Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration at Lansing, MI

The seventh annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration will take place at the State Capitol (Lansing, MI) on May 19, 2009. This year’s theme, “Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage” honors the many contributions citizens of Asian and Pacific Island ancestry have made to America.

The celebration features a multi-cultural program highlighting traditional dance performance, video clips of various Asian ethnicities and sampling of authentic Asian cuisines. Most importantly, Dr. Leslie E. “Les” Wong, President of Northern Michigan University, will give the keynote address.

For additional information or to request special accommodations, please contact Hoon-Yung Hopgood at 313/510-4358 or hoonhop@hotmail.com.

For more information on the Governor’s Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American
Affairs, visit http://www.michigan.gov/mdcr-acapaa.

CRY Detroit presents fundraising dinner

The Detroit Chapter of CRY will be having its fundraising dinner on Saturday May 16th, 2009 from 6.00PM to 11.00pm at St. Lucy Croatian Catholic Church Hall, 200 East Wattles, Troy, MI 48058.

CRY, which stands for Child Rights and You, is an Indian Non-Government Organization (NGO) that works towards restoring basic rights to underprivileged Indian children.

The funds raised during this event is for Child Rights in India and the US. The highlights of the evening include keynote speech by CRY Project Leader from India.

For more info visit CRY Detroit website or contact

• Monika Khanna 586-610-6329
  MKHANNA06[AT]GMAIL[DOT]COM
• Apoorv Agarwal 248-505-1519 APOORV.AGARWAL[AT]GMAIL[DOT]COM

Bridging the Generation Gap: An Interactive Workshop

Council of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) presents a FREE Interactive Workshop on "Bridging the Generation Gap" on Saturday May 16th, 2009 from 1-4 pm at Oakland Community College, (G Building), 2900 Featherstone Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326.

This from the event brochure:

This action-packed workshop will bring your family together through teamwork games & thought-provoking discussions by 2 exciting speakers. Enjoy entertaining skits, activities to take home, and a chance to win exciting prizes! There will be a special performance by rising Hip Hop artist, Kidd Skilly (of hit songs such as “Ni Sohniye” featuring Akon) focusing on generation gap issues.

MIICC meeting on May 13th

Michigan Indian Chamber of Commerce (MIICC) will hold its monthly meeting on May 13th at Dykema Gossett Law Offices: 39577 Woodward, Bloomfield Hills, MI from 5:30 pm to 8:30 p.

Learn about "Speed Networking" at this meeting.

Speed networking means YOU get to spend 2-3 minutes with each participant to share what you do and to learn what they do.

So for this meeting be sure to come prepared with your:
60 second commercial (make it short and concise)
specific wants (companies you wish to connect with, customers you want to get, etc.)
brochures, business cards, specials, and any other collateral you want to share.

For more details check out MIICC website.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta of CNN coming to town

Dr. Sanjay Gupta will be the guest of honor this Saturday May 9th (5.00pm) at a Indian Musical Event which will be held at Mother of God Church Hall, 25585 Berg Road, Southfield, MI. This event is a singing competition which will be judged by: (For Ticket Details click here)

• Mumtaz Haque (Host/Producer of Manoranjan Show on WPON 1460AM on Sundays from 9 - 11AM)
• Darshana Menon - A very Talented Singer and winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa USA
• Narendra Sheth - Host/Producer of Geetmala on WPON 1460AM on Saturdays from 11AM-1PM)
• Rujuta Joshi
• M.R. (Suri) Surendran
• Norani Chandra

Splendor of the East 2009

On Friday, May 1, 2009 at 7:00pm, the Council of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) will once again bring their popular annual culture showcase “Splendor of the East 2009” to the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center at 15801 Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, MI.

As in years past, the “Splendor of the East” program will promote the unique cultural heritage of Asian Pacific cultures through spectacular musical and dance performances exhibiting the colorful cultures of our neighbors on the other side of the globe. This year’s event theme is “Coming to America – A Cultural Collage”, and will present both traditional Asian-Pacific heritages as well as American cultural influences on immigrants.

Tickets for the event are now on sale here. Please contact Mai Xiong at mai@capa-mi.org for any ticketing questions. For more information on the event, contact Angela Wang at angela@capa-mi.org.