You are cordially invited to attend Language Matters: Strengthening Asian and Pacific Islander Language Education at Berkeley, a program that has major implications for Korean language studies.

This is an open forum to promote dialogue among UC Berkeley students, API community organizations, and UC Berkeley faculty and administration invested in building a robust API language curriculum.

They keynote talk will be delivered by scholar-activist Ling-Chi Wang, Professor Emeritus of Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley.

There will also be special presentations by:

Fiona Ma, California Assemblywoman

Gibor Basri, UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion

Elaine Kim, UC Berkeley Professor of Asian American Studies

And others
This event will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2009 from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at Heller Lounge, MLK Jr. Student Union at the UC-Berkeley campus.

For additional information, please contact apielnow@gmail.com

Please join us for our 1st AAM KACC Meeting of 2009 on Tuesday, February 24th (Fat Tuesday). We will discuss the financial results from our event last year, A Celebration of Hanbok, and also update everyone on the events upcoming this year.

The Korean Art and Culture Committee (KACC) is a group of Asian Art Museum members with a special interest in Korean art and culture. Founded in 1989 the KACC has supported the museum’s Korean Art Department from its inception through the move to the much acclaimed Korean Galleries in the New Asian, and is continuing its support into the future.

The KACC membership is a wonderful way to explore and learn, to meet others who share your interests, and to help the Asian Art Museum achieve its goal of developing the best collection of Korean art outside of Korea.

Tuesday, February 24th
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Conference Room on 4th Floor
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

RSVP to Yoon Kim – ykim@asianart.org or 415.581.3679
Take advantage of this opportunity to show your support and dedication to Korean art and culture.

We've exchanged business cards and corporate profiles, imbibed and laughed. We've built relationships with one another over food and drink; decantation has certainly been our strong suit, and understandably conducive to getting to know other fellow members. Let's take the relationships a step further by teaming up for our first community service event of the year!

KAPS is partnering up with Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ) through Hands On Bay Area to restore a small community by sprucing up gardens. We will spend a few hours on Saturday morning, March 7, 2009 (10 am – 1 pm) getting our hands dirty while networking with KAPS members as well as other professionals in the bay area. As prudent, professional adults, we seldom deviate from city culture—when can we ever justify playing in the mud? If that isn't persuasive enough, a BBQ potluck will follow and more importantly, we can get to know one another in a context outside of our usual lives.

For those interested, please RSVP by emailing Christine@kaps.org no later than March 1. We look forward to seeing you there!