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01.04.11 – "Giving Circles: Together We Make a Masterpiece" By Donna Rabin, an article on Vivanista.com, a web magazine focusing on women's philanthropies. Producer/director Pearl J. Park is interviewed.

11.08.10 – Denver, CO – "Social Justice" 2010 American Public Health Association (APHA) conference. Can is shown at the nation's oldest and largest organization of public health professionals, since December 2002. Read about the director's experience at APHA, where Princeton University Professor Cornel R. West—one of America's most provocative intellectuals and most well-respected champions for racial justice—was keynote speaker, on Pearl's blog.

11.04.10 – New York, NY – "Barriers to Asian American Mental Health Services," As-of-Right, a cable television program of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Producer/director Pearl J. Park is an invited guest on this talk show about socio-political issues in Manhattan, co-presenting with Doris Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology, The New School, New York, NY.

06.20.10 – New York, NY – Can wins a $10,000 grant from the Asian Women Giving Circle! Read about this grant in Pearl's blog. "Asian Women Donors Grant $82,000 to NYC Artists and Non-Profits Committed to Activism Thru the Arts" Less than 1% of philanthropic dollars go to Asian American communities in the U.S. The Asian Women Giving Circle is a group of Asian American women pooling their money to fund other Asian women in NYC who use the tools of art to further a social equity goal.

03.11.10 – New York, NY – "Asian American Mental Health" panel at NYU Asian Pacific American Studies Institute. Panelists: Irene Chung, PhD, Associate Professor and Chair, Casework Curriculum, Hunter College School of Social Work; Sel J. Hwahng, PhD, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University; Duy Nguyen, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, Silver School of Social Work, NYU; Pearl J. Park, Producer/Director, Can; Tazuko Shibuzawa, MSW, PhD, Associate Professor of Social Work, NYU. Moderated by Nadia Islam, PhD, Deputy Director, Center for the Study of Asian American Health, NYU. Co-sponsored by: NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health. Read about this screening on Pearl's blog

09.09.09 – Phoenix, AZ – "Deconstructing the Model Minority Myth," a workshop led by Producer/director Pearl J. Park and featuring Hyung Chol Yoo, PhD, Asst. Professor, Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University at the annual conference of National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy, sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. To learn more about the Model Minority Myth, please read Pearl's blog.

09.10.09 – Phoenix, AZ – "Investing in a Healthier Arizona" 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 – "What Are the Issues for Asian Americans? Asian Americans Speak" 2008 Alternatives, the largest annual conference of people with mental illnesses, sponsored by the National Empowerment Center. A 33-minute rough cut of Can is presented The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors sponsors our workshop 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. 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 Can is presented.

08.15.07 – San Francisco, CA – 2007 Asian American Psychological Association conference. A 30-minute rough cut of Can is presented at this annual conference, invited by the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association.

03.01.07 – Jersey City, NJ – Can wins a $120,000 grant award from the California Endowment. Our project is now also fiscally sponsored by the Mental Health Association in California (mhac.org).

11.18.06 – Baltimore, MD – "Social Justice — THE TIME IS NOW!" annual conference of National Association of Rights Protection and Advocacy. Film subject, Can Truong speaks and the trailer Can is screened.

11.08.06 – San Francisco, CA – "Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit XIV," presented by the The California Institute of Mental Health. The trailer of Can plays at this conference, one of the largest on cultural competency and mental health in the nation.

09.14.06 – San Jose, CA – Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the largest consortium of Asian Pacific American health organizations in the U.S. Producer/director Pearl J. Park speaks about Asian American mental health and screens the trailer Can at this annual conference, invited by the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association.

09.01.06 – New York, NY – "Art for Change: Filmmaker Pearl J. Park Breaks Taboos" – ImaginAsian TV, the first 24/7 Asian American cable network, interviews director Pearl J. Park for their web magazine iatv.tv.

07.19.06 @6:30pm – New York, NY – NY Asian American International Film Festival. A special screening of Can (formerly Among Our Kin) as a work-in-progress, plays at Tribeca Cinemas, 54 Varick St., NYC. Discussion moderated by Greg Pak, director/writer of Robot Stories.

06.30.06 – Washington DC – "Asian American Mental Health" workshop at the The Multicultural Summit of The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. The trailer of Can is presented.