Category Archives: Announcements

PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census

Posted on March 8, 2010 by John

Recently, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), TaiwaneseAmerican.org, Taiwanese American Foundation, TACL-LYF: Leading Youth Forward, Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco (TAP-SF),  Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California helped produce this Public Service Announcement (PSA), advocating for all Taiwanese Americans … Continue reading →

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Call for Artists: Asian Heritage Street Celebration

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Tim

There’s a Call for Artists for the Asian Heritage Street Celebration Poster Contest in San Francisco. The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, Kearny Street Workshop, and NEW PEOPLE are hosting the annual poster competition for the 6th Annual Asian Heritage Street … Continue reading →

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Vote for 8Asians in the 2010 Bloggies; Nominated for “Best Group Weblog”

Posted on January 26, 2010 by jozjozjoz

The Bloggies are the web’s longest-running non-profit, reader voted weblog awards. It’s like the Oscars for bloggers, but with no golden statue at the end. And like the Oscars, it’s an honor just to be nominated! For the second year … Continue reading →

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Call for Art Submissions for ImaginAsian: Identity and Experience in Contemporary Asian Pacific America

Posted on January 25, 2010 by jozjozjoz

In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2010 and to generate funding for materials and sources for Asian American Studies collections at the Purdue University and Indiana University libraries, Kate Agathon is teaming up with the Asian American Network … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il Loves Women, Doesn’t “Violence Women Domestically (or internationally)”

Posted on January 19, 2010 by jozjozjoz

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last couple of months, then you might have been inundated with requests to vote in Chase’s Community Giving Facebook Campaign. With financial resources drying up for many organizations, this campaign has been a … Continue reading →

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CPAF PSA: YouTube All-Stars “United Against Violence”

Posted on January 18, 2010 by jozjozjoz

The Center for the Pacific Asian Family is a non profit organization that seeks to prevent and end domestic violence within the API community, which has some of the most common cases, but are the least vocal about it. This … Continue reading →

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How to Add Your Event to 8Asians

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Ernie

8Asians is committed to publicizing events that benefit both the Asian American and Asian Canadian community. In an effort to do this, while not making our editors rip their hair out, we started automating the events process so that an … Continue reading →

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8Asians Turns Three Years Old Today! (Oh, and Merry Christmas)

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Ernie

Some time before the Christmas break three years ago, me and a couple of co-workers met up in the Yahoo! cafeteria and talked about possible side projects that everyone was working on. “I’m thinking about starting a multi-person blog about … Continue reading →

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Vote for Peter Pak for Wilhelmina Hot Body Model Search

Posted on December 14, 2009 by John

Peter Pak, who has recently been selected as one of thirty female and thirty male semifinalists for the Wilhelmina Hot Body Model Search. The group of sixty will be narrowed down to ten finalists – of which, two audience favorites … Continue reading →

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Asian Bloggers to Speak at USC for BANANA

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Ernie

Why yes, this would be fellow 8Asians bloggers Joz and Jee, and here they are in a video promotion with Steve Nguyen to promote BANANA, the FIRST-EVER gathering and round-table discussion/panel of Asian American bloggers at the USC campus on … Continue reading →

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“Saving Face” Film and Discussion at DeAnza College

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tim

De Anza’s Gay-Straight Alliance in Cupertino, CA is screening the film “Saving Face,” a romantic comedy about right, wrong, and everything in between. “Saving Face” was the first feature film from writer and director Alice Wu. In the film, a … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Kimle N., Winner of Mike Shinoda’s “Glorious Excess” Art Book

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Guest Writer

The early bird may not get the worm, but it most definitely got an autographed Mike Shinoda “Glorious Excess” art book! Kimle N., the first commenter, is the winner of the Glorious Excess Artbook Giveaway, autographed by Linkin Park’s half-Asian … Continue reading →

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