income youth 510.654.6415 | www.etaiko.org festival in San Jose—a celebration by
East Bay and adults and the elderly. Offers traditional Japanese drumming the Japanese American community to
510.547.2662 | www.kcceb.org classes for children and adults. Home show their pride and share their culture.
Works to promote citizenship and ARTS of the high-energy taiko performing
civic involvement within the Korean group that thrills audiences in the Northern California Cherry
community and beyond through Asian American Theater Company Bay Area and beyond. Blossom Festival
immigration services, education, www.asianamericantheater.org 415.563.2313 | www.nccbf.org
advocacy, and the development of Inspires, develops, and presents Asian Himalayan Fair This great display of Japanese cultural
community-based resources. Pacific American stories. Produces and 510.869.3995 | www.himalayanfair.net heritage and pride takes place in
promotes the education and training A celebration of authentic Himalayan San Francisco’s Japantown over
Lao Family Community of artists. arts and crafts, music, and dance. two weekends in April and includes
Development Inc. Proceeds support a substantial parades, Asian food kiosks, and music.
510.533.8850 (Oakland) Asian American Women Artists number of grassroots projects in
510.215.1220 (San Pablo) Association Himalayan countries. Oakland Asian Cultural Center
916.393.7501 (Sacramento) 415.252.7996 510.637.0455 | www.oacc.cc
www.lfcd.org www.aawaa.net Japanese American Museum of A nonprofit agency in Oakland’s
Provides programs and assistance Nurtures, supports, and promotes San Jose Chinatown that aims to promote Asian
to help Southeast Asian refugee and Asian American women artists in the 408.294.3138 | www.jamsj.org Pacific American arts and culture,
immigrant communities and other visual, literary, and performing arts. Collects, preserves, and disseminates to give voice to underrepresented
low-income communities adapt to the arts, culture, and history of Japanese communities, and to nurture authentic
American life and achieve social and Americans, with emphasis on the Santa cross-cultural interchange.
economic self-sufficiency. Clara Valley.
8University of San Francisco,
Center for the Pacific Rim
415.422.5555
www.pacificrim.usfca.edu
Part of the College of Arts and
Sciences, bridging the Pacific through
graduate and undergraduate academic
degree programs, scholarly research
and exchange, print and online
publications, and free public affairs
and literary events.
Wah Mei School
415.665.4212 | www.wahmei.org
The first Chinese American bilingual
preschool in San Francisco; promotes
multiculturalism in developmental
activities that emphasize both learning
and playing for its young students.
Classes are conducted in English
and Chinese.
World Affairs Council of Northern
California
415.293.4600 | itsyourworld.org
Provides a nonpartisan forum for the
A Moment in Time Photo: Courtesy Kbik Films.
exploration of international issues and
Purple Moon Dance Project opportunities by hosting conferences,
EDUCATION Laney College Ethnic Studies
programs, and receptions that engage
415.552.1105 Department
www.purplemoondance.org the public in dialogue on world affairs.
American College of Traditional 510.834.5740
Integrating non-Western and Western http://elaney.org/wp/ethnicstudies
Chinese Medicine FAMILY/CHILDREN
dance forms and aesthetic, works
415.282.7600
to become a vehicle for positive Oakland Asian Students
415.282.9603 (clinic) Break the Cycle
social change through classes and Educational Services
www.actcm.edu 888.988.8336 | www.breakthecycle.org
performances, promoting acceptance 510.891.9928 | www.oases.org
Provides graduate education Aims to end domestic violence by
and understanding of diverse heritages Dedicated to empowering youth whose
in Chinese medicine, including working proactively with youth (12 to
and bringing peace and healing to resources are limited, particularly
acupuncture and traditional Chinese 22). Provides preventive education, free
our communities. those in the Asian and Pacific Islander
medicine, and patient care, enabling legal services, advocacy, and support.
people to integrate traditional Chinese communities of Oakland, to maximize
The Ricci Institute for Chinese- their potential through educational
medicine into their lives. Chinatown Community Children’s
Western Cultural History services and social support.
415.422.6401 | www.usfca.edu/ricci Center
Asian American Curriculum 415.986.2528 | www.childrencenter.org
An interdisciplinary research center Oakland Public Library, Asian
Project Inc. Dedicated to providing quality child
promoting the study of historical cross- Branch
650.375.8286 care and other social services to meet
cultural encounters and dialogues 510.238.3400 | www.oaklandlibrary.org
www.asianamericanbooks.com the needs of immigrant and bilingual/
between China and the West. Facilitates
Since 1970, a nonprofit educational bicultural families in San Francisco.
and engages in research on the history San Francisco Public Library,
resource for distributing and publishing
of Chinese-Western cultural exchange Chinatown Branch
Asian American books. Chinatown YMCA
and the history of Christianity in China. 415.355.2888 | www.sfpl.org
415.576.9622
East Bay Japanese www.ymcasf.org/chinatown
San Jose Taiko San Francisco State University
Language School Builds strong kids, families, and
408.293.9344 | www.taiko.org Asian American Studies
510.222.4798 communities by enriching the lives of
Adopts the traditional values of taiko 415.338.2698 | www.sfsu.edu
home.comcast.net/~eastbayjschool all people in spirit, mind, and body.
and infuses it with the American spirit Provides courses for all students to
A nonprofit ministry of the East
to create a dynamic and compelling develop greater understanding and
Bay Free Methodist Church. Offers Donaldina Cameron House
Asian American art form. awareness of Asian American histories,
instruction in Japanese language, 415.781.0401 | www.cameronhouse.org
music, culture, and character building cultures, communities, and experiences.
Sennin Foundation Center for A faith-based organization providing
through biblical teachings. social services to Asians in San
Japanese Cultural Arts U.C. Berkeley Asian American
510.526.7518 Francisco. Assists youth, immigrants,
Eastwind Books of Berkeley Studies Program
www.senninfoundation.com women and families through
510.548.2350 510.643.0796
Offers classes in shin-shin-toitsu-do counseling, peer group support,
www.asiabookcenter.com http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu
(Japanese yoga), yuki (healing arts domestic violence intervention,
Features a large selection of books Offers a comprehensive undergraduate
and bodywork), aiki-jujutsu (martial leadership development, education,
written by and about Asian Americans curriculum; prepares students for
arts), and shodo (calligraphy and ink and advocacy.
from every ethnic background. service and leadership in Asian American
painting). communities; explores the cultural,
Family Bridges Inc.
Intercultural Institute of California political, and historical experience of
Theatre of Yugen 510.839.2022
415.441.1884 (main campus) Asians in the United States.
415.621.0507 (office) www.fambridges.org
415.359.9099 (ESL campus) Helps newcomers and those with
415.621.7978 (box office)
www.iic.edu limited English language skills to
www.theatreofyugen.org
Offers Korean studies programs for become self-sufficient, contributing
An experimental ensemble dedicated
students, hosts an ongoing lecture members of our society.
to the pursuit of the intangible essence
series and online discussions,
of yugen through new interdisciplinary
promotes research, and publishes
performance pieces as well as classical
selected books and articles.
and contemporary texts.
9Japanese Community Youth Asian and Pacific Islander
Council Wellness Center
415.563.8052 (programs and services) 415.292.3400 | www.apiwellness.org
415.202.7900 (administration) Educates, supports, and advocates for
www.jcyc.org Asians and Pacific Islanders living with
Empowers young people to realize or at risk for HIV/AIDS.
their full potential as self-sufficient,
responsible members of the Asian Community Mental Health
community. Supports the cultural, Services
educational, recreational, and 510.451.6729 | www.acmhs.org
vocational needs of children and youth. Provides behavioral health-care and
family support services and services
Nihonmachi Little Friends to the developmentally disabled in
415.922.8898 | www.nlfchildcare.org 12 languages and dialects, tailored
A community-based Japanese specifically to East Bay Asian
multicultural and bilingual organization Pacific Islanders.
committed to providing quality and
affordable services, offering an Asian Health Services
engaging and diverse preschool 510.986.6800
program and an after-school program. www.asianhealthservices.org
Serves and advocates for the Asian
Vietnamese Youth Development community by ensuring access to
Center health-care services regardless of
415.771.2600 | www.vydc.org income, insurance status, immigration
A Necessary Journey Photo: courtesy Jake’s Ladder Productions.
Works to provide immediate assistance status, language, or culture.
to immigrant youth in their adjustment
to American life and to encourage and Asian Liver Center at Stanford
empower youth to participate actively University
North East Medical Services PROFESSIONAL
in the development of their community. 650.72.LIVER (54837)
415.391.9686 ORGANIZATIONS
408.573.9686
Programs include employment training, 888.311.3331 www.nems.org Asian American Journalists
substance abuse prevention, and after- http://liver.stanford.edu A nonprofit community health center Association
school services. A nonprofit organization that addresses targeting the Asian population that 415.346.2051 | www.aaja.org
the high incidence of hepatitis B and provides affordable, comprehensive, Works for fair and accurate coverage of
Wu Yee Children’s Services liver cancer in Asians and Pacific compassionate, and quality health-care Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
415.677.0100 (main office) Islanders through outreach, education, services in a linguistically competent to increase the number of Asian and
www.wuyee.org and research. and culturally sensitive manner. NEMS Pacific Islander American journalists
Provides high-quality, culturally and operates five clinics in San Francisco and news managers in the industry.
linguistically appropriate child and Asian Perinatal Advocates and San Jose.
family services. Offers multilingual 415.617.0061 | www.apasfgh.org
Asian Law Alliance
resources and referrals; child care Promotes healthy families and helps RAMS Inc. (Richmond Area 408.287.9710
subsidies; parent-child play groups; prevent child abuse and domestic Multi-Services) www.asianlawalliance.org
and a multilingual book, toy, and violence in Asian Pacific Islander 415.668.5955 | www.ramsinc.org A nonprofit organization delivering
resource lending library. communities. A nonprofit agency providing legal services to the Asian and Pacific
community-based, consumer-guided, Islander communities within Santa
HEALTH Asians and Pacific Islanders for and culturally competent multilingual Clara County regardless of income
Reproductive Health services that meet the mental health, level. Provides outreach and education
Asian American Donor Program 510.663.8300 | www.apirh.org social, vocational, and educational on basic legal rights.
800.593.6667 | www.aadp.org A grassroots, community-based needs of Asian and Pacific Islander
A nonprofit organization that matches organization that works to advance and Russian-speaking communities. Asian Pacific American Labor
patients with potential marrow reproductive justice on a local, state,
Alliance
and stem cell donors in the Asian and national level. MEDIA 202.508.3733 (national headquarters)
community.
www.apalanet.org
Chinese Community Health Plan Filipinas Organizes and works with Asian
Asian American Recovery Services 415.955.8800 | www.cchphmo.com 650.993.8943 Pacific American workers, many of
415.541.9404 | www.aars-inc.org Delivers culturally sensitive, bilingual, www.filipinasmag.com them immigrants, to build the labor
Works to decrease the incidence and and affordable managed care for The only nationally circulated magazine movement and address exploitative
impact of substance abuse in the Asian San Franciscans. Offers plans for for and about Filipinas in North America. working conditions.
and Pacific Islander communities. individuals, families, and groups. Covers stories of heroes, leaders, and
Provides outreach, treatment, mavericks in the community. Asian Pacific Fund
prevention, and research services. Chinese Hospital
415.433.6859
415.982.2400 India Currents www.asianpacificfund.org
Asian and Pacific Islander www.chinesehospital-sf.org 408.324.0488 | www.indiacurrents.com Connects Asian donors to social and
American Health Forum Provides culturally competent A monthly publication devoted to the community issues. Raises awareness
415.954.9988 | www.apiahf.org health-care services for the Chinese exploration of the heritage and culture and makes grants to community-based
Dedicated to promoting policy, community. Care is cost-effective, of India as it exists in the United States. organizations to address these needs.
program, and research efforts to enable responsive to the community’s
Works to improve the health and well-
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders uniqueness, and accessible to all India-West being of all local Asian Americans.
to attain the highest possible level of socioeconomic levels. 510.383.1140 | www.indiawest.com
health and well-being. A newspaper that covers the Indian California Asia Business Council
American community and South Asian 415.986.8808 | www.calasia.org
affairs. Offers original, award-winning Assists California businesses in
coverage and features a “Focus on developing and expanding commercial
Youth” section. ties with Southeast Asia and China.
10Chinese Chamber of Commerce Japanese American Services of On Lok Senior Health Services Maitri
415.986.1370 the East Bay 415.292.8888 | www.onlok.org 408.436.8398 (local hotline)
415.982.3071 510.848.3560 | www.jaseb.org Helps the elderly live independently 888.8.MAITRI (862.4874) (toll free)
www.chineseparade.com Offers bilingual, culturally sensitive outside a nursing home; provides www.maitri.org
Serves the Chinese community, services designed to encourage healthy quality, affordable health-care services, A confidential nonprofit South Bay
business interests, and the city of aging for Japanese seniors living in various types of residential units for organization helping South Asian
San Francisco. Alameda and Contra Costa counties. older adults, and a senior center. women facing domestic violence,
emotional abuse, cultural alienation,
The Filipina Women’s Network Kimochi Inc. Yu-Ai Kai Japanese American human trafficking, and family conflict.
415.935.4FWN (4396) | www.ffwn.org 415.931.2294 | www.kimochi-inc.org Community Senior Service Provides free peer support and referrals
A nonprofit association for women Provides transportation, congregate 408.294.2505 | www.yuaikai.org to legal help and emergency shelters.
of Philippine ancestry, providing and home-delivered meals, case A bilingual service offering seniors
educational resources through management, senior center activities, an array of activities and programs: Narika
publications, lectures, activities, and information/referral, consumer/health a well-balanced day-care program, a 510.444.6068
programs to further the professional education lectures, social day care, nutritious lunch service, social services, 800.215.7308 (toll-free hotline)
and personal development of its residential/respite care, and in-home a transportation program, and classes. www.narika.org
members. support services. Works to end violence against women
SERVICES FOR and to empower women to confront
Japanese Chamber of Commerce Kokoro Assisted Living ABUSED WOMEN the cycles of domestic violence,
650.522.8500 | www.jccnc.org 415.776.8066 exploitation, and ignorance. Focus
Promotes business between Japan www.kokoroassistedliving.org Asian Women’s Shelter is on women who trace their origins
and the United States and fosters A nonprofit, state-licensed residential 415.751.7110 (administration) to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,
understanding and friendship among facility for the elderly that provides 877.751.0880 (crisis line) Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and diasporic
its members. nonmedical care and assistance in www.sfaws.org communities, such as the Caribbean.
private apartments. Helps seniors A battered women’s shelter for
SENIORS thrive in a place that offers a warm and Asian immigrant and refugee women
comforting sense of Japanese culture, and their children, with language-
Berkeley Chinese Community community, and family. appropriate and culturally competent
Church—The Dorothy C. Wong services.
Senior Center
510.548.5259 | www.bccc-ucc.org
Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month Guide
Member Services
member@kqed.org
NCPB Senior Managers
President & C hief Executive Officer
Join Us
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After hours, please leave a message. Secretary
Art Director
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Zaldy Serrano
Other KQED Info Vice President, Human Resources the Bay Area, and we proudly
Copy Editor
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Scott Dwyer Television Schedule Changes Donald W. Derheim
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Chief D evelopment Officer
© NCPB Inc. 2010 Traci A. Eckels in February for Black History
Vice President, Television Content Month; March for Women’s
Contact KQED Michael Isip History Month; this one for
NCPB Board of Directors
KQED Program Information Line Chief Content Officer Asian Pacific American
Willa Seldon, Chair Linda O’Bryon
415.354.8000
Anne Avis, Vice Chair Heritage Month; June
Recorded program schedules and vice president of d igital media
updates for KQED Channel 9, KQED Betsy Hambrecht, Treasurer
& Education for Lesbian Gay Bisexual
Tim Olson
digital channels, and KQED 88.5 FM. Scott Dettmer, Secretary
Transgender Pride Month;
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September for Latino Heritage
Anne Avis, Michael Billeci, Brenda Manager
KQED Public Television Info Jo Anne Wallace Month; and November for
Boudreaux, Lee Caraher, Yogen Dalal,
Tel 415.553.2135 Scott Dettmer, Tom Epstein, Elizabeth Vice President o f Engineering American Indian Heritage
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11You are an inspiration to us all.
Union Bank and KQED are honored to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month. For the 13th consecutive year, we recognize the everyday heroes in our
local neighborhoods. You serve as a continuous source of inspiration for us
today, and for generations to come. Your community spirit and leadership have
truly made a difference. Together we look forward to making the world a more
harmonious place filled with hope, dreams, and possibilities. Congratulations
from all of us at Union Bank.
Congratulations to our 2010 Local Heroes of the Year:
Vane Feuy Chao Sue Lee
Asian Americans for Community Involvement Chinese Historical Society of America
Kennith Lee Jeff Mori
Francisco Middle School Asian American Recovery Services, Inc.
©2010 Union Bank, N.A. Visit us at unionbank.com/heroes
2601 Mariposa Street
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