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CAAM PRESENTS “NOBODY DIES,” A CAAM-FUNDED DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ACCLAIMED SINGER THAO NGUYEN | CAAM Home

EVENT INFORMATION:

September 7, 2017

5:45pm – 8:45pm

Jewish Community Center of San Francisco

3200 California Street

San Francisco, CA 94118

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Tickets available starting August 8 at https://www.jccsf.org/

$28- Standard Seating

$38- Premium Seating (rows directly behind VIP seating area)

$60- VIP seating (includes front row seating selections and a pre-show private reception)

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We’ve officially passed our 100 followers account!! Thank you guys for all your support so far, we hope that this project continues to give you access to art that speaks to you//a platform to create and distribute this art💛 . For our zine giveaway contest, the winner will receive a hard copy of our current issue; Sight (contains art from 25+ Southeast Asians on topics ranging from colorism, beauty standards, identity politics and much more!) . To enter: like this photo, tag a friend with the 🔥 emoji! Once this photo hits 100 likes, we will randomly choose a user from the comments and message you for details!

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@jluongart - Instagram

Johnson Luong tattooing, Orange County, CA

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I got accepted into UC Irvine for a masters program, and I’m finally making my first few Vietnamese friends, and I feel good and whole and proud and excited about it.

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When is war actually over? People affected by war endure ongoing conflicts beyond the official end date. This exhibition focuses on Vietnam War refugees and their efforts to document and share their experiences through visual art.

[Untitled] by Trinh Do, Southeast Asian Archive

Currently on display at the University of California, Irvine in the Langson Library until September 2017

*I will post photos I took of the exhibit sometime next week*

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Vănguard Issue #4 Open Call.pdf

Vanguard Issue #4 Submission Guidelines [English]

Vanguard is having an open call for our 4th issue. Just a reminder that we accept all submissions as long as you identify as queer and Vietnamese and your submission is not discriminatory. An exciting news is that this year every single zine will be handmade with a diy cut-n-paste style (one perk of submitting is receiving a free copy of the issue). You can find the links to our submission guidelines here:

Submission Guidelines [english] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nSYxwJdx3gVkwzNEJZVTRzbXc/view Submission Guidelines [vietnamese] https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1nSYxwJdx3gaTEtNHlGQmEwbjQ/view Deadline for Submissions: 31 March 2017

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Pham Xuan Canh: Middle Island of The Red River - Matca

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Interview: Combing Through A (Erotic) Diary By Nu - Matca

Nu (Thanh Mai)

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[Reportage part I] S. Koreans apologize on 50th anniversary of Vietnam War massacres

Neither the South Korean government or military has formally apologized for the thousands of civilians killed

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14 Photos That Show The Original Asian-American Resistance

These photos upend the idea of Asians as the “model minority” in the U.S.

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Three emotional shorts win at HBO's APA Visionaries film contest

"It's all a very big surprise and it all hasn't been setting in yet," director Dinh Thai, whose film "Monday" won first place, told NBC News.

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Growing Pains: The Story of a Millennial, Queer, Vietnamese-American Man -

For this 21 year-old man, the freedom to marry is still just a little less important than life, livelihood, finding a place where he feels at home.

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The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization

A Prison by Any Other Name: An Interview with Dr. Tung Thanh Nguyen /// An Open Letter from Vietnamese Americans to our Japanese American Brothers and Sisters /// Resignation of Members of President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders

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From Vietnam to the US, the Zodiac Is an Important Part of Vietnamese Culture · Global Voices

"...when you meet Vietnamese elders, they don’t ask how old you are as much a lot of the time as your year you were born, your zodiac year..."

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In The Lines Of Ocean Vuong, Echoes Of His Family's Past In Vietnam

Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong speaks about his new book Night Sky with Exit Wounds, which weaves growing up in America with his family's memories of a war-torn Vietnam.

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Dig & Demand is a performance justice project by queer trans 1st, 1.5, and 2nd generation diasporic Vietnamese artists set to dig deeply and demand daringly for the collective threading of our resilience. A 10-session training in deep ecology, intergenerational trauma, and liberation psychology through the arts will be facilitated by Jaq Nguyen Victor.

Do you dig it? Do you demand it? If so, fill out this easy, breezy, Vietnameezy registration form! Welcome to folks who wanna be on stage, behind the scenes, or support in any way. In collaboration with Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, Wellness in Action, and QTViet Cafe.

Training begins: mid-March. Registration deadline: March 6th

Feel free to email us at [email protected]