In signing up fishermen and volunteers to assist in the oil leak cleanup, BP was issuing contracts that required the full indemnity of BP, that BP be listed on the volunteers' insurance policies, and complete confidentiality. On May 2, 2010, Judge Ginger Berrigan struck several such provisions in the BP contract.
However, despite the federal-court decision, BP representatives continued to tell would-be cleanup mariners that they had to absolve the oil giant of any liability if they wanted to get the lucrative work. The contracts handed out at the John A. Alario Center on the West Bank of Jefferson Parish included language that was supposed to have been struck after the ruling by Judge Ginger Berrigan Sunday.
About 150 people attended a closed-door training session offered by BP, which certifies them to work with hazardous waste. Those leaving the event said many inside were Vietnamese, and not all spoke English, but there were no translators on the BP staff. APAS has prepared the attached notices below in Vietnamese and English about the Court’s ruling and what it means to the mariners and volunteers.
Download the press release (English)
Download the press release (Vietnamese)
Download the press release (Lao)
Download the press release (Khmer)
Present this flyer at the main entrance to the Audubon Zoo and receive a discounted rate of $4.00(instead of $13.00).
Download printable flyer:
http://www.apasneworleans.com/filemgm...stcard.doc
Our theme is: Music From Asia!!!
$100 prize for the winner!
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Thursday, November 5, 2009 6:00 p.m.
The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim - author reading & booksigning
Location: Octavia Books, 513 Octavia St., New Orleans , LA 70115
Phone: 504-899-READ (7323) Reception follows.
www.thecalligraphersdaughter.com
Korean author Eugenia Kim (pictured, left) has been receiving raving reviews on her first book,
The Calligrapher's Daughter.
Please join us as Eugenia Kim presents and reads from her debut novel, The Calligrapher's Daughter. Eugenia Kim is a sister of Sun Kim. Sun Kim sends you a special invitation to the event.
New Orleans' Chinatown made an appearance in the Blake Pontchartrain column of New Orleans' Gambit Weekly, reprinted below with permission:
Did you know there used to be a Chinatown in New Orleans?
Blake Pontchartrain
Hey Blake,
Did you know there used to be a Chinatown in New Orleans?
Chi Tao Foo
Dear Chi,
Once the epicenter of New Orleans' Chinatown, the Chinese market that once occupied the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue gave way to the type of buildings seen throughout the Central Business District. Most on this block have been shuttered since Hurricane Katrina.
Yes, of course. While most people think of Chinatowns in New York City or San Francisco, others remember when New Orleans was the only Southern city with a population of Chinese immigrants large enough to develop a Chinatown.
The Chinese came to America in large numbers starting in 1848 with the California Gold Rush. More arrived in 1870, when the Central Pacific Railroad needed cheap labor to build a section of the Transcontinental Railroad. Immigration continued until anti-Chinese sentiment brought about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
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"On the east side of New Orleans, three-and-a-half years ago, 90 percent of the homes in the Vietnamese community had gardens, says local activist Peter Nguyen. The green onions, Malabar spinach, daikon, cilantro, mint, Thai basil, and countless Asian vegetables that contribute to Vietnamese home cooking were grown there. Every Saturday at dawn, a few dozen growers gathered to sell their produce at the neighborhood market, and for the elders--many of whom were resettled in New Orleans after the Vietnam War--their gardens were a treasured link to the country they had left behind. But the younger generation wasn't much interested in what they considered to be the hard labor of growing, and the elders wondered how they could involve their children and grandchildren so that the traditions would continue. Then Hurricane Katrina blew through, and three decades of work tending the land was lost."
Read the full story on the Gourmet site »
(Excerpted from the New Orleans Times-Picayune article by Tina Soong)
Honoree Cecil Murphy and
his wife, Kiku Murphy
"In honor of Cecil John Murphy Jr., who has been selected by the Japanese government to receive the Order of the Rising Sun -- Gold and Silver Rays, a special ceremony and a reception was held June 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Garden Study Center at the Botanical Gardens in City Park in New Orleans.
The new consul general of Japan, Hiroshi Sato, will travel from Nashville, Tenn., to New Orleans to confer the award.
The Order of the Rising Sun, established in 1875 as Japan's first award, recognizes people who have made significant contributions to friendly relations between Japan and other countries.
Murphy has been recognized for his longtime contributions and dedication to cultural exchanges and cultivation of good relationships between U.S. and Japanese people in New Orleans and for being an active member, former vice president and president of the Japan Club of New Orleans. "
Read the full article from the Times-Picayune »
Republican Anh ‘Joseph’ Cao waves as he holds his daughter Betsy Cao, 4, with his wife Kate Hieu Hoang, right, at his victory party after defeating Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., for the 2nd Congressional District in New Orleans Saturday, Dec. 6. Photo provided by the Associated Press.
APAS congratulates House of Representative-Elect Anh "Joseph" Cao on his history-making election to the 2nd Congressional District of Louisiana, making Mr. Cao the the first Vietnamese-American to hold a seat in Congress.
To the Asian American communities of the New Orleans area, Cao's victory represents both a recognition of their unique contributions to the diverse fabric of our city, and more importantly, a voice in the critical decision-making process as the area continues to rebuild in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Gustav.
» Read more about Anh "Joseph" Cao
Date: Sunday, August 17, 2008
Location: Parkview Terrace, New Orleans City Park
Time: 12 to 4 PM.
The Food-Fest is one of the most enjoyable and popular IANO events. We encourage everyone to participate in the Food Festival by bringing a dish or two. For more information about the Food-Fest, please contact the Food Committee listed on the attached flyer.
The celebration will include: delicious varieties of food from all across India, the National Anthems, the Youth Cultural Program including music, dances, skit, etc. We are also planning to arrange Cooking, and Mehndi-Art demonstrations. As the cost of admission, we request everyone to bring two can-food items per family for a charity project undertaken by the Youth Committee. The IANO has also undertaken social and charity work in the local communities. We will greatly appreciate, if you can also bring some toiletries such as: shampoo, soap, or toothpaste for the local charity project.
Sunday, October 19, 2008 @ City Park, New Orleans
http://www.nawho.org/
Last year APAS did not participate
in this race because it was on the same day as our fundraising gala.
This year, APAS is putting together a team. If you would like
to be involved, please contact Teresa Nguyen at Teresanguyen@mqvncdc.org. The only cost to you is to
walk and buy a T-shirt, additional donations are always welcome.
According to National Women’s Health Organization website-
- All women are at
risk for cervical cancer. The cervical cancer incidence rate by race
for API women (8.0 per 100,000) was lower than other races, when compared
as group to non-Hispanic White (8.5 per 100,000), Black (11.4 per 100,000),
and Hispanic (13.8 per 100,000) from 2000-2004. Yet, ethnic-specific
studies reveal cervical cancer incidence rates are among the highest
in the nation for certain API populations, such as Laotian (24.8 per
100,000), Samoan (18.1 per 100,000), Vietnamese (16.8 per 100,000) and
Cambodian (15.3 per 100,000) women.
Please save the date and join
APAS in raising funds to increase breast and cervical cancer awareness.
| Race
Day Agenda |
7:45am late registration
begins
8:30am Aerobic warm up begins
9:00am 1 mile run/walk
9:30am 5K run/walk |
| Length
of Race |
5K (3.1 mile) run fitness walk
1 mile fun run fitness walk |
| Course
Location |
Beautiful, scenic oak-lined avenues
of historic
City Park; beginning behind the New Orleans Museum of Art NOMA on Roosevelt
Mall |
| Beneficiary |
Proceeds from the Race will fund breast
cancer education, screening, and treatment projects for the medically
under served of the New Orleans Metro Area and will help fund the Susan
G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation National Award and Research Grant
Program |
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