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Jim Shee (m) received the American Courage Award from Stewart Kwoh (l), President and Executive Director of APALC and Mee Moua, President and Executive Director of Asian American Justice Center. Credit: Herman Farrer Photography
Richar Lui, MSNBC anchor was the emcee of AAJC’s Courage Awards in D.C. on October 18th. Dottie Tiejun Li, editor of Asian Fortune was a dinner guest. Credit: Herman Farrer Photography
From left to right, Leslie Moe-Kaiser, PhD of State Farm, Floyd Mori of APAICS, Charlotte Yeh, MD, Chief Medical Officer of AARP, Ginny Gony, former National President of OCA and David Kim of AARP at OCA’s Corporate Awards on Oct. 19 in D.C.
Contestants show off their lanterns at the Tet Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn Moon) Festival celebration at Eden Center on October 6. The festivities included Eden Idol contest, lantern shows, games, live entertainment and the Miss Vietnam DC Pageant.
From left to right, Dr. Bich Nguyen, Ben Romney and Josh Romney were interviewed by SBTN during the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at Eden Center on October 6th.
Catherin Ho was crowned as Miss Vietnam DC 2012.
Catherin Ho was crowned as Miss Vietnam DC 2012 with Virginia Tran and Nhi Bui as runner ups and Shirly Son as People’s Choice and Cindy Ngo as Eden Center’s Scholar.
Miss Vietnam DC 2012 contestants pose in their traditional Ai Dais gowns at the pageant. This annual pageant provides young women a platform to inspire achievement and personal growth as well as connecting young women with the community and professional leaders to cultivate learning and success.
VIPs and business executives attended the summit (from left to right): Dong Xiang, Executive Director of NTDTV-DC and AACC Chairman; Ban Tran of Merrill Lynch; Cindy Shao, AACC President & CEO; Bridget Bean, District Director of the Washington Metropolitan District Office for SBA; Mei Xu, Co-Founder and President of Chesapeake Bay Candle and Andrew Bittan, Founder/CEO, the Social Tea House.
Participants posing for a photo op after a successful networking session. From left to right, Hung Nguyen, Managing Partner, HN Counsulting LLC, Mark Keam, Virginia House of Delegates, 35th District, Vihanh Tham, Sales Manager, BCLC, Cindy Shao,AACC President and CEO, Khang Tang, Sales Rep, BCLC and Patricia Richie-Folks, Asian Fortune Business Development Manager.
Oanh Henry from Allegra Fairfax networking with a summit participant.
Maggie Choi and Homaira Abbasi from Northwestern Mutual conversing with an expo attendee.
Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) DC Metro Chapter hosted a a workshop entitled “Outside the Box Lending” on Wednesday, October 17 at Hokkaido Restaurant in Falls Church, VA that drew over 50 participants. The workshop was intended to educate real estate business professionals in asset base lending, portfolio lending opportunities and the short sale process.
The dedication of the Garden of Tranquility at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens concluded with a traditional lion dance.
Guests attending the dedication of the Garden of Tranquility at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens light incense, and burn joss and spirit money to send wishes to their deceased loved ones and to honor the spiritual level of life.
Cristian Song, Asian Liaison for the Mayor's Office of Neighborhoods, Baltimore City, presents a proclamation to John O. Mitchell III, Chairman of Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.
A fan of Asian Fortune, Evannah Johnson of State Farm attended OCA’s Corporate Awards dinner.
Dinny Li (m), Principal of Hope Chinese School Annandale Campus greeted Tina Tchen (l), adviser to President and First Lady Obama and Mike Jing (r), member of Virginia’s AAPI for Romney Leadership Team. Both Tchen and Jing spoke to the parents of Hope Chinese School about the importance of voting in this election.