MANAAs next General Meeting is Thursday, November 21st starting at 7:30 PM. Please check out MANAA’s first online newsletter: newsletter.manaa.org/ It picks up where our print version left off in 2011. Please leave comments and spread the word about our work. If you’re interested in writing reviews or opinion pieces, let us know. We will be posting “top secret” stories that only paid members will be able to access through login and password. In order to become a member/renew your dues, go here: manaa.org/contact_us.html or send $50 ($35 full-time students) to MANAA/P.O.Box 6188/Burbank, CA 91510. Since none of us gets paid and we’re a non-profit, we appreciate the support. Please join us in discussing how to improve media depictions of Asian Americans. If you can’t make the meeting in person you can join us through google hangout or skype. Please let us know. Agenda items include: • Upcoming meeting with ABC over “Jimmy Kimmel Live’s” “Kill all the people in China” controversy • Nebraska radio station playing “Turning Japanese” when callers don’t know the answer to “American”-type questions. • “FOB (Fresh Off the Boat),” based on the book, becomes a pilot for ABC • New TV shows featuring Asian American regulars. Please also note that, as always, because of the holidays, we’ll be meeting on the 2nd Thursday in December, which will be December 12th. If you are interested in participating in MANAA but cannot make the monthly meeting, please contact us at [email protected] and indicate your interest in participating in writing letters, reviewing movies, monitoring TV shows, or other kinds of activities. MANAA’s monthly general meeting is on the second floor meeting room of the Chinatown Public Safety Association @823 N. Hill Street. Its your chance to share your input and thoughts on pressing issues regarding the portrayal of Asian Americans in print, radio, television and movies. Get directions or more Info at manaa.org and manaa.blogspot On Facebook: Media Action Network for Asian Americans or on twitter @twitter/manaala Questions? Send an email to [email protected] or call us at (213) 486-4433.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:53:23 +0000