[API Events: July 24-30]

July 23, 2006

Tuesday, July 25 & Thursday, July 27 – Berkeley

Are you a young Cal alumni of Chinese descent (C/o 1990-2006)? UC Berkeley’s Chinese Chapter Alumni Association has existed for 70 years and would like to get your input. Participants can choose to attend one of two focus groups. (6:30-8:30pm, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Campus. RSVP to cleung [at] alumni.berkeley.edu with your name, class year, email, phone, and which date you're available. Free dinner).

Saturday, July 29 – Oakland

As Is is a collection of visual and literary works by Vietnamese Americans in the Bay Area. Limited copies available at the event, and readings and visual art will be on display by contributing artists. Special guests include comedian Ali Wong. (7-9pm, Pro Arts Gallery, 550 Second St., Oakland. www.vacollective.org. Free).

E-mail events to: momo [at] hyphenmagazine.com.

Contributor: 

Momo Chang

Senior Contributing Editor

Momo Chang is the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media, and freelances for magazines, online publications, and weeklies. Her writings focus on Asian American communities, communities of color, and youth culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Her stories range from uncovering working conditions in nail salons, to stories about “invisible minorities” like Tongan youth and Iu Mien farmers. She has freelances The New York Times, WIRED, and East Bay Express, among other publications.