"Reach, Inspire, Connect"

Date:

Saturday, March 19, 2011

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Registration

Opening Remarks

SESSION “A”

Workshop 1:  Youth Track – “Get Involved!” 
Learn how to become involved with your school, your community and your heritage through various public programs that will help you grow and give you much community service experience. 
Presenter:  Margaret Pasquet, TUSD Asian Studies

Workshop 2:  2010 Census Computer Lab – Instructor led hands-on workshop looking at the 2010 Census findings, especially the AAPI distribution, and how that information can help schools, businesses, et al.
Presenter:  Pamela Lucero, Denver Regional Census Center

Workshop 3:  Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) Overview – Two graduates of this program talk about what is taught in the week long workshop, how it ties into our Asian roots, and how it helps individuals grow in their careers.  Speakers reflect the engineering and university/college disciplines.  LEAP brochures will be available for interested parties.
Presenters:  Patricia Summers (Raytheon Company) and Daisy Rodriguez Pitel, Ph.D. (Pima Community College)

Workshop 4:  Mixed Race – A popular 2009 workshop returning this year.  The presenter will talk about how she and others grew up as mixed race children, how the experiences shaped her adult professional life, how to grow positively with the lessons learned, and how they integrate into society.
Presenter:  M. Craig, Japan-America Society of Tucson

Workshop 5:  Secrets of Successful Asians – This workshop will address one of the more recent controversies of “Tiger Moms” (and Dads) as discussed by Author Amy Chua.  Successful local Asians nurtured by “Tiger Moms” will share their stories.  Come learn and share your thoughts.
Presenters:  Lily Sanford and TBD

SESSION “B”

Workshop 1:  Youth Track – “Let’s Talk About It!”
Insight on racism and anti-Asian sentiment as the youth see it in schools and in their close knit communities.  Young attendees will be encouraged to talk about personal experiences; workshop will also look at some ways to resolve these type of problems
Presenter:  Daisy Rodriguez Pitel Ph.D., Pima Community College

Workshop 2:  2010 Census Computer Lab – See write-up in Session A, Workshop 1

Workshop 3:  Employment Tools Workshop – An overview about the job seeking process … the new trends of scannable resumes, dangers of social networks, age discrimination, making your resume “talk” about the exciting you, networking tips, and so much more.  Workshop will touch on the important points.  Follow up is encouraged.  There will be handouts and a list of places where one can get free professional help.  A concurrent Youth Employment Workshop will also be held.
Presenter:  Bob Millner (Department of Employment Security)

Workshop 4:  Asian Immigration – An overview of Asian immigration, why it differs from other US immigration policies, and a look at current day immigration activities of APIs.  Follow up is encouraged.  Handouts and points of contact will be available.
Presenter:  Jennifer Huang J.D. and James Stoller J.D.

Workshop 5:  Anti-Asian Sentiment Open Forum – Facilitated by a trained individual, attendees are encouraged to speak out about anti-Asian issues/sentiments they have encountered.  There will also be a concurrent Youth Anti-Asian Sentiment Open Forum.  Both groups will report at the Closing Remarks with their findings.
Presenter:  Ross Iwamoto

SESSION “C”

Workshop 1:  Youth Track – “Get a Job!”
Tools and tips to prepare one’s self to look for work;  learn the importance of a good education and career planning, goal setting, the value of community service, how to network, the good and bad of social networks and more.  
Presenter:  Lily Sanford, LDS Employment Resources

Workshop 2:  2010 Census Computer Lab – See write-up In Session A, Workshop 1

Workshop 3:  Asian American and Pacific Islander Health issues – A distinguished professor from the University of Arizona will go over the issues of AAPI health…how language barriers, folk medicine, diet, lifestyles, professions, and distrust make it a very difficult group to educate and treat
Presenter:  Howard W. Eng Ph.D., Southern Arizona AAPI Health Coalition

Workshop 4:  Generation GAPS – This highly interactive workshop will explore generational differences in a fun way and how they impact our relationships and opportunities at home, work, and in the community.  Learn about your peers, your “elders”, your children, and siblings.  Extremely fun workshop.
Presenter:  Michael S Bellotti, Linda Taylor, Eric Stopp

Workshop 5:  Growing Up Asian – Best told by two examples of APIs who grew up in the United States….a Japanese woman brought up in Hawaii and an East Indian woman brought up in the northeast (Massachusetts).
Presenters:  Carolyn Classen J.D. and Cheryl Biagini

Keynote Speaker:  Rear Admiral Colin G. Chinn

Lunch

Closing Remarks

Networking