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Saturday, February 3, 2018 Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch, San Francisco Public Library 9 AM – 12 TACT, Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University, Square and Circle Club, and San Francisco Public Library co-sponsored a highly successful event to a standing room only crowd. The Educator’s Hour included talks by Nick Bartel, Jeannie Woo, and Lorraine Dong about Angel Island, SF State APIA Biography Project, and Angel Island books respectively. Guest Speaker Hong Mei Pang provided resources from Chinese for Affirmative Action. Retired principal Sam Louie captivated the audience with a skit about his father who was detained on Angel Island. Claudia Jeung and Anna Eng showed a stunning array of primary data, family photos, and written records for Square and Circle Club. TACT members and SF State students helped children with kites, red envelope origami dogs, and paper bag suitcases.
Angel Island and Lunar New Year books were on display. Lonnie Chin and Nick Bartel donated many titles for teachers in attendance. All participants received a flashdrive which included Angel Island PowerPoints for elementary and middle/senior high, Angel Island Detainee PowerPoint from SF State’s APIA Biography Project. Book and Resource lists, PDF selections from Chinese Americans Past and Present, Lunar New Year Activities, an updated version of Gordon Lew’s Red Envelope, and Sam Louie’s story of his family. In addition to loading the flashdrives, TACT member Josephine Zhao has placed the information in a Google folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p5b7wK3xzdzFaMy1ktVoGAhrQ2xbcS1x Members of the public were also invited to the event. School Board Commissioner Emily Murase and District One Supervisor Sandy Fewer dropped by to address the crowd and to look at the exhibits and books. The reviews from teachers, students, and the public were highly complimentary and enthusiastic. Angel Island Immigrant Voices
Saturday, February 3, 2018 9 AM (Prop A Start Time) – 12 Noon Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch, San Francisco Public Library - 351 9th Avenue, San Francisco 94118 - Enter by 10th Avenue near Geary Tentative Schedule: 9:00 – 10:00 Educator’s Hour Introduction to Angel Island/Detainee PowerPoints to use in your classroom - Books to see and evaluate for your classroom - SFUSD Prop A schedule for the day - Educators and the General Public 10:00 – 10:30 “Who is an American?” Hong Mei Pang, Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) 10:30 – 11:00 Angel Island Biographies - Angel Island Family Histories - Articles and Magazines Displays - Educators Book Reviews 11:00 - 11:30 Play for all ages: Coming to Gum San: The experience of being a detainee at the Angel Island Immigration Station Sam Louie, Angel Island docent and a retired SFUSD School Principal 11:30 – 12 Noon Teachers return Prop A forms and evaluations of Angel Island books 11:30 – 1:00 Arts and Crafts activities: - Angel Island Immigration Experience - Lunar New Year of the Dog 2018 Educators may receive a flash drive if requested at pre-registration. You will get many resources to teach about this often-ignored part of Chinese American history. Two ways to sign up: 1) Fill out the automated Google Form here, or 2) If you'd rather write an email, please write to Josephine Zhao ([email protected]) providing with: - your name, school, grade level or job title, subject (if middle or senior high teacher). - if you would like to have activities (PowerPoints, Reading Lists, Lunar New Year patterns, etc.) on a flash drive. Sponsors: Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University The Association of Chinese Teachers (TACT) Square and Circle Club San Francisco Public Library Magazines and Newspaper Center Richmond/Senator Milton Marks Branch, San Francisco Public Library The San Francisco Unified School District is committed to ensuring a high quality education for all students in our community. We believe it is critical that our educators reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of our student population. If you are a current or aspiring educator of color, interested in teaching opportunities with SFUSD, we invite you to join us for this Application Seminar. Participants will:
Gain a deeper understanding about SFUSD and SFUSD's application process; Discover what the district looks for in its applicants; Receive tips on how to submit a successful application for employment with SFUSD; Have an opportunity to ask any questions about the application process Light refreshments will be provided! Date: Thursday, December 14th, 2017 Time: 5:00 pm-6:30pm Location: SFUSD Boardroom, 555 Franklin Street, San Francisco CA 94102 Questions? Email Teni Ugbah, Human Capital Recruiter at [email protected] |
TACT is a non-profit operating under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). We are entirely volunteer-run. Our tax ID is #94-2325845.
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