KAPS News, May 18th

Welcome to the May 18th, 2010 edition of the KAPS Newsletter.

In this issue:
*South Bay Kappy Hour
*Suit Up - A Private Shopping/Networking Event
*Recap: SF Giants Game with KAPS!
*KCI Event: North Korea - Human Face Lecture Series - Health Diplomacy in North Korea
*KIN Event: VCs Startups Connected
*KABANC's Legal Clinic 2010
*Note: KAPS Professional Dinner #3
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South Bay Kappy Hour

April Showers bring May flowers, and South Bay Kappy Hours.

Come join us at:

Location: Three Seasons Palo Alto (Patio area)
Date/Time: 5/20 (Thursday; 7pm-10pm)

We were able to get a couple drink specials:
$5.00 Acacia Chardonnay, California
$5.00 Cicchitti Merlot, Argentina
$4.00 Draft Beer, Stella

Three Seasons is located at 518 Bryant St, just off University, in Palo Alto. It's tough to see from the street, so please call KAPS VP Andrew Ko at (408) 203-6507 if you need any help finding it.

Look forward to seeing you there!

Suit Up - A Private Shopping/Networking Event

KAPS is proud to partner with Asian Business League of San Francisco(ABL-SF), Korean Center(KCI), and Korean American Bar Association of Northern California(KABANC) to invite you to a private shopping/networking event at Theory, San Francisco.

Date: Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
Time: 6pm to 9pm
Place: Theory, 120 Maiden Lane, SF

Special presentation: Latest fashion tips and must have's for both professional men and women.

You must RSVP before the event either at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/697365840

Or via the Facebook Page: http://bit.ly/9rMKEj

Wine and hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Theory. For one night only, you can take 20% off this season’s work and after favorites*. From slender blazers and pants to smart tops, find must-haves you can mix, match and make your own.

*Non-Theory merchandise excluded. See an associate for more details.

Please check out the Facebook page for more information and remember this is a special engagement that you must RSVP for in advance. See you there!

Recap: SF Giants Game with KAPS!

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the SF Giants Korean Heritage Night. It was a fun night filled with baseball, garlic fries, free t-shirts and friends! It was also great that part of our ticket proceeds were donated to the SF Korean Center.

Check out our gallery to see pictures from this event:
http://kaps.org/index.php?q=gallery&g2_itemId=8194

KCI Event: North Korea - Human Face Lecture Series - Health Diplomacy in North Korea

The Korean Center, Inc. (KCI) is proud to present the next installment of its special lecture series entitled North Korea: Human Face. A group of KAPS members will be attending this lecture on Wednesday, May 19th at 6:00 pm at the Korean Center (1362 Post St, San Francisco). There will also be a reception with refreshments at 7:00 pm.

Global health diplomacy: This lecture is framed around the critical issue of “health diplomacy” as a way to engage North Korea, and comprises Part II of the Global Health Diplomacy subseries of the “North Korea: Human Face” program. An emerging field of global policy, international health diplomacy is a cutting-edge field that interfaces between foreign policy, public health, and law and economics.

Dr. Sharon Perry is a senior research scientist from the Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Stanford University, and science fellow with the Stanford Freeman-Spogli Institute, Center for International Security & Cooperation. Sharon Perry and her team were recently featured in the New York Times for their cutting-edge humanitarian work in North Korea. In an unprecedented collaboration between U.S. and North Korean tuberculosis experts, Perry has been leading a team of U.S. medical specialists working with doctors from Pyongyang’s Ministry of Public Health to develop the country’s first diagnostic laboratory for drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB).

Dr. Perry’s medical research has focused on the immuno-epidemiology of tuberculosis, for which she is a recipient of an NIH K23 career development award. During 2008, in collaboration with CISAC and APARC, she organized the Bay Area Tuberculosis Consortium to host a delegation of North Korean physicians to visit Bay Area TB programs and discuss opportunities for mutual cooperation. She holds a BA, mcl, in History and Economics from Boston University, and an EdM in Social Policy from Harvard University, and completed her PhD in Epidemiology at UCSD.

The Stanford-led Bay Area Tuberculosis Consortium was organized in 2007 to promote opportunities for professional collaboration with North Korea on mutual interests in TB control. For the past two years, Dr. Sharon Perry has directed the DPRK TB Health Policy Project, which seeks to develop opportunities for academic exchange on tuberculosis control. Dr. Perry will discuss the consortium’s work with the DPRK Ministry of Public Health to develop the country’s first laboratory with capacity to diagnose tuberculosis by culture and drug susceptibility testing. Implications of the project for regional and Pacific Rim TB programs will also be discussed.

Please join the Korean Center's Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Korean-Center-Inc-KCI-in-San-Francisco/110...

Anyone interested in attending with KAPS should RSVP to KAPS Vice-President Andrew Ko at andrew@kaps.org.

KIN Event: VCs Startups Connected

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur seeking a VC funding for your startup?
Are you an early stage investor seeking a new startup in your portfolio?

Korea IT Network is partnering with SABA, CSPA, IPA, and MPBA to present "VCs.Startups.Connected", an exclusive opportunity to network with those aspiring entrepreneurs and partners from Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. We will be hosting 6 different start-up companies to present their ideas and receive feedback from 5 VC panelists on how to improve the pitch, define the startup ideas, and tips to impress the investors.

Come join our VCs.Startups.Connected event on May 20 at Fenwick and West in Mountain View for a light dinner and this exclusive opportunity to network with entrepreneurs and investors from Silicon Valley and start building your startup ideas into a reality!

Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: 6:15 - 8:45 PM
Location: Fenwick & West
801 California St, Mountain View, CA 94041

$20 for members of host organizations
$30 for non-members pre-registered
$35 at the door

To register or for more information, please contact koreaitnetwork@gmail.com.

Host organizations:
Chinese Software Professionals Association (CSPA) - www.cspa.com
Korea It Network (KIN) - www.koreait.org
Singapore America Business Association ( SABA ) - www.saba-usa.org
Indonesian Professionals Association (IPA) - www.ipanet.org
Malaysian Professional and Business Association (MPBA) - www.mpba.org

KABANC's Legal Clinic 2010

KABANC's annual legal clinic is coming up on May 22, 2010, so please mark your calendars. This is a pro bono project that reaches out to the Korean-American community. The legal clinic over the years have served hundreds of KAs from all over the Bay Area, and we even had people coming from as far as Salinas to receive a consultation.

Attorneys and law students from all practice areas will make themselves available to provide consultations and answer questions. What we have found is that the questions that many people have are actually "basic" for most of us attorneys, sometimes not even "legal" in nature. However, for many KAs, it's very daunting and confusing because of language and access issues. One of our main objectives is to dispel individuals of those impediments that prevent them from seeking out answers by providing Korean interpreters as well as fostering a more familiar environment.

The event details are as follows:

KABANC Legal Clinic
Date: May 22, 2010, Saturday
Time: 9am to 2pm
Place: The Lord's Church (2526 Homestead Rd. Santa Clara, CA 95051)

TO SIGN UP AS A VOLUNTEER, PLEASE CONTACT HANESTHER KIM AT kim.hanesther@gmail.com

From your KABANC Pro Bono/Community Outreach Committee, Chaired by Jonathan Bae and Co-Chaired by Hanesther Kim and Harrison Nam.

KAPS Professional Dinner #3

Sorry everyone, but unfortunately we will not be hosting a dinner this May, but will definitely be back in June! The dinner topic will be "Careers in Non-Profit". Keep checking our newsletter for the confirmed date and delicious restaurant we have chosen!

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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