Who: You and Your Friends
What: The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration Artist Preview Show - MOSAIC
When: April 20th 2012 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: 111 Minna Gallery at Minna and 2nd

For opportunities for organizations be a part of the show or for volunteer information contact steven@vivesf.com

Come early to mingle, meet new friends, and enjoy free hors d'oeuvres and wine tasting! A community mixer kicks off the night when doors open at 5:30PM. The show will start at 6PM. Semi-formal attire suggested. Come for the mixer, come for the show, and come to support your community.

This is a 21+ event

Free food provided by local San Francisco restaurants because we don't want you to go hungry! And since the show is around dinner time, we are offering snacks, free with your entrance ticket.

Akira Beard
www.akirabeard.com

Helen Liu
www.helenkliu.tumblr.com

Joon Park
www.novemberpark89.com

The AsianWeek Foundation is a leader in bringing together the Asian Pacific American community. We work with businesses, community groups, and visionary individuals who want to develop or deepen their relationship with today's Asian Pacific America. AsianWeek Foundation was created to implement a full spectrum approach towards community organizing and community assemblage. Therefore, we seek to apply this approach in a wide selection of areas and issues.

www.asianweekfoundation.org

Started in 2007, the Bay Area Asian Pacific American Legislative Staffers (BAAPALS- pronounced Bay-Pals) is a network of current and former legislative staffers from all levels of government in the Bay Area.

BAAPALS has two distinct missions:
(1) to promote staff recruitment and development of Asian Pacific American Legislative Staffers, and
(2) to increase knowledge of Asian Pacific Islander communities and issues.

To reach these goals, we plan events for our members to expand personal interests, promote community service and encourage professional development. In addition, we maintain an active mailing list to share job opportunities, policy news, and community events to our members

https://sites.google.com/site/baapalsorg/

BayAreaBenefit.org was originally just a website launched in 2009 to support fundraisers for the victims of Typhoon Ondoy and the children surviving disasters in the Samoas along with Bay Area's homeless individuals. Today, Bay Area Benefit is incorporated with the State and currently in the process of registration for nonprofit status.

www.bayareabenefit.org

The California Dragon Boat Association (CDBA) is a non-profit organization formed in 1996 to promote the growth and development of dragon boating. The CDBA has been successful in establishing dragon boat programs in many Bay Area high schools and has grown the annual San Francisco International Dragon Boat Festival (Sept. 15-16, 2012) to the strong international reputation it has today.

www.cbda.org

In 2002, spurred by the shuttering of a.Magazine, a small group of 20-and-30-something journalists and artists got together to fill the void by envisioning the kind of magazine we always wanted to read: a publication that would go beyond celebrity interviews and essays about discovering our roots, which we found a long time ago, thank-you-very-much.

We began meeting around a kitchen table in San Francisco that spring and over snacks and beer, a vision slowly emerged. The magazine wouldn't flinch at covering serious issues, but also wouldn't take itself too seriously. It covered Asian Americans in Texas, Kansas and Minnesota, not just the critical mass living in California and New York. It would feature emerging artists, thinkers, and doers, not only the few established Asian Americans who have already gotten mainstream approval. It would be a magazine that looked beyond identity -- we'd explore cultural issues while tackling what is Asian American by accident, by tangent or by happenstance.

http://www.hyphenmagazine.com

Kollaboration is a nonprofit organization that promotes Asian and Pacific Islanders to pursue their passions in the entertainment industry. We work to bring together the API community and collectively support these talented people at our annual show.

www.kollaborationsf.org/

The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that cultivates, supports, and promotes Asian American leaders. NAAAP offers professional development opportunities on the local and national level, engages its membership in community service, and organizes professional networking events. Through NAAAP, members work together to enhance leadership in their careers and communities.

www.naaapsf.org

Nakayoshi is a group for young adults and recent college graduates in the San Francisco Bay Area looking for opportunities to network, volunteer and get involved in the Japanese American and Asian Pacific American community, and to have fun at the same time!

http://nakayoshi.org/

NAPAWF is the only national, multi-issue Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women's organization in the country. NAPAWF's mission is to build a movement to advance social justice and human rights for API women and girls.

This May 17th, NAPAWF Bay Area is putting API women and girls center-stage at the APA Vagina Monologues. Don't miss it! www.apavaginamonologues.com for tickets and more info.

www.napawf.org

OACC is a thriving first class community arts organization in Oakland and the Bay Area that promotes cross-cultural understanding for present and future generations. Local artists and their cultural art forms are promoted through a variety of programming and community collaborations. OACC envisions vibrant, healthy, and just communities where diverse Asian and Pacific Islander American identities and heritage are affirmed and celebrated through cross-cultural interchange, intergenerational dialogue, and educational programming.

www.oacc.cc

The Princess Project promotes self-confidence and individual beauty by providing free prom dresses and accessories to high school girls who cannot otherwise afford them. Our effort is made possible through invaluable volunteer, donor and community support.

www.princessproject.org

RAMA is a Pan Asian arts and entertainment organization founded in the San Francisco Bay Area. By providing exciting and accessible platforms for the imagination of new Pan Asian artistic identities, RAMA inspires creativity and integrity in the community. Bringing you the finest and most innovative independent Pan-Asian talent at exciting concerts and events, RAMA is the Pan Asian Renaissance!

www.gostudiorama.com

Rsrve.me is a web platform for couples to discover, purchase and save time in planning dates by offering exclusive date experiences, typically consisting of a meal + activity. We work with select merchants to curate and customize each package, such as a private chef tour before dinner followed by a cocktail mixing session.

Rsrve.me will be raffling out one of their unique date experiences at MOSAIC! Click here to check out this special package.

www.rsrve.me

Founded in 2006, TaiwaneseAmerican.org is a web portal site highlighting many of the interesting people, events and organizations that make up Taiwanese America. It is both a volunteer-driven website and a non-profit organization that intends to connect and promote those who identify with the Taiwanese identity, heritage, and/or culture. By establishing our niche within the broader Asian Pacific American and mainstream communities, we hope to collectively contribute to the wonderful and diverse mosaic that America represents.

www.taiwaneseamerican.org

TAP enhances the Taiwanese American community by networking individuals interested in professional and career development, while emphasizing the preservation of Taiwanese American identity. TAP provides resources and programs that inspire, empower, develop, and support professionals to become community-oriented leaders. TAP's primary focuses are on Leadership, Identity, Networking, and Community (LINC), and is the largest network of young Taiwanese American professionals in the country with major chapters in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Visit our website at:

tap.tacl.org

The Spot is a collaborative youth center that provides comprehensive positive youth development to prevent violence and foster healthy transitions into adulthood. Its mission is to support the success of youth and young adults by fostering their emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual health through holistic, coordinated, youth-driven resources and opportunities. Under the theme of "Ready for the Future," The Spot works with community-based organization partners to provide programming and services in the following core content areas: 1) Job Training and College Readiness; 2) Arts, Culture, and Heritage; and 3) Health and Wellness.

The Spot is located in the heart of Oakland Chinatown and targets Asian and Pacific Islander youth and young adults ages 14 to 24, however, all youth are welcomed into the space.

www.thespotoakland.org

We, at viveSF, believe in promoting events to the San Francisco community as a whole so that no matter what your heritage or background, everyone can appreciate a renaissance of culture and art. Great things happen once individuals of all backgrounds get together to network and build relationships. That is why we are here, to help and promote community building!

www.vivesf.com