KAPS News, Feb 16th

Welcome to the February 16th, 2009 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*KAPS Ski/Snowboarding Trip – Last Chance!
*Help KAPS Spruce Up San Francisco
*KABA Pro Bono Legal Clinic
*Strengthening API Language Education at Berkeley
*REI Circle Presents Tax Strategies for Your Personal, Business & Real Estate Investments
*14th Other Minds Music Festival
*Empowering Women Through Knowledge Luncheon
*Asian Art Museum's Korean Art and Culture Committee First Meeting of 2009

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KAPS SKI/SNOWBOARDING TRIP – LAST CHANCE!

Bummed about being back at work? Need a good excuse to avoid another weekend at home?

Ready for a snow-filled adventure?

Then come out to the 2009 KAPS Ski & Snowboarding Trip!

This year’s trip will be from Friday, February 27th through Sunday, March 1st. We will be staying at a lovely cabin in South Lake Tahoe and spending the day at the beautiful Kirkwood Resort.

Price is $65 which covers food and lodging for the weekend. Paid KAPS members will receive a $10 discount. KAPS will also be providing discount lift tickets ($55 per person).

Space is limited, so reserve your space immediately by contacting KAPS Social Chair Jinuk Shin at jinuk@kaps.org. Please provide the following information:

Name
Whether or not you need a lift ticket
Whether or not you will be bringing your own equipment
Whether or not you can drive to Tahoe (we will be organizing carpools

This promises to be a spectacular trip, so make sure you make it out!

HELP KAPS SPRUCE UP SAN FRANCISCO

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!

KABA PRO BONO LEGAL CLINIC

KAPS has teamed up with the Korean American Bar Association (KABA) to sponsor its 3rd annual legal clinic where you may take advantage of a FREE (no obligation) 20-minute consultation with a volunteer attorney.

We are also excited to offer, for the first time, seminars on Employment and Immigration law by attorneys who are experts in those fields.

The event will be on Saturday, February 28, 2009 from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm.

Location: The Korea Daily, 33288 Central Avenue, Union City, CA 94587.

The sessions are designed to provide basic information and guidance on topics that can reasonably be covered in a single, 20-minute session in the following areas:

Employment
Immigration
Landlord/tenant
General Business
Bankruptcy
Family
Real Estate
Government Benefits

To See an Attorney:
1. Phone/Email:

Email KABANC@gmail.com or call (650) 618-1673 to make an appointment on or before February 27, 2009.

2. Walk-in:

First come, first serve basis.

For more information or to volunteer: email KABANC@gmail.com OR call 650-618-1673.

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STRENGTHENING API LANGUAGE EDUCATION AT BERKELEY

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

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REI CIRCLE PRESENTS TAX STRATEGIES FOR YOUR PERSONAL, BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

REI Circle presents creative taxation strategies for your personal, business and real estate investments. Discover ways to maximize your tax deductions on this year's tax return. Frederick Thompson will highlight personal and business taxation. Skip Swany will talk about real estate investment taxation. Get your tax questions answered, so don't miss out. This event can save you thousands in taxes.

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Location: Paragon Real Estate Group
1160 Battery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
(entrance is downstairs in the courtyard @ Levi's Plaza)

Time: 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Tickets: $15 in advance. Registered by 2/18 no later than 3pm (registered REI Circle members pay only $10) $20 at the door

Click here to learn more about this event.

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14TH OTHER MINDS MUSIC FESTIVAL

Other Minds, a San Francisco-based classical music presenter, and hope you will advertise our international New Music Festival at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco March 5-7, 2009. We will be presenting Trio Con Brio Copenhagen which is comprised of Korean sisters Soo-Jin and Soo-Kyung Hong on violin and cello.

The Los Angeles Times has called the Other Minds Festival “the premier new music festival on the West Coast.” As San Francisco's only international contemporary music event, the Festival is one of the few in the United States that highlights the latest musical developments alongside more traditional new music. Over the last 15 years, Other Minds has featured over 150 composers and 447 guest performers from more than 35 countries. Previous artists include: Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Meredith Monk, Lou Harrison, Tan Dun, and the Kronos String Quartet.

Trio con Brio Copenhagen was the recipient of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award in 2005. This biennial award, one of the most coveted in the world of chamber music, honors in perpetuity the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio by encouraging and enhancing the career of an extraordinarily accomplished “rising” piano trio. The prize carries with it appearances on twenty major concert series across the USA including New York City’s Carnegie Hall; Trio con Brio Copenhagen was nominated for the award by the Alban Berg Quartet and chosen by members of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio as well as the eminent musicians Claude Frank (pianist), Michael Tree (violist of the Guarneri Quartet), and Peter Wiley (former cellist of the Beaux Arts Trio). Gramophone Magazine wrote of the trio’s début CD: “it’s easy to see what so impressed the judges... [the] performances can compete with the best available... airtight ensemble... a superb, greatly gifted chamber group.”

WHEN: Thursday-Friday-Saturday, March 5-6-7, 2009

7pm Panel Discussions, 8pm Concerts

WHERE: Kanbar Hall, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF)

3200 California Street (at Presidio Ave.), San Francisco

TICKETS: Single concert tickets $25–$35 ($25 student, $31 JCCSF members, $35 general);

Festival passes $60–$150 ($60 student, $74 JCCSF members, $79 general,

$150 premium seating); Students 17 and under free on concert days

Tickets available online from www.otherminds.org or through the JCCSF Box

Office, (415) 292-1233 (M–F 12–7pm, Sat. 12–5pm), www.jccsf.org/arts

(JCCSF subscription series tickets also available)

INFORMATION: (415) 934-8134 • www.otherminds.org • otherminds@otherminds.org

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EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH KNOWLEDGE LUNCHEON

Please join us for a very special “Women in the Know: Empowering Women through Knowledge” luncheon event. We will be featuring Mable Yee, 3x CEO, technologist, entrepreneur, activist, mother of 2 (which she did after her 50th birthday by the way) and filmmaker and producer of Engage Her – a 48 minute documentary produced to inspire multicultural women to vote and participate in the political process.

In April, Mable’s nonprofit organization - EngageHer.org – will be sponsoring the 1st Multicultural Women’s Leadership Conference with women leaders such as Gloria Steinem, Joan Blades, Maria Teresa Peterson, Elmy Bermejo, S. Raye Mitchell, and Arlene Blum. Mable’s experience, insight, and passion will truly be inspiring.

Women in the Know: Empowering Women through Knowledge featuring Mable Yee

Tuesday, February 24th

11:45: Early Arrival and Networking

12:10: Presentations

1:15: Q & A Merrill Lynch Franklin Conference Room

600 California Street, 8th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108

Complimentary lunch and beverages provided by Prudential. Space is limited.

Please RSVP to Christie Iribarren: 415.955.3714 or Christie_iribarren@ml.com

"Women in the Know: Empowering Women through Knowledge" is a seminar series educating women on important financial and life issues started in 2004 by Joy Y. Boatwright. Joy is very active in relations with Korea and Korean Americans and was recently appointed Commissioner of the Civil Service Commission of the City and County of San Francisco by Mayor Gavin Newsom.

ASIAN ART MUSEUM’S KOREAN ART AND CULTURE COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING OF 2009

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.

INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE INVOLVED IN KAPS?

KAPS is always on the lookout for people interested in getting the most out of their KAPS experience. We are looking for volunteers to plan social events, coordinate community service events, serve as guest speakers, monitor the website, and improve the overall KAPS member experience. We are also looking for contributors to our newsletters and website, in the form of job postings, professional advice, and relevant news.

If you are interested in becoming an officer, contributing to newsletters, or assisting with an event, please contact andrew@kaps.org.

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The Korean American Professional Society (KAPS) is a nonprofit organization that is devoted to the professional and social development of Korean Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area. We provide a forum for networking, community service, and political involvement.

To learn more about KAPS, our members, and our events, or to join the KAPS community, please visit our website at www.kaps.org