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Enter your email address to join our mailing list. We'll keep you posted on the latest. | | 09.10.09 - Phoenix, AZ - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY — "Deconstructing the Model Minority Myth," sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
09.10.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Arizona Public Health Association Conference — Rough cut screening of "Can" sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Read about the filmmaker's experience in Arizona Pearl's Blog.
10.31.08 - Buffalo, NY - Alternatives 2008 — A 33-minute rough cut of "Can" is presented at the largest annual conference of people with mental illnesses, sponsored by the National Empowerment Center. The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors sponsors our workshop "What Are the Issues for Asian Americans? Asian Americans Speak" featuring Walter Shwe, Nami Roberts, Can Truong and Pearl J. Park. Read about the filmmaker's experience at Pearl's Blog.
11.18.07 - Title Change — Name of documentary film changes from "Among Our Kin" to "Can" because Can Truong becomes the only subject for the documentary.
11.16.07 - Los Angeles, CA - "Passing The Torch: New Advocates, New Skills, New Alliances" annual conference of National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy (www.narpa.org) — Can Truong is one of the keynote speakers. Pearl J. Park moderates the first workshop addressing the issues for Asian Americans with mental illnesses in the history of this organization with consumers: Can Truong, Emy Singson-Minami, and Nami Roberts. A 30-minute rough cut of Among Our Kin is presented.
08.15.07 - Asian American Psychological Association — A 30-minute rough cut of Among Our Kin is presented at the annual conference of the ;in San Francisco. We are invited by the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association.
03.01.07 - The California Endowment confers a $120,000 grant to the Mental Health Association in California (mhac.org) for Light Fish Arts, LLC, the production company of Among Our Kin to continue its work.
11.18.06 - Baltimore, MD – SOCIAL JUSTICE - THE TIME IS NOW! Film subject, Can Truong speaks at the Annual Conference of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY. The Among Our Kin trailer is screened.
11.08.06 - San Francisco, CA - CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH SUMMIT XIV — The 10-min "Among Our Kin" trailer plays at this conference, one of the largest on cultural competency and mental health in the country, presented by the The California Institute of Mental Health.
09.01.06 - "Art for Change: Filmmaker Pearl J. Park Breaks Taboos" ImaginAsian TV, the first 24/7 Asian American cable network, interviews director Pearl J. Park.
09.14.06 - Among Our Kin presented its trailer at the National Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (www.apiahf.com) in San Jose, CA.
07.19.06 at 6:30pm - A special screening of Among Our Kin, as a work-in-progress, played at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., NYC as a part of the NY Asian American International Film Festival (www.aaiff.org). Discussion moderated by Greg Pak, director/writer of Robot Stories.
06.30.06 - Washington DC - The Multicultural Summit The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill — The Among Our Kin trailer was presented at the Asian American Mental Health workshop.
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