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Go See Basketball Sensation Jeremy Lin Feb. 20

AARW has 8 tickets to the upcoming Harvard vs. Columbia basketball game at Harvard University and we are offering them to anyone interested in purchasing them. Tickets are only $10 for the game on Saturday, February 20 at 7pm. They are center court tickets in Section 8. Please RSVP to rsvp@aarw.org with your full name, contact number, and the number of tickets you want by Wednesday, February 17th. It will be a first come, first serve for the tickets. Tickets can be picked up on Friday, February 19th at the AARW office.

AARW co-sponsors Day of Rembrance Event with JACL

“Remembering Internment: The Images & Words of Miné Okubo and Michi Nishiura Weglyn”

Saturday, February 20, 2010
3:00-5:00 pm
at MIT Building E25, Room 117
Cambridge

Dozens Welcome Community Series Opener

We had a great opening event showing the film about New Orlean's Vietnamese community and their fight for community. We're.planning the next event in the series for the end of February. Keep in touch. It'll be great.

Save the Date: 4th Annual "A Little Peace: a Dessert Tasting"

Saturday, April 24 at 7:00pm
42 Charles Street, Dorchester, MA 02122

to benefit AARW, API Movement, Boston Korean Adoptees, CAPAY

Congratulations to the new Activist Fellows

Judy Khy and Sandra Lee are our two AARW Activist Fellows. Michael Liu will step down from the board to act as the new coordinator. They will join Janet Gee to make up our new AARW Staff Team.


Sandra, Michael and Judy at the AARW Annual Meeting

Next STIRR Immigration Right Meeting

The AARW and API Movement have formed an Asian American immigrant rights coalition under the STIRR project. We're focusing on organizing against detention and deportation and holding immigrant rights workshops. If interested, contact jkhy[at]aamovement.net. Other participating groups include Greater Boston Legal Services, Chinese Progressive Associaton, and Deported Diaspora.

Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: 33 Harrison Ave, AARW (5th) floor

You’re invited to Membership Talkbacks

Thanks to those members who came to the second of the talkback series on Feb. 8th in Cambridge.

We will be scheduling another in the coming months in another part of the Boston area.

  • Find out about plans and exciting changes about what’s happening at AARW
  • Meet new staff and other members
  • Come and share:
    - your ideas on how AARW can better serve its membership
    - your feedback on current AARW programs
    - your suggestions for new AARW endeavors

AARW board and staff want to hear from you!

Look for the first two meeting summaries posted in the last newsletter.

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Interested in Immigrant Rights? Working on the AARW Newsletter?

We're looking for more volunteers! We need you!

Contact info[at]aarw.org for the newsletter.

Michael Liu's Snake Dance of Asian American Activism Now Available at the AARW

Our board member's history of activism from the 1960's to the present is available at a discounted rate of $25. Please give us a call 617.426-5313.

Massachusetts Asian Pacific American Directory Now Available

Order Now!

Co-published by Institute for Asian American Studies and the Asian American Resource Workshop, the ninth edition of the Directory contains 300 listings of Asian Pacific American organizations in Massachusetts. This is an this indispensable resource to working with the Asian American community,

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