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Story of Vox Veniae and Space 12
The videos of the Asian American Leadership Conversation (held in Austin on 4/29/09) are now available for online viewing. The topic revolved around what kind of Asian American leaders need to be raised up to make Kingdom impact, and 3 presentations were made from 3 different perspectives: church, academic (sociological), and parachurch.
Here is story of […]
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Presentation #2 from the Austin conversation
The videos of the Asian American Leadership Conversation (on 4/29/09 in Austin) are now online for viewing. The topic revolved around what kind of Asian American leaders need to be raised up to make Kingdom impact, and 3 presentations were made from 3 different perspectives: church, academic (sociological), and parachurch.
Here is the second presentation, “The […]
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This week’s questions…
This week’s discussion questions on Asian American leadership, will tackle the context of both in the church and broadly, outside of the church, looking at some things that may hold back Asian American’s in their development. Areas of identity issues, perhaps background from a shame and guilt mother culture, and sometimes a grace-less church has […]
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Part 2 on Prequel Questions on Developing New Asian American Leaders
Happy Memorial Day to everyone.
Here is Part 2 of the questions from last week’s posting on “Prequel Questions” on Developing New Asian American Leaders. Are you like me that sometimes it’s good to step back from a challenging task and, instead of listing facts or known ideas, to start again by asking questions. That’s what […]
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“Prequel Questions” on Developing New Asian American Leaders from the Austin Conversation on April 29th
It seems that prequels are quite popular nowadays, especially given a recent blockbuster movie that has everyone talking.
Recently, a Conversation on the State of Asian American Leadership was held in Austin (4/29/09), a partnership between the L2 Foundation and Vox Veniae. We’re excited to say that in a few weeks, we’ll be posting the video […]
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Asians using English having more success
This AsianWeek article, “Why Asians Speak English,” was published last August 2008, around the time of the Beijing Olympics. What’s fasciating about the article is how English is becoming a global language for communication, and how Asian Americans who are bi-cultural have higher achievement and success:
The Beijing Olympics in China reminded the world that Asia […]
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First Vietnamese-American elected to Congress
Big news for Asian Americans and politics. On December 6, the first Vietnamese-American was elected to Congress. Cao came to the United States when he was only 8 years old. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Baylor University and a master’s degree in philosophy from Fordham University. He was even a Catholic seminarian […]
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5 insights about Asian American acculturation
From Issue 34 / September 2008 of interTrend Communication’s Tidbits monthly e-newsletter that brings Asian American consumer insights and market trends:
interTrend’s Acculturation Study Reveals Insights into an Emerging Market
interTrend Communications has just completed phase one of its pioneering Knowledge Center Asian Acculturation Study, with pan-Asian groups and multi-generational families. The study aims to […]
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interracial marriages and churches
This Asians in America post titled “Culture: Still a Deciding Factor for Dating?” prompted a question for me — how will the increasing number of interracial marriages affect the Asian American church?
With interracial relationships on the rise in the United States, the subject of interracial dating within the Asian or South Asian community is not […]
why God made you an Asian American
Russell Jeung (Associate Professor of Asian Studies at San Francisco State University) gave 4 talks at the first Asian American conference hosted by Bread of Life Church in Torrance, California, March 7-9. We recorded the first talk from Friday night. (Videos from all the talks may be made available later, but no guarantees.)
With permission from […]
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