Meeting with Intercountry Adoptee Support Network (ICASN) members for a coffee and relaxed chat, Sunday 30 June 5pm outside IMAX theatre. For more info or to RSVP contact Lynelle at lynelleb@au1.ibm.com

Third Annual Loving Decision Celebration (Historic 1967 Supreme Court decision abolishing all anti-interracial marriage laws) hosted by the Oregon Council on Multiracial Affairs (OCMA) Portland, OR

www.ocma-multiracial.org

e-mail information@ocma-multiracial.org or call (503) 249-3926

The first ‘Women in Southeast Asia workshop’ was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies at Monash University in 1994 and since then the workshop has been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.

WHEN: Friday 28 June 2002

TIME: 9.30 am to 4.30 pm

WHERE: Guy Manton Rooms, Ground Floor, Menzies Building, Monash University Clayton campus

ENTRY: $5 donation is requested for refreshments

BOOKINGS: Please contact Dr Susan Blackburn on phone: 03 9905 2384 or email sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au

Hosted by ~ National Council of Birthmothers

www.ncob.org

Saturday, June 22, 2002

7pm to 9pm – doors open at 6:30

911 MEDIA ARTS CENTER
117 Yale Avenue North
Seattle, WA

Pay-What-You-Can ~ Suggested Donation $10
For more information call Terri Leber at (206) 285-9059

See works from 4 filmmakers

• DEBRA BAKER – BROKEN TIES
• SHEILA GANZ – UNLOCKING THE HEART OF ADOPTION
• MARY ALYCE NYQUIST & BRIDGETTE ARMSTRONG – A new documentary on Birthmothers in the making.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Terri Leber – National Council of Birthmothers 206-285-9059 www.ncob.org
Debra Baker – Broken Ties – 415-457-3705
Sheila Ganz – Unlocking the Heart of Adoption – 415-564-3691  www.unlockingtheheart.com
Mary Alyce Nyquist MANyquist@earthlink.net

Seminars on attachment and bonding by Dr. Gregory Keck from the Attachment and Bonding Centre of Ohio.

Adoptees in WA, please note that Dr. Keck starts his visit to Australia in Perth with two 1/2 day seminars on 16 and 17 June.

The program details and registration form are available from the website of Adoptions International of WA:

www.multiline.com.au/~aiwa

His presentations are a great source of information on personal attachment/bonding and parenting issues for everybody in the adoption square.

There are similar seminars planned for Queensland and NSW.

Please pass the word around and I look forward to hear from adoptees in WA.

Trudy Rosenwald
Registered Psychologist
Principal Officer
Adoptions International of Western Australia
60 John Street, Northbridge 6003
ph 61 (0)8 9328 2555 fax 61(0)8 9328 2544
email aiwa@multiline.com.au

Catalyst Foundation is planning the 2nd Annual Vietnam Aid Expedition! Catalyst Foundation is a non-profit, non-political organization whose aim is to improve the lives of Vietnamese children through child sponsorships, direct relief efforts and adoption advocacy.

This year we will spend two weeks, June 16 – July 1 in Ben Tre, Phan Thiet and Da Lat. Everyone is welcome to join us! It’s also a great volunteer opportunity for educators, IT specialists, social community workers, health professionals, and students.

We’ll be spending one week in Phan Thiet and Da Lat with 300 orphaned and abandoned children at “Trai He” – Summer Camp. Our job is to come and play with them! While we play we’ll also have English lessons, field trips, art lessons and cultural exchanges all designed to provide e fun, help foster a child’s self-esteem and promote the benefits of education. Each camper also receives basic medical/dental exams, clothes, nourishing meals, care packages, and donated toys.

The second week will be spent at Ben Tre orphanage where will be repairing and renovating a debilitated building with fresh paint, new roof and a new computer room for the 35 orphans living there.Catalyst Foundation

positive change for children of Vietnam

www.catalystfoundation.org

Phone: 952-707-9437/Fax: 952-882-8837

Achievement Award to Susan Soon-Keum Cox for Korean and Vietnamese Orphans

Time: 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

Location: SoHo Eastanah 212 Lafayette Street , New York , NY

$75 per person for Unlimited Buffet Dinner and 1 Bar Drink

Also-Known-As, an organization run by adult intercountry adoptees for other adoptees, their families, and their friends, announces its Achievement in Adoption Dinner, honoring Susan Soon-Keum Cox for her dedicated service to the adoption community. Also speaking at the event will be Caroline Ticarro-Parker, Co-Founder of Catalyst Foundation, whose presentation will highlight her organization’s work in Vietnam and America . Proceeds from this event will fund Also-known-As programs such as Culture Day, Adoption Forums, and Motherland Visits in addition to the portion to be donated to the Catalyst Foundation’s 2002 Vietnam Aid Expedition which aims to improve the lives of orphaned and abandoned Vietnamese children.

Susan Soon-keum Cox has been an international adoption and child welfare professional for more than twenty years. Adopted from Korea in 1956, she has been an advocate for life-long issues in adoption. Among her achievements: Susan established the “International Gathering for Korean Adoptees,” and a “ Reunion of the First Generation of Vietnamese Adoptees”. The Korean Ministry designated her as the U.S. spokesperson for Korean adoption during the 1988 Olympic Games and was a special guest to the national ceremony for the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War. She is a delegate to The Hague Conference on Intercountry Adoption Convention. She has trained government officials and journalists in Korea , Canada , Australia and New Zealand regarding adoption through a UNICEF program. Ms. Cox has advised the U.S. Department of State and has testified before committees in the House and Senate. The White House appointed her to the first Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders. She and her writings have been featured in numerous national and international publications and other media outlets.

The Catalyst Foundation was founded in 1999 with the purpose of improving the lives of orphaned and abandoned Vietnamese children with the help of many people, mostly families that have adopted from Vietnam , Vietnamese-Americans, adult Vietnamese adoptees, as well as friends, and advocates for children.

Also-Known-As, Inc. was started by a group of adult adoptees and friends who recognized the invaluable resource of their adoption experience to future generations of adoptees and adopting families. Established in May of 1996, as a non-profit organization, Also-Known-As seeks to serve those on their adoption life journey and open the possibility of intercountry and interracial adoptions for future generations.

AIESEC is the leading global organisation developing youth leadership. We develop the skills of young people by facilitating an international traineeship exchange program to 80+ countries. Last year we exchanged 3000 young people world wide to placements with government departments, NGOs, companies, university departments and schools, with the aim of creating socially responsible, culturally sensitive leaders. Placements are from 2-18 months.

We are currently accepting applications for the 2002 intake. In particular, we are focusing on persons wanting to do development work in the Asia Pacific region. Positions are available for people aged up to 28, and who have recently graduated / will graduate soon.

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact AIESEC Melbourne on: 03 8344 8157 or Ee-Lin Yap ee.yap@aiesec.net; 0403 192 371 for further information.

Website: www.au.aiesec.org

Red Soil features the work of seven artists from Hanoi, curated by Nguyen Manh Phuc of The Gioi Gallery, and brought to Australia by The Australian Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Centre for Exhibition and Art Exchange, Hanoi.

Later in the year an exhibition of Australian work developed by Asialink and the Footscray Community Arts Centre will travel to Hanoi in partnership with the organizers of Red Soil.

TIME: 6pm

WHEN: Wednesday 12 June 2002

WHERE: VCA Gallery, 40 Dodds Street South Bank, (near cr grant street)

QUERIES: 9685 9400

COST Free, no need to RSVP

THE ASIAN ARTS SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA SYMPOSIUM – Saturday 1 June 2002

The Asian Arts Society of Australia (TAASA) are hosting a Symposium on “Art and Symbolism- Five Cultures: Travels through Asia and Asia Minor”.

Speakers will include:

• Indonesian Textiles beyond Lombok – Liz Oley
• Tibetan sculpture and Tankas – David Templeman
• Palestinian costume of the twentieth century – Jeni Allenby
• Vietnamese Ceramics – Kerry Nguyen-Long
• Twentieth century Asian Art – Alison Carroll

WHEN: Saturday 1 June 2002

TIME: 10am – 5pm

WHERE: Basement Lecture Theatre, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, Swanston St, Parkville

COST: $40 TAASA and Asialink members: $45 non-members: $20 students and concession. Note – lunch is not included

BOOKINGS: Please phone Leigh Copeland (03) 9421 3827 or Marjorie Ho (03) 9859 6277 and Fax (03) 9859 9206 or email

copeland@onaustralia.com.au or eastwestart@ozemail.com.au

The Vietnamese adoptees have been represented as part of a larger exhibition about Australian Vietnamese heritage. It brings positive images of the Vietnamese modern identity/culture and allows younger generations to get in touch with Vietnamese Australian cultural heritage.

Viet POP Exhibition, “Emergence Of Vietnamese Youth In Australia”, Liverpool Museum. Curators: Thao Nguyen and Cuong Phu Le.

Curators Thao and Cuong offered an invaluable opportunity for adopted Vietnamese Australians to be documented alongside the hybrid expressions of 2nd generation of Vietnamese youth. See Excerpt and whole Review of exhibition by Djon Mundine below:

“Aboriginal art is really my expertise. I don’t normally write on subjects such as this but I happened to stumble on a small exhibition, VietPOP, in outer southwestern Sydney, that inspired and positively moved me. Aboriginal art is art made by Aborigines but what was this? Simple affirmations, autobiography of powerful human experiences and vitality, yet from one of the most denigrated youth communities in Australia. Think Vietnamese, think drugs and violent crime. The refugee story, the story of a group of people who have really struggled to become Australian is rarely talked about or given a voice…In 1975 there were only around 900. Of these more than half were babies waiting for adoption. The first refugees arriving in Sydney in 1975 after the unification of Vietnam, were 283 orphaned children who were adopted by families throughout the country. This experience is revealed in newspaper clippings, photographs and other memorabilia in the artwork of Indigo Williams who as a baby was adopted into a very white Australian family.

Djon Mundine

www.realtimearts.net/rt50/mundine.html

Asian-Australian artist, Guan Wei. Benjamin Genocchio, National Art Correspondent for The Australian, will speak to Guan Wei about his work while walking through the exhibition. Wine and canapés will be served.

WHEN: Wednesday 29 May 2002

TIME: 6.30pm – 8.30pm

COST: $20 – ACBC/Asialink Members; $25 – Non-Members

WHERE: Sherman Galleries Goodhope, 16 – 18 Goodhope St, Paddington, Sydney

BOOKINGS: Please phone Sallie Beaumont, Ph:(02) 9247 0349 or Email: acbcnsw@acbc.com.au

I. Williams is presenting a paper “Downloading Heritage: Vietnamese Diaspora Online” at MIT’s Media In Transition Conference on Saturday afternoon. In the evening there is a free exhibition “Telejournals” at MIT and then the Harvard Vietnamese Students Association are having their annual dinner. A group of Viet adoptees are meeting up over this weekend, if you are interested in catching up please email: indigo@adoptedvietnamese.org

Poetry Festival at the Richard Hugo House on Wednesday, the 1st of May, from 5:30-7:30pm. VN adoptee Kevin Minh will be part of the panel. The event is called Poetics of Identity. Check out this website for more details – www.poetryfestival.org/sched2002.shtml.

If you want to catch up please email: kevina_van@hotmail.com

Launch – Vietnam Babylift

Dedication Plaque at the site of the former Continental Care Center (now The Rocky Mountain Health Center) in Denver,CO.

The Dedication and Open House will take place from 1:00-4:00PM ont:

2201 Downing Street,
Denver,CO

There is no charge for this event.

For further information please contact Lana Noone: noone@mailbug.com

Thank you very much.