ACAN Present Hugh Li’s statement to RRISD board of trustees

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April 20, 2021 Hugh Li In the recent Round Rock ISD Board discussions about keeping students and staff safe against COVID-19, Board Trustee Dr. Xiao voiced his own position on mask wearing. While objections to his policy position are expected and normal, both within the Board, and among the concerned RRISD communities, we were horrified…

华盟理事会公告 – 12/7/2020

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Austin Chinese-American Network Statement Board of Directors Dec. 7th, 2020 时值奥斯汀市议会第 10 区 run-off election，现任市议员 Alison Alter 近期公 布了一纸竞选公告。所列亚裔社区领袖名单含华盟的创始人之一，前任会长 Peter Chao，并在他 的名字之后，明确标明 Peter 为 “Founder, Austin Chinese American Network”. 由于华盟是 501(c)3 公益组织，按 IRS 规定和有关法律，501(c))3 组织不可以以组织的名义支持任 何竞选的候选人, 华盟曾在 2020 年 1 月 1 日发布公告 (https://bit.ly/3gwvtHb) 。当部分社区成员对 Alter 议员的公告有疑问的时候，华盟理事会立刻咨询了相关法律和人员，特此正式予以澄清： 1）根据相关的 IRS 规定和有关法律，501(c)3 非盈利机构虽然不可以以组织的名义支持任何竞选 候选人，但组织的任何成员可以以私人的名义支持任何候选人, 个人在非盈利组织的头衔可以用于 但仅限于身份识别。请参看： https://www.nonprofitvote.org/documents/2011/11/nonprofit-staffand-elections.pdf/…

ACAN Approved 34 PVSA Applications in 2019-2020 School Year

ACAN Approved 34 PVSA Applications in 2019-2020 School Year

ByEd Wu

ACAN proudly announced that 34 applicants have been approved to receive the President’s Volunteering Service Award for the 2019-2020 school year (September 1st, 2019- August 31, 2020). It’s our delight to see so many of our youth are doing wonderful works to serve our community (not just the Asian community, but the community in general)….

President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)

President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA)

ByEd Wu

ACAN is proud to announce that we have become the Certifying Organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award Program. Immediately after, we can start to certify eligible service hours for our community members and youth toward the Bronze, Silver, and Gold award. This capability is a giant step toward ACAN’s mission to serve our community and foster our heritage.

Winners of the “2020 Summer Youth Writing Contest” announced

ByXinmiao

In July 2020 ACAN announced its first Summer Youth Writing Contest (SYWC). It has finally come to a close. We received overwhelming responses. The many entries show amazing talents. It was very difficult to choose the winners. After much considerations we finally decided on a list of winners. Details please see SYWC Winners. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hcOVsfaCreXGz4UsgfOyKQmhht9xtd8v4n9kH221TWQ/edit?usp=sharing)

Why should you become a BRAVE-Maker?

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By Gloria Wu 奥斯汀华裔联盟 The following is a summary from the ACAN Youth Talk given by Emlyn Lee on May 29. Follow Emlyn Lee on Twitter @brave_atxJoin ACAN Youth on Discord to CONNECT, LEARN & SERVE (https://discord.gg/9VTSe7q) 华盟公众号热烈欢迎家长和青少年投稿，中英文都可以。 If you couldn’t achieve something just because of your skin color, what would you do? Unfortunately, Emlyn Lee…