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EVENT: Becoming American: the Chinese American Experience --
Sneak
Preview of highlights
DATE: Thursday, March 20th, 2003, 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
WHERE: University System of Maryland- Shady Grove Center, Building
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Auditorium
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville Maryland 20850
COST: FREE and OPEN to the public
INFO: Lisa Lee, OCA-DC VP Public Issues, 240-418-5388
Description:
Join us for a sneak preview of highlights from Bill Moyer's PBS special
Becoming American: the Chinese American Experience premiering in late
March.
Through interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants,
the
film tells the story of Chinese migration to the United States. Panel
discussion after the film. Chinese American Heritage exhibit will be
displayed.
Event sponsored by Organization of Chinese Americans-DC (OCA-DC),University
System of Maryland- Shady Grove Center, Maryland Public Television,
Committee of 100, Chinese Culture and Community Service Center (CCACC)
Supporting organizations include: UMUC Office of Diversity
Initiatives, World Chinese League, Asia Society of Washington DC, the
Montgomery County Asian Pacific American Employees Association, and
Rowman &
Littlefield Publishing
Group, OCA Northern Virginia, and OCA-Young Professionals
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