KAM Banquet guests, from left: Yoonju Park, director of Korean Service Center; Channel 5 Eyewitness News Reporter Susanna Song, Master of Ceremony; Hyun Sook Han, Korean adoption pioneer; Kim Jackson, photographer and author of the “HERE” book on Minnesota Korean adoptees; Angela Copeland, an adoptee who spoke on how a spiritual journey to Korea changed her life; and Pastor Sung Chul Park, director of KAM. (AAP staff photo by Tom LaVenture)

By TOM LAVENTURE
AAP staff writer

MINNEAPOLIS (August 21, 2010) – Korean Adoptees Ministry celebrated a “Decade of Making Deep Connections” with a gala fundraising event last weekend at Ramada Plaza. KAM, a nonprofit organization is based in Roseville and has served as a resource for adoptees and their families.

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MLIS professor Sarah Park is learning how Korean adoptees uncover their past. (Photo By Pauline Oo)

By PAULINE Oo

St. Paul, Minn. (July 19, 2010) – Since the Korean War (1950–53), more than 200,000 Korean children have been sent away to western countries for adoption. Thousands have returned to Korea to visit, work or study. Many are also searching for answers about their past. That’s where Sarah Park, assistant professor of library and information science at St. Catherine University, comes in.

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UCLA Professor Jerry Kang (UCLA photo)

Los Angeles (July 30, 2010) – The University of California at Los Angeles’ Asian American Studies Center (aasc.ucla.edu) announced Friday, that UCLA Professor Jerry Kang is appointed the inaugural holder of the Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Chair in Korean American studies. Professor Kang, considered an influential scholar of law and Asian American studies, teaching at the UCLA School of Law since 1995, becomes the first endowed chair of what is called the first of its type in the nation.

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UCLA Professor Jerry Kang (UCLA photo)

Los Angeles (July 30, 2010) – The University of California at Los Angeles’ Asian American Studies Center (aasc.ucla.edu) announced Friday, that UCLA Professor Jerry Kang is appointed the inaugural holder of the Korea Times-Hankook Ilbo Chair in Korean American studies. Professor Kang, considered an influential scholar of law and Asian American studies, teaching at the UCLA School of Law since 1995, becomes the first endowed chair of what is called the first of its type in the nation.

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The Asian American Leadership Council at Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) presents Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) with a $2,500 grant from the Silk Fund. L to R: Sandhya Krishnan, council co-chair; Sheena Panoor, council member; Sheeba Suhaskumar, council member; Sharmila Rao Thakkar, council member and CFW board member; Maya Kinatukara, council member; and Soo Ji Min, executive director of ICAH. PHOTO CREDIT: Kat Fitzgerald

The Asian American Leadership Council at Chicago Foundation for Women (CFW) presents Korean American Women in Need (KAN-WIN) with a $5,000 grant from the Silk Fund. L to R: Audrey J. Suh, KAN-WIN board treasurer; Sheeba Suhaskumar, council member; Sandhya Krishnan, council co-chair; Mae P. Hong, council member and former CFW board chair; Sheena Panoor, council member; Sharmila Rao Thakkar, council member and CFW board member; Youngju Ji, executive director of KAN-WIN; and Juju Lien, CFW Alumnae Council member. PHOTO CREDIT: Kat Fitzgerald

CHICAGO (July 22, 2010) The Asian American Leadership Council at Chicago Foundation for Women is proud to announce $10,000 in grants to three Chicago-area nonprofits. The funded programs address domestic and sexual violence as well as access to health services and information, and two of the grants also recognize Asian American women’s leadership.

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TaeHun Kim is an American, through and through.

A successful executive and attorney with a good education, he lives the American Dream every day, but he also knows that there is another side to being Korean-American, in which it is very difficult to claim complete assimilation into American life.

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The first weekend of the Minnesota Sinfonia’s Summer Concert Series will feature South-Korean-born violinist Hye-Jin Kim, winner of the 2009 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Kim will perform with the Sinfonia in two free-admission concerts beginning June 24, 7:00 p.m. at Lake Phalen Regional Park Amphitheater, 1600 Phalen Drive, St. Paul. The poor weather alternate site is First Covenant Church, 1280 Arcade Street, St. Paul.

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Judge Lucy H. Koh was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as U.S. District Court Judge for the Greater Bay Area of California.

Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2010) – The U.S. Senate on Monday unanimously confirmed The Honorable Lucy H. Koh to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, making her the first Korean American U.S. District Court Judge in United States history and the first Asian Pacific American Article III judge in the 160-year history of the Northern District of California.

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Fallout Urban Art Center presents “Perpetual Tension,” a show of new works by Bo Lee (a.k.a. KimyiBo) on the eternal theme of “peace” from June 4 through July 6, 2010 at the Fallout Art Center in Minneapolis, 2609 Stevens Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55408. A reception will be held Friday, June 4 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., concurrently with Open Mic and Artist Talk.

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