Philadelphia Daily Record

Vol. I No. 114

Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia

December 8, 2010

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Circle Takes In City’s Asians

AT HISTORIC philanthropic meeting, Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle announced its first grants.

From left are AMFGC Co-chair Jo-Yu Chen, Phila. Foundation President Andrew Swinney, Grantmaking Chair Nina Ahmad, Asian Arts Initiative head Gayle Isa, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy President Peggy Saika, Asian Americans United chief Ellen Somekawa, Phila. Foundation VP Beatriz Vieira, AMFGC Co-chair Mailee Walker and community activist Andy Toy. See story p. 4

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Sen. Anthony Williams Offers Non-Profit Boot Camp “Nonprofits are a crucial element in the social, economic and spiritual well being of our communities, their importance cannot be overstated,” said State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams as he announced his office will present a Non-Profit Boot Camp on Wednesday, Dec. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the University of the Sciences Pharmacology/Toxicology Center auditorium, 42nd Street & Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia.

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and is designed for anyone thinking of starting a non-profit or an established non-profit that needs updated information on new IRS laws and regulations. Attendees will receive legal and accounting advice for starting a non-profit and advice on how to maintain an existing non-profit with the new IRS requirements. To register for the Boot Camp or for more information please call (215) 492-2980 or visit www.senatoranthonyhwilliams.com.

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Bar Association Installs First Latino President JUSTICE Seamus McCaffery, left in photo above, swore in new Bar Chancellor Rudolph Garcia, of the law firm of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney. His inaugural speech outlined plans to beef up Bar Association membership, while announcing US Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor will be Association’s guest speaker at its March Diversity Award Luncheon.

Attorneys Nolan Atkinson and Bob Rovner welcome Mayor Michael Nutter to Association’s annual luncheon. Photos by Bonnie Squires 8 DECEMBER, 2010

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Asian Giving Circle’s First Grants Impact Local Asian Community The Asian American community of Philadelphia has just taken its first step into organized, transethnic philanthropy.

The Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle announced its inaugural grants yesterday at a reception held at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. The grants were awarded to three nonprofit organizations serving the local Asian community in Philadelphia.

The Giving Circle is the first of its kind in the Asian community and Co-chair Mailee Walker stated the main focus of the grants this year had been youth development and civic engagement.

Of the organizations receiving the award, Asian Americans United will use its grant to operate a summer program that instills a sense of leadership and responsibility in the teen leaders as they interact and build confidence in their younger peers.

Asian Arts Initiative Executive Director Gayle Isa said she was “honored to be in the presence of a community of people who stand behind the work they do”. The grant from the Asian Mosaic Fund will support their Youth Arts Workshop that would bring youth from different racial backgrounds together to help them interact in a safe environment.

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The Wilma Theater, recipient of the third and final grant, stated its project of helping students in South Philadelphia HS would be enhanced with the support from the Giving Circle, helping the students “sculpt a new identity for the school” by creating a story mosaic on video, allowing them a powerful channel of self-expression.

While many Asian societies have similar traditions of private clubs or “giving circles”, whereby communities pool capital for charitable needs or personal investments, they have not yet broadened these institutions to take in a wider Asian American world. Asian Mosaic Fund aims to change that. It is a response to new American social realties spearheaded by the second generation.

Asian Mosaic Fund is a philanthropic initiative that consists of a group of over 30 multi-generational donors committed to advancing the well-being of the Greater Philadelphia Asian Community. Through the generosity of these individuals, a total of $15,000 was raised to be distributed in grants. Organizations were invited to apply and a shortlist of selected organizations was encouraged to submit full proposals.

The final selection of the awardees was based on the vision of this dedicated group - that of a safe, thriving Asian community empowered and strengthened by dynamic leadership.

To be able to impact the local Asian community in such a meaningful way, the Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle partnered with the Asian THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY RECORD

Americans & Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy who provided a 25% match to the funds raised and The Philadelphia Foundation that also matched 25% of the funds through the Asian American Endowment Fund.

Andrew Swinney, president of The Philadelphia Foundation, said the opportunity to work with the Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle was a natural extension of what the foundation does – providing the critical infrastructure and administrative support so the Giving Circle could “come together as a community” and make an impact.

Peggy Saika, president and executive director of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, stressed the importance of having a collective impact, where individuals working together are “inspired to be civically engaged.” She said that Giving Circles like the Asian Mosaic Fund are starting all across the country and were “seeding a growing movement” for people to leverage their giving capacity to make a real difference in the community.

The 2010 Grant Celebration Event of the Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle was a testament to a group of engaged Philadelphians coming together on a philanthropic level and serving the needs of the Asian community. For their 2011 Grant Program, the Giving Circle announced that their focus would be on organizations that serve the initial immigrant community.

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The Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle is open to all those who are inter-

ested in making an impact on the local Asian community.

Chinese Delegation Visits Girls High Educators from Wuxi, China, led by Boqing Yan, deputy director of Wuxi School Management Center, will visit this afternoon with their peers and students from Philadelphia HS for Girls, led by Principal Dr. Parthenia Moore, to discuss the continuing partnership between the schools in connection with the HanBan Asia Society’s Confucius Classrooms Network.

Girls High is enhancing its Chinese language program with the help of a grant from the Han-Ban Asia Society. As part of this grant program, Girls’ High established and is maintaining a cooperative learning relationship with a high school in Wuxi, China.

Students from both schools are partnering to enhance language and cultural learning as well as establishing a model that may be implemented in other schools in the region. To demonstrate some of the cross-cultural learning that has taken place,

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Reading Terminal To Mark Terra Madre Day Reading Terminal Market will celebrate the second annual “Terra Madre Day” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 10. In partnership with Slow Food Philadelphia, Fair Food, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, GRID and Philly Homegrown, Terra Madre Day will give Philadelphians the opportunity to meet select regional producers, watch cooking demonstrations and learn about the tastes and flavors from the Greater Philadelphia area.

Inspired by Slow Food International’s Terra Madre conference in Torino, Italy, the event is part of a worldwide series of programs honoring local food producers and artisans. Last year 1,000 events took place in more than 120 countries. As part of Reading Terminal Market’s festivities, Slow Food Philadelphia will present a $1,200 donation to Farm to Families, a program of the St. Christopher’s Foundation for Children.

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Dec. 8Fire Fighters Local 22 and Police FOP Lodge 5 host plaque dedication honoring 100th anniversary of largest loss of life which killed 13 firefighters, one police officer and two fire horses at Plaza Complex on 2nd St. south of Girard Ave., 11 a.m.

For info Jerry Kots (267) 5496326.

Dec. 14Portrait presentation of Hon. Sheldon C. Jelin at City Hall, Room 653, 4 p.m. Reception following in Conversation Hall.

Dec. 18Caribbean Night Happy Hour fundraiser for Lawrence Clark for City Council at Banana’s 876 Lounge, 5500 Rising Sun Ave., 6-9 p.m. Donation $10 includes food.; donate blanket for homeless and it’s $8. Make checks to Clark4Change, P.O. Box 27154, Phila., PA 19118.

Jan. 27Edward J. Lowry, founder of Phila. Veterans MultiService and Education Ctr., will be honored on retirement at Waterfall Rm. in Plumbers Local 690 Union Hall, 2791 Southampton Rd., Cocktails 6-8 p.m., followed by Tribute Program.

Tickets $65. Order by phone (215) 238-8050. Event Chair Ed Keenan, Board Chair Jim McNesby and Exec. Dir. Marsha Four.

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