KAPS News, April 27th

Welcome to the April 27th, 2010 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*SF Giants Game with KAPS!
*Community Service Event: Volunteer at Koreatown Oakland CultureFest
*Please Support the SF Korean School Over a Delicious Dinner
*Special Invitation: 2010 Ascend West Coast Leadership Conference
*San Francisco International Film Festival
*Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames

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SF Giants Game with KAPS!

Join KAPS for a fun-filled night at the fourth annual Korean Heritage Night with the San Francisco Giants! The Giants will be celebrating Korean culture and community impact at their game against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday, May 12th. There will be special pregame and in-game entertainment and everyone who attends will get special Korean Heritage seating and a free Korean-themed souvenir. The SF Giants will also be donating $2 of every ticket sale to the San Francisco Korean Center (http://koreancentersf.org/) - all the more reason to come out and enjoy the game!

Tickets are $20 each (plus $3 processing fee) and can be purchased off our website: http://www.kaps.org/events or you can send a check to Jean to reserve your ticket.

To check out picture from last year's event, please visit our gallery

To reserve your ticket or if you have any questions, please contact KAPS President, Jean Park, at jean@kaps.org

What: Korean Heritage Night with SF Giants
When: Wednesday, May 12th at 7:15pm
Cost: $20 plus $3 processing fee

Community Service Event: Volunteer at Koreatown Oakland CultureFest

Oakland's CultureFest returns for a second full-day celebration of the rich diversity of Oakland's people. Already a large event in 2009, this year's CultureFest will be much grander and include:

Multiple stages with music from different cultures
Martial arts high-action demonstrations
Dance styles from around the world
Children's rides & games
Community bazaar and non-profit fundraising
Local artists and vendors
Car show
Photography and karaoke contests
Beer garden
Food, food, food

KAPS will be organizing a group of volunteers for this big celebration day. You can sign up for time slots anywhere from 8am to 8pm helping out in ways like these:

Festival decoration
Art monitor
Exhibit / vendor booths
Entertainer parking lot
Festival monitors
KoreaTown info booth / sales
Children's area
Clean-up / take-down
Radio dispatcher
Refreshment (beer) garden
Bazaar
Car show
Martial arts / dance stage

Contact us to get the volunteer form that you'll need to turn in by May 1. The sooner you give back the form, the sooner you can get your first choice(s) of volunteer positions!

For more details
*Ask us on our Facebook page.
*Email festival@koreatownnorthgate.org.
*Or call the event HQ at (510) 436-6672 or (510) 648-2337

Please Support the SF Korean School Over a Delicious Dinner

San Francisco Korean School was founded in 1973 and has been teaching the language, culture, and history of Korean to Korean American students for 37 years. The school believes that educating Korean American children about Korea is important because it makes them feel pride and have a self-identity. KAPS recognizes the importance what the SF Korean School is doing for the Korean community, and the community at large.

San Francisco Korean School is a non-profit organization which is run by tuition fees, member of board of directors fees, and funds from a fund-raising party and NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT.

When: Saturday, May 1st, 2010
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (roughly)
Where: Hotel Kabuki (née Miyako Hotel), Sakura Rm.
1625 Post St, (corner of Laguna) San Francisco, CA 94115
Cost: $100.00 per ticket

Please pass this onto friends, family members, colleagues, and anybody else you think might be interested in supporting the Korean community.

To RSVP, please contact Catharina Min at cmin@reedsmith.com

If you would like to donate, please make checks payable to San Francisco Korean School and send your donation to 49 Skyline Plaza Daly City, CA 94015. You will get a tax deduction for your donations, and if you donate, your name will be listed.

If you have any questions about the fund-raising party, please call at 415-271-0521(Director), or 415-710-2740(Principal Lee).

The school is really great. The teachers are so dedicated, some come from Pleasanton every Saturday morning to teach our kids Korean. They are paid very little and the tuition is really low so that many families can afford the school. Let's really help them so that we have this school around for our kids!

Special Invitation: 2010 Ascend West Coast Leadership Conference

Dear KAPS member,

We are pleased to announce our role as a Supporting Organization of the Ascend leadership conference and gala dinner, “Inspiring across Generations” on May 7-8, 2010. Our role as a Supporting Organization entitles you to a $50 discount to the event.

We encourage you to join us for this unique Pan-Asian networking and career building program. Information about the conference is below.

2010 Ascend West Coast Leadership Conference

“Reinventing for the Long Term”

Ascend’s Northern California Chapter, in cooperation with chapters in Los Angeles and Seattle, presents its 4th annual West Coast leadership conference and gala – Inspiring Across Generations.

Reinvent Yourself for the Long-Term: Business is undergoing rapid changes in how and where people lead, execute and manage, causing disruptions in careers and industries. Our top-level speakers, panelists, and mentors will share how they successfully navigated through turbulent changes.

Who Should Attend: Aspiring Pan-Asian professionals, managers, and executives, at all levels, in any industry.

Executive Mentors: Our popular Mentoring Circles and networking sessions feature successful executives that you can get direct advice from on your burning questions and issues.

Topics: An expanded program features a variety of topics through our workshops, panels, and speeches. Personal branding, introverts vs. extroverts, taking calculated risks, creating sustainable relationships, and more!

Benefits of Attending:
* Get one-on-one advice from executive mentors
* Learn how to succeed despite uncertainty, change, and economic downturns
* Brush up on the latest career advancement tips on a variety of topics
* Make new, broader connections and reconnect with past friends

Date/Time: Friday, May 7, 2010; 5:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday, May 8, 2010; 8:00am-9:00pm

Location: Intercontinental Hotel
888 Howard Street
San Francisco 94103

Over 70 Speakers, panelists, and mentors including:

* Carl Pascarella, Executive Advisor, TPG (Former CEO, VISA)
* Judy Kopa, SVP Finance and Corporate Controller, Open TV
* David Chiu, President, San Francisco Board of Supervisors

San Francisco International Film Festival

The San Francisco International Film Festival returns to the Bay Area for its 53rd year April 22-May 6, and will present over 100 films, ranging from hard-hitting documentaries and intimate narratives to innovative media works and shorts programs. Below is a selection, and find more information on all Asian films at http://fest10.sffs.org.

A Brand New Life
Director: Ounie Lecomte, South Korea/France [2009]
Drawing on her childhood memories, director Lecomte creates an intimate portrait of an emotionally bereft nine-year-old and her irrepressible cohort at a South Korean Catholic orphanage, featuring an unforgettable performance by the film’s young lead.
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=8

Moscow
Director: Wang Cheol- mean, South Korea [2009]
Boasting remarkable performances from its two leads, this South Korean drama follows two childhood friends who reunite as young women, only to discover that economic anxiety can rupture bonds that once were innocent and pure.
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=55

Woman on Fire Looks for Water
Director: Woo Ming- Jin, Malaysia/ South Korea [2009]
From one of Malaysia’s most exciting filmmakers comes a tender, utterly gorgeous meditation on yearning and regret set amid a small fishing village, where a father attempts to rekindle an old romance as his son discovers his first love.
For more information and screening times:
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=104

Bodyguards and Assassins
Director: Teddy Chen, Hong Kong/ China [2009]
Centering around an assassination attempt on Chinese revolutionary hero Sun Yat-sen in 1906 Hong Kong, this star-studded epic is a rousing, electrifying mix of history, revolution and martial arts. The first half is an intricate political thriller and the second half is just plain thrilling.
For more information and screening times:
http://fest10.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=7

Korean Comics: A Society Through Small Frames

Visit the San Francisco Public Library to see a unique exhibit about Korean comics. The exhibition examines the changing social realities of Korean society from the 1950s through the 1990s by reading its comic books. Featuring 83 artworks of 21 of the best-known South and North Korean artists, the exhibit provides a running commentary that reflects the lives of ordinary people, at once joyful, satirical and penetrating. What shines most prominently through these works is an engaged and vigorous civil society in Korea, continuously challenging and energizing the status quo in whimsical and provocative ways. By doing so, they pay an important role in characterizing and distinguishing the culture, sensibility and sentiment of the two Koreas. This exhibition was organized in association with the Korea Society.

For more information, visit http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1000842601

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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