Tickets can also be purchased online at www.asiancdc.org. Advanced purchase of tickets needed and ticket sales closed by Thursday June 25.

Our event had a great turnout!  Thanks to The Filipino Club at UMass-Boston for cosponsoring and providing the facility; to Carlton SooHoo of carltonsoohoo.com for photographing the event; and to Moderator Francesca Maxime and Panelists Frances Rivera, Latoyia Edwards, and Randolph Charlotin for participating.  View the pics at AAJA New England Flickr page.

We want to build on the collaboration with BABJ and NAHJ begun in March, so mark your calendars for our next meeting!  Members of our sister organizations have been supportive in participating in and attending our past three AAJA events.  Let’s talk about how we can build on that and reciprocate, and how we can do more by pooling our resources.  We’ll also discuss an upcoming Video & Blogging workshop, planning of professional and student seminars, and fund-raising.

An AAJA meeting will follow to discuss convention planning and volunteer duties.  This is important, so please take an hour or so of your weekend to attend.

TIME: 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 17
PLACE: The Boston Globe ~ Winship Room
135 Morrissey Blvd ~ Boston, MA 02125
Nearest T stop is JFK/UMass
RSVP: newengland.aaja@gmail.com. Your name MUST go on the security list to attend!

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure-Track) – Broadcast Journalism
Position Detail - Faculty
FLSA Status  Exempt
Compensation - $69,003 - $91,079 Commensurate with experience
Notice Number - FY16195
Closing Date - Open until filled with review of resumes to begin 5/1/09
Website: www.journalism.cuny.edu

POSITION DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES
The City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism is seeking a broadcast journalist with significant experience in traditional television news who also embraces new techniques in video and audio storytelling. The position will require teaching, mentoring and helping develop an evolving broadcast curriculum in a converged media environment.

The successful candidate will be expected to remain active in the industry and develop a portfolio of video journalism projects that have been telecast and/or webcast by respected news organizations; to bring depth, enthusiasm and a strong sense of ethics to the classroom; and to participate in the public life of the school.

We seek journalists with strong ties to the professional community, locally, nationally and internationally. We value a commitment to diversity in news coverage and in the newsroom.
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is the only publicly supported graduate school of journalism in the northeast. Its mission is to provide an affordable, topnotch education in the profession as we strive to help give journalism the ethnic, racial and economic diversity to needs to accurately reflect the population it serves.

The School’s 18-month program instills in students the traditional skills, standards and verities of journalism, while training them in the multimedia tools and innovative forms of storytelling that will get them jobs and help them reinvent and seize new opportunities for journalism.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Candidates should have a Master’s degree and at least ten years of experience in broadcast journalism as a television reporter or producer, with at least five in a major market. Teaching experience is required. The preferred candidate will have some production and post-production experience, as well as an understanding of new media and an interest in producing across media platforms. Radio experience is an asset.

TO APPLY
Please send or email a letter of application, a curriculum vitae and contact information for at least three references to:
Address:
Prof. Linda Prout
Director, Broadcast Journalism Program
The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
219 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018
Or
Broadcast_search@journalism.cuny.edu

The City University of New York
An Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Immigration Reform and Control Act/
Americans with Disabilities Act Employer

OCA New England Chapter

& Rhode Island Association of Chinese Americans

Proudly Present

“The Road to Mayor”

A Festive Evening to Acknowledge the Rising Stars of Our Community

Mayor Lisa A Wong – Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Mayor Allan W Fung – Cranston, Rhode Island

Saturday, May 16, 2009

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Hei La Moon Restaurant

88 Beach Street

Boston, MA 02111

Enjoy a 9 Course Chinese Banquet - Entertainment by Ellen and Joe

Adult ………. $50

Youth/Student………$25

12 and Under …….. $10

Advanced Purchase Only, No Tickets at the Door

OCA NE - Jean or Ron Young @ 617 484-4239

Please send your check to: 48 Oakley Rd, Belmont, MA 02478

RIACA - Bobby Lau @ 781 956-8181

Please send your check to: 8 Cannonball Rd, Sharon, MA 02067

The deadline is Friday, April 24. Apply here: http://www.aaja.org/programs/for_students/#journalisminternshipgrants

1) Print and Online News Grants: Internship grants of up to $2,000 to students. Made possible by the Chicago Tribune Foundation and the William Woo Internship Fund.

2) Broadcast News Grants: Internship Grants of up to $2,500. Made possible by the scholarship fund of Lloyd LaCuesta and the late Sam Chu Lin. The Sam Chu Lin grant is open to males and females and the Lloyd LaCuesta grant will go to a male student.

3) Stanford Chen Internship Grants: Two grants of $3,000 each to college students who are interns at small to medium-size media.

Press releases regarding the incident and today’s rally at Tufts follow.  A Tufts Daily news story is available here.   Our student board member, Mary Jo Pham, a student at Tufts, also directs us to a Tufts Daily editorial.

In addition, there’s an editorial written by Tufts seniors Sofia Nelson and Sara Robbins in response to a previous column, “Stuff Tufts People Like: Alleging Bias,” written by junior Will Ehrenfeld.

 Last Thursday five Korean American students practicing a Korean dance were allegedly confronted by a white male student who shouted racist remarks and then physically assaulted them. The incident was reported to a University Resident Advisor and submitted as a bias incident; Tufts University, however, has apparently been slow to react or condemn the incident. Apparently the student has not apologized and may receive minimal punishment. The Korean Students Association is holding a rally to raise awareness about the incident and to call on the University to make institutional changes to prevent such bias attacks.

A press release from the Tufts Korean Students Association follows.

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This is the email that circulated the day after the incident (and is also on the facebook group). It is a written statement by members of KSA.

There was a bias incident involving members of the Korean Students Association (KSA) that took place in the early morning hours on Thursday, April 9, in Lewis Hall Lounge, while the club members were practicing for their culture show.

Thirteen members of the KSA were preparing for their culture show at approximately 1:45AM. A white freshman male living in Lewis Hall approached five male members who were practicing their dance. He claimed that he had been drinking at a bar prior to arriving at Lewis Hall.

He insisted several times that the KSA members teach him the moves to their dance and was repeatedly asked to stop. Despite this request, he continued to molest the dancers, imitating the dance moves and declaring, “This is the gayest shit I’ve ever done.” The KSA members then asked him to leave, to which he responded, “Fuck you. Fuck you, I could take all of you. I’ll kill you all.”

He then threatened to get his fraternity brothers to help him retaliate. At this point, he began to physically harass the dancers, spitting at one member and shoving another one of the guys. An altercation ensued during which the freshman ripped two shirts and inflicted minor cuts to a member’s forehead. In order to restrain him, the KSA members pinned him to the floor and put him into a headlock, at which point the freshman mentioned that he could not breathe and the person holding him down immediately let go.

At this moment, the freshman’s friend and his girlfriend, who watched from the side, stepped in to take him away. When he got up, he started cursing “Fuck you, fuck you” and spitting at the dancers again. As he was being dragged away, he shouted, “Fuck you all, you fucking chinks, go back to China! Go back to your fucking country, you dont belong in this country.”

His friends took him to the bathroom, where he could be heard repeatedly shouting, “If I see them again, I will fuck them all.”

The fight was reported to an RA, who wrote and sent in a bias incident report. According to the RA, submitted within the report was testimony from his girlfriend supporting the fact that her boyfriend initiated the altercation.

Thirteen people, members and friends of KSA, were present during the fight.

In the aftermath of the dispute, members were shocked and saddened that such

racism and hostility could be found at our school. It is the collective wish of KSA and affiliated students, both of Asian and non-Asian heritage, that this event come to the attention of our community in order to shed light on discrimination among our peers and our ongoing fight for cultural understanding.

The Korean Students Association greatly appreciates the support that the community has shown. This particular incident affected members of KSA, but anyone could have been a victim of this bigotry. Please take the time to show your support by joining this Facebook group. To share your thoughts on the matter, please contact administrators and keep an ongoing discussion about how we can move forward from here.

As always, we are extremely passionate about issues regarding race and culture in our community. If you want to join our cause in promoting cultural understanding and feel that you have a great idea for the future direction of our community, we strongly encourage you to raise this issue with your dean. For those who feel the need to talk to a professional regarding this racial attack, Tufts offers free counseling sessions. Please spread the word! Social injustice is a fundamental yet taboo issue. It is imperative that we confront these problems.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hate Speech and Violence Directed at Asian American Students at Tufts On Thursday, April 9, 2009, a group of Korean American students at Tufts University was attacked with racial epithets and physical violence by a white, freshman student.

The incident was reported to the Resident Assistant after it occurred. In response to the hate speech and violent incident that ensued, students from several communities at Tufts are organizing a public rally to be held on Thursday, April 16, 2009, from 12:30-1:30 PM, on the Tisch Patio at the Medford campus. The rally will have guest speakers, students, and performances from on and off campus. Participants of the rally are in support of the victims of the hate incident on 04.09.09, those who have been victims to similar hate and bias events on college campuses, and their allies. Supporters for the rally are encouraged to wear red. The public demonstration will promote awareness of the hate incident, as well as the history of discrimination against Asian Americans on college campuses that has been rendered invisible. The rally will call on the administration to make effective institutional changes towards ensuring that all students at Tufts have a safe environment in which to pursue their education.

Points that the Asian American community will express at the rally are as follows. The community will pursue the points with the administration.

1. Increased visibility and incorporation of Asian American, not Asian, experiences within the curriculum to educate and promote awareness on the Asian American racial identity

2. Racial difference training for all students and faculty on Asian American experience and inaccurate stereotypes about Asian Americans

3. Clear, speedy, protocol to respond to acts of racial discrimination that is transparent to the entire Tufts community

4. Administrative support against acts of racial discrimination and intolerance in the form of public statements and offering resources to students who feel unsafe and or have been victims of such incidences

For information contact +16174609916, rsiy01@gmail.com, or +14012066938, jenny.lau@tufts.edu