Filipino veterans, forgotten heroes of WWII
June 2, 2012 – 7:40 PM | No Comment

World War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as …

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Resilience in the Vietnamese-American Community
April 22, 2012 – 11:19 PM | No Comment

The Vietnamese American community has become more open to approaching mental health professionals. This increased openness has been linked to a “progressive” attitude from  mental health professionals.
Dong-Matsuda, a mental health professional and community volunteer, also …

Investing in ethnic programming a success for KBIF
April 22, 2012 – 11:10 PM | No Comment

In times of financial trouble, it pays off to observe the needs of the community. In the 1980s, the radio station KBIF based in Fresno, California did exactly this when its religious broadcasting was simply not garnering enough …

Samahang Pilipino celebrates its 40th anniversary
April 19, 2012 – 3:42 PM | No Comment
Samahang Pilipino celebrates its 40th anniversary

Forty years of history. Forty years of activism. Forty years of family. This year, Samahang Pilipino, a student organization representing the Filipino student voice at UCLA, will celebrate its 40th anniversary and commemorate its many …

Suprising Intersections
April 19, 2012 – 3:36 PM | No Comment
Suprising Intersections

Jeffrey Kho, a second year at UCLA, has come to expect the looks of surprise when he tells his fellow students that he is double majoring in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and Asian American …

Want to have the skin of a Korean Actress or Actor?
April 9, 2012 – 1:12 PM | No Comment

To start, this is a bit of an informal post about something I discovered.  One of my friends commented about how all the k-pop stars look so gorgeous followed by another mentioning this thing called …