PhiladelphiaDaily Record

Vol. I No. 114 Keeping You Posted With The Politics Of Philadelphia December 8, 2010

AT HISTORIC philanthropic meeting, Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Circle announced its first grants.

From left are AMFGC Co-chair Jo-Yu Chen, Phila. Foundation President Andrew Swinney, Grantmak-

ing Chair Nina Ahmad, Asian Arts Initiative head Gayle Isa, Asian Americans/Pa-

cific Islanders in Philanthropy President Peggy Saika, Asian Americans United

chief Ellen Somekawa, Phila. Foundation VP Beatriz Vieira, AMFGC Co-chair

Mailee Walker and community activist Andy Toy. See story p. 4

Circle Takes

In City’s Asians

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Sen. Anthony Williams OffersNon-Profit Boot Camp“Nonprofits are a crucial element

in the social, economic and spiri-

tual well being of our communi-

ties, their importance cannot be

overstated,” said State Sen. An-

thony Hardy Williams as he an-

nounced his office will present a

Non-Profit Boot Camp on Wednes-

day, Dec. 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 2

p.m. at the University of the Sci-

ences Pharmacology/Toxicology

Center auditorium, 42nd Street &

Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia.

The Boot Camp is free of charge

and is designed for anyone think-

ing of starting a non-profit or an

established non-profit that needs

updated information on new IRS

laws and regulations. Attendees

will receive legal and accounting

advice for starting a non-profit and

advice on how to maintain an ex-

isting non-profit with the new IRS

requirements. To register for the

Boot Camp or for more informa-

tion please call (215) 492-2980 or

visit www.senatoranthonyh-

williams.com.

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Bar Association Installs First Latino PresidentJUSTICE Seamus Mc-

Caffery, left in photo

above, swore in new Bar

Chancellor Rudolph

Garcia, of the law firm of

Buchanan, Ingersoll &

Rooney. His inaugural

speech outlined plans to

beef up Bar Association

membership, while an-

nouncing US Supreme

Court Justice Sonya So-

tomayor will be Associa-

tion’s guest speaker at its

March Diversity Award

Luncheon.

Attorneys Nolan Atkinson and Bob Rovner welcome Mayor Michael Nutter to Association’s annual

luncheon. Photos by Bonnie Squires

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Asian Giving Circle’s First Grants Impact Local Asian CommunityThe Asian American community of

Philadelphia has just taken its first

step into organized, transethnic phi-

lanthropy.

The Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Cir-

cle announced its inaugural grants

yesterday at a reception held at the

Chemical Heritage Foundation. The

grants were awarded to three non-

profit organizations serving the local

Asian community in Philadelphia.

The Giving Circle is the first of its

kind in the Asian community and

Co-chair Mailee Walker stated the

main focus of the grants this year

had been youth development and

civic engagement.

Of the organizations receiving the

award, Asian Americans United will

use its grant to operate a summer

program that instills a sense of lead-

ership and responsibility in the teen

leaders as they interact and build

confidence in their younger peers.

Asian Arts Initiative Executive Di-

rector Gayle Isa said she was “hon-

ored to be in the presence of a

community of people who stand be-

hind the work they do”. The grant

from the Asian Mosaic Fund will

support their Youth Arts Workshop

that would bring youth from differ-

ent racial backgrounds together to

help them interact in a safe environ-

ment.

The Wilma Theater, recipient of the

third and final grant, stated its proj-

ect of helping students in South

Philadelphia HS would be enhanced

with the support from the Giving

Circle, helping the students “sculpt a

new identity for the school” by cre-

ating a story mosaic on video, allow-

ing them a powerful channel of

self-expression.

While many Asian societies have

similar traditions of private clubs or

“giving circles”, whereby communi-

ties pool capital for charitable needs

or personal investments, they have

not yet broadened these institutions

to take in a wider Asian American

world. Asian Mosaic Fund aims to

change that. It is a response to new

American social realties spear-

headed by the second generation.

Asian Mosaic Fund is a philan-

thropic initiative that consists of a

group of over 30 multi-generational

donors committed to advancing the

well-being of the Greater Philadel-

phia Asian Community. Through the

generosity of these individuals, a

total of $15,000 was raised to be dis-

tributed in grants. Organizations

were invited to apply and a shortlist

of selected organizations was en-

couraged to submit full proposals.

The final selection of the awardees

was based on the vision of this dedi-

cated group - that of a safe, thriving

Asian community empowered and

strengthened by dynamic leadership.

To be able to impact the local Asian

community in such a meaningful

way, the Asian Mosaic Fund Giving

Circle partnered with the Asian

Americans & Pacific Islanders in

Philanthropy who provided a 25%

match to the funds raised and The

Philadelphia Foundation that also

matched 25% of the funds through

the Asian American Endowment

Fund.

Andrew Swinney, president of The

Philadelphia Foundation, said the

opportunity to work with the Asian

Mosaic Fund Giving Circle was a

natural extension of what the foun-

dation does – providing the critical

infrastructure and administrative

support so the Giving Circle could

“come together as a community”

and make an impact.

Peggy Saika, president and execu-

tive director of Asian Americans &

Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy,

stressed the importance of having a

collective impact, where individuals

working together are “inspired to be

civically engaged.” She said that

Giving Circles like the Asian Mo-

saic Fund are starting all across the

country and were “seeding a grow-

ing movement” for people to lever-

age their giving capacity to make a

real difference in the community.

The 2010 Grant Celebration Event

of the Asian Mosaic Fund Giving

Circle was a testament to a group of

engaged Philadelphians coming to-

gether on a philanthropic level and

serving the needs of the Asian com-

munity. For their 2011 Grant Pro-

gram, the Giving Circle announced

that their focus would be on organi-

zations that serve the initial immi-

grant community.

Educators from Wuxi, China, led by

Boqing Yan, deputy director of

Wuxi School Management Center,

will visit this afternoon with their

peers and students from Philadelphia

HS for Girls, led by Principal Dr.

Parthenia Moore, to discuss the con-

tinuing partnership between the

schools in connection with the Han-

Ban Asia Society’s Confucius Class-

rooms Network.

Girls High is enhancing its Chinese

language program with the help of a

grant from the Han-Ban Asia Soci-

ety. As part of this grant program,

Girls’ High established and is main-

taining a cooperative learning rela-

tionship with a high school in Wuxi,

China.

Students from both schools are part-

nering to enhance language and cul-

tural learning as well as establishing

a model that may be implemented in

other schools in the region. To

demonstrate some of the cross-cul-

tural learning that has taken place,

the Philadelphia students will share

instrumental, vocal and dance per-

formances with their guests on

Thursday.

Reading Terminal

To Mark Terra

Madre DayReading Terminal Market will cele-

brate the second annual “Terra

Madre Day” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

this Friday, Dec. 10. In partnership

with Slow Food Philadelphia, Fair

Food, Pennsylvania Association for

Sustainable Agriculture, GRID and

Philly Homegrown, Terra Madre

Day will give Philadelphians the op-

portunity to meet select regional

producers, watch cooking demon-

strations and learn about the tastes

and flavors from the Greater

Philadelphia area.

Inspired by Slow Food Interna-

tional’s Terra Madre conference in

Torino, Italy, the event is part of a

worldwide series of programs hon-

oring local food producers and arti-

sans. Last year 1,000 events took

place in more than 120 countries. As

part of Reading Terminal Market’s

festivities, Slow Food Philadelphia

will present a $1,200 donation to

Farm to Families, a program of the

St. Christopher’s Foundation for

Children.

The Asian Mosaic Fund Giving Cir-

cle is open to all those who are inter-

ested in making an impact on the

local Asian community.

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Dec. 8-

Fire Fighters Local 22 and Po-

lice FOP Lodge 5 host plaque

dedication honoring 100th an-

niversary of largest loss of life

which killed 13 firefighters, one

police officer and two fire

horses at Plaza Complex on 2nd

St. south of Girard Ave., 11 a.m.

For info Jerry Kots (267) 549-

6326.

Dec. 14-

Portrait presentation of Hon.

Sheldon C. Jelin at City Hall,

Room 653, 4 p.m. Reception

following in Conversation Hall.

Dec. 18-

Caribbean Night Happy Hour

fundraiser for Lawrence Clark

for City Council at Banana’s

876 Lounge, 5500 Rising Sun

Ave., 6-9 p.m. Donation $10 in-

cludes food.; donate blanket for

homeless and it’s $8. Make

checks to Clark4Change, P.O.

Box 27154, Phila., PA 19118.

Jan. 27-

Edward J. Lowry, founder of

Phila. Veterans MultiService

and Education Ctr., will be hon-

ored on retirement at Waterfall

Rm. in Plumbers Local 690

Union Hall, 2791 Southampton

Rd., Cocktails 6-8 p.m., fol-

lowed by Tribute Program.

Tickets $65. Order by phone

(215) 238-8050. Event Chair Ed

Keenan, Board Chair Jim Mc-

Nesby and Exec. Dir. Marsha

Four.

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