[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Latino and Asian Amercan Communities Join in Celebrating Immigrants on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in downtown, Ithaca, New York

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong <ayk3 at cornell.edu>
> Date: September 17, 2010 7:30:10 AM EDT
> To: "tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu" <tc-hsc-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Latino and Asian Amercan Communities Join in Celebrating  
> Immigrants on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in downtown, Ithaca, New  
> York
> Reply-To: Amy Kuo Somchanhmavong <ayk3 at cornell.edu>
>
> Ithaca Asian American Association
> P.O. Box 4016
> Ithaca, New York 14851
> Contact: Peter Van Do
> 607-255-1898
> ptv2 at cornell.edu
>
> Latino Civic Association of Tompkins County, Inc.
> P.O. Box 6532
> Ithaca, NY 14851
> Contact: Fernando de Aragon
> daytime: 274-5572
> email: fdearagon at tompkins-co.org
>
> For IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Latino and Asian American Communities Join in Celebrating Immigrants  
> on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in downtown Ithaca, New York
>
> The Asian American and Latino communities in the United States have  
> many common experiences as immigrant populations. Both groups are  
> diverse, with representatives of multiple countries, different  
> education and socio-economic levels and often speaking multiple  
> languages.
>
> Regardless of this internal diversity, immigrants are often  
> recognized as a single people, either Latino or Asian. This loss of  
> individual identity is part of the challenge of being a recent  
> immigrant. The stress of being in a new country is compounded by  
> concern for loved ones in the home country, an unstable immigration  
> policy in the U.S., language barriers, etc.
>
> Groups like the Ithaca Asian American Association and the Latino  
> Civic Association of Tompkins County have a shared mission of  
> providing education about immigrants to the general community and  
> providing assistance to newcomers to our community.
>
> This year the two groups will hold activities on Saturday, September  
> 25 to celebrate the many ways immigrants contribute to our community.
>
> Ithaca Asian American Association (IAAA), Downtown Ithaca Alliance  
> (DAA)  and Cornell Community Center Program (CCP)  will be hosting  
> its Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration at the Bernie Milton Pavilion,  
> Ithaca Commons to celebrate the grand opening of the Smithsonian  
> traveling exhibit, Exit Saigon, Entering Little Saigon.  The event  
> will begin at 6:00 p.m with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, follow by the  
> Lion Dance Group of Sifu Sharif Bey ‘s Syracuse Kung Fu Academy,  
> various cultural performances, games and arts and craft activities  
> for everyone to participate.
>
> The Latino Civic Association (LCA), in collaboration with Ithaca  
> College, CUSLAR, will hold an event they are calling 'Celebrating  
> Immigration', as part of the LCA’s celebrations of Latino Heritage
> Month.  Activities will take place at the Women’s Community Building  
> (100 W. Seneca St, Ithaca) on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 from 7:30pm  
> to 12am. The evening will begin with a showing of excerpts of the  
> documentary abUSed: The Postville Raid, followed by an informal Q &  
> A with director Luis Argueta. A reception with light food, soft  
> drinks and live music and dancing will start at 9:00pm.
>
> Join the Latino Civic Association and the Ithaca Asian American  
> Association in celebrating immigration in our community. For many  
> generations Ithaca and Tompkins County have been welcoming  
> communities and have benefited tremendously from the diversity  
> brought by immigrant populations. That dynamic remains unchanged  
> even if the faces look different.
>
>
>
>
>

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