Program Booklet for the Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth
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CC o n f e r e n c e for Asian !Pacific American 1routh Monday, December 13, 1993 7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Boston Park Plaza 64 Arlington Street Boston, Massachusetts TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Background and Asian Pacific American Civil Rights Task Force (Youth) 2 Letter from Regina Lee and Reinaldo Rivera 3 Asian Pacific American Civil Rights Task Force (Adults) 4 Conference Supporters 5 ADS 6-8 School/ Organization Schedules 9 Participating Schools and Organizations 10-11 Conference Agenda 12-13 Workshop Descriptions 14 Workshop Numbers and Room Assignments 15 ADS 16-24 Boston Park Plaza 25 Floor Plan of The Mezzanine and The Conference Center on the Fourth Floor *********** Funding for this conference provided by the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants, AT&T, The Bank of Boston, The Boston Foundation, The Hyams Foundation, Boston Five Savings and others. *********** CAPAY LOGO DESIGN BY LISA CHIU, WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL 1 Background The Asian Pacific American Task Force came together in response to needs and concerns expressed by Asian Pacific American(APA) youth and adults at a conference on Civil Rights Issues Facing Asian Americans held in January of this year at UMass/Boston. This adult task force initiated the formation of a youth task force. This APA youth task force includes youth from diverse ethnic, linguistic, social, and economic backgrounds. The Youth Task Force includes representatives from high schools from Eastern Massachusetts. The AP A Youth Task Force has planned and developed this first ~onference for Asian Pacific Ame~ican Youth (CAPAY) as a means to further address youth concerns. More than 600 Asian Pacific American youth will come together today, to address cultural values, issues of civil rights, anti-Asian violence, leadership, networking and coalition building. Conference for Asian American Pacific Youth Task Force Atria Alam Ivan Chan Joseph Chan Chantala Chanthasiri Anna Chen James Chin Kimberly Chiu Lisa Chiu Christina Chow Barry Chu Gia Hue Co Samantha Dinh Vira Douangmany Mai Du Bill Dzuong Cuong Ho Maureen Hong Jiam Na Huang Sheng Huang Frederick J ao Mona Joe lsamu Kanda Lauren Kwan Nicole Qing Hua Kwan Byron Kwok Hien Le Chia-Chia Lu Mao Mech Kavita Mehta Anna Ng Khoa Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Tao Nguyen Tony Nguyen Michele Ott Suchi Pandey Amy Park Saroeum Phoung Quan Quach Kenny Ros Nai-Hui Shon Sabahat Sikander Kaom Te Hung Tran Thy Nguyen Tran Sharon Tseng Chien Vo Patrick Wong Sheldon Wong Sunny Xu Joseph Wang 2 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Executive Office of Health and Human Services -Office For Refugees and Immigrants Two Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 WILLIAM F. WELD GOVERNOR Area Code (617) CHARLES D. BAKER 727-7888 SECRETARY 727-1822 fax REGINA F. LEE DIRECTOR December 13, 1993 Dear Conference Participants, We are pleased to welcome you to the first Conference for Asian Pacific American Youth. This conference required a tremendous organizing effort and because of your leadership more than six hundred young people are here today, representing more than fifty schools from Eastern Massachusetts. Your leadership and active citizenship will effect needed change because we share concerns about important issues like parent/youth relationships, classroom dynamics, race relations, civil rights and more. We commend your efforts. We are proud and pleased to be a part of this conference and we are confident that the work you do here today will have a real and lasting impact on countless lives. Best Wishes, Regina Lee, Co-Convener Asian Pacific American Civil Rights Task Force Reinaldo Rivera, Co-Convener Asian Pacific American Civil Rights Task Force 3 ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS TASK FORCE Ilyas Bhatti Nancy Lo, Mayor's Office, Boston Metropolitan District Commission Tom Louie, English Plus Coalition Michael Bolden Off. of District Attorney, Suffolk County Kevin Moy, Guild School Caroline Chang Susan Musinsky, The National Conference U.S. Health and Human Services, Region I Tho V. Nguyen Gregory Chen, SafetyNet Vietnamese American Civic Association Hate Violence Prevention Program Robert O'Malley Thomas Chin Sampan Newspaper William Delahunt Hai Pho, UMass/Lowell District Attorney, Norfolk County Lan Pho, UMass/Lowell Emily Den, Office of the Attorney General Sarann Phuong Bun than Eang, Cambodian Press Cambodian Community of Massachusetts Stephanie Fan, Peach Corporation Sa.roeum Phuong, ROCA Rudolph Hermosa Arlene Reidinger U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Reinaldo Rivera, Cambridge College William Homsombath Debbie Tom Jenny Kaplan MA Office for Refugees & Immigrants , Peter Kiang, UMass/Boston Betsy Tong, Boston Globe The Institute for Asian American Studies Martin Walsh, U.S. Dept. of Justice Terry Kwan Susan Weld Katy Kwong, Malden High School Po Wang Regina Lee Boston Human Rights Commission MA Office for Refugees & Immigrants Linda Wing Richard Lee, Korea Magazine Harvard Graduate School of Education Vivian Lee Clifford Wong, O'Bryant High School National Coalition of Advocates for Students Kenneth Yee, Boston Public Schools Kyung Kyu Lim Ratha Yem, Office of the Attorney General Michael Liu, Asian American Resource Workshop George Yu, MA Department of Education 4 CAPAY SUPPORTERS SPONSORS Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants AT&T Bank of Boston Boston Foundation Hyams Foundation Boston Five Savings Asian American Resource Workshop The Institute of Asian American Studies, UMass/Boston Vietnamese American Civic Association Harvard/Radcliffe Education for Action Boston Human Rights Commission BENEFACTORS Caroline Chang CONTRIBUTORS Tom and Linda Lebach Susan Musinsky Linda Wing Dang Pham Kennedy School of Government, PATRONS Program in Criminal Justice Joyce Chen S.C. Andrew Chen Thomas & May Chin Quang Tran, M.D. ADVERTISEMENTS Albert D Hol.land, Boston Public Schools China Pearl Restaurant Chinatown Cafe Edwin C. Lucey Insurance Agency Hi Fi Pizza Kenneth Yee, Boston Public Schools Linda Lebach Real Estate, Inc. Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association Massachusetts AIDS Discrimination Hotline 800-AIDS-808 Massachusetts Student Alliance Against Racism and Violence Metco Directors' Association National Coalition of Advocates for Students Revere Federal Savings Shirley Credit Union,Revere Staff of Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants Tai Tung Pharmacy Teens as Community Resources Top Ten Video Music William D. Delahunt, District Attorney, Norfolk County 5 A message from NCAS (National Coalition of Advocates for Students) Congratulations to the 700 CAPAY organizers, supporters, and participants for making this historical event possible and for a job well done! The National Coalition of Advocates for Students is a nation-wide network of 23 child advocacy groups in 14 states. NCAS works to achieve equal access to a quality public education for the most vulnerable students, particularly those who are poor, members of racial or language minorities, recently immigrated, or differently-abled Among its various projects, NCAS National Asian Family/School Partnership Project has established the first national Asian network to help realize the vision of partnership building among Asian families, their schools, and their communities. For more information about the National Asian Family/School Partnership Project, please contact Bouy Te, Project Director, at (617)357-8507. 6 Best wishes CAPAY participants! If you're making college plans, consider UMass Boston, the community's university. e We're proud of our outstanding faculty, our exciting and varied academic programs, and our exceptionally diverse and motivated student body. e We offer more courses on Asian Americans than any other university in New England. e Our Institute for Asian American Studies supports research and collaboration with Asian American communities throughout Massachusetts. e Our student-run Asian Student Center supports active Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, South .S Asian, and Asian American student clubs. ii I g e We provide extensive counseling, advising, and ESL ~ services, and our staff understands the needs of Asian students. u0 I) =g To learn more, call ~ Interested? 8"' The Admissions Information Service 0 c (617 287-6000) or The Institute for Asian American Studies (617 287-5650). U Mass 7 A voice for Asian American Education in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association (MAAEA) is a statewide network of teachers and administrators working to meet the educational needs of Asian Americans ( MAAEA P.O. BOX 380729 Cambridge, MA 0223 8 (617) 524-0560 8 School/Organization Schedules Schedule I Schedule II Schedule Ill Brookline Belmont Braintree Buckingham, Brown Bishop Connon y Brighton & Nichols Boston College High Charles River School Charlestown Boston Latin Academy CMAA Youth Corps Chelsea Boston Latin School Durfee Concord-Carlisle Cambridge Rindge & Latin Franklin East Boston Lexington Lowell Reg.Voc Tech. Everett Lincoln Sudbury Hyde Park Framingham Madison Park Lawrence Lynnfield Malden Catholic Lowell N. Quincy Malden High School Lynn Classical N. Reading Middlesex School Lynn English Newton North Needham Milton Academy Northboro Newton South Norwood O'Bryant Revere Randolph Peabody S. Boston Weston Walnut Hill Wayland Wellesley Winchester Winsor Woburn Total: 16 Total: 22 Total: 15 9 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND ORGANIZATIONS 1. Belmont High School 2. Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River 3. Boston College High School 4. Boston Latin Academic High School 5. Boston Latin High School 6. Braintree High School