Some Good News

It's been awhile since we've sent out an update and hopefully we'll be better at sharing our good news in the new year.  But in the meanwhile, here's a short summary of what's been going on in Chinatown:

• The Rise Up! arts program just held their retreat at Pomona College last weekend. 9 students went and had such a great time immediately made all the other students who weren't able to attend jealous. Lots of funny stories and team building
• 20 students went door to door to outreach for our campaign to build stronger, healthier communities.
• 7 Youth Organizers participated in a public hearing on the environmental impact of the CASP redevelopment proposal. Among issues they brought up: concern about the possibility that the plan may push out low-income families and the building of parks next to freeways
• We just got accepted to poster at the Active Living Research Conference in San Diego in February and will be bringing some of the Youth Organizers with us to the Conference and to submit an article for a special paper on Health Disparities in the AAPI community that will be published by the Kellogg Foundation and the Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum.

And lastly, we're holding our Holiday Party on Dec. 4, 2010, 5-8pm @ the Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights. Everyone's welcome but please RSVP so that we don't run out of food!