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Web Links
Disclaimer: The links listed below are for information purposes only.
NAAAP Vancouver does not necessarily endorse these organizations nor the
content contained within their web sites.
Local Asian Community
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S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is one of the largest immigration and social service agencies in British Columbia. Its mandate is to promote the well being of Canadians and immigrants, and to encourage their participation in the community. This is accomplished through delivering social services, employment services, business and economic development services, training and education services, health services (under the auspices of S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Multi-Level Care Society incorporated in 1995) and advocacy.
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Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT)
The Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre (VACT) is a non-profit organization
motivated to stage Asian-Canadian productions. As an ethnic theatre company
in Vancouver, our role in the artistic community is to provide
opportunities for Asian-Canadian actors in artistically and significant
roles, to reclaim the Asian stereotypes, to stage productions that provide
non-stereotypical roles, to showcase Asian-Canadian cultural themes/stories
and to represent the hyphenated Asian on stage in a contemporary setting.
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Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF)
The Vancouver Asian Film Festival Society (VAFF) is a not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for independent North American Asian filmmakers to showcase their work to both Asian and non-Asian audiences.
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exploreASIAN
explorASIAN is the name of Vancouver's annual Asian Heritage Month festival in May.
The "explorASIAN" Festival is Canada's largest Asian Heritage Month festival.
Thousands of people share and experience Pan-Asian Canadian arts and culture at dozens of
"explorASIAN" events featuring hundreds of artists, dancers, musicians,performers and writers.
explorASIAN is also about celebrating Pan-Asian arts and culture by presenting culturally diverse
educational, performance, and community outreach programs to all ages throughout the year.
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Asian Issues/Awareness
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AsianWeek
AsianWeek is the national English-language newsweekly for the rapidly growing Asian Pacific American community.They seek to chronicle the Asian Pacific American experience by reporting on the people, the events, and the ideas that shape not only Asian American society, but the dominant culture as well. In all of their coverage and commentary they seek to place news in a context that is relevant to their readers. They help to define the priorities of the national Asian Pacific American community and create a stronger political voice among all Asian Pacific Americans by involving them in the American democratic experiment.
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Black Lava
Evolving from a small, independent business producing Asian American-themed apparel with a political consciousness, the new Blacklava.net web site has grown into a vital online hub for a wide variety of products and information of genuine Asian American (pop) cultural relevance.
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Goldsea
Goldsea.com covers social, economic, political and lifestyle news and trends from the Asian American perspective. |
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Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA)
The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) is the first organization solely dedicated to monitoring all facets of the media – television, motion pictures, print, advertising, radio, etc. – and advocating balanced, sensitive and positive portrayals of Asian Americans. MANAA serves as a resource for information regarding the treatment of Asian Pacific Americans in the media.
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Model Minority
The mission of ModelMinority.com is to educate, inform, provoke, and inspire movements
by individuals and groups toward Asian American empowerment. Through
ModelMinority.com, we intend to provide the Web's richest collection of
research articles, commentaries, stories, poems, pictures, and other
documents on the Asian American experience.
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Yellowworld.org
Political and news portal focusing on Asian American issues. Users can
submit content, write reviews, interact via the forums, and take part in
grass-roots campaigns.
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Arts and Literature
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Schema Magazine
Schema Magazine is a digital media entity focused on cultural innovation in
the arts, media and public life as inspired by today's culturally vibrant
generation of Canadians. Schema explores the unique evolution of Canada's
diversity and cultural innovation--as it is experienced, produced and
delved into by today's diverse generation.
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Giant Robot
Giant Robot magazine covers cool aspects of Asian and Asian-American pop culture however it has earned a loyal readership of all ethnicities from high schoolers to senior citizens. Giant Robot put the spotlight on Asians stars before they were in mainstream America's vocabulary. GR's spirited reviews and historical pieces and other savory topics have been cited by both academics and journalists. Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong launched Giant Robot magazine in 1994; the first GR was a stapled-and-folded photocopied digest with an edition of 240. Over time, Giant Robot has grown over 100 times larger, and has gained a respectful reputation. Giant Robot can now be seen around the world at Barnes & Noble, Virgin, Borders, small boutiques, comic book shops, and mom and pop record shops, and the online store.
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Hyphen Magazine
Hyphen is non-profit national print and online magazine covering politics, pop culture and arts in the Asian American community. Hyphen covers social justice issues and independent art news that offers hard looks at social justice issues, in-depth profiles and glimpses into the world of artists who are re-envisioning Asian America. As an all-volunteer organization, they strive to offer a resource and voice to young Asian Americans. Launched in June 2003, Hyphen magazine is distributed every four months to the Asian American community. Carried in nearly 100 independent bookstores across the country, Hyphen has a readership of 5,000 and receives over 16,000 visitors monthly at its website and blog.
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Professional
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LEAP (Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics)
Guided by the philosophy: Keep your values. Develop new skills· LEAP is highly respected for its innovative and culturally-based leadership development workshops, programs and conferences; its collaborative public policy reports with UCLA; its college internship program; and its newly created civic leadership institute that promotes greater civic engagement and political participation locally, regionally and nationally. With the AAPI community increasing in both size and diversity, LEAP retains the expertise to equip individuals with the necessary skills to lead, understand and address the issues and concerns of this dynamic population.
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Contact Singapore
Contact Singapore links global talent to Singapore by providing reliable information about
key industry sectors and the career opportunities within these sectors.
Together with our partners in industries, professional organisations and
institutes of higher learning, Contact Singapore presents programmes and events in
Singapore and internationally.
Through these partnerships, their international offices facilitate the
exchange of information to link Singapore-based employers with networks of
global talent interested in pursuing a rewarding career and lifestyle in
Singapore.
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Other
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Sawa Global
Sawa Global works to empower exceptional, unsung grassroots leaders (Sawa
Heroes) from the world.s poorest countries who have made significant
progress in combating extreme poverty in their communities. Sawa uses a
"local leadership model" rather than a "foreign aid model" to virtually
connect Sawa Heroes to a global network of partners using this website
platform. Through building direct partnerships, sharing ideas, and mutual
learning, these Heroes are able to achieve even greater success in reducing
poverty in their communities. Sawa uses a non-monetary approach to connect
and support Sawa Heroes.
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