Documentary Trailer of "Among Our Kin" to Play at Conferences
Pearl J. Park
* * * * * WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT OUR DOCUMENTARY TRAILER * * * * *
"I’m truly impressed."
- Mee Moua, Minnesota State Senator
The first Hmong American legislator in
the US (
"I am not a religious person, but this film project is the answer to my prayers! I have been waiting for an Asian (mental health) consumer to come forward and speak for our community for the past 20 some years I've been an advocate. Thank you for your outstanding work"
-Stacie Hiramoto, MSW
Cultural Competency and Diversity
Mental Health
Association of California (
Former board member, National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy (www.narpa.org)
"I've seen Pearl Park's documentary and believe her work is necessary to break down the ignorance and misinformation concerning mental illness in today's society. I encourage everyone to view Among Our Kin and support Pearl's project with your resources of networking, funds, skills and expertise."
- Doug Ross, Producer, Wang-Ross Communications (
http://web.mac.com/dsross007/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html)
* * * Nov 8 - 9, San Francisco, CA - CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT XIV * * *
The 10-min "Among Our Kin" trailer will play continuously at this conference, one of the largest on cultural competency and mental health in the country, presented by the California Institute of Mental Health (www.CIMH.org). The contact at this event is Stacie Hiramoto (916) 705-5018.
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, 1333 Bayshore Highway, Burlingame, California 94010; (650) 347-1234
For more information, please visit their website:
http://www.cimh.org/training/conferences.cfm#158
The California Institute for Mental Health (CIMH) was established in 1993 with the intent to "promote excellence in mental health services through training, technical assistance, research and policy development. Cultural competence is defined as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enables systems and/or professionals to work effectively in cross
–cultural situations.
* * * Nov 18, Baltimore, MD - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY * * *
2006 ANNUAL RIGHTS CONFERENCE (NARPA)
"Among Our Kin" will play at one of the workshops at 9:30 am on Sat., Nov 18.
November 15-18, 2006
Tremont Plaza Hotel on St. Paul
Baltimore,
MD
SOCIAL JUSTICE - THE TIME IS NOW!
NARPA believes the recipients of mental health services are capable of and entitled to make their own choices, and they are, above all, equal citizens under the law. NARPA's fundamental mission is to help empower people who have been labeled mentally disabled so that they may learn to independently exercise their rights.
* * * OUR STRUGGLE TO RAISE FUNDS CONTINUES.. BUT THERE IS SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR * * *
Some of you invested your valuable time, expertise, resources and professional services to help make this project a reality. Others have stepped up to give with monetary contributions out of their own pockets. THANK YOU!
SUPPORTERS AND IN-KIND DONORS
Christopher W. Chan, Esq
George C. Chen, Esq., Bryan Cave, LLP
Jung Ah
Han
Stacie Hiramoto, Mental Health Association in California
Daniel Hu E.
Hu Jeong Hu DJ Ida, PhD, (
Eleanor Kaufman
Corky Lee, photo historian
Miriam Lewin, Producer, Lavine Production Group
Hee Kyung Lim
Francis Lu, MD, San Francisco General Hospital
Zan Ng, Admerasia
Ngô Thanh Nhàn, Linguistics, Visiting Scholar, NYU
Benjamin Park
Bob Parsons, World Can’t World Wait (worldcantwait.org)
Sally Walker
Benjamin P. Wolf, www.benjaminwolf.com
The Truong family
Joy Yang
Michael and Wanda Yap
Kai Yu, Coordinator, Coalition Against Hate Media & VP, Communications, OCA-NY
Karen Zhou
WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
If you believe in our cause and want to donate to this project with your time, resources, or services, please email us at in...@amongourkin.org. We need professional writers, outreach experts, and film production people. Our production office has many service needs ranging from day-to-day administrative work, research, website maintenance, fundraising, to production needs.
Thank you for being a part of this group. This Google group is a moderated discussion and announcement forum for friends and supporters of this documentary project. Please state your name, title and affiliation when posting a message to this group. This is a very diverse group of 400 people from all over the US, representing community organizations, academic institutions, mental health providers, health non-profit organizations, governmental health service agencies, independent artists, production companies and people with mental illness and their families.
Pearl J. Park
Producer/Director
Among Our Kin
Light
Fish Arts
917-841-0623
lightf...@gmail.com
Please visit our
website: amongourkin.org