Annual Picnic June 4, 2011
May 29, 2011
Hey Q-Wavers!
This is the event you’ve all been waiting for! On June 4, come to the annual Q-Wave potluck picnic to:
- Meet great people
- See old friends
- AND relax!!!
This time we are going to have it at Rockafeller Park near the entrance at River Terrace and Warren St, it’s a quaint little space with paved walkways and even a playground for little kids.
Q-Wave will bring the basics (napkins, cups, plates, utensils, etc). You should bring yourself and things/food to share, here are a few suggestions:
- picnic blanket *
- homemade goodies, fruits, veggies, deli goods, snacks *
- games, basketball or handball (there are courts at the park), frisbee, volleyball
- children, asian ally friends, non-asian ally friends, family
- skateboard, bike, roller skates
Also we’ll be meeting around noon at the bottom of the Stuyvesant HS/Tribeca Bridge, east side of the West St and Chambers St corner to head over and camp out a spot together. If you are heading from New Jersey, you may be able to catch a boat to World Financial Center, the pier is right in the park! Or you can also take the PATH to World Trade Center. If you are catching the MTA trains, take the trains to Chambers St.
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=205396539152115339958.0004a3f32c31f032269aa
Just in case you still can’t find us, you can also call Ryan at (570) 798-7436
Coffee Hour May 29
May 20, 2011
Hello friends,
Boy… enough of this rainy weather!! Who is ready for some sun and fun?
Well…while I can’t predict what the weather will be like in on May 29, I think we can still have some fun regardless. I picked a really cool outdoor biergarten in Queens for this month Qwave Coffee Hour ( I think I am gonna have to change the name to Happy Hour soon). It was listed in Time out New York as one the best 50 spring bar.
It is an outdoor/ indoor space. It has a very easy breezy vibe. So old and new alike, come share a pitcher with me at this spacious outdoor lounge and enjoy spring.
Studio Square
35-33 36th St (between 35th and 36th Aves) Long Island City, Queens
(718) 383-1001
Subway: G, R, V to 36th St; N, W to 36th Ave.
studiosquarenyc.com
Date and Time: May 29th Sunday from 4pm to 6 pm.
Cheers,
Quail and Zhou
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Come ‘N Hang Out Coffee Hour
This is a monthly event for everyone who is queer, LBTQ, questioning, and curious! We are here to talk about our concerns, questions, coming-out, staying-in, joy, fear, and all things that happen along the way of these experiences! We’re here to support each other. We’re here to have fun! If you think you’re anywhere from 0.001% to 100% queer, join us at Come ‘N Hang Out!
5/20 GM: “Our Queer & Asian Voices” w/ rockstar guests Helen Zia & Lia Shigemura
May 11, 2011
Hello Q-Wavers!
Mark your calendar for our next General Meeting on Friday May 20th from 7-9pm: “Our Queer & Asian Voices!”
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! It’s a time we celebrate our Asian identities …but how about our queer identities as well?
- What do you say when your grandma asks, “so do you have a boyfriend yet?”
- Do you avoid bringing your pungent fish / kimchee / curry / pickled daikon leftovers for lunch at work?
- Do you feel more comfortable talking to a stranger about LGBT rights than with your own cousins?
Sometimes, we are forced to check our identities at the door. We make decisions, conscious or not, about when to raise our voices or hold’em back.
Come share your stories or listen to other Q-Waver’s talk about how we handle these situations and environments. We’ll have some fun activities/games and discuss how to support ourselves and each other in our different identities and voices. We’ll also talk about how we, as a community, choose to get involved with larger issues like “marriage equality” on a personal or political basis.
**You DO NOT WANT TO MISS this GENERAL MEETING because we will ALSO be joined by two very special rockstar guests from San Francisco: Helen Zia and Lia Shigemura, two inspirational Asian American leaders and activists. They have been a couple since 1992, were married twice (in 2004 and 2008) and have been heavily involved with the marriage equality movement and anti-prop 8 lawsuits in California.
Friday, May 20, 7-9 pm
CUNY Graduate Center, 34th St. and 5th Ave.
Room C197
Drinks and light snacks will be provided and, as always, we will go out for a fun group dinner afterwards.
Directions: (via subway): – B, D, F, V, N, R, Q, W to 34th Street/Broadway – 6 to 33rd Street/Park Avenue and walk 2 blocks west – 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street/7th Avenue (Madison Square Garden) and walk 2-3 blocks east – A, C, E to 34th Street/8th Avenue and walk 3-4 blocks east.
Bios
Lia Shigemura has worked for the past 20 years in the public, private and independent sectors focusing on civil rights, affirmative action and diversity. She now heads a private diversity consulting firm, DragonVision Media, and sits on the Profiles in Diversity Journal advisory board. Lia was a founder of the Asian Women’s Shelter, and serves as Vice Chair of the Horizons Foundation Board of Directors. She was formerly Director of Corporate Diversity for Pacific Gas and Electric and National Program Director for the Japanese American Citizens League.
An award-winning journalist, Helen Zia is the author of Asian-American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, and coauthor with Wen Ho Lee of My Country Versus Me: The First-Hand Account by the Los Alamos Scientist Who Was Falsely Accused. She was executive editor of Ms. Magazine and the book, Notable Asian-Americans. In 1998, Helen was named Chinese-American Journalist of the Year by the Organization of Chinese-Americans. Her work on the Asian-American landmark civil rights case of anti-Asian violence is documented in the Academy-Award-nominated film, Who Killed Vincent Chin?
Q-Wave Table at the Asian Heritage Festival – May 8th
May 4, 2011
The Asian Heritage Festival is here again!
This year, the out-door event will be held at The Union Square Park, at East 17th Street and Park Ave on May 8th from 12 pm to 5 pm.
The Asian Heritage Festival is an annual event where all the Asian and Pacific Islander organizations come together to show collectively the resources and variety of services we have in our community.
It is a great opportunity to explore different organizations and services that may be available to you!
It is a wonderful outreach opportunity for Q-WAVE as well, and we will be sharing a booth with GAPIMNY at the event. We are often able to provide some education and awareness about our organization as a resource to the general Asian community and to recruit new members at this event.
We hope to see all of you there! Please do come and stop by our booth, we would love to see/meet you and your friends! ~Look for the Q-WAVE Banner and volunteers~
To help with raising awareness and visibility for Q-WAVE, if you feel up for it, please wear a Q-WAVE T-Shirt if you have one!! All the volunteers will be wearing our t-shirts as well, and the shirts will be available for sale at the table!
We will also have a small fundraising-bake-sale to help cover the cost of tabling at this event. Please come and support us, thank you!!