photos
courtesty of EMW
supporter Hai-Ho Tran
EMW’s Next Generation of Supporters
Viet Spring Folk Ensemble performers: Song-My, Thuan-An
& Thuy-An Tran with Mai Bui (left) mother of the Tran
Sisters
Walnut Creek Rotarian Jim Yoder and
EMW volunteer Thuy Pham
Tenley Mogk and Mr.
Bui Xuan Linh,
Consulate of Vietnam, San Francisco
Linh Do and Hai-Ho
Tran |
Our
first annual Tet Celebration: A Feast of Fortune was a
success! We could not have done it without the support
and generosity of friends and supporters of the East Meets
West Family. In addition to all those who attended the
celebration, the following individuals and groups made
it all possible.
Special thanks to Rob
Lam of Butterfly
Restaurant for co-sponsoring the event and preparing
a sumptuous and memorable Tet menu. Special thanks to Guest Speaker Nguyen Qui
Duc; Hua Ngo, Nga Ngo, Christina Ngo, and Minh Le of H&N
Foods International; Peggy Saika and Dr. Arthur Chen;
Susan Cole of Windsor Vinyards and Rotary Club of Windsor;
Ingrid Fraunfelder and Damon Scott of Wells Fargo; Van
Jones of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights; Peter T.
Cameron of Vietnam Veterans of California; Jeremy Potash
of California-Asia Business Council.
Our Host Committee
Peter A Singer, (Co-Chair);
Robert Lam, (Co-Chair); Hang Bourque, Pacific Links Foundation;
Michael Chertok, Digital Divide Data; Lawrence S. Connolly,
EMW Board Member; Van Jones, Ella Baker Center for Human
Rights; Thomas R. Miller, Attorney; Davia Nelson, The
Kitchen Sisters; Thanh Ngo, Assistant District Attorney,
Santa Cruz County; Nguyen Qui Duc, KQED Radio-Pacific
Time; T.T.Nhu, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown's Secretary ;
Dang Pham, Director of the San Francisco City and County
Immigrant Rights Commission ; Jeremy Potash, Executive
Director, California Asia Business Council
Peggy Saika, Executive Director, Asian/Pacific Americans
in Philanthropy; Young Shin, Executive Director, Asian
Immigrant Women Advocates; Tuyet Tran, Community Activist
and Social Worker
Event Sponsors
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H&N Foods
International |
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Ella Baker Center
for Human Rights |
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Wells Fargo Bank |
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Peggy
Saika |
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Vietnam Veterans
of California |
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Rotary
Club of Arcata
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