Archive for the ‘Fremont’ Category
ABC News interviews the Afghan Coalition for ‘Profiles of Excellence’
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Fremont Main Library to host immigration information event on September 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
In September the Fremont Main Library will host an educational program on citizenship, and the Afghan Coalition will participate by staffing an information table on the day of the program. The program is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, 1:00-4:30 p.m. The main speaker will focus on the citizenship process, with an emphasis on changes to the citizenship test. The speaker is Lucee Rosemarie Fan, Community Relations Officer of the San Francisco District of the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services. She will speak and answer questions. She has presented other successful programs at the San Francisco Public Library as well.
The program will be held in the library’s Fukaya Room. In addition to the Afghan Coalition, other representatives of East Bay community groups working in the area of immigration and citizenship will be available to provide information about their services to attendees.
The program is a joint venture between the Fremont Main Library and the Alameda County Library Write to Read Program.
The program:
Citizenship: An Introduction
- Introduction to the naturalization process
- Update on the new citizenship test
- Representatives from local community organizations involved with naturalization
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Lucee Rosemarie Fan, Community Relations Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
2:30-4:30 p.m. Speak with local community organization representatives involved with naturalization.
In partnership with:
Alameda County Bar Assocation
Afghan Coalition
Catholic Charities
Centro de Servicios
Filipinos for Affirmative Action
Tri-City Elder Coalition
For more information on the program contact: Fremont Main Library Information Desk (510) 745-1401
Directions are available on the Fremont Main Library’s Web site.
Afghan community event – East meets West- huge success
Monday, June 25th, 2007On June 23, 2007, the Foundation for Self Reliance presented a symposium called “East Meets West: Awakening to the Challenges of Afghans in Fremont” that turned into a monumental event. Over two hundred guests gathered at The Golden Peacock restaurant in Fremont to hear panels in both Farsi and English including a speech by Rona Popal, executive director of the Afghan Coalition and Afghan Women’s Association International.
The Foundation for Self-Reliance and the Afghan Coalition are already planning a sequel event to be held at the Golden Peacock on Saturday, January 19, 2008.
Press Coverage:
Fremont Conference Tackles Challenges Facing Afghan Immigrants – KCBS
Afghan cultural issues subject of panel, book – San Francisco Chronicle
City of Fremont Planning Meeting June 6, 2007
Monday, June 4th, 2007This Wednesday, the City of Fremont is hosting an important planning meeting. Please spread the word so community members who live, work or have a business in Fremont can have a voice in the future planning. One of our board members, Bruce Green (also known as the “Bridge Building Facilitator”), will be going to express a vision for for a 2-part major tourist attraction called “Little Kabul” next to Historic Centerville. He proposes that Little Kabul could be developed in the empty property on Fremont Blvd. and Thorton Ave. (across and north from Maiwand Market). In a project Bruce calls “Little Kabul + Centerville = Prosperity & Peace,“ a redeveloped and renewed Historic Centerville area would be south on Fremont Blvd. from the train depot to the old theater. Together they could become a world-class tourist attraction that would be a must see for those who visit the Bay Area. Bruce feels that a Little Kabul development would benefit the entire community, revitalize and honor historic Centerville, and bring greater prosperity to all.
Please RSVP to Monica at the City of Fremont if you can make the meeting on June 6 at 6pm at the Centerville Community Center:
3355 Country Drive, Fremont, CA.
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‘East Meets West’ event June 23, 2007
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Foundation for Self Reliance hosts “East Meets West: Awakening to the Challenges of Little Kabul” June 23, 2007.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
11 am to 3 pm
Golden Peacock Restaurant
- This event is free and open to the public
- A light lunch will be served
- This is a bi-lingual program: we will have English and Farsi translators
- Kamran and his group of musicians will perform live Afghani music
SPEAKERS
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- Afghan Keynote:
- American Keynote: Dr. Ronald Takaki (speaker bio): “Multiculturalism in
- Dr. Hatem Bazian (speaker bio): “Islam in
- Professor Ghafar Safa (speaker bio): “Violence and Reform in
- Tamim Ansari (speaker bio): “Biculturality: Understanding “The Other”"
- Fremont Councilmember Anu Natarajan (speaker bio): “Diversity and Public Policy”
The panel will be moderated by Melanie Gadener, Executive Director of Foundation for Self-Reliance (FSR), and PhD student in the UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies graduate program.
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RSVP–Seats are limited
Foundation for Self-Reliance: 510.797.4660
info@efsr.org
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Our East Meets West conference is a Project FREE program, a collaboration between the East Bay Agency for Children, the Foundation for Self-Reliance, and the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, to present unique education programs for the Afghan and American communities in Little Kabul,
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