Happy Holidays

OCA Colorado would like to wish you and your family a very happy, healthy Holiday Season!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jan Byrant, Katherine Pillow, Johnny Poon and Hing Ryder for being elected to the Board of Directors for 2010 and 2011. We appreciate everything you do for our organization!

There is an open board seat available. If you are interested in helping shape OCA Colorado, please inquire about the position by emailing us at

ocacolorado@gmail.com

Vincent Who? Screening Thursday Night Cancelled

The Vincent Who? screening has been cancelled this evening due to inclement weather. We will post further details as soon as they become available . If you have already purchased tickets, your money will be refunded. We hope to reschedule in the near future!

Vincent Who? Screening

OCA Colorado is proud to provide you access to see the incredible documentary Vincent Who?. Curtis Chin, The Producer of the documentary will be at the screening. This powerful movie tells the story of the Vincent Chin murder and the historical importance it has on the Asian Community.

October 29, 2009

7:00pm

Starz Film Center at The Tivoli

900 Auraria Parkway, Denver, CO

Tickets $8 each

Email OCA Colorado at ocacolorado@gmail.com for further questions.

Autumn Moon Festival Celebration

There was a fantastic turn out for the 2nd Annual Autumn Moon Festival Dinner at The Palace Restaurant last night! We hope you had as much fun as we did. The food was delicious! Congratulations to all the riddle winners. We are looking forward to seeing you at next year's Moon Festival Celebration!

The 9th Annual Dragonboat Festival

It was the perfect weekend for this year's Dragon Boat Festival. The weather was amazing! We all at fun hanging out together. We enjoyed great entertainment, food and exciting racing! If you didn't get a chance to join us this year we hope that you will be able to join us next year.

The Luau was Great!!!

The Luau was so much fun!! We hope you had a chance to join the festive day. There was lots of food and fun for everyone. The entertainment was exceptional too! We would like to give a great big thanks to Ted and Nettie for being so kind and inviting OCA Colorado to their great event. We really appreciate their generosity!!!

4th of July Picnic

The 4th of July Picnic was a huge success! Thanks to everyone that made it out to the event. The weather was perfect, the food was amazing and the company was the best!

A great BIG thanks goes out to the National Martial Arts Academy. The lion dance and demonstrations were very entertaining! We appreciate that you took the time to come out to our event!

OCA Colorado and Denver Kunming Sister Cities
look forward to seeing you again soon at one of our individual or joint events.

Colorado's 2009 Asian American Heroes

OCA Colorado and CACEN

Congratulate all the recipients of the 2009 Asian American Heroes Of Colorado. Thanks for bettering our Community!!! Our Heroes were recently recognized at the Colorado Rapids game during Asian Heritage night. The inaugural group included this following well deserved recipients:

Christina Chao

Jim Hada

Kerry Hada

Felix Magalong

Daniel Oh

To learn more about these Heroes please visit Asian Avenue Magazine.

OCA Colorado is the local chapter of OCA National -a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economical well being of Asian Pacific Americans.
CACEN (Colorado Asian Culture and Education Network) is focused on preserving cultural values and heritage through activities and programs which highlight, celebrate, share, and teach the virtues and foundations of Asian cultures building bridges of awareness, knowledge and understanding between Colorado's diverse Asian communities and the general public.

JACL Recognition

At the recent JACL Installation Banquet a member from our board was recognized. Benny Cheng received an award from Mi-High JACL for his commitment to bettering our community. Congratulations Benny!

Get Involved!

Are you looking to be more involved with OCA Colorado? Now is the perfect time to join a committee!!

• Communications/Public Relations
• Events
• Fundraising
  
• Outreach
  

Email us if you would like to get more information or would like to join one these committees. We would love your input!!!

Lunar New Year Dinner

Thanks to everyone who attended the OCA/JACL Lunar New Year Dinner at The Palace last night. We all enjoyed mingling with old and new friends!!! The entertainment and food were fantastic!! If you missed the event we hope that you will join us next year for this memorable annual event. Happy New Year!!!