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Dear friends,
Last week, in my position as the Co-Chair of the Cupertino Rotary's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, I organized Civic Leadership Forum Silicon Valley. The topic was "Diversity and Equity of Asians." Watch the panel discussion. Thank you to the panelists, Cupertino Rotary, and over 100 Rotarians who attended the event.
Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce organized the Mayors' Breakfast. Watch Ding Ding TV's report from the event.
The community gathered to celebrate the birthday of Louis Lam, the Founder and Chairman of the American TeoChew Foundation - watch Ding Ding TV's report from the event.
I am also excited to share the latest submissions in the Asian American Stories Video Competition - learn the stories of Susan Mao and Ron Chan.
If you want to support the Asian American Stories Video Competition, you can purchase the tickets for the Awards ceremony in May.
Diana Wei Ping Ding
Founder and President,
Ding Ding TV, Silicon Valley Community Media
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On March 6th, 2024, a panel discussion titled “It’s not melting pot; it’s salad bowl—Diversity & Equity of Asians” was held at Cupertino Rotary Club, led by Diana Ding. Over 100 members of the Rotary Club attended panel discussion.
The panel posed the questions:
· As an Asian, what do diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you?
· What’s the difference between a melting pot and a salad bowl?
· America is a great mixture of different cultures; how can each culture retain its own identity and add to the flavor of the whole?
Our panelist all come from mixed Asian backgrounds and overcame many challenges. They shared their stories of facing challenges regarding their identity and how they handled the situation.
Speakers included:
- Jonathan Ishii (Educator, Engineer at EMSI),
- Harbir Bhatia (President and CEO of Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce),
- Beverly Molina (Author, I.D.E. Officer and Santa Clara Firefighter), and
- Diana Ding (Founder and CEO of Ding Ding TV and Silicon Valley Community Media).
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On March 7th, Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce organized Mayors’ Breakfast.
The Mayors is attendance included Pat Showalter (Mountain View), Sheila Mohan (Cupertino), Larry Klein (Sunnyvale), Lisa Gillmor (Santa Clara), and Carmen Montano (Milpitas).
Ding Ding TV has been a proud member of Silicon Valley Central Chamber of Commerce since 2010 and Diana Ding serves as a Director-At-Large.
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Mr. Louis Lam (Founder and Chairman of the American Teochew Foundation) was born in Shantou, China, in 1961. He moved to Hong Kong as a teenager and immigrated to the United States in his youth.
He has devoted himself to the business exchanges between China and the United States for over 40 years. With his business’s growth, failure, and success, Mr. Louis Lam has accumulated extensive international business experiences.
Mr. Louis Lam is enthusiastic about community service and plays an active role in the development of friendly relations between China and the United States.
In recent years, Mr. Louis Lam has devoted himself to help Asian-Americans participate in politics. He has influenced more new immigrants to integrate into American society and speak for themselves. He has built a bridge of communication between multiple ethnic groups and made outstanding contributions for providing a better community environment for future generations.
Ding Ding TV partnered with Mr. Lam and the American Teochew Foundation on two Civic Leadership Forums.
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BrainShare provides its clients with powerful and practical systems, tools, processes, and resources that are proven and enduring. It is unequivocally the Ultimate Business Framework. Time and time again they have helped business owners overcome the challenges of Time, Team, and Money. Challenges that have plagued every business. |  | |
Ascend Technologies was born out of the initial merging of two incredibly talented and dedicated teams of managed services professionals to make a single, stronger team. The combination of West Monroe Managed Services and Gratia, Inc. occurred in 2019.
In 2020, highly respected master managed security services provider (MSSP) Infogressive™ merged with Ascend. Founded in 2006 with a record of zero breaches resulting in data loss, Infogressive™ plays an integral part to extend and grow Ascend’s respective strengths in cybersecurity.
To start off 2021, leading Midwest Salesforce consulting firm Doextra CRM Solutions joined Ascend, bringing valuable expertise in custom CRM implementations and a strong 14-year partnership with Salesforce. Following shortly after in May 2021, leading Managed Services Provider Switchfast Technologies was acquired, bringing 20 years of trusted IT expertise and a focus on serving America’s successful small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs).
Two years after Ascend’s launch, family-owned Peter’s & Associates joined the team bringing their 40 years of IT expertise and unmatched knowledge of Microsoft services and products with them.
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America’s scientific and technical preeminence,
Would not be possible without Asian participants.
From small businesses, to engineering, to bio-tech,
Asian Americans contribute on every track.
Sharing Eastern cultures and tasty cuisines,
Dim sum, sushi, adobo, pho making the scene.
Kungfu, K-Pop, Bollywood and Lion Dance,
Joyous celebrations with cultural relevance!
Together, we weave America’s tapestry,
Enhancing our country’s pageantry.
Stitching threads of culture, folklore, and lineage,
Enhancing our country’s unique heritage!
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More than 3.5 million people with roots from 23 countries in the Middle East and North Africa are currently misidentified as White in US Census data, and in almost all states and school districts.
AB 2673, introduced in the California state Legislature this week by Assemblymember Bill Essayli, will add the MENA classification to all state intake forms. Essayli, who is Lebanese-American, also authored House Resolution 30 in 2023, in an attempt to collect MENA data at the federal level.
Approximately 740,000 people from the Middle East and North African countries reside in California, which has the largest MENA population in the nation. “Current demographic data collection in California is entirely inadequate in capturing the unique experiences that MENA communities face, from health issues to socioeconomic outcomes,” said Essayli, as he introduced the bill Feb. 26.
A story by Sunita Sohrabji for EMS.
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Learn Susan Mao's story.
The video tells the story of a Chinese mother during the COVID pandemic, who was unable to reunite with her son and his son’s family.
For the first time in years, she was finally able to fly from China to America to visit him and her daughter-in-law of European descent.
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Learn Ron Chan's story.
A Virtual Conversation With My Grandfather
Blending artificial intelligence with live recordings I was able to transcend time and space to interview my grandfather, Mar Shee Tong, who passed away 70 years ago. Joining in this virtual conversation, recorded live is my mother, May, speaking with her father, 25 years younger than her!
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Group: Spindrift Performing Art School
Performer: Xuan Mien Nam
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Group: Anna Poklewski Academy of Music
Performers: Katrina Lam, Lasya Rao
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Group: Katuri of Korean American Senior Citizens, League of Santa Clara
Performers: Kim, Okia; Kim, Youngjoo; Rhee, Sinja; Park, Sophia
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The Stop The Hate campaign is made possible with funding from the California State Library (CSL) in partnership with the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA). The views expressed on this website and other materials produced by Ding Ding TV do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the CSL, CAPIAA or the California government. Learn more at capiaa.ca.gov/stop-the-hate. | |
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Since the start of the pandemic, anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders became targets of physical and verbal attacks, causing them to feel unsafe and unwelcome in public spaces. AAPI businesses have also been targeted. As of August 2021, more than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents had been reported since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Stop AAPI Hate.
Ding Ding TV and Silicon Valley Community Media together with other AAPI and ethnic organizations and community partners organized numerous events to call on our community members to come together, demand systemic change, build bridges through understanding, and appreciate our differences.
Thanks to California State Library (CSL) and California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAPIAA).
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