APIQWTC's 2011 Spring
Banquet
Lunar New Year
Celebration
5pm - 11pm Saturday, April 9, 2011 Legendary Palace, Oakland
Hip Hop! Look out! Our lunar new year / spring
celebration of theRabbit & Cat
year is just round the corner! We are hosting this 24th
Annual Spring Banquet at Legendary Palace, a traditional
banquet restaurant in Oakland. They have the best Honey Walnut
Prawn in town and their friendly staffs are offering the entire
second floor for our event.
Come see old friends
and make new ones. This year's Phoenix Award is going to our
very own
Pam Louie
and the community performances are going to be fabulous!!!
Great silent auction and raffle drawings, including an iPad!!!
And, the tradition continues -a free commemorative mug
will be given away at the banquet. This year's design is once
again our top secret!!! :-)
Our banquet has been
a sold-out event for the last few years and space is limited, so
please reserve your seats ASAP!! For more information
about our banquet, please click
more
banquet info.
View photos of previous banquet at
Legendary Palace, click
here.
We always need
volunteer to plan for and/or one the day of the banquet. This event would not
happen without our fabulous volunteers. Please contact us at
info@apiqwtc.org :-)
Our next planning meeting is going to be in January. Please
email
ginny@apiqwtc.org
for more information. Thank you!
Other Upcoming Events:
1st Annual Peninsula Queer
Families event “FAMILY to FAMILY” 2:00pm-4:30pm
Saturday, Feb 5, 2011
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto
505 East Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, Ca 94306
2:00-3:00pm Activities, Food, Information
Tables
3:00-4:30pm Program: Speakers and Family
Entertainment
Hosted by Our Family Coalition (OFC) and Queer Parents
for the Love and Advocacy of Our Youth (QPLAY)
Join us in celebrating our diverse families. There will be
fun-filled activities, yummy appetizers and raffle prizes for
parents and children. Learn about the services and events
occurring for our families in the Peninsula. Meet other queer
parents and their children. Allies and supportive extended
families are invited.
In May 2010, the IRS announced major changes to how it now
treats the community property of California state-registered
domestic partners (RDPs), which most likely affects same-sex
married couples as well. The changes will have a major effect on
your federal income taxes, as well as your estate planning. This
workshop
will help you make sense of the changes, including retroactively
in some some cases.
Find out the change mean for you and your family, get your
questions answered.
Childcare available with registration.
When:
Thursday, February 24, 6-8pm
REGISTER for February 24:
Click here! Where: The SF LGBT Community Center,
1800 Market
Street, San Francisco
When:
Friday, February 25, 6-8pm REGISTER for February 25:
Click here!
Where: Bananas (entrance in rear),
5232
Claremont, Oakland
SF Intl' Asian American
Film Festival
at Pacific Film Archive
March 11-19, 2011
Each year, the Center for Asian American Media brings us the
best in contemporary cinema from Asia and the Asian diaspora.
The twenty-ninth installment of this adventurous festival at PFA
features films and documentaries from China, the Philippines,
Malaysia, Japan, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Mongolia, Tibet,
South Korea, Thailand, and of course, the United States. A
spotlight on the work of Gurinder Chadha, recent horror films,
and a special presentation by UC Santa Barbara scholar Yunte
Huang about the real Charlie Chan round out a week of
discoveries and revelations.
For even more national and regional cinema, alternative media,
and special events, check the complete festival schedule at caamedia.org.
A Presentation of the Center for Asian American Media
Program notes are adapted from the festival catalog.
Special admission prices apply: General admission: $12
CAAM and BAM/PFA
members: $10 (limit 2 tickets
per person per program)
Students, seniors, and disabled persons: $10 (limit 1 ticket per
person per program)
Advance tickets for festival programs at the PFA Theater are
available at the PFA Theater box office and BAM/PFA admissions
desk, online, or by phone at (510) 642-5249.
Please note that PFA’s second-feature discount does not apply to
these programs.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and may not be exchanged.
For information about festival screenings in San Francisco and
San Jose or about purchasing PFA Theater tickets in San
Francisco, visit the SFIAAFF website at caamedia.org.
The Pacific
Film Archive Theater
2575 Bancroft Way (between Telegraph and Bowditch) in Berkeley.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Parc 55 Wyndham 55 Cyril Magnin Street, San Francisco
Our Family Coalition promotes the rights and well-being of
Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer families
with children and prospective parents through education,
advocacy, social networking, and grassroots community
organizing.
Headquarters: 870 Market St., Ste. 872, San Francisco, CA 94102
East Bay Office: 344 40th St., Oakland, CA 94609 www.ourfamily.org ·
415-981-1960
TRIKONE's "Show Me Your Jalwa"
Bollywood By The Bay !!!! Presented by
TRIKONE and
Co-Sponsors by APIQWTC
Friday,
June 17
At the Supper Club 657 Harrison St, San Francisco
(near Montgomery BART)
Kick off your summer with all of us in your Asian & Pacific Islander LGBT community . . .
it's Bollywood By The Bay!
* * * An irresistible mix
of socializing, music
from groove-a-licious DJs Ashu Rai and Lady Ryan,
bellydancing, female trapeze artistry -- and you and your
friends! * * *
Proceed benefits Trikone and APIQWTC!
Come and support Your Community Organizations! And Have a Great Time Doing It!
7th Annual Queer Women of
Color Film Festival
Presented by QWOCMAP Fri,
June
10 at 6pm - June 12 at 9pm Brava Theater for Women in The
Arts 2789 24th Street, San Francisco http://www.qwocmap.org/
It's going to be hot and hilarious and healing.
It's the FREE 7th annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival!
The Festival Focus is "Igniting the Intersections: LGBTSQGNC
people of color". The Featured Screening showcases films about
gender & gender identity, sex, sexism and sexuality. From
looking for work in a world that only sees two genders and rigid
gender roles to fierce fat femmes who can tell you about "having
more to work with", these films honor our stories.
Other screenings feature films that focus on healing, family and
community, and some of the steamiest sex scenes that we want to
replay over and over (and they will be marked explicit content!)
The Film Festival will also include amazing after parties and
other events, including a panel of queer women of color who laid
the groundwork for our understanding of the intersections that
we inhabit as queer and transgender people of color.
Showcasing38
NEW filmsthat
kindle tenacious connections
of community, family and romance! The Festival Focus, Igniting the Intersections: LGBTQ People of Color,
sets
afire crossroads of identity and issues, to build ablistering
amalgam of Truth, Love and Justice!
This
year's Festival features five screening programs of
brand-new QWOCMAP films,
Pre-Screening Receptions, Q&A with Filmmakers, and a special
Panel Discussion
focused on Thinkers & Troublemakers. As well ashot‑hot‑hot fun–raising
Festival Parties!
Admission isFREEto
all film screenings
PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE SEATING
Pride Celebration:
San Francisco
Dyke March 2011
Saturday, June 25
Rally in
Dolores Park 3–7 pm
Meet around 6pm on
the steps
ofMission
High School
As
is our tradition, APIQWTC will be gathering around6pmon
the steps ofMission
High Schoolon18th
and Delores Streetsin
San Francisco. Come andenjoy
the company of tens of thousands of other women as we take
over the streets of San Francisco.
SHOW YOUR PRIDE -- MARCH
WITH US!
Sunday, June 26 Gather at 8:30 AM, march at
10 AM
Join our API pride parade
contingent!
Celebrate the 41st San Francisco Pride by marching with A&PI
Wellness Center! We will be gathering at 8:30 AM and
marching down Market Street starting at 10AM.
Other organizations marching
together include Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, Trikone, Gay
Vietnamese Alliance, A&PI Family Pride and more. If you are
interested in joining our contingent as an organization,
please contact Ben Cabangun at
ben@apiwellness.org
or by calling (415) 292-3400 x 314.
A&PI
Parade Contingent, Pride Sunday Gather at 8:30 AM, march
at 10 AM
Contact Ben Cabangun at (415) 292-3420
x 314 for more information.
The 2011 San Francisco Pride event theme is, "In
Pride We Trust".
Please visit Pride website for more information:
http://www.sfpride.org/.
"Double Happiness Seeks Same" APIQWTC
is a co-presenter for this series of shorts with FRAMELINE.
Thursday, June 23, 7:00 PM
Victoria Theatre
DOUB23V -
Get your tickets before they sell out!
This charming compilation
of Asian & Pacific Islander short films takes us on a
journey looking for love and acceptance. First date jitters,
MUNI cruising, awkward ex sightings, and Star Wars action
figures collide with familial expectations and the eternal
quest to find bliss at any age.
National Queer Asian
Pacific Islander Alliance's
Annual Summit
A Training and Issue Briefing for
Leaders of LGBT AAPI Organizations
July 28-31, 2011
San Jose and San Francisco, CA
The National Queer Asian
Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is organizing a weekend
long training and issue briefingfor leaders of
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Asian
American, South Asian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Islander
(AAPI) organizations. Local leaders from around the country
will convene to network, learn about current issues, share
strategies, and build the infrastructure of their
organizations. NQAPIA’s Board will also hold a meeting and
participate in the Summit. For more info, check the website:
Thursay, July 28 9:00 – 5:00 PMNQAPIA Board Meeting (San Jose, CA)
Friday, July 29, 2010 9:00 – 2:00 PMNQAPIA Board Meeting (San Jose, CA) 3:00 – 5:00 PM Introduction and Orientation
for Organizations (San Jose, CA) 6:00 –8:00 PM Welcoming Reception
(San
Jose, CA)
Saturday, July 30, 2010 9:00 – 6:00 PMTraining and Issue
Briefing (Billy DeFrank Center, San Jose, CA) 6:00 PM NQAPIA Community Catalyst
Award (San Francisco, CA)
Sunday,
July 31, 2010 NQAPIA National Program and Activities (San Jose, CA)
For More
Information, Contact: Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA Co-Director for Programs
202-422-4909 or
We're excited to come to the Bay Area for the annual NQAPIA
Community Catalyst Awards! It's just around the corner and
we wanted to provide you with some updates:
1) Deadline for Early
Bird Rate is extended! Get your tickets for $65.00 until July
28. We want to make sure you're able to get your seat!
2) Asian Pacific Islander
Family Pride: We're pleased to announce that we will be
featuring API Family Pride's Wall of Honor. Come and see the
compelling stories of Asian Pacific Islander families that honor
and recognize their LGBT children.
3) VIPs: Congressman
Mike Honda (D-CA) heads a list of VIPs and elected officials, as
well as community leaders from the LGBT community in San
Francisco and around the country. Community Catalyst Award Information
When: Saturday, July
30- Doors open at 6:00pm Where: Louis B. Mayer Lounge at the UC Hastings College
of the Law in San Francisco, 198 McAllister Street. Community Catalyst Award: Lance Toma and the Asian & Pacific
Islander Wellness Center, a health services, education, research
and policy organization for AAPIs, particularly those living
with or at risk for HIV/AIDS. Community Catalyst Award:
Sống Thật Radio, groundbreaking radio program in Vietnamese
raising awareness of LGBT issues in San Jose’s Vietnamese
American community.
Unsung Heroes for GAPA, APIQWTC, API Equality- Northern
California, Trikone and South Bay Queer & Asian Performer: Rice Rockettes and One Love Oceania Emcees: Tita Aida and Geena Dabadghav. Purchase tickets online:
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/7100/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=42412 (contact nqapia@gmail.com to inquire about limited income rates)
NQAPIA Community Catalyst Awards Planning Committee!
SISTAHS STEPPIN’ IN PRIDE
10th Annual East Bay Dyke March & Festival
Saturday, August 27, 2011
It’s their FINAL YEAR!!!
This event – an Oakland institution! -- celebrates the breadth,
diversity and culture of the East Bay’s lesbian and bisexual
women's community. What began in 2002 as a conversation between
friends --“Hmmm, we should celebrate queer women in the East Bay
with a dyke march!”-- the celebration is now an important and
multi-faceted event that embraces and empowers queer women and
the allies in the East Bay.
The March starts at the pillars of Lake Merritt, in the heart of
Oakland around 11am, and ends at a festival at Snow Park,
transformed into our very own Sistah Village.
With your friends and family, you’ll enjoy an exciting stage of
entertainers, great food, special spaces for elders & kids,
community resource information, vendors galore, games,
dancing…the list is endless! But the most important part of the
celebration is YOU, so JOIN US!!
Can't believe that this would be the last year of Sistahs
Steppin' in Pride in Oakland.
www.sistahssteppin.org/
Oakland Pride
Oakland Pride 2011 - "We Are Family"
Downtown Oakland
September 4, 2011
Oakland Pride 2011 is coming up on Sunday, September 4 - join us
in participating!
Last year, over 35,000 community members in Oakland and beyond
participated in this huge celebration. This year, it would be
bigger than ever! Please visit their website for more
information:
www.oaklandpride.org
Kulture Kulcha by Trikone
Celebrate the 25th year anniversary
6:30pm Saturday,
September 10, 2011 St.
Mary's Cathedral at Gough and Gary, San Francisco
Congrats to our friend, Trikone for their 25th year anniversary
gala!!!
Trikone knows how to party well!!!
Please come support Trikone and join a bunch of APIQWTC folks at
this event.
GAPA
Interviews with SF Mayoral Candidiates
7pm - 9:30pm, Sept 13th, 2011
The GAPA
Board of Directors will be hosting an endorsement interview with
San Francisco Mayoral Candidates to address issues and concerns
pertinent for LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Communities. We
would like to extend an invitation to GAPA Members and
Supporters to attend. We have confirmed:
Leland Yee - 7:15pm
Dennis Herrera - 7:30pm
John Avalos - 7:45pm
Jeff Adachi - 8:00pm
Bevan Dufty - 8:15pm
David Chiu - 9pm
Phil Ting - 9:15pm
Event Location:
API Wellness Center
730 Polk Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA
Program to start at 7:00pm, Food will be provided.
For candidate questions and event information
please contact GAPA Political Awareness Chair Ben Cabangun at
API Family
Pride 8th Annual Family
Presentation Banquet "Public Recognition of
Private Courage"
EVENT CANCELLED!!! Sunday, 18 September 2011 11:00 AM till 2:00 PM
Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, CA
Call For Honorees
July 2011
Call For Honorees!
Are you an LGBT Asian or
Pacific Islander who has
an amazing family or one
relative in particular
who has offered you
nothing but
unconditional love and
support through your
coming out process?
If so, then we invite
you to honor them at
Asian & Pacific Islander
Family Pride's 8th
Annual Family
Presentation Banquet.
"Public Recognition of
Private Courage"
Sunday, 18 September
2011
11:00 AM till 2:00 PM at
Hotel Whitcomb, San
Francisco, CA
Come and join a
community of over 90
Asian & Pacific Islander
family members who have
been honored and
participated in this
life changing event.
Celebrate the love and
support of your family
by publicly honoring
them at our upcoming
Family Presentation
Banquet!
Nomination Procedure:
Step 1:
Provide your name,
address, email,
telephone or other
contact information.
Step 2:
Provide the name and
relation of the person
you are honoring.
Step 3:
Provide a written
summary of 100 words
maximum describing the
love, support and
acceptance the honored
person(s) has provided
throughout your journey
of self-discovery as an
A&PI LGBT individual.
Step 4:
Include a 30-word bio of
the person(s) or
description of the
organization being
honored.
Step 5:
Provide one (1)
photograph suitable for
publication of the
person(s) being
nominated; a high
resolution digital photo
is preferred.
Step 6:
Send the information to:
API-FP, P.O. Box 473,
Fremont, CA 94537, or
email to
belinda@apifamilypride.org.
Call Belinda:
510-818-0887
Nomination Deadline:
The written summary,
brief bio, and
photograph must be
received no later than
August 22, 2011.
API Family Pride is a
registered 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization
who depends on the
support of its generous
benefactors to continue
its mission to end the
isolation of API
families with lesbian,
gay, bisexual, and
transgender members.
Rice Bowl 2011
A Joint Summer BBQ & Sports event with our community partners,
Trikone and GAPA!!!
Noon - 5pm
Sat, September 24th, 2011
Speedway Meadow @ Golden Gate Park
(spots #13 - #16) San Francisco, CA&n
5pm - 11pm
We always need
volunteer to plan for and/or one the day of the banquet. This event would not
happen without our fabulous volunteers. Please contact us at
Fri,
June
10 at 6pm - June 12 at 9pm
