Asian American Journalists Association

Thanks to everyone who came out to East West Eats this past Sunday and
made it a success! We hope you enjoyed the great food, the beverages,
Martin Yan's cooking demonstrations and the live music at the San
Francisco War Memorial Building Green Room.

East West Eats raises money for the student scholarship program, which
this year is giving $10,000 to six recipients. That wouldn't be
possible without your support, the support of our event sponsors and
our partnering chefs.

Check out this entry about East West Eats on the food blog Cooking
With The Single Guy. 

We welcome feedback on how to make East West Eats even better. Feel
free to email your comments and suggestions to us at
tam_kath (at) hotmail.com.

AAJA SF’s signature culinary fundraiser, East West Eats: An Evening with the Bay Area’s Best Chefs, is back June 14th!

Master Chef and food consultant Martin Yan will be featured, as well as a spectacular menu of fine Asian cuisine from other top Asian chefs around the region. The event also will include wine, beer, a silent auction and entertainment.

East West Eats is a fundraiser for student journalism scholarships. As part of our commitment to promoting diversity in newsrooms, AAJA SF awards up to $15,000 each year in scholarships to deserving students interested in pursuing journalism careers.

We hope to see you June 14th for an evening of great food, wine and entertainment! For more information including purchasing tickets, go to www.aajasf.org/eastwesteats

EVENT DETAILS
WHAT: East West Eats: An Evening with the Bay Area’s Best Chefs
WHEN: 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, 2009
WHERE: San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center’s Green Room, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco 94102
CUISINE DETAILS: Martin Yan will be a featured chef. Cuisine from the following restaurants also will be featured: Betelnut, Butterfly, Crustacean, Hilton San Francisco, Le Colonial, Living Room Events, Maharani, Namu, Napa Silverado, Poleng Lounge, Ponzu, Shanghai 1930, Slanted Door and Urban Tavern.

DRINKS: Beverages provided by Chang Beer, New Zealand Winegrowers, Ku Day Ta Lounge and VitaminWater.
TICKETS: $65 for AAJA members and $75 for non-members before June 14. Prices are $75 for AAJA members and $85 for non-members at the door the day of the event. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at www.aajasf.org/eastwesteats

Comcast is a Gold Event Sponsor. Verizon Wireless is a Silver Sponsor. Thunder Valley Casino and Wells Fargo Bank are Jade Sponsors.

It's that time of the year so we thought we'd get into the spirit of
March Madness. So bring your NCAA basketball tournament brackets to
brag, or just bring yourself down to Yancy's for a cold one and to
relax while cheering for the Elite 8. It's a casual affair so just
come by this Saturday March 28.

Where: Yancy's Saloon, Inner Sunset 734 Irving Street (between 8th Ave
& 9th Ave) San Francisco, CA 94122
Time: Tipoff at 1:30 pm  Saturday. We'll be there for at least the
first game till 4 p.m.ish.

Questions: Contact Janet Kim at jantastic@gmail.com

Join us Wednesday night for a discussion on the future of journalism. AAJA SF is hosting a student pizza night and scholarship information event at 6 p.m. Wednesday March 18 in room HUM 308 (Humanities building) at San Francisco State University. Marcus Chan, multimedia editor for the San Francisco Chronicle, and Priya Ganapati, technology reporter for Wired.com, will be on hand to discuss the future of journalism. Bring lots of questions, and of course your appetite for some free pizza.

And don’t forget that the deadline for the 2009 scholarships is March 31. We are offering up to $10,000 in scholarships to outstanding high school seniors and college students who live in or attend school in the Bay Area.

You don’t have to be a journalism or mass communications major, but you must demonstrate serious intent to pursue a journalism career through strong work samples. Students are generally selected based on their journalistic ability (as demonstrated by their published work), commitment to journalism, sensitivity to Asian Pacific American issues, financial need and scholastic achievement.

The scholarship application is available on our “Scholarships” section (click on the page on the right). If you have questions, don’t hesitate to contact scholarship committee co-chairs Katherine Tam at tam_kath@hotmail.com or Pia Sarkar at piasarkar@gmail.com.

See you Wednesday night!