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Autumn is a season of change and we at the APA News and Review are no exception. This issue brings some new items and some familiar ones. One “new” thing is me. My name is Diane Kannenberg and I am now acting as Editor. I say “new” because I was here about 10 years ago. So, feel free to let me know what you think about our publication. I would love to hear from you. Send a Letter to the Editor, a topic you would like to see covered, submit your own articles for consideration, or an upcoming event. The way to submit will be at the bottom of this article.
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Also new is a new column from Alex and Joyce Eng. They are active in Sacramento area Asian affairs and will be regular contributors beginning with the next issue. Additionally, we offer a couple of articles on Health and Wellness and one on a new book by author William Wong Foey who writes fictionalized stories about growing up in Red Bluff. And, sadly, we have Dawn Mabalon’s obituary, a young life ended to soon. There are other interesting items for you to discover as well. Finally, this issue is mainly devoted to a very serious topic, the election. You may or may not know that Asian voters in California make up 13% of potential voters. However, in the 2014 general election only 18% of those eligible voted. That equals a mere .0234% of eligible Asians voted. If don’t vote you can’t complain. Look at Nichole Wong’s and Bob Benedetti’s articles in this issue to see why and how to vote. Let your voices be heard! There is also an interesting article about the first Chinese woman to vote. To contact the Editor: Email: apanewsstaff@gmail.com Mail: APANR, 178 W. Adams Street, Stockton CA 95204 Fax: 209-745-2845
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Voting in the Valley: Increasing Access for Language Minorities By Nicole Wong Despite a growing presence in California, Asian Americans have historically turned out in low numbers at the polls. Just 18 percent of eligible Asian Americans voted in the 2014 general election compared to 40 percent of eligible non-Asian American and nonLatino voters. One barrier that can significantly limit Asian American electoral participation is language. Approximately 36 percent of Asian Americans in California are limited English proficient. One region where voter turnout is lowest and significant language need exists is the Central Valley. There’s good news: this year more language assistance is available in the Valley than ever before. Historically, California’s largest language minority communities have been eligible for fully bilingual elections. For most counties in the Central Valley, this has meant that all election materials must be fully translated into Spanish. Under California law, smaller but still sizeable language minority communities (such as the Filipino community) have received more limited language assistance in the form of translated “facsimile” ballots. These ballots are reference tools - translated replicas of the English ballots - that limited English proficient voters can use when casting their vote on an English ballot. But too often, voters who need these translated “facsimile” ballots have no idea they exist. The California Voting For All Act (AB 918), which passed in 2017 and is implemented for the first time this year, aims to make translated “facsimile” ballots more accessible. VOLUME 16.NO.5
Before AB 918, polling places were only required to post one facsimile ballot, which meant that limited English proficient voters often missed it, and those who found it had to stand near the wall to use it. Now, polling places must also offer a copy of the facsimile ballot that the voter can take with them into the booth to vote with privacy. AB 918 also requires elections offices to post translated signs at polling places about the facsimile ballots and to publicize them online. Lastly, vote by mail voters in some neighborhoods can now request a translated facsimile ballot by mail or email before Election Day, at no cost. New language minority communities are now eligible to receive this language assistance in 2018. For the first time under state law, Punjabi, Hmong, Syriac, Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, and Ilocano will be covered in California elections and some counties will expand coverage to other languages. What does this mean for the Central Valley? In San Joaquin County, translated facsimile ballots and signs are available in Chinese, Filipino/Tagalog, Khmer, Punjabi, and Vietnamese. In Sacramento County, translated facsimile ballots and signs are available in Hmong, Filipino/Tagalog, Korean, Punjabi, and Vietnamese. According to Deep Singh, executive director of the nonprofit organization Jakara Movement, based in the Valley, the availability of translated materials in Asian languages “enfranchises new people who never exercised [their right to vote] before.”
So, this fall, ask your elections office if your neighborhood will have facsimile ballots translated into your preferred language. If so, request one before Election Day, or look for it at your polling place. Encourage your friends and family to do the same. This November make your vote and voice heard, in the language you speak.
Sacramento County Elections Office: (916) 875-6451 Languages covered: All Materials: Chinese and Spanish Facsimile Ballots and Signage: Hmong, Punjabi, Korean, Filipino/ Tagalog, Vietnamese San Joaquin County Elections Office: (209) 468-2885 Languages covered: All Materials: Spanish Facsimile Ballots and Signage: Punjabi, Filipino/Tagalog, Chinese, Cambodian/Khmer, Vietnamese
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Chinese 有權獲得中文版選票的「摹真印製本」或樣本副本。請透過 vbm@sjgov.org 或 (209) 468-2890 聯絡選民登記處，索取中文版 郵寄選票。投票站也提供中文版選票副本。
Ilocano Addaanka ti kalintegan nga mangala ti “facsimile” wenno pagarigan a kopya ti balotam iti Ilocano. Kontaken ti Pagrehistroan dagiti Botantes idiay vbm@sjgov.org wenno (209) 468-2890 tapno makaawat ka iti Ilocano a balota idiay mail.
Tagalog May karapatan kang makakuha ng “facsimile” o sampol ng kopya ng iyong balota sa Tagalog. Kontakin ang Registrar ng mga Botante sa vbm@sjgov.org or (209) 468-2890 para makatanggap ng Tagalog na balota sa mail. Available din ang mga kopya ng Tagalog na balota sa mga botohan.
Spanish Usted tiene derecho a obtener sus materiales electorales en español. Por favor, en contacto con el Registro de Votantes al (209) 468-VOTE.
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អ្នកមានសិទ្ធិដើម្បីទទួលបានច្បាប់ចម្លងនៃសន្លឹក ឆ្នោតរបស់អ្នកនៅក្នុង XXXX ។ សូមទាក់ទងការិយាល័ យចុះឈ្មោះអ្នកបោះឆ្នោតតាមអ៊ីម៉ែល vbm@sjgvo. org ឬ (209) 468-8683 ។ ការថតចម្លងសន្លឹកឆ្នោត XXXX ក៏មាននៅឯការបោះឆ្នោតផងដែរ។ អ្នកក៏អាចនាំនរណាម្នា ក់មកបោះឆ្នោតដើម្បីជួយអ្នកជាមួយនឹងសន្លឹកឆ្នោត របស់អ្នក។
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ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਆਪਣੀ ਵੋਟ ਪਰਚੀ ਦੀ “ਪਰਤੀਲਲਪੀ” ਜਾਂ ਨਮੂਨਾ ਕਾਪੀ ਪਨੂ ਜਾਬੀ ਲਵਿੱ ਚ ਪਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਅਲਿਕਾਰ ਹੈ। ਮੇਲ ਲਲਿਵ ਚ ਪੂ ਜਾਬੀ ਵੋਟ ਪਰਚੀ ਪਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਵੋਟਰ ਰਲਜਸਟਰਾਰ ਨਾਲ vbm@sjgov.org ਜਾਂ (209) 468-2890 ‘ਤੇ ਸੂ ਪਰਕ ਕਰੋ। ਪੂ ਜਾਬੀ ਵੋਟ ਪਰਚੀਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਕਾਪੀਆਂ ਮਤਦਾਨ ਕੇਂਦਰਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਵੀ ਉਪਲਿਬ ਹਨ।
Vietnamese Quý vị có quyền nhận một “bản sao hướng dẫn” hoặc bản sao mẫu của lá phiếu của mình bằng tiếng Việt. Liên hệ với Trưởng Phòng Bầu Cử theo địa chỉ vbm@sjgov.org hoặc số điện thoại (209) 468-2890 để nhận lá phiếu bằng tiếng Việt qua thư. Bản sao của lá phiếu bằng tiếng Việt cũng có sẵn tại phòng phiếu.
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By Robert Benedetti, Center for California Studies, CSU Sacramento November and the elections are upon us. This election could be of significance for the Asian-Pacific Islander community. While the community may feel that their numbers are too small to make an electoral impact, consider that in five states including California, Asians represent more than 10 percent of the potential electorate. In California that percentage rises to 13 percent of voters of voting age, certainly enough to influence statewide ballot counts and close regional contests. One statewide contest that is predicted to be close is Superintendent of Education. Studies suggest that Asian-Pacific Islander families will
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Go to the Polls on November 6, 2018 continue to provide an increasing number of children for the educational system; currently 12 percent of those enrolled in California schools are Asian-Pacific Islander. Therefore, the policies championed by Marshall Tuck or Tony Thurmond will be of particular importance for these communities. For instance, one issue that divides the candidates is the support of charter schools. The November ballot is slated to have at least 11 propositions. The housing crisis in California is reflected in three propositions: 1, 2, and 10. The first two would provide bond issues to support housing for specific groups; 10 would allow the use of rent control at the local level. Again, Asian-Pacific Islander votes could make or break these initiatives. The entire State Assembly and House of Representatives will be up
for election this November as well as a third of the California and United States senates. Possibly the most critical for Asian-Pacific Islander voters is immigration policy at both the state and national level. While more immigrants in California are from Latin American (78percent) than Asia (13percent), the migration patterns since 2012 indicate a new trend, with 58 percent of the most recent immigrants coming from Asia. Therefore, the immigration polices made by those elected this November will be disproportionally felt in Asian and Pacific Island communities. There are nearly half a million undocumented Asian immigrants in California today who could be deported as national policy shifts. Asian American families also are more than 40 percent of
those on a waiting list for family visas. Investigate how the candidates running in your Congressional District and for seats in the California Legislature stand on these issues. While many of the legislative and congressional contests are not likely to be close, three in the Sacramento/ San Joaquin/ Stanislaus areas will be hard fought. Tom McClintock the incumbent Republican faces Jessica Morse in the foothills, District 10; Ami Bera the incumbent Democrat will battle Andrew Grant in the Sacramento suburbs, District 7; and Jeff Dedham the incumbent Republican competes with Josh Harder in Modesto/Turlock, District 10. Participation in these races may be decisive. November sixth is your chance to voice your policy preferences and vote for representatives who you can trust. Register and vote!
ANGEL ISLAND STORIES: Tye Leung Schulze The First Chinese American Woman To OTE By Grant Din, based on a story by Lia Dun
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as a servant in another household when she was age nine and when she was only twelve her parents arranged for her to marry to a Chinese immigrant man in Montana. Tye ran away from home to the Presbyterian Mission Home, now known as the Donaldina Cameron House. She learned English and helped Cameron in her work to rescue Chinese girls from brothels, and also served as their interpreter in court. In 1910, Tye became the first Chinese American woman to pass the civil service examination and receive a federal service position, as an interpreter on Angel Island. Her achievement was chronicled in the New York Daily Tribune and the San Francisco Daily News. After women were granted the
vote in the United States by passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, Tye became the first Chinese American woman to cast a ballot in a presidential election. A San Francisco Daily News article lauded her as “the first Chinese woman in the history of the world to exercise the electoral franchise.” Her achievements contributed immensely in shaping the experience of Chinese Americans in San Francisco. While working at Angel Island, Tye met and fell in love with Charles Frederick Schulze, an immigration inspector on the island. Because of antimiscegenation laws, they could not marry in California, so in 1913 they went to Vancouver, Washington, the nearest state that allowed for interracial marriage, for their wedding. Their marriage cost them their jobs, and they had to resign from their positions on Angel Island.
After that, Charles worked as a mechanic and telephone repairman at the Southern Pacific Company and Tye worked at the Chinese Tea Garden, then the Chinese Hospital and in 1926 became a telephone operator at Pacific Telephone’s China Exchange, a high profile job for women at the time, and stayed for twenty years. Later, she once again worked for the Immigration Office, now in San Francisco, as an interpreter, for many of the new immigrant wives of Chinese American men. Tye died in 1972 at the age of 84. For more information on Tye Leung Schulze, visit the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation’s website at www.aiisf.org and go to Immigrant Voices. AIISF also seeks your family’s immigrant stories. Contact Grant Din at gdin@aiisf.org or 415-348-9200 x11. SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
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• All voters will be mailed a ballot! Ballots will be mailed starting 29 days before Election Day
•• 所有選民將收到郵寄的選票！選舉日前 29 天起將郵寄選票
• Still want to vote in person? Vote at any Vote Center in Sacramento County! Vote Centers are replacing polling places, and: - open beginning 10 days before Election Day
•• 還是希望親自投票？在縣內的任何投票 中心投票！投票中心代替以前的投票 點 ，並且：
- you decide which Vote Center to use • Remember to register to vote or update your registration by October 22, 2018, to receive your ballot in the mail - You can register to vote online at: www.Elections.SacCounty.net To learn more, call (800) 762-8019, or visit our website at www.Elections.SacCounty.net
- 選舉日前 10 天起開放 - 您決定要使用的投票中心 •• 記得在2018年10月22日前登記投票或 更新您的登記，以便收到您的郵寄選票 - 您可上網登記投票，網址為: www.Elections.SacCounty.net 要了解更多資訊，請致電 (800) 762-8019 或瀏覽我們的網站
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Engs to join APA News and Review as contributors
By Robert Lo The APA News and Review is excited to welcome Alex and Joyce Eng as regular contributors covering the Sacramento area. Their topics will range from senior citizen related issues to news and interests in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in and around Sacramento. The Engs settled in Sacramento in1971 and became actively involved in the Asian and Pacific Islander community by helping to educate the public on the countless contributions made by API communities in the area. Joyce has served as vice president of the Locke Foundation, educating the public on Locke’s history and legacy by helping Locke gain designation as a National Historic Landmark. She continues to volunteer at the Locke Museum, sharing the history of Chinese immigrants who worked on the levy roads and farms in the Delta. She also serves on three other API related non-profit organizations. Alex began working alongside his wife after retiring in 2004 from his career as a graphic designer. He is currently serving as an activist and leader in the Sacramento Community. Alex’s focus is on the preservation of civil rights for all and is especially passionate about the treatment and visibility of the disabled, senior citizens, Asian Americans and the underserved in the community. Welcome them and lets us know what you think about this exciting new addition to our publication. VOLUME 16.NO.5
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INNER SAFARI Caregiver Conference Saturday November 10th 2018 Robert Cabral Agricultural Center
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By Trinity Dunkwu The very secret to a purposeful healthy and balanced life, culture, and society, locally and globally with an excellent living, breathing environment is having and maintaining…healthy soil. Healthy soil is defined as the continued ability to operate as a crucial living ecosystem while maintaining plants by supplying them with vital quality soil components such as minerals, organic materials, water, air and living organisms. The framework is to sustain us and the earths’ ecosystem as well as provide cleaner air. The earth under our feet is teeming with useful and healthy fungus and bacteria along with earthworm casings aerating soil allowing better water absorption for healthy plants. I remember as a child how tasteful, sweet, juicy and colorful our fruits and vegetables used to be? My favorite fruits like plums and watermelon were more flavorful before the arrival of chemicals in our soil leaching nutrients away over time. Our farmers carefully tended their fields with love, care, and compassion for our soil, which yielded healthy, nutritional rich food. Which in turn kept the consumer safe and healthy resulting in stronger immune systems and bodies requiring less medication. Keeping soil healthy helps maintains the total living ecosystem; health in plants, humans, pets and animals.
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CACS Foundation Holding Annual Red Bluff native William Wong Gold Mountain Celebration The Chinese American Council of Sacramento Foundation (CACS) is honoring three distinguished people and groups who have made a tremendous difference in our community on October 12th at Happy Garden Restaurant from 5:308:30 pm. As a cultural and historical group originally founded by Frank Fat and other community leaders, we have become a voice for the model silent minority who has contributed so much in California. Our mission has been to educate and share this amazing story to increase a better understanding between our friends and neighbors. CACS Foundation will honor CC Yin, founder of the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) organization with the Frank Fat Founder’s award. This individual demonstrates a strong positive role model for civil rights issues by demonstrating good citizenship and patriotism. APAPA supports Asian candidates by increasing awareness to make Asian voices heard. We are inducting the Chan Family
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of “General Produce” into the Hall of Fame. This award is presented to a historically significant contributor to the well being of the community. General Produce represents a Chinese family business that grew from hard work into a highly successful entrepreneurial venture expanding across the country. The values of Grandfather Chan Tai Oy resonate today: “Be dedicated, honest, considerate, generous, humble and be a good friend to all.” “My Sister’s House,” a local shelter for battered women will receive the Community Service Award. They strive to educate and support women from domestic violence. The Chinese American Council of Sacramento Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a stronger Chinese American presence through leadership in advocacy, civic, cultural, historical preservation and education throughout Sacramento region. Our activities include scholarship funding, holiday gifting, author lectures, publishing, historical fieldtrips, arts/ crafts community booths, fashion show and community service support.
Foey releases fifth novel
Grass roots author and Red Bluff native, William Wong Foey, is releasing his fifth title, Anna Mae Wong – Hollywood Legend. This book follows Foey’s formula of fictionalized telling of family events and lore, inspired by the stories that shaped him growing up and his quest to hold onto his cultural identity in a
city devoid of Chinese families other than his and one other. The story details Anna Mae Wong’s fight with racism and sexism in the 1930s and ‘40s to become one of the first Asian movie stars in the world. The book is dedicated to minorities and women who are still battling for equality more than 70 years later. Foey’s other titles are: Winter Moon, The Last Chinaman, Lotus Land, and The Loves of Billy W Artwork of cover to be sent, via Dennisong. His books are accompanied by Foey’s artwork. The books are available on Amazon.com.
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“PREPARE, ALIGN, MAINTAIN: THE KEY TO HITTING YOUR TARGET IN LIFE”
“How can we increase our chances of being on target and achieving success in our lifetime?” In life, we are filled with continual opportunities to make decisions that will affect various outcomes in our life. While this is somewhat obvious, we may not entirely comprehend just how the culmination of small decisions make up the bigger picture in our life. Let’s start with just looking at a single hour. Within the first minutes of our day, we have several decisions that dictate how that hour will go and arguably affect whether we will have a “good” day or “bad” day. “What time will we get up?” “Will will have coffee?” “What will we have for breakfast...and more importantly, will we have breakfast?” If we take this same principle understanding the decisions we make in just a few minutes of our life, we can affect the outcome of our day, week, month, year...and perhaps even our lifetime.. Let’s take some time to reflect on just why our choices can affect how our life’s outcome. As we look at an arrow, it can have a tremendous impact, but only if it is positioned and prepared to do so. It is not just about the arrow, but what goes into the creation and design of the arrow. There needs to be someone that puts in time to craft the arrow, then there needs to be someone that can use and launch SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
the arrow. Additionally, even with the best architect and plan, the arrow cannot be launched without a catapult...or in this case a bow or outside influence. An arrow left on a table or mounted on a wall has incredible potential, but is not able to achieve its purpose of striking a target until some outside force Matthias Macasaet, Jim T. Chong, Nikki Nguyen creates a plan and executes that plan with the proper elements in MAINTAIN connection with the target. place. You do not let go of your focus until the However, with the proper planning arrow hits its mark. and execution, the arrow will fly gracefully through the air and be able to An arrow’s flight path is not just about land on its intended target. It should be the arrow soaring straight. An archer is noted that although an arrow is depicted aligning his body, bow and arrow to create as flying straight, it is flexing and course its path. When someone is successful, it’s correcting up to the point of impact of its the decisions, situations, and their life intended target. that are in alignment to help them hit the One of the most powerful and targets in life.” legendary stories is of Robin Hood While we can spend hours discussing shooting an arrow that not just hits the importance of the arrow, it is a “bullseye”...but before hitting the arguably even more important to bullseye, slices and splits an existing consider all the elements that make the arrow resting on the bullseye. We can arrow be able to achieve its intended surmise that to create THE BIGGEST purpose. Our personal goals and IMPACT, we can build our success upon aspirations in life can be considered the the success of others...acknowledging the “arrows” we have in our quiver, while the achievements of those that have gone choices we make are the elements that before us. ensure the “arrows” proper launch to hit As archery expert Matthias Macasaet the targets we chose to have as a focus in states: our life. “The key to hitting your target is To achieve your success, define to properly PREPARE, ALIGN, & what success means to you. Never MAINTAIN. underestimate the power of your You should properly PREPARE to get decisions today that will affect the yourself ready to take the shot. Make sure outcome of your life tomorrow. Identify proper ALIGNMENT of all variables are your targets and goals, make plans on in place by the time you are about to take how you will achieve them, and properly the shot ensure that everything is exactly prepare, align, and maintain your focus where it needs to be. Finally, you must to hit them.
Here is to your success in “splitting the arrows” that have been already laid through the targeted achievements of others to build on. ”Fly through life like an arrow not aimlessly, but with a defined target and purpose.” ~WokStarWokism 204
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About the Columnist: Jim T. Chong (The “Wok Star” Legend Maker & Publicist) is a licensed financial professional, film maker, radio show personality on Rush Hour For Success on MONEY 1055FM Fri 2pm Serving Greater Sacramento, KXVS The Voice Of Stockton’s “WOK THE TALK”, IMAGINATION Radio and a Megacultural / Master Emcee as the Wok Star. Jim is also a National and International best-selling and multibook author, executive speaker, and community leader within multiple communities. Direct Line: (925)860-9777 Email: jtc.wokstar@gmail.com. A SPECIAL THANKS FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION… Matthias Macasaet, Oasis Director of O.A.S.I.S. - Olympic Archery Science Institute of Stockton http://www. oasisarchery.com
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Dr. Dawn Mabalon “the most de-colonized” Filipina/o By Emil Guillermo Dr. Dawn Bohulano Mabalon returned to her native Stockton for good as her family and friends buried her, but not her memory, nor the history she helped uncover and preserve. A week from her 46th birthday, the San Francisco State professor’s tragic death on Aug. 10, 2018 while vacationing in Kauai with her family. Dr. Mabalon is a third generation Pinay born in Stockton, California in 1972. She was an Associate Professor of history at San Francisco State University, has been described as a bright energetic ball of fire who took American Filipinos and U.S. history and fused it with a passion. Mabalon, who originally set out to be a journalist at the Record (Stockton), looked to make a lasting impact. She
went from a C student at Edison High, to Delta Junior College, then UCLA, and ultimately got her PhD at Stanford. Her thesis that put the forgotten Filipinos of America into the academy, became the 2013 book, “Little Manila is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California” which was awarded an honorable mention for the Frederick Jackson Turner Award by the Organization of American Historians. Dillon Delvo, her Little Manila Foundation co-founder, said “It was her idea to create and preserve Little Manila in Stockton as an historical district” when he heard the news of Mabalon’s death. Mabalon’s book made Stockton
an example of Asian American assimilation, and how despite the racism, Filipino genes could not be denied. At his eulogy for Mabalon, Delvo took note of Mabalon’s vision. One of the biggest hurdles for the community, he said, has been overcoming a colonial mentality, the hangover from centuries of colonial rule. Delvo defined it as the “internalized attitudes of ethnic inferiority from the effects of colonization and a corresponding belief that the cultural values of the colonizer are inherently superior to one’s own.” “Dawn was the most decolonized of all of us,” Delvo said repeatedly. “She saw her community not just for what it was, but what it could be… Dawn
was the most decolonized of all of us.” Mabalon continued using her youthful energy, and smarts on the legacy she was still creating: a definitive biography of labor leader Larry Itliong, as well as a children’s book on Itliong. She was scheduled to speak in Washington, DC in August on Filipino Americans and civil rights.
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Essential Oils Help You Prepare for Allergies, the Cold Season and Brain Health Are you starting to feel the scratch in your throat? Are you enduring tension headaches because of sinus pain? It all starts in your brain. We are now entering the season where our bodies must fight off intruders. Healings in Motion will present the Central Valley Recovery, Preventing Strokes program (CV-RAP) on September 25 and feature speaker, Eunice Green, owner of Green’s Nutrition. This month’s topic is Essential Oil’s Impact on Brain Health.
medical laboratory technician. She went on to get a degree from the American Institute of Paramedical Arts and Sciences.
Eunice Green began her wellness journey in the traditional medical field, graduating from the Minnesota Institute of Medical Technology as a
Green’s book, Feed Your Body, Not the Cancer, is a product of her mission to educate and support
As the years went by she continued learning about natural therapies. She took classes in herbology, nutrition, aromatherapy and homeopathy. In 1995 she intensified her quest by taking classes from Clayton College of Natural Health and received a doctorate in Natural Health from the Holistic Lifestyle Institute.
customers in achieving optimum health by using natural products. Green continues to study and grow and stay current resulting in discovering the power of essential oils and how they help nurture a healthier brain. Healings in Motion, a patientdriven agency’s goal is to educate and enlighten clients about the best stroke care practices, allowing them to speak up to receive quality care. Every month, Healings in Motion presents the Central Valley Recovery. This lunch and learn is in its eleventh year featuring specialists in brain health. Attendees include stroke
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October 6 from noon to 10PM, and Sunday, October 7 from noon to 10PM. Beginning SeptemMark your calendars for this year’s ber 5, visit kvie.org/artauction to preview the entire collection 37th annual KVIE Art Auction, online before the bidding begins, airing live on air and online or stream the event live for three October 5-7. Celebrate the arts with featured auction items rang- days, beginning October 5 and running through October 7. ing from paintings and mixedmedia pieces, to sculptures, photography, and more. There is plenty of great art to add to your love, and more are woven through collection, and your the books. Each themed episode participation as a viewer and will offer unique insight, with bidder supports KVIE, with authors, celebrities, and book proceeds going directly to support lovers sharing how their favorite new local and national shows on stories impacted them. KVIE. choice for America’s best-loved book.
KVIE celebrates literature and the arts this fall In summer, PBS launched The Great American Read, a literary journey through 100 of America’s best-loved books in search of the all-time, number one favorite. You can join in by casting your vote online at pbs.org/greatread through October 18. And beginning September 11, the series continues every Tuesday at 8PM. Alongside host Meredith Vieira, examine how shared ideas, story arcs, and narratives of heroism, villainy, self-discovery, SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018
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Gold Mountain Celebration on Friday, October 12, 2018 at New Happy Garden Restaurant Please join us to Celebrate: Frank Fat Founder’s Award Recipient: C.C. Yin & Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA)
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Friday, October 12, 2018, 5:30pm – 8:30pm New Happy Garden Restaurant 5731 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95824
Seats at $75 per person or $700 for a table of 10 Please make check payable to CACS Foundation, P. O. Box 22457, Sacramento, CA 95822 —501(c)3 Tax ID# 81-1929503
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