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YAWP! SUMMER 2007
KICK OFF BENEFIT

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featuring local poets, writers, musicians & performers from YAWP! and the broader Asian American Pacific Islander community

YAWP! = Young Asians With Power!

Sunday, June 3rd 2007
4:30-6:00 PM
@ bLENd (upper level)
1725 W. Division St.
Chicago, IL 60622

$10 sliding scale donation
$5 for students w/i.d.
*Nobody will be turned away at the door

Featured performances include:

Sarwat Rumi & Imi Rashid with Nikhil Trevidi
Cynthia Lin
Sharmili Majmudar
Jon Reinert and Alan Rodriguez
Amisha Patel
Johnny Youen
  with Multicultural Youth Project (MCYP)
and more!

*PROCEEDS (AND SILENT AUCTION) help fund YAWP!'s Summer 2007 Performance & Writing Workshop Series*

For more event details contact Melissa Woo at MelissaAW3(at)hotmail(dot)com


May 18, 2007

Weeeeeee'rrrrre Baaaaaaaacccck!

YAWP SUMMER 2007
SATURDAYS, JUNE 16-AUGUST 11
11am-2pm

LOCATION:
hosted by
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
5415 N. Clark Street

Contact: Jed Dulanas
jeddulanas(at)gmail.com

Because you are a child of immigrants. Because you've been told to go back home. Because America is your home. Because you know its about more than folkdances and food. Because you are more than just a member of an Asian Club. Because you're not sure which box to check. Because being Asian American is not solely kung fu, Chinese take out, and dry cleaners. Because you've been called a dothead, chink, jap, mut and terrorist. Because you are not a stereotype. Because it's not in the textbooks. Because you want to know about your history. Because it isn't always about a war-torn, ravaged land. Because you are an artist. Because you do not want their sympathy. Because you are a writer.

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100X100
A YAWP Fundraising Initiative
We invite you to become a member of the 100x100 Initiative, a group of thoughtful and generous individuals who want to impact the lives of young Asian/Pacific Islander Americans  by supporting a safe space to create, grow, change, cultivate, reflect and transform through the arts.

The 100X100 Initiative seeks 100 individuals to each contribute $100 to establish the seed funding for YAWP.  Currently, YAWP is organized and funded by donations from our members, a group of volunteers.  Your donations will contribute to critical programming that focuses on artistic, youth, and audience development for Asian/Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) in the performing, literary, visual, and emerging arts and cultivate programs that build understanding, empathy and critical consciousness.

As a 100X100 Initiative member, you'll be one of only 100 seed donors of YAWP and will be recognized as such in all program, PR, and marketing materials. Join today and be the catalyst for our continued growth!

CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!

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