Category: Feature
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Why Boston Asian American Film Festival Needs Your Sponsership
Boston Asian American Film Festival (BAAFF) empowers Asian Americans through film by showcasing Asian American experiences and serving as a resource to filmmakers and the Greater Boston Community. BAAFF is a production of the Asian American Resource Workshop. BAAFF builds on 35-years of AARW supporting the Asian American Community through film,
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2016 Miss Earth China (Boston) Calls for Sponsors
On behalf of the organizing committee of 2016 Miss Earth China (Boston), I sincerely appreciate your consideration to be a sponsor of our upcoming Miss Earth China (Boston) to be held in August, 2016. This year, the competition will upgrade its scale, and the entire process will be highly focused and tracked by multiple medias.
Jing Xu (front) and the Miss Earth China (Boston) team.
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Feng Zhang, 34, among Five Faculty Members Granted Tenure at MIT School of Science
(Original title: Five School of Science faculty members granted tenure. From MIT News)
Cambridge, Mass., — The School of Science recently announced that five of its faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT.
Clockwise from top left: Oliver Jagoutz, Markus Klute, Elizabeth Nolan, Philippe Rigollet, Feng Zhang.
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Asian American Youth: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too
(This is a crowd-sourced letter written and edited by hundreds of Asian-Americans who felt the need to speak earnestly and honestly with their parents about race in America. Although it was created in the aftermath of the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the letters takes aim at the long-standing and complex issues of racism, anti-Blackness and police violence in Asian-American communities and families.)
Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie, Grandfather, Grandmother:
We need to talk.
You may not have grown up around people who are Black, but I have. Black people are a fundamental part of my life: they are my friends, my classmates and teammates, my roommates, my family. Today, I’m scared for them.
Asian Americans demand justice for Akai Gurley.
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“Too Much Senseless Killing” — Hillary Clinton
By Hillary Clinton
Friend —
Like so many people across America, I have been following the news of the past few days with horror and grief.
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MIT’s Feng Zhang Wins Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Boston, June 20, 2016, — MIT News reported on June 18 that Feng Zhang, a core institute member of the Broad Institute and an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, has been named a 2016 Tang Prize Laureate in Biopharmaceutical Science for his role in developing the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system and demonstrating pioneering uses in eukaryotic cells.
Dr. Feng Zhang (left) at his lab.
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Speech of Scholarship Winner at 2016 SAPA-NE Annual Meeting
By Anna Zhou
Good evening. I am incredibly honored to be here with you. Thank you so much to the SinoAmerican Pharmaceutical Professionals Association New England (SAPA-NE) for selecting me as a recipient of your scholarship.
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Dragon’s Teeth Previewed as Arthur Wong Was Honored
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
Boston, June 11, 2016, — Boston Bilingual Media & Publishing (BBMP) Inc. held a book preview party at Empire Garden restaurant in Chinatown at noon time on June 5. Dragon’s Teeth – Arthur Wong’s Journey from Taishan to Normandy was previewed at the party with about 60 people attending. State Rep. Tackey Chan and Annie Qin, representing Boston City Council President Michelle Wu brought citations for the 72th anniversary of Mr. Wong’s landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6. 1944.
Tackey Chan presents citation from MA House of Representivies to Mr. Wong.
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Friends Celebrate Junxiong Zhao’s Promotion at Boston Ballet
By Xinming Li, bostonese.com
June 6, 2016, Boston, — A group friends held a celebration dinner at Purple Bamboo restaurant in Billerica with renowned ballet dancer Junxiong Zhao recently. Zhao thanked his friends and fans for treating him for a delicious dinner, including a few Sichuan dishes from his hometown.
Beatrice Lee (3rd from left), Junxiong Zhao(middle) and friends (photos by Xinming Li).
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