You are cordially invited to the
FEWC ANNUAL MEETING LUNCHEON
featuring guest speaker:
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Peace as Action: Stories from my East-West Center International Sojourns

Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Halekulani Hotel, Hau Terrace

Maya Soetoro-Ng will discuss how we can increase the viability of peace building through the actions that we take. She will share stories from her East-West Center visits to Malaysia, Indonesia, Okinawa, and China to illustrate the importance of the power of communication, better relations and understanding among the people and nations of the United States, Asia and the Pacific.

Maya Soetoro-Ng is a life-long educator who specializes in peace and multicultural education. She has taught in public, private, and charter high schools in New York and Hawaii. Currently she is an Assistant Specialist with the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. In 2010, Maya also worked as an education specialist with the East-West Center.

Click here to download the event flyer and RSVP form.

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Prior to the program, members will be electing new members of the FEWC Board of Directors and Officers for 2015-2016.

Award presentation will follow business meeting to honor Mrs. Fumiko Halloran with FEWC’s Best Friend Award.

 

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Time:
11:15—Registration
11:30—Annual Meeting
11:45—Award Presentation
12:00 p.m.—Lunch
12:30 p.m.—Program

Cost: $50.00 (includes lunch, gratuity, and parking)

Please RSVP by November 5th
Friends of the East-West Center
1601 East-West Road, Rm. 4072
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
Phone: 808.944.7691
Fax: 808.944.7376
E-mail: Friends@EastWestCenter.org

Friends of East-West Center cordially invites you to the Fall 2015 sessions of the

China Seminar

Thursday, 8 October, 2015 @ 12 noon
Maple Garden Restaurant
909 Isenberg Street, Honolulu

$20.00 for Friends of the East-West Center members, EWC and UH students
$25.00 for non-members
Luncheon served after the talk

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Current Immigration Trend of the Chinese to America
Alan W.C. Ma

Little did most American know that the comprehensive immigration reform (Immigration Control and Reform Act) or the amnesty law, signed by President Reagan in 1986, was modeled after a Hong Kong law.  Subsequent to it, waves of Chinese migrated to the U.S., legally or illegally.  As many educated, scholarly and financially accomplished Chinese are gaining their legal status in the U.S. under the 1990 immigration system, which is still in use today, just as many, if not more, are coming here illegally.  Fraudulent marriage, adoption and divorce are common tactics used by the Chinese; so are the fraudulent and frivolous claims of political asylum under the disguise of victims of “one child policy” or members of “Fa Lun Gung”.  Chinese “Anchor Babies” is just another episode of Chinese migration to U.S. of a recent past!

Attorney Ma has been practicing US immigration law for over 30 years, and was an Adjunct Professor at UH Law School for 7 years.  Formerly Chairman of the American Immigration Lawyers Association in Hawaii, he has been elected by peers consistently for over 20 years “Best Lawyers in America”, and was named one of the 2013 Lawyers of the Year by Honolulu Magazine.  Previously appointed Hawaii Trade Representative in Hong Kong and China, he attracted investments under the “Eb-5 Program”.  Mr. Ma is the co-author of bi-lingual (English-Chinese) “Real Estate Investment and Practices in the United States of America”.  He is also a frequent contributor to publications in China and Hawaii, as well as an author of novels, plays and screenplays.  He is currently co-producing a movie “Lucky Seven” in China.

To RSVP, please call 944-7111 or email friends@eastwestcenter.org.

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