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China’s Thursday 5 EARLY Sunday 8 Tuesday 10 2:00am KQED 9 | Secrets of the Dead China’s 1:30pm KQED 9 | Mustang—Journey of EARLY Terracotta Army. | D | HD | RR 5/4 8pm | R Transformation Richard Gere narrates 5:30am KQED 9 | Mustang—Journey of (KQED 9) 5/7 6pm; (Life) 5/5 7pm; (World) the remarkable story of the restoration of Transformation | HD | RR 5/8 1:30pm | R 5/8 9pm a 15th century Tibetan culture. | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/29 2:30pm; (Life) 5/10 10:30pm (KQED 9) 5/9 11:30pm, 5/10 5:30am, 5/29 2:30pm; (Life) 5/10 10:30pm 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions Friday 6 EVENING The New Hong Kong. 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World 9:00pm Life | American Masters I.M. Pei: Building 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. China Modern follows noted architect I.M. Andaman Islands. 10:00am World | History Detectives Monopoly/ Pei as he designs a modern museum to 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure Kauai— Japanese Internment Camp Artwork/The house the antiquities of Suzhou in his native Hawaii’s Garden Isle. | R (Life) 5/14 3pm Lewis and Clark Cane. | R (KTEH) 5/7 4pm China. | R (Life) 5/10 8pm 10:30am Life | Travelscope | q | Thailand— EVENING 9:00pm KTEH | In Search of Myths and Heroes Rediscovering Bangkok. | D | R (KQED 9) 9:00pm KQED 9 | The Story of India Beginnings. In Shangri-La. A trek through India, Nepal, 5/28 8am; (Life) 5/10 11pm this landmark series, historian and acclaimed and Tibet may reveal the truth of the secret EVENING writer Michael Wood embarks on a dazzling paradise in the Himalayas. | D | 7:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Robert Bechtle, Hung and exciting expedition through today’s 10:00pm KQED 9 | Journey of the Bonesetter’s Liu, Nathan Oliveira. | R (KQED 9) 5/11 India. In the first episode, archaeological | H Daughter | q | Witness the creation of 1:30am, 5/13 11:30pm, 5/14 5:30am; discoveries, DNA, climate science, and oral the San Francisco Opera’s celebrated 2008 (Life) 5/14 2pm, 5/15 6:30pm tales cast light on India’s deep past. | D | production of The Bonesetter’s Daughter, | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/7 3am; (World) 5/11 composed by Stewart Wallace with a libretto 11:00pm KTEH | Journey of the Bonesetter’s 8am, 11am by Amy Tan and based on her best-selling Daughter | RR 5/8 10pm 11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Lu Yi, Diamano Coura book of the same name. | HD | R (KQED 9) West African Dance Company, Danny 5/9 4am; (Life) 5/9 7pm; (KTEH) 5/10 11pm Wednesday 11 Kalanduyan. | R (KQED 9) 5/7 5:30am; 10:00pm Life | Seeking Art in Shanghai EARLY (Life) 5/7 2pm, 5/8 6:30pm American gallery owners explore a booming contemporary art scene in China’s most 1:30am KQED 9 | Spark Robert Bechtle, Hung Liu, cosmopolitan city. Nathan Oliveira. | R (KQED 9) 5/13 11:30pm, Saturday 7 5/14 5:30am; (Life) 5/14 2pm, 5/15 6:30pm 11:00pm Life | Interpreting Ancient Chinese EARLY Fashion San Francisco fashion 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions 3:00am KQED 9 | The Story of India Beginnings. designers Jude Gabbard and Colleen Taiwan. | D | HD | RR 5/6 9pm | R (World) 5/11 8am, Quen seek inspiration by visiting China. 10:30am Life | Travelscope | q | Thailand—from 11am 11:00pm KTEH | Japanland Spiritland. Golden Triangle to White Sands. | D | R (Life) 5:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Lu Yi, Diamano Coura Karin enters as a pilgrim/acolyte and 5/11 11pm West African Dance Company, Danny is quickly introduced to the austere world 11:00am Life | California’s Golden Parks Kalanduyan. | R (Life) 5/7 2pm, 5/8 6:30pm of the mountaintop monks. | D | China Camp. 8:00am KQED 9 | Travelscope | q | Fiji—Island EVENING Hopping. | D | Monday 9 11:00pm KQED 9 | Global Voices China Blue. 9:30am KQED 9 | Simply Ming | H | Lemongrass EARLY Teenage workers struggle in harsh working and Extra Virgin Olive Oil. | HD | conditions in a blue jean factory in southern 4:00am KQED 9 | Journey of the Bonesetter’s 12:30pm World | Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One China. | R (KQED 9) 5/12 5am; (Life) 5/12 Daughter | q | HD | RR 5/8 10pm | R (Life) Lea Salonga. The Filipina singer and actress 10pm; (World) 5/15 10pm 5/9 7pm; (KTEH) 5/10 11pm performs the song “I Would Give My Life for You” from Miss Saigon. 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Taste of Freedom Chinese New Year. Thursday 12 | 1:30pm KTEH This is Us | q | People in Service. EARLY | RR 5/4 7pm 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Thailand, Golden Triangle. | R (Life) 5/14 4pm 5:00am KQED 9 | Global Voices China Blue. | RR 2:30pm Life | | | Travelscope q 5/11 11pm | R (Life) 5/12 10pm; (World) 5/15 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure Rafting Taiwan—City and Culture. 10pm India’s Sacred Ganges. 4:00pm KTEH | Monopoly/ History Detectives 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions 7:00pm Life | Journey of the Bonesetter’s Japanese Internment Camp Artwork/ Taipei. The Lewis and Clark Cane. Daughter | q | HD | RR 5/8 10pm | R (KTEH) 5/10 11pm 11:00am Life | California’s Gold | 5:00pm Life Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge Masumoto Family Farm. India—Varanasi to Bandhavgarh. EVENING EVENING 11:00pm KTEH | 6:00pm KQED 9 | Secrets of the Dead China’s Two Films By Tadashi Nakamura Experience two of the three films in 8:00pm KQED 9 | Nature The Himalayas explores Terracotta Army. | D | HD | RR 5/4 8pm | R the diversity of wildlife of this mountain (World) 5/8 9pm Nakamura’s trilogy on the Asian American Movement: Pilgrimage and A Song chain, including the snow leopard. | D | HD | for Ourselves. | R (KQED 9) 5/13 2am, 5/15 7pm, 5/16 1am; (Life) 5/13 7pm 11:30pm KQED 9 | Mustang—Journey of Transformation | HD | RR 5/8 1:30pm | R 9:00pm KQED 9 | Secrets of Shangri-La Join (KQED 9) 5/10 5:30am, 5/29 2:30pm; (Life) archaeologists as they climb into unexplored 5/10 10:30pm cave complexes in the high, remote Hima- laya. | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/13 3am, 5/15 6pm; (Life) 5/13 8pm; (World) 5/15 11pm, 5/18 9am, noon

3 10:00pm KQED 9 | In the Footsteps of Marco Polo 3:00pm World | Bolinao 52 | q | After 37 days at 7:00pm Life | Music Voyager Mumbai. Explore A photographer and a former Marine retrace sea on a crowded boat Vietnamese refugees Mumbai, the capital of India’s entertainment Polo’s 25,000-mile path from Venice to China faced death and resorted to cannibalism. industry, with two pop music stars. and back. | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/13 4am, 5/15 | R (KTEH) 5/31 11pm EVENING noon; (Life) 5/13 9pm 5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge 7:30pm Life | Music Voyager Rajasthan. The 11:30pm KQED 9 | Someone Else’s War | H | Japan: Hokkaido and Honshu. birthplace of the Gypsies, music in Rajasthan Learn about the conditions that draw Filipino 5:30pm KTEH | California’s Gold Little Tokyo looks is as colorful and soulful as its surroundings. migrant workers to the volatile Iraqi war at the history of this Japanese American 8:00pm Life | Music Voyager Delhi. Explore the zone. | R (KQED 9) 5/13 5:30am; (Life) community in downtown Los Angeles. | R vibrant underground music scene in India’s 5/13 10:30pm (Life) 5/27 11am capital city. EVENING 11:00pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens A Dream in Friday 13 8:00pm World | Globe Trekker Central China. | R Doubt. In the aftermath of 9/11, a wave of EARLY (World) 5/15 7pm, 5/16 9am & noon, 5/18 hate crimes terrorized the Sikh American community in Phoenix. | R (KQED 9) 5/17 2:00am KQED 9 | Nature The Himalayas. | D | HD | 7am & 10am; (KTEH) 11pm 5am; (Life) 5/17 10pm | RR 5/12 8pm | R (KQED 9) 5/15 7pm, 5/16 11:00pm KTEH | Globe Trekker Central China. | R 1am; (Life) 5/13 7pm (World) 5/15 7pm, 5/16 9am & noon, 5/18 3:00am KQED 9 | Secrets of Shangri-La | HD | RR 7am, 10am Tuesday 17 5/12 9pm | R (KQED 9) 5/15 6pm; (Life) 5/13 EARLY 8pm; (World) 5/15 11pm, 5/18 9am, noon Sunday 15 5:00am KQED 9 | Independent Lens A Dream in 4:00am KQED 9 | In the Footsteps of Marco Polo noon KQED 9 | In the Footsteps of Marco Polo Doubt. | RR 5/16 11pm | R (Life) 5/17 10pm | HD | RR 5/12 10pm | R (KQED 9) 5/15 noon; | RR 5/12 10pm 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions (Life) 5/13 9pm 1:30pm KQED 9 | Krakatoa The 1883 eruption that In Taiwan, a Sense of Place, Part 2. 5:30am KQED 9 | Someone Else’s War | RR 5/12 devastated the island is brought to life using 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Tokyo, Japan. 11:30pm | R (Life) 5/13 10:30pm dramatic recreations and CGI. | HD | 11:00am Life | California’s Gold Manzanar. 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions | R (KQED 9) 5/19 9pm, 5/20 3am; (Life) 5/20 Stamp Collecting, China. 8pm EVENING 7:30pm KQED 9 | | | San Francisco Taiko 10:00am World | History Detectives Ventriloquist 6:00pm KQED 9 | Secrets of Shangri-La | HD | RR Spark q Dojo, Zakir Hussain, Kid Beyond. | (KQED Dummy/Witch’s House/Poems. Includes the 5/12 9pm | R (World) 5/15 11pm, 5/18 R investigation of a Chinese family’s passage 9am, noon 9) 5/18 1:30am, 5/20 11:30pm, 5/21 5:30am; to the United States via Angel Island. | R (Life) 5/21 2pm, 5/22 6:30pm 7:00pm KQED 9 | Nature The Himalayas. | D | HD | (KTEH) 5/14 4pm 11:00pm KQED 9 | | H | Beetle | RR 5/12 8pm | R (KQED 9) 5/16 1am Independent Lens 11:00am Life | California’s Gold Hmong. Visit two Queen Conquers Tokyo. This documentary EVENING Hmong farms that are growing interesting explores the history of Japan’s love affair and unusual produce. 8:00pm World | Richard Bangs’ Adventures with with bugs. | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/18 5am; (Life) Purpose Assam India Discover rushing 5/18 10pm EVENING rivers, strapping monsoons, and the elusive 9:00pm KQED 9 | The Story of India The Power one-horned rhinoceros in Assam, India. of Ideas. Explore the revolutionary years Wednesday 18 9:30pm Life | From Mao to the Met with Hao after 500 BC, the Age of Buddha, using EARLY Jiang Tian The successful Chinese-born archaeology and legend. | D | HD | R (KQED opera singer discusses his journey and 1:30am KQED 9 | Spark | | San Francisco Taiko 9) 5/14 3am; (World) 5/18 8am, 11am q performs a range of music. | R (KQED 9) Dojo, Zakir Hussain, Kid Beyond. | R (KQED 11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Robert Bechtle, Hung 5/22 2pm 9) 5/20 11:30pm, 5/21 5:30am; (Life) 5/21 Liu, Nathan Oliveira. | R (KQED 9) 5/14 2pm, 5/22 6:30pm 10:30pm Life | Global Voices Circus School. This 5:30am; (Life) 5/14 2pm, 5/15 6:30pm story of competition and survival follows a 5:00am KQED 9 | Independent Lens Beetle Queen group of children training to be acrobats in Conquers Tokyo. | HD | RR 5/17 11pm | R Saturday 14 China. | R (Life) 5/18 8pm, 5/21 10:30pm (Life) 5/18 10pm EARLY 11:00pm KTEH | Japanland Mountain Gods and 9:30am Life | Rudy Maxa’s World Kyoto, Japan. Businessmen. The firewalking ceremony is 3:00am KQED 9 | The Story of India The Power of 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure The Forts and an extraordinary tradition that few people Ideas. | D | HD | RR 5/13 9pm | R (World) 5/18 Palaces of Rajasthan. associate with the Japanese. | D | 8am, 11am EVENING 5:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Robert Bechtle, Hung 11:00pm KQED 9 | Independent Lens Wings of Liu, Nathan Oliveira. | R (Life) 5/14 2pm, 5/15 Monday 16 Defeat. Rare interviews with surviving 6:30pm EARLY Kamikaze pilots retrace their journeys from teenagers to doomed pilots, and reveal 8:00am KQED 9 | Travelscope | q | Papua New 1:00am KQED 9 | Nature The Himalayas. | D | HD | a complex history of brutal training and Guinea—Cultural Encounters in an Ancient | RR 5/12 8pm World. | D | HD | ambivalent sacrifice. | R (KQED 9) 5/19 5am; 8:30am Life | Burt Wolf: Travels and Traditions (Life) 5/19 10pm 9:30am KQED 9 | Simply Ming | H | Thai Lime In Taiwan, a Sense of Place, Part 1. People Leaves and Shallots. | HD | who have come to the United States from 12:30pm World | Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One Tsai Taiwan describe why they immigrated and Thursday 19 Chin. Actress Tsai Chin talks about her latest what they’ve accomplished. EARLY television role and the portrayal of Asian 10:00am Life | Passport to Adventure A Camel 5:00am KQED 9 | Independent Lens Wings of women in film. Safari in the Thar Desert. Defeat. | RR 5/18 11pm | R (Life) 5/19 10pm 11:00am Life | California’s Gold California/China 11:00am Life | California’s Gold Little Manila. Visit Connection. Stockton’s Little Manila.

4 EVENING 4:00pm World | Global Voices Refugee. Mike Siv goes to meet his dad and brother for the first Asian Pacific American 8:00pm KQED 9 | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. Witness the devastation and creation made time since he escaped Cambodia as a child. Heritage Month by flowing lava from the world’s most active 4:00pm KTEH | History Detectives Red Hand Flag/ volcano. | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/20 2am, 5/22 Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong. | RR Programming 7pm, 5/23 1am; (Life) 5/20 7pm 5/20 7am KQED Public Radio 9:00pm KQED 9 | Krakatoa | HD | RR 5/15 1:30pm 5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge | R (KQED 9) 5/20 3am; (Life) 5/20 8pm Wild Asia: Nepal and India. 88.5 FM San Francisco 10:30pm KTEH | POV Up the Yangtze. China’s 5:00pm World | Global Voices Seoul Train/ 89.3 FM Sacramento massive Three Gorges Dam is altering the The Chestnut Tree is an examination landscape and the lives of people along the of the complex geopolitics and river. bureaucracy entangling the lives of North Korean refugees. | D | Friday 20 5:30pm KTEH | California’s Gold Angel Island. | R (Life) 5/24 11am EARLY Crossing East EVENING 2:00am KQED 9 | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. A selection of award-winning 8:00pm World | Micronesia. | | HD | RR 5/19 8pm | R (KQED 9) 5/22 7pm, Globe Trekker R documentaries about the many 5/23 1am; (Life) 5/20 7pm (World) 5/22 7pm, 5/23 9am & noon, 5/25 waves of Asian immigration into 7am & 10am; (KTEH) 5/21 11pm this country and their impact on 3:00am KQED 9 | Krakatoa | HD | RR 5/15 1:30pm 9:38pm KQED 9 | | R (Life) 5/20 8pm You Don’t Know Jack Soo the making of America. | H | tells the fascinating story of pioneering 10:00am World | History Detectives Red Hand Flag/ American entertainer Jack Soo, an Oakland Exclusion and Resistance Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong. native who became the first Asian American Saturday, May 7, 1pm A wooden building in Isleton, Calif., may to be cast in the lead role in a regular Hosted by George Takei. “Keep once have housed a Chinese Tong. | R television series. | R (KQED 9) 5/22 3:38am; Asians Out” has been the consistent (KTEH) 5/21 4pm (Life) 5/22 9:30pm message toward Asian immigrants 11:00am Life | California’s Gold 10:06pm KQED 9 | American Masters Hollywood ever since the Exclusion Act of Songbird of Manzanar. Chinese examines how Chinese people have 1882. Hear about immigration laws EVENING contributed to and been portrayed in the through their effects on individuals— | | the incarceration and interrogation 9:00pm KQED 9 | The Story of India Spice Routes American film industry. HD R (KQED 9) 5/22 4:06am; (Life) 5/22 8pm of Chinese at Angel Island in San and Silk Roads/The Growth of Civilization. Francisco Bay, court cases brought Discover the Roman Empire’s greatest 11:00pm KTEH | Globe Trekker Micronesia. | RR 5/21 by Sikh and Japanese Americans trading port in India and the forgotten empire 8pm | R (World) 5/22 7pm, 5/23 9am & noon, to redefine “white,” laws enticing of the Kushans. | D | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/21 5/25 7am, 10am Filipinos to leave the country, and 3am; (World) 5/25 8am, 11am the current issues of Cambodian 11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | San Francisco Taiko Sunday 22 American deportation. Dojo, Zakir Hussain, Kid Beyond. | R (KQED 9) 5/21 5:30am; (Life) 5/21 2pm, 5/22 6:30pm EARLY Post ’65 Generation 3:38am KQED 9 | You Don’t Know Jack Soo | RR Wednesday, May 11, 8pm 5/21 9:38pm | R (Life) 5/22 9:30pm Hosted by Margaret Cho. Saturday 21 4:06am KQED 9 | American Masters Hollywood The Immigration Act of 1965 EARLY Chinese. | HD | RR 5/21 10:06pm | R (Life) allowed Asian family members, 3:00am KQED 9 | The Story of India Spice Routes 5/22 8pm entrepreneurs, and skilled workers and Silk Roads/The Growth of Civilization. to immigrate to the United States. 2:00pm KQED 9 | From Mao to the Met with Hao | D | HD | RR 5/20 9pm | R (World) 5/25 8am, Each Asian group found a special Jiang Tian | HD | RR 5/15 9:30pm 11am field of work and offered its expertise 5:00pm KQED 9 | Asian Pacific Heritage Month and skills to a burgeoning economy. 5:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | San Francisco Taiko Celebration | H | q | KQED proudly Several Asian families discuss their Dojo, Zakir Hussain, Kid Beyond. | R (Life) celebrates individuals whose work has experiences of arriving, striving, and 5/21 2pm, 5/22 6:30pm helped to create a better Bay Area for all. succeeding in this country. 8:00am KQED 9 | Travelscope | q | Madhya Nominated by the community, these local Pradesh, India—The Heart of India. | D | HD | heroes’ accomplishments are the 9:30am KQED 9 | Simply Ming | H | Star Anise centerpiece of our annual Asian American | | and Oranges. | HD | Heritage Month Celebration. HD R (KQED 9) 5/23 7:30pm, 5/24 1:30am 12:30pm World | Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One Ben Fong-Torres. The rock journalist, author, 7:00pm KQED 9 | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. and broadcaster discusses the highlights of | HD | RR 5/19 8pm | R (KQED 9) 5/23 1am his award-winning career. EVENING 2:00pm Life | Spark | q | San Francisco Taiko Dojo, 8:00pm World | Moment in Time This documentary Zakir Hussain, Kid Beyond. | R (Life) 5/22 by Oscar-winner Ruby Yang is about the 6:30pm experience of the Chinese in America, through the films they loved. | R (World) 5/25 3:00pm World | The Dabbawallas explores a form 9am, noon of work that’s existed in Bombay, India for more than 100 years. Each day, 4,000 9:00pm World | POV First Person Plural. A Korean dabbawallas (box persons) deliver 100,000 woman adopted by an American family lunches to time-crunched city workers. in 1966 unites her biological and adoptive families.

5 9:00pm KTEH | 1421: The Year China Discovered EVENING 8:00am KQED 9 | Travelscope | q | Thailand— America? Surviving records tell of the 11:00pm KQED 9 | Global Voices Anatomy of Rediscovering Bangkok. | D | HD | RR voyages of Zheng He to the western oceans. a Springroll. A man searches for an 5/10 10:30am Did he discover America decades before ingredient to blend his traditional culture Columbus? 9:30am KQED 9 | Simply Ming | H | Sake and with his adopted American life. | R (KQED 9) Black Pepper. | HD | 10:00pm World | Global Voices Vietnam: 5/26 5am; (Life) 5/26 10pm The Next Generation takes an in-depth 12:30pm World | Maria Hinojosa: One-On-One look at modern-day Vietnam introduces Ming Tsai. Emmy Award-winning chef and entrepreneurs, street kids, farmers, Thursday 26 restaurateur Ming Tsai is known for his innovative East-West approach. and students. EARLY 2:30pm Life | Travelscope | | Thailand— 11:00pm World | Global Voices Return to the Border/ 5:00am KQED 9 | Global Voices Anatomy of a q Islands and Festivals. Take a Look. A Chinese-born filmmaker Springroll. | RR 5/25 11pm | R (Life) 5/26 reflects on the personal ramifications of 10pm 4:30pm World | Little Manila: Filipinos in communism and socialism. | D | California’s Heartland details the impact 11:00am Life | California’s Gold San Luis Obispo of Fillipino immigrants on the community 11:00pm KTEH | Japanland The Final Test. Karin Chinatown. from the 1930s to the present. travels down the western coast of Japan to EVENING Tottori, the country’s only desert, then turns 5:00pm Life | Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge | inland to Kyoto. | D | 8:00pm KQED 9 Lost Cave Temples Scaling cliffs The Kingdom of Bhutan. in a remote corner of the Himalaya, climbers uncover mysterious ancient cave temples. 5:00pm World | Global Voices Shaolin Ulysses: Monday 23 | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/27 2am; (Life) 5/27 7pm; Kungfu Monks in America chronicles the adventures of a group of fighting monks as EARLY (World) 5/28 11pm they visit New York City and Las Vegas. 1:00am KQED 9 | Nature Kilauea: Mountain of Fire. 9:00pm KQED 9 | The Buddha Explore the life of 5:30pm KTEH | California’s Gold Guadalupe. | HD | RR 5/19 8pm the Buddha, whose ideas generated Buddhism in northern India 2,500 years ago. | RR 5/25 11am 10:30am Life | Travelscope Madhya Pradesh, India— | D | HD | R (KQED 9) 5/27 3am; (Life) 5/27 EVENING India’s Rural Heart. | D | 8pm; (World) 5/31 8am, 11am 8:00pm World | Globe Trekker Sri Lanka 11:00am Life | California’s Gold Japanese Tea Garden. 10:30pm KTEH | Global Voices Sumo East and and Maldives. | R (World) 5/29 7pm, EVENING West. This fascinating look at the past, 5/30 9am & noon; (KTEH) 11pm 7:30pm KQED 9 | Asian Pacific Heritage Month present, and future of sumo illustrates an 11:00pm KTEH | Globe Trekker Sri Lanka and Celebration | HD | RR 5/22 5pm | R (KQED intersection of cultures. Maldives. | RR 8pm | R (World) 5/29 7pm, 9) 5/24 1:30am 11:00pm KQED 9 | Bhutan—Taking The Middle 5/30 9am, noon 10:00pm KTEH | Frontline Young and Restless in Path to Happiness The Himalayan China. Young Chinese people from across kingdom is committed to environmental Sunday 29 the country scramble to keep pace with a and cultural preservation and honest rapidly changing society. | D | governance. | R (KQED 9) 5/27 5am; (Life) 2:30pm KQED 9 | Mustang—Journey of 5/27 10pm Transformation | HD | RR 5/8 1:30pm 11:00pm KQED 9 | Who Killed Chea Vichea? | H | Filmed over five years in Cambodia, it is 6:00pm KQED 9 | Most Honorable Son a highly charged murder mystery, a political Friday 27 Nebraska farmer Ben Kuroki became the first thriller, and a documentary like no other. | R Japanese American war hero and spoke out EARLY (KQED 9) 5/24 5am; (Life) 5/24 10pm against racism. 2:00am KQED 9 | Lost Cave Temples | HD | RR 5/26 8pm | R (Life) 5/27 7pm; (World) 5/28 Tuesday 24 11pm Monday 30 EARLY 3:00am KQED 9 | The Buddha | D | HD | RR 5/26 10:30am Life | Travelscope | q | The Colors Resources 1:30am KQED 9 | Asian Pacific Heritage Month 9pm | R (Life) 5/27 8pm; (World) 5/31 8am, of Malaysia. | R (Life) 5/30 11pm Celebration | q | HD | RR 5/22 5pm 11am 5:00am KQED 9 | Who Killed Chea Vichea? | RR 5:00am KQED 9 | Bhutan—Taking The Middle Tuesday 31 5/23 11pm | R (Life) 5/24 10pm Path to Happiness | RR 5/26 11pm | R 10:30am Life | Travelscope | q | The Islands of (Life) 5/27 10pm EVENING Malaysia. | R (Life) 5/31 11pm 7:30pm KQED 9 | | | Roman Lorance, 9:00pm KQED 9 | The Story of India Ages of Gold. Spark q 7:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Christopher Brown, Discover amazing achievements of India’s Li Huayi, Bill Dan, Gregory Gavin. | R (KQED Binh Danh, Flo Oy Wong, Deborah Slater. 9) 5/25 1:30am, 5/27 11:30pm, 5/28 5:30am; golden age from 300 to 1000 AD, and find 8:00pm KQED 9 | (Life) 5/28 2pm, 5/29 6:30pm a sacred mountain. | D | HD | R (KQED 9) Lost Treasures of the Ancient 5/28 3am World | H | Ancient China. 10:00pm Life | Who Killed Chea Vichea? | RR 10:00pm KTEH | Silent Roar: Searching for 5/23 11pm 11:30pm KQED 9 | Spark | q | Roman Lorance, Nature Li Huayi, Bill Dan, Gregory Gavin. | R the Snow Leopard is a journey to film the (KQED 9) 5/28 5:30am; (Life) 5/28 2pm, legendary elusive creature, the mysterious Wednesday 25 5/29 6:30pm predator of the Himalayas. | D | EARLY 11:00pm KTEH | Bolinao 52 | q | RR 5/14 3pm 1:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Roman Lorance, Saturday 28 Li Huayi, Bill Dan, Gregory Gavin. | R (KQED EARLY 9) 5/27 11:30pm, 5/28 5:30am; (Life) 5/28 2pm, 5/29 6:30pm 3:00am KQED 9 | The Story of India Ages of Gold. | D | HD | RR 5/27 9pm 11:00am Life | California’s Gold Guadalupe. Located halfway between San Francisco and Los 5:30am KQED 9 | Spark | q | Roman Lorance, Angeles, Guadalupe sits in the middle of one Li Huayi, Bill Dan, Gregory Gavin. | R (Life) of our richest agricultural areas. | R (KTEH) 5/28 2pm, 5/29 6:30pm 5/28 5:30pm 6 Resources e-mail [email protected]. for nextyear’s guide,please this listorupdateinformation To addyourorganization to community intheBayArea. Asian PacificAmerican organizations thatservethe a smallportionofthemany Please notethatthisisonly Asian PacificIslanderLegal our communities. organizations thatwillimprove justice. 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immigrant families. placement assistancetoChinese workshops, free food,andjob information, referrals, jobpreparation acculturation/adjustment support, Provides multilingualsocialservices, 415.421.2111 |chinesenewcomers.org Center Chinese NewcomersService democracy intheUnitedStates. in theinterest ofadvancingmultiracial Americans withinthecontextofand political rightsofChineseandAsian Defends andpromotes theciviland 415.274.6750 |caasf.org Chinese forAffirmativeAction is thelargest locallodge. Americans; theSanFranciscochapter equal rightsandopportunitiesforall the Asiancommunity;workstosecure The oldestcivilrightsorganization in cacasf.org (S.F. chapter) cacanational.org Alliance Chinese AmericanCitizens neighborhoods. but alsoservesotherSanFrancisco Based inSanFrancisco’s Chinatown, and managerofaffordable housing. as organizer, planner, developer, Acts asneighborhoodadvocateand 415.984.1450 |chinatowncdc.org Development Center Chinatown Community personal andeconomicself-sufficiency. other essentialservicespromoting education, employmenttraining,and prepare forabetterfuture through Aims tohelpchildren, youth, andadults 415.989.8224 |sfccsc.org Charity CulturalServicesCenter library andatelemedicinecenter. in-country facilities,includingadigital Supports services overtheInternet. and universitiesprovides research other educationalmaterialstoschools countries. Sendsdonatedbooksand higher educationindevelopingAsian of Supports themodernization 415.678.2990 |bridge.org Bridge toAsia in transition. transitional housingfacilitiesforwomen Moon Women’s Residenceprovides enable fullaccesstoopportunity. Gum determination, andtheskillsthat fostering stability, self-reliance, self- transition. Empowerstheseindividuals, and children ingeographicandsocial Addresses theunmetneedsofwomen gbgm-umc.org/awrc 415.788.1008 415.421.8827 Asian Women’s Resource Center 7 Chinese Progressive Association Lao Family Community ARTS Himalayan Fair 415.391.6986 | cpasf.org Development Inc. himalayanfair.net A grassroots, membership-based 510.533.8850 (Oakland) Asian American Theater Company A celebration of authentic Himalayan organization that helps educate and 510.215.1220 (San Pablo) asianamericantheater.org arts and crafts, music, and dance. organize low-income and working-class 916.393.7501 (Sacramento) Inspires, develops, and presents Asian Proceeds support a substantial Chinese immigrants to help improve lfcd.org Pacific American stories. Produces and number of grassroots projects in their living and working conditions Provides programs and assistance promotes the education and training Himalayan countries. and build collective power with other to help Southeast Asian refugee and of artists. oppressed communities. immigrant communities and other Japanese American Museum of low-income communities adapt to Asian American Women Artists San Jose Consulate General of Japan American life and achieve social and Association 408.294.3138 | jamsj.org 415.777.3533 | sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ economic self-sufficiency. 415.252.7996 | aawaa.net Collects, preserves, and disseminates Promotes a better understanding of Nurtures, supports, and promotes the arts, culture, and history of Japanese Japan and the Japanese culture by Nobiru-Kai, Japanese Newcomers Asian American women artists in the Americans, with emphasis on the Santa providing a wide range of educational Services visual, literary, and performing arts. Clara Valley. services and programs to the public. nobirukai.org Provides bilingual/bicultural social, Asian Art Museum Japanese Cultural and Community Crosscultural Community Services educational, medical, and legal 415.581.3500 | asianart.org Center of Northern California Center services to Japanese newcomers. One of the largest museums in the 415.567.5505 | jcccnc.org 408.223.6628 | ccscusa.org Western world devoted exclusively Seeks to be a repository of Japanese Offers a variety of educational services Refugee Transitions to Asian art. Leads a diverse global American ancestry, cultural heritage, primarily for at-risk youth and recent 415.989.2151 | reftrans.org audience in discovering the unique histories, and traditions. Strives to meet immigrants, to the various cultural Assists refugee and immigrant families aesthetic, intellectual, and material the evolving needs of the Japanese groups in the Santa Clara Valley. in becoming self-sufficient by providing achievements of Asian art and culture. American community through services that help them attain the life, educational, cultural, recreational, Gay Asian Pacific Alliance job, academic, and English-language Asian Pacific Islander Cultural and social programs. gapa.org skills they need to succeed in their Center Dedicated to furthering the interests new communities. apiculturalcenter.org Kearny Street Workshop of gay and bisexual Asians and Pacific Supports and nurtures the artistic 415.503.0520 | kearnystreet.org Islanders by developing a positive Samoan Community Development endeavors of the Asian Pacific Promotes art that enriches and collective identity and establishing Center Islander community in the Bay Area. empowers Asian American a supportive community. 415.841.1086 | samoancenter.org Collaborates on, sponsors, and communities. Provides a base for Strives to improve the quality of life produces performances and art events; artists to connect to their roots and Japan Society of Northern for Samoans and Pacific Islanders provides multidisciplinary art resources community; encourages new forms California through self-help, economic self- for the community. of expression and focuses on art as a 415.986.4383 | usajapan.org sufficiency, community solidarity, and bridge to cultural understanding. Strengthens cooperation and the preservation of cultural customs Center for Asian American Media understanding between the peoples and traditions. 415.863.0814 Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu of the United States and Japan asianamericanmedia.org 415.647.3040 | naleihulu.org with programs that help to expand Southeast Asian Community A nonprofit organization dedicated A dynamic Hawaiian dance company knowledge, increase personal Center to presenting stories that convey the that features a rich blend of traditional interaction, and facilitate discussion 415.885.2743 | seaccusa.org richness and diversity of the Asian and contemporary forms of hula; of important issues. A nonprofit, multiethnic, multiservice Pacific American experience to the committed to the preservation of and organization dedicated to helping broadest audience possible. Funds, education about the Hawaiian culture Japanese American Citizens Southeast Asians integrate into produces, distributes, and exhibits through hula. League American society while cultivating their films, television, and digital programs. 415.921.5225 (national office) native languages, values, and identities. National Japanese American 415.345.1075 (regional office) Provides health-care, resettlement, and Chinese Culture Center of Historical Society jacl.org economic development services. San Francisco 415.921.5007 | njahs.org Secures and maintains the civil rights 415.986.1822 | c-c-c.org A nonprofit, membership-supported of Japanese Americans subjected to Tibetan Aid Project A major community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the injustice. Promotes cultural values and 510.848.4238 organization that aims to foster the collection, preservation, authentic preserves the heritage and legacy of 800.338.4238 understanding and appreciation of interpretation, and sharing of historical the Japanese American community. tibetanaidproject.org Chinese and Chinese American art, information of the Japanese American Provides information on Tibetan history, and culture in the United States. experience for the diverse broader Japantown Task Force Inc. Buddhism, Tibetan history, and the national community. 415.346.1239 | japantowntaskforce.org political situation in Tibet, plus links to Chinese Historical Society of A nonprofit organization focused on other Tibet-related organizations. Offers America Nikkei Matsuri the planning, economic development, general assistance to monastic centers, 415.391.1188 | chsa.org nikkeimatsuri.org and preservation of San Francisco’s monks, and nuns. Fosters an understanding of Sponsors an annual cultural arts Japantown. the Chinese experience in the festival in San Jose—a celebration by Vietnamese American Council United States through research, the Japanese American community to Korean Community Center of viet-nam.org documentation, interpretation, and show their pride and share their culture. the East Bay Promotes the social, economic, education. Produces programs, events, 510.547.2662 | kcceb.org and cultural advancement of the and publications, including the annual Northern California Cherry Works to promote citizenship and Vietnamese American community journal Chinese America: History and Blossom Festival civic involvement within the Korean while maintaining Vietnamese cultural Perspectives. 415.563.2313 | nccbf.org community and beyond through heritage. Assists low-income youth, This great display of Japanese cultural immigration services, education, adults, and the elderly. Emeryville Taiko heritage and pride takes place in advocacy, and the development [email protected] | etaiko.org San Francisco’s Japantown over of community-based resources. Offers traditional Japanese drumming two weekends in April and includes classes for children and adults. Home parades, Asian food kiosks, and music. of the high-energy taiko performing group that thrills audiences in the Bay Area and beyond.

8 University of San Francisco, Center for the Pacific Rim 415.422.5555 | 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 | 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 exploration of international issues and Global Voices: China Blue Photo: Courtesy of Chi Chun Ya/ITVS. opportunities by hosting conferences, programs, and receptions that engage Oakland Asian Cultural Center Theatre of Yugen Laney College Ethnic Studies the public in dialogue on world affairs. 510.637.0455 | oacc.cc 415.621.0507 (office) Department A nonprofit agency in Oakland’s 415.621.7978 (box office) 510.834.5740 Chinatown that aims to promote Asian theatreofyugen.org http://elaney.org/wp/ethnicstudies FAMILY/CHILDREN Pacific American arts and culture, An experimental ensemble dedicated Break the Cycle to give voice to underrepresented to the pursuit of the intangible essence Oakland Asian Students breakthecycle.org communities, and to nurture authentic of yugen through new interdisciplinary Educational Services Aims to end domestic violence cross-cultural interchange. performance pieces as well as classical 510.891.9928 | oases.org by working proactively with youth Dedicated to empowering youth whose and contemporary texts. (ages 12 to 24). Provides preventive Purple Moon Dance Project resources are limited, particularly education, free legal services, 415.552.1105 | purplemoondance.org EDUCATION those in the Asian and Pacific Islander advocacy, and support. Integrating non-Western and Western communities of Oakland, to maximize dance forms and aesthetic, works American College of Traditional their potential through educational Chinatown Community Children’s to become a vehicle for positive Chinese Medicine services and social support. Center social change through classes and 415.282.7600 415.986.2528 | childrencenter.org performances; promoting acceptance 415.282.9603 (clinic) Oakland Public Library, Dedicated to providing quality child and understanding of diverse heritages, actcm.edu Asian Branch care and other social services to meet and bringing peace and healing to Provides graduate education 510.238.3400 | oaklandlibrary.org the needs of immigrant and bilingual/ our communities. in Chinese medicine, including bicultural families in San Francisco. acupuncture and traditional Chinese San Francisco Public Library, The Ricci Institute for Chinese- medicine and patient care, enabling Chinatown Branch Chinatown YMCA Western Cultural History people to integrate traditional Chinese 415.355.2888 | sfpl.org 415.576.9622 | ymcasf.org/chinatown 415.422.6401 | usfca.edu/ricci medicine into their lives. Builds strong kids, families, and An interdisciplinary research center San Francisco State University communities by enriching the lives of promoting the study of historical cross- Asian American Curriculum Asian American Studies all people in spirit, mind, and body. cultural encounters and dialogues Project Inc. 415.338.2698 | sfsu.edu between China and the West. Facilitates 650.375.8286 Provides courses for all students to Donaldina Cameron House and engages in research on the history asianamericanbooks.com develop greater understanding and 415.781.0401 | cameronhouse.org of Chinese-Western cultural exchange Since 1970, a nonprofit educational awareness of Asian American histories, A faith-based organization providing and the history of Christianity in China. resource for distributing and publishing cultures, communities, and experiences. social services to Asians in San Asian American books. Francisco. Assists youth, immigrants, San Jose Taiko U.C. Berkeley Asian American women, and families through 408.293.9344 | taiko.org Eastwind Books of Berkeley Studies Program counseling, peer group support, Adopts the traditional values of taiko 510.548.2350 510.643.0796 domestic violence intervention, and infuses it with the American spirit asiabookcenter.com http://ethnicstudies.berkeley.edu leadership development, education, to create a dynamic and compelling Features a large selection of books Offers a comprehensive undergraduate and advocacy. Asian American art form. written by and about Asian Americans curriculum; prepares students for from every ethnic background. service and leadership in Asian Family Bridges Inc. Sennin Foundation Center for American communities; explores 510.839.2022 | fambridges.org Japanese Cultural Arts Intercultural Institute of California the cultural, political, and historical Helps newcomers and those with 510.526.7518 | senninfoundation.com 415.441.1884 (main campus) experience of Asians in the United limited English language skills to Offers classes in shin-shin-toitsu-do 415.359.9099 (ESL campus) States. become self-sufficient, contributing (Japanese yoga), yuki (healing arts iic.edu members of our society. and bodywork), aiki-jujutsu (martial Offers Korean studies programs for arts), and shodo (calligraphy and ink students; hosts an ongoing lecture painting). series and online discussions; promotes research; and publishes selected books and articles.

9 Japanese Community Youth Asian and Pacific Islander Council Wellness Center 415.563.8052 (programs and services) 415.292.3400 | apiwellness.org 415.202.7900 (administration) Educates, supports, and advocates for 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 | 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 | 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 | asianhealthservices.org program, and an after-school program. Serves and advocates for the Asian community by ensuring access to Vietnamese Youth Development health-care services regardless of Center income, insurance status, immigration 415.771.2600 | vydc.org status, language, or culture. Works to provide immediate assistance Secrets of the Dead: China’s Terracotta Warriors Photo: Courtesy of Felix. to immigrant youth in their adjustment Asian Liver Center at Stanford to American life, and to encourage and University RAMS Inc. (Richmond Area Asian Law Alliance empower youth to participate actively 888.311.3331 | http://liver.stanford.edu Multi-Services) 408.287.9710 | asianlawalliance.org in the development of their community. A nonprofit organization that addresses 415.668.5955 | ramsinc.org A nonprofit organization delivering Programs include employment training, the high incidence of hepatitis B and A nonprofit agency providing legal services to the Asian and Pacific substance abuse prevention, and after- liver cancer in Asians and Pacific community-based, consumer-guided, Islander communities within Santa school services. Islanders through outreach, education, and culturally competent multilingual Clara County, regardless of income and research. services that meet the mental health, level. Provides outreach and education Wu Yee Children’s Services social, vocational, and educational on basic legal rights. 415.677.0100 (main office) Asian Perinatal Advocates needs of Asian and Pacific Islander wuyee.org 415.617.0061 | apasfgh.org and Russian-speaking communities. Asian Pacific American Labor Provides high-quality, culturally and Promotes healthy families and helps Alliance linguistically appropriate child and prevent child abuse and domestic MEDIA 202.508.3733 (national headquarters) family services. Offers multilingual violence in Asian Pacific Islander apalanet.org resources and referrals; child care communities. Filipinas Organizes and works with Asian subsidies; parent-child play groups; 650.993.8943 | filipinasmag.com Pacific American workers, many of and a multilingual book, toy, and Chinese Community Health Plan The only nationally circulated magazine them immigrants, to build the labor resource lending library. 415.955.8800 | cchphmo.com for and about Filipinas in North America. movement and address exploitative Delivers culturally sensitive, bilingual, Covers stories of heroes, leaders, and working conditions. HEALTH and affordable managed care for mavericks in the community. San Franciscans. Offers plans for Asian Pacific Fund Asian American Donor Program individuals, families, and groups. India Currents 415.433.6859 | asianpacificfund.org 800.593.6667 | aadp.org 408.324.0488 | indiacurrents.com Connects Asian donors to social and A nonprofit organization that matches Chinese Hospital A monthly publication devoted to the community issues. Raises awareness patients with potential marrow 415.982.2400 | chinesehospital-sf.org exploration of the heritage and culture and makes grants to community-based and stem cell donors in the Asian Provides culturally competent of India as it exists in the United States. organizations to address these needs. community. health-care services for the Chinese Works to improve the health and well- community. Care is cost-effective, India-West being of all local Asian Americans. Asian American Recovery Services responsive to the community’s 510.383.1140 | indiawest.com 415.541.9404 | aars-inc.org uniqueness, and accessible to all A newspaper that covers the Indian California Asia Business Council Works to decrease the incidence and socioeconomic levels. American community and South Asian 415.986.8808 | calasia.org impact of substance abuse in the Asian affairs. Offers original, award-winning Assists California businesses in and Pacific Islander communities. North East Medical Services coverage and features a “Focus on developing and expanding commercial Provides outreach, treatment, 415.391.9686 Youth” section. ties with Southeast Asia and China. prevention, and research services. 408.573.9686 nems.org Chinese Chamber of Commerce Asian and Pacific Islander A nonprofit community health center PROFESSIONAL 415.986.1370 American Health Forum targeting the Asian population that ORGANIZATIONS 415.982.3071 415.954.9988 | apiahf.org provides affordable, comprehensive, chineseparade.com Dedicated to promoting policy, compassionate, and quality health-care Asian American Journalists Serves the Chinese community, program, and research efforts to enable services in a linguistically competent Association business interests, and the city of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and culturally sensitive manner. NEMS 415.346.2051 | aaja.org San Francisco. to attain the highest possible level of operates five clinics in San Francisco Works for fair and accurate coverage of health and well-being. and San Jose. Asian and Pacific Islander Americans to increase the number of Asian and Pacific Islander American journalists and news managers in the industry.

10 The Filipina Women’s Network Kimochi Inc. Yu-Ai Kai Japanese American Maitri 415.935.4FWN (4396) | ffwn.org 415.931.2294 | kimochi-inc.org Community Senior Service 408.436.8398 (local hotline) A nonprofit association for women Provides transportation, congregate 408.294.2505 | yuaikai.org 888.8.MAITRI (862.4874) (toll free) of Philippine ancestry, providing and home-delivered meals, case A bilingual service offering seniors maitri.org educational resources through management, senior center activities, an array of activities and programs: A confidential nonprofit South Bay publications, lectures, activities, and information/referral, consumer/health a well-balanced day-care program, a organization helping South Asian programs to further the professional education lectures, social day care, nutritious lunch service, social services, women facing domestic violence, and personal development of its residential/respite care, and in-home a transportation program, and classes. emotional abuse, cultural alienation, members. support services. human trafficking, and family conflict. SERVICES FOR Provides free peer support and referrals Japanese Chamber of Commerce Kokoro Assisted Living ABUSED WOMEN to legal help and emergency shelters. 650.522.8500 | jccnc.org 415.776.8066 | kokoroassistedliving.org Promotes business between Japan A nonprofit, state-licensed residential Asian Women’s Shelter Narika and the United States and fosters facility for the elderly that provides 415.751.7110 (administration) 800.215.7308 (toll-free helpline) understanding and friendship among nonmedical care and assistance in 877.751.0880 (crisis line) 510.444.6068 (office) | narika.org its members. private apartments. Helps seniors sfaws.org Works to end violence against thrive in a place that offers a warm and A battered women’s shelter women in the South Asian community SENIORS comforting sense of Japanese culture, for Asian immigrant and refugee and empowers women to confront community, and family. women and their children, with the cycles of domestic violence, Berkeley Chinese Community language-appropriate and culturally exploitation, and ignorance. Church—The Dorothy C. Wong On Lok Senior Health Services competent services. Senior Center 415.292.8888 | onlok.org 510.548.5259 | bccc-ucc.org Helps the elderly live independently outside a nursing home; provides Japanese American Services of quality, affordable health-care services, the East Bay various types of residential units for 510.848.3560 | jaseb.org older adults, and a senior center. Offers bilingual, culturally sensitive services designed to encourage healthy aging for Japanese seniors living in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.

Asian Pacific American Audience Services KQED Senior Managers Heritage Month Guide [email protected] PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Join Us Send your programming questions MANAGING EDITOR John L. Boland Allyson Quibell anytime. Responses are usually sent EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF KQED enthusiastically within one to two business days. OPERATING OFFICER ART DIRECTOR Donald W. Derheim celebrates the rich diversity of Zaldy Serrano Member Services GENERAL COUNSEL & CORPORATE the Bay Area, and we proudly DESIGNER [email protected] SECRETARY focus on nationally recognized Jeffrey Edalatpour William L. Lowrey 415.553.2150 heritage months with special KQED PUBLIC TELEVISION 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri. CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER PROGRAM SCHEDULING Traci A. Eckels programming. We also publish Scott Dwyer After hours, please leave a message. VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES a program and resource guide & LABOR RELATIONS © KQED Inc. 2011 Other KQED Info Joanne Carder in February for Black History 415.864.2000, 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, Month; March for Women’s KQED PUBLIC RADIO History Month; June Latest Updates on KQED Public Jo Anne Wallace for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Contact KQED Television Schedule Changes VICE PRESIDENT, TELEVISION Michael Isip Transgender Pride Month; Automated Program Info Line kqed.org/tvchanges 415.354.8000 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER September for Latino Heritage Steve Welch Recorded program schedules and Month; and November for KQED Board of Directors VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL MEDIA updates for KQED Channel 9, KQED Anne Avis, Larry Baer, Michael Billeci, & EDUCATION American Indian Heritage digital channels, and KQED 88.5 FM. Brenda Boudreaux, John Buoymaster, Tim Olson Month. These free guides, Lee Caraher, Simone Otus Coxe, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER which are available online at KQED Public Television Yogen Dalal, Scott Dettmer, Elizabeth Mitzie Kelley [email protected] Hambrecht, Dianne Harrison, Marie kqed.org/heritage, would not Jorajuria, Chuck Kissner, Daphne Li, 415.553.2135 be possible without the support Melissa Ma, Srini Madala, Charley Live assistance 9am-5pm, Mon–Fri. Moore, Mohammad Qayoumi, Mike and generous contributions of After hours, recorded information. Ramsay, Jose Rivero, Willa Seldon, our members. Heidi Locke Simon, Roselyne Swig, KQED Public Television Comments Jay Yamada, John Yost 415.553.2100 If you would like to become a Record a statement about KQED member of KQED, please public television programs. KQED Community Advisory Panel call 415.553.2150 or visit kqed.org. KQED Public Radio Barry Adler, Juveria Aleem, Larry [email protected] Brinkin, Kelly Chau, Albert Cheng, Brian 88.5 San Francisco 415.553.2129 Cheu, Karen Clopton, Jaime Contreras, We appreciate your support. Julie Fry, Heather Howard, Maria Fort, 89.3 Sacramento 415.570.0215 Lisa Gonzales, Velma Landers, Hilbert Live assistance and audio and Morales, Cliff Moss, Patti Murphy, transcript information 9am-5pm, Alfredo Pedroza, Jay Rosenthal, Mon–Fri. After hours, recorded Rosabella Safont, Johanna Silva, information. Katerina Villanueva, Lorraine Yglesias, Blanca Zarazua

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KQED celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

A Program and Resource Guide l May 2011

The Story of India Pictured: Golden Temple, Amritsar Photo: Callum Bulmer.

Please feel free to make copies of this guide for distribution. This guide is also available online at kqed.org/heritage.