AASANNOUNCEMENTS

Sponsored by the Yale-China Association as part of the
Yale University/New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange 2003
With funding from the Council on East Asian Studies and Programs in International Educational Resources (PIER) of the
Yale Center for International and Area Studies and the support of the McDougal Center

Symposium on Public Service in Hong Kong
Tuesday, February 4th
Reception 3:15 pm
Symposium Presentations by New Asia students 4:00-6:00 pm
McDougal Center
Room 119 Hall of Graduate Studies

Free and Open to the Public

This symposium is part of the Yale-New Asia College Undergraduate Exchange program, which brings a group of eight Yale undergraduates and eight students from Hong Kong's New Asia College together for exchange and activities on a particular academic theme. This year, the focus of the activities is public service. The Hong Kong students are in the US from January 25th through February 7th to explore the public service sector with their Yale counterparts, and in March, the Yale students will travel to Hong Kong to do the same. The program is open to Yale College sophomores and juniors. For more information about the program and application process, please contact argo.caminis@yale.edu.

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3. Yale University, Council on Southeast Asia Studies Seminar Series

Sulak Sivaraksa

"A Buddhist Response to 9/11/01"

Wednesday, February 5, 12:00 Noon
Room 203, Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue

Sulak Sivaraksa of Bangkok is an eminent international exponent of socially engaged Buddhism and arguably Thailand’s most prominent social critic and activist. He has founded rural development projects as well as many non-governmental organizations dedicated to exploring alternative models of sustainable, traditionally-rooted, and ethically and spiritually-based development. Sulak is the founder of the International Association of Engaged Buddhists.

Periodically, Sulak has been persecuted for his social activism. In 1976, following a coup and the deaths of hundreds of students, Sulak was forced to stay in exile for two years, during which time he was visiting Professor at Berkeley, Cornell and Toronto. In 1984, he was again forced to go into exile and not exonerated until his successful trial in 1993. Sulak was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 1993 and 1994. He received the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the Alternative Nobel Prize, in 1995.

Sulak’s principal publications include Siamese Resurgence: A Thai Voice on Asia in a World of Change (1985), Religion and Development (1986) A Socially Engaged Buddhism (1988) and Siam in Crisis (1990) and Global Healing (1990). The US edition of Seeds of Peace (Parallax, 1992) and his autobiography Loyalty Demands Dissent have appeared in Dutch, German, Italian, Korean and Singhalese editions. His latest book in English is Powers That Be: Pridi Banomyong and The Rise and Fall of Thai Democracy, is being translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Hindi and Tibetan. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the Harvard-Yenching Institute.

See http://www.yale.edu/seas/Seminars.htm for a complete Yale SEAS spring schedule

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4. Southeast Asia Spring Festival
An evening of Food, Fun, and Entertainment
*Guest performers: Balinese dancers from the Indonesian General Consulate, NYC

Friday, February 7
6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
Luce Hall, 2nd Floor Common Room
34 Hillhouse Avenue

Brought to you by the Yale Southeast Asia Studies Language and Literature Programs
For additional information, contact indriyo.sukmono@yale.edu or quang.van@yale.edu

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5. "STRAIGHT OUTTA HUNTERS POINT" SCREENING - Feb 12

Documentary film screening at Yale (please announce to your group)
Straight Outta Hunters Point: a groundbreaking hardcore hip hop
documentary by Kevin Epps
Time and location: Dwight Hall, Yale University's Old Campus, 67 High
Street. February 12. Screening at 7:00, discussion with filmmaker at 8:15.

Sponsored by the Alternative Media Library and Resource Center, the
Afro-American Cultural Center, the Social Justice Network, the African
American Studies Department, and the Ethnicity, Race & Migration
Department.

This film has shown to wide praise in many festivals, and is well known for literally dozens of sold out screenings in the Bay Area. The sold out venues have ranged from traditional theatres like the Parkway, Fine Arts Cinema, Red Vic, and Castro Theatre on down to college & high school classrooms, opera houses, community spaces and youth detention centers. Realizing, that all was not well in his neglected Superfund Site neighborhood, Kevin Epps spent the last couple years patrolling the ghetto armed with a camera, documenting the goingson in a spirited but impoverished community teetering on the edge of wealthy San Francisco. The results are one of the fiercest and most compelling films to emerge from the U.S in some time.
[The film lays out both the shame and the dignity of Hunter's Point, from the Pacific Gas and Electric plant polluting the area and thenearby
shipyards officially decreed a Toxic Superfund site, to the rappers and hustlers on the street signaling their hometown pride for the camera. -
Berkeley Daily Planet]
Hunter's Point has seen more than a fair share of violence & turmoil, environmental problems, economic redlining, anti-police riots, and Kevin's film goes beyond the pale "PBS" approach to tell a hardcore street story. His camera allows us unusual access into the lives, homes, drug deals and daily dramas of community members. [His critically acclaimed documentary, "Straight Outta Hunters Point," is raising eyebrows and doing exactly what he hoped -- getting people to think. - SF Examiner] By interviewing hopeful rappers, neighborhood characters, young thugs, FBI most wanted list members and local officials including "Da Mayor" Willie Brown, Epps brings you into his 'hood. The often celebratory tone of the film is tempered by the shootings of over 100 young people during that same period. One of the drive-by's that took out a close friend of Kevin's actually occurs on camera. It's raw, it's real, but this isn't a snuff film, or an episode ofCops, it's a portrait of a community in crisis, as seen from within that community. [Unlike many typically dry documentaries, which position themselves a respectful distance away from their subject matter, SOHP jumps into the fray. - SF Bay Guardian] As we realize that the plague of urban violence continues unabated (r.i.p Jam Master Jay), the film is all the more relevant for it's eye opening perspective on a very serious issue facing society.

For more information, email Michelle.Chen@yale.edu
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6. Bereavement Group Forming

Wednesdays, 6:00-7:15 pm
Feb 5 March 5 (for five weeks)
Trumbull College Fellows Room
(2^nd floor, entryway K)

for students who want to talk with others about living with loss and grief following the death of someone significant

Group is open to all students (undergraduate & graduate) of any or no religious background.

If you can’t make the
first meeting, please come to
the second. After that,
the group will be closed.

Facilitated by :
Rev. Cynthia A. Terry
(Associate University Chaplain)
questions: Rev. Terry, 2-1131

sponsored by
The University Chaplain’s Office

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B. COMMUNITY SERVICE activities in New Haven

1. America Counts, a tutoring program that targets 5^th-grade numeracy in the New Haven School District.

The program runs Monday through Friday, 1:15 to 3:45pm. Transportation is provided to and from the middle school. Tutors are asked to work a minimum of twice a week – at a rate of $14 per hour. Please understand that you must be eligible for work-study in order to be paid. One is of course welcome to apply as an unpaid tutor.
We have extended the application deadline to Sunday, January 26^th, 1:00pm, for America Counts applicants only. The application can be downloaded from the following link: www.yale.edu/onhsa/Common_Application_2003.doc. Applications should be emailed in one single word document to enoch.wu@yale.edu.

Questions, contact: Jacques Pouhe or Enoch Wu

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2. INSTRUMENTAL CONNECTIONS

Do you play an Instrument or Sing? Do you enjoy Tutoring or Volunteering? Join Instrumental Connections! IC is a Dwight Hall organization that has sent Yale students into the New Haven community to give private music lessons to school-aged children for the past 13 years. Transportation is provided to area schools where volunteers give individual music and voice instruction to their student for an hour each week.If you enjoy music and would like to be a role model for a child in New Haven, come to the informational meeting tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8pm in the Dwight Hall library. For questions or more information, contact erik.fromm@yale.edu or jennifer.stock@yale.edu

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3. YOUTH RIGHTS MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES

Youth Rights Media Seeks Volunteers and Work-Study Students
Recognizing that youth often have little knowledge of and control over the laws that most affect them, Youth Rights Media uses media-based youth advocacy as a vehicle for promoting teaching and learning and engendering social change among young people and within the criminal justice system. This underlying commitment to effecting both personal and systemic change constitutes a central part of Youth Rights Media s broader mission: to educate youth about their rights in relation to the criminal justice system, provide youth with the tools necessary to act as problem-solving citizens and empower youth to organize as agents of social change.
Currently, YRM facilitates two programs: (1) a peer education program where New Haven teen educates youth about their rights and
responsibilities in encounters with police officers and (2) a media-maker program where New Haven youth are in the process of producing a film which will challenges police officers to reexamine their perceptions and treatment of young people. YRM seeks volunteers and/or work-study students interested in assisting with this project and/or helping to implement/develop current/new programming.
If you re interested, please contact Laura McCargar on the phone at 203.776.4034 or via email at lmc@youthrightsmedia.org

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C. Fellowships--Scholarships--Internships--Career Opportunities

1. DWIGHT HALL SUMMER INTERNSHIP

Apply to be a Dwight Hall Summer Intern!
Create a summer internship project with a local non-profit
3000 for 8 weeks
For applications, more info, and project ideas come to an info session:
6 pm in the Dwight Hall Library
WEDNESDAY, JAN 29th
THURSDAY, FEB 6th
Applications due Feb. 26th
Contact hannah.croasmun@yale.edu, 432-9041 for more info

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2. FOX INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP (graduating seniors)
A World of Conflict?

Become part of the solution.

Be a Fox International Fellow.

An informational meeting will be held on Thursday, Jan. 30 at 4pm
in Room 103 at Luce Hall, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.

Designed to enhance the education of future international leaders, the Fox International Fellowship Program fully funds promising young intellectuals who hope to contribute to decisions affecting global policies and international relations.

Work on your own independent research project or dissertation in Business, Contemporary History, Economics, Finance, International Relations, Law, or Political Science at one of our partner universities:

Cambridge University, United Kingdom
El Colegio de México, Mexico
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Fudan University, China
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, France
Moscow State University, Russia
Tokyo University, Japan
(Open to graduate and professional students only)

The Fox International Fellowship Program is open to graduate and professional school students as well as graduating seniors at Yale University.

Deadline for applications is February 28, 2003.

To learn more, visit www.yale.edu/ycias/fif
or contact Larisa Satara at 436-4203; larisa.satara@yale.edu
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3. APPLYING TO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR FALL 2004?

Registration Meetings

Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 4:00 p.m.
Monday, February 10, 2003 at 4:00 p.m.
55 Whitney Avenue, 3^rd Floor

If you plan to enter medical school in Summer/Fall 2004, please attend one of the registration meetings, which will cover the application process, registration with the Health Professions Advisory Board, establishing your credentials file at Career Services, and much more.

There will be ample time for questions.

Questions? Contact: Edward J. Miller
Director, Health Professions Advisory Program
Phone: (203) 432-0818
Email: edward.miller@yale.edu
http://www.yale.edu/career/prof/med.html

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4. Thinking About A Career As A Physician?

The Health Professions Advisory Board of UCS has organized the following panels and information meetings to help students and alumni make informed decisions about this very important career choice. Stanley Rosenbaum, M.D., Professor, Anesthesiology, Surgery, and Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, and Chairman, Yale Health Professions Advisory Board will moderate the panels.
All meetings and panels will be held at UCS, 55 Whitney Avenue, 3rd Floor

The Medical School Admissions Process
Speaker: James L. Phillips, M.D., Senior Associate Dean of Admissions, Office of Minority Student Affairs, Baylor College of Medicine
This is your chance to ask all those questions you want answered about the admissions process. How important are the various components in your file to the overall admissions decision: GPAs, MCAT scores, individual letters of recommendation, the Yale College Health Professions Evaluation, the AMCAS personal statement, the secondary application, volunteer work, extracurricular activities, research, the on-site medical school interview? Get the answers and advice directly from an expert!
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7:00 PM

Financing Your Medical School Education
The Director of Financial Aid for the Yale School of Medicine will present a meeting about financial aid, including loans, scholarships, and "looking under rocks."
Tuesday, March 3, 4:00 PM

How I Got into Medical School: A Panel of Successful Applicants
Participants: Michael Ho, ES; Michele Laverdiere, TC; Jennifer Staple, TD; Scott Thompson, CC, from this year's graduating class will discuss the timing of their AMCAS applications, how they chose their referees, preparing for the MCAT, completing the secondary application, the medical school interview, and much, much more. Bring your questions because they will have lots of advice for you.
Tuesday, April 1, 7:00 PM

The Economics of Health Care Policy in the United States
Speaker: Howard Forman, M.D., M.B.A., Vice-Chairman, Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine; Coordinator Yale MD/MBA Program; Former Robert Wood Johnson White House Fellow; and Asst. Prof. Yale School of Management.
Dr. Forman teaches the very popular course on health care economics. This lecture is designed to familiarize you with the economic issues facing health care practitioners in the United States today. These are issues about which you may very well be asked during your medical school interviews. Tuesday, April 8, 7:00 PM

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5. JOB OFFER: The New America Foundation

Organization: The New America Foundation
Salary: PT Regular
Job Description:
The New America Foundation (New America) is an asset-building community foundation founded in 1999 serving the economic development needs of low-income new Americans in the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Area. New America offers a unique model that gives new Americans (new citizens, immigrants and refugees) a way to build assets by integrating their cultural roots and building a commitment to their community. Our programs combine business incubation, savings incentives, access-to-capital and community development and are currently serving Latinos and SE Asian/Vietnamese microentrepreneurs. Our administrative offices are located in Berkeley, California.
We are currently accepting applications for a part-time (12 to 15 hours per week) SE Asian Program Outreach Coordinator to lead our recruitment and retention efforts for our Vietnamese participants. This position will lead the recruitment of participants in the SE Asian community to promote our program to interested candidates and to maintain strong, on-going relationships with our participants.
Responsibilities include:
1. Development a network of partnerships with local SE Asian and other community entities to promote New America's program
2. Organizing and delivering group presentations to motivate and inform about program
3. Follow-up with interested candidates by telephone/mail/e-mail/in person
4. Providing comprehensive assessment of each program applicant
5. Maintain contact with each participant during his/her enrollment in program
6. Provide reports on outreach/retention activities, and participant progress and needs areas
Job Requirements:
- BA/BS minimum
- Fully bilingual (written and oral) in Vietnamese/other Asian language
- Experience in recruitment and/or community organizing
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent networking and community-building skills
- Strong speaking and presentation skills
- High energy level and commitment to achieving goals
Additional skills a plus:
- Sales experience
- Experience in starting or managing a small business
Compensation: 12-15 hours per week at $35K Full-Time equivalent; wonderful
work environment. The New America Foundation is an Equal Opportunity
Employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply:
TO APPLY:
Please send cover letter with resume to: jhatfield@anewamerica.org
OR by mail to: Search Committee for SE Asian Outreach Coordinator, The New
America Foundation, 2974 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 OR
fax to 510/540-7786.
Other ways to contact poster:
F: 510-540-7786
This is in or around Berkeley.
This is a part-time job.
This is at a non-profit organization.
Principals only, recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
No phone calls, please!
Contacting the poster about other services, products or commercial
interests is NOT OK.
Reposting this message elsewhere is OK.
Organization Web Site: www.anewamerica.org
RESPOND TO: jmerrill@anewamerica.org

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D. NATIONAL

1. CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH ON WASHINGTON, DC TO SAVE BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION

* Please forward this email widely *

On April 1, thousands of high school and college students will march through the streets of Washington, DC to the U.S. Supreme Court demanding that the high court uphold affirmative action in the University of Michigan cases. These two cases represent a turning point in regard to race relations and for our entire society. This is a struggle for integration and equality in education and throughout American life. Now is the time to stand up.
Affirmative action is a desegregation plan for higher education. If affirmative action is barred, higher education in America will be resegregated. Already, integration plans in K-12 education have been attacked across the country. As a result, segregation in K-12 education increased dramatically.
A VICTORY AT THE SUPREME COURT will open up a new struggle for progress towards integration and equality in education and throughout American society. A victory will present a better opportunity than we have had for generations to reconcile the segregated, unequal reality of our educational system with the hope and pride that the overwhelming majority of Americans of all races feel in the prospect of integration and equality.
A DEFEAT would outlaw any and all active integrationist measures in this society, without which there has never been and can never be any prospect of genuine integration. If positive integrationist measures are barred, Brown v. Board of Education will be a dead letter. An unprecedented, public divide between President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell over the University of Michigan
affirmative action policies illustrates the peculiar importance of these cases. The outcome of this struggle teeters on a razor's edge between victory and defeat. Your voice and your organizing can tip the balance. Only this civil rights march can guarantee victory in these critical cases. We have a little over two months to force a positive change in history.
BEGIN ORGANIZING a contingent from your school, trade union, church, or community organization immediately. Do not wait to hear back from us. Spread the word about the march; take the pledge and call to action (see below); email everyone you know, \all your friends and relatives. Tell them this historic turning point demands their voice. Now is the time to affiliate your organization to BAMN or form a local chapter of BAMN (Guidelines for doing both are found in points #1 & 2 in the BAMN Principles:
http://www.bamn.com/1/principles.asp).
The new civil rights movement must meet either victory or defeat at the Supreme Court with a greatly expanded fight to make real the promise of Brown v. Board of Education - the long-deferred promise of integration and equality.
Please contact us with any ideas or questions. Please forward this email everywhere. Together, we can win.

-The National Organizers of BAMN.
letters@bamn.com
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Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action & Integration,
And Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
www.bamn.com - letters@bamn.com
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TOOLBOX:
* List of What You Can Do:
http://www.bamn.com/1/what-you-can-do.asp
* Civil Rights March on the Supreme Court info page
http://www.bamn.com/wdc/
* Printable copy of the Pledge/Call to Action:
http://www.bamn.com/pledge.pdf
* General information about affirmative action, fact sheets and
myths and facts hand outs:
http://www.bamn.com/literature/lit-facts.asp
* Printable Civil Rights March to the Supreme Court posters to
post up on your campus or in your workplace:
http://www.bamn.com/wdc/poster.htm
* Information on the University of Michigan affirmative action
cases:
http://www.bamn.com/literature/lit-um-case.asp
* For a draft resolution in support of the Civil Rights March to
the Supreme Court:
http://www.bamn.com/wdc/resolution.asp
* For a printable copy of the Petition to Support Affirmative
Action Before the US Supreme Court:
http://www.bamn.com/supreme-court.pdf
* Sign the petition online at:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/755335360