[NEohioPAL] OCA Cleveland recipient of the 2009 Neighborhood Connections Grant for OCA Image TV Outreach Initiative Project

[Johnny K. Wu]

PRESS CONTACT:    

Johnny K. Wu, President

President at ocagc.org

www.ocagc.org

216.373.3278

 

OCA Cleveland recipient of the 2009 Neighborhood Connections Grant
for OCA Image TV Outreach Initiative Project

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

(May 26, 2009 - CLEVELAND, OHIO)  OCA Greater Cleveland Chapter was recently
awarded a $5000 grant from Neighborhood Connections for its new educational
and cross-cultural multi-media outreach initiative - The OCA IMAGE TV, a 30
minutes television programming that aims at creating awareness, promoting
diversity and educating all Northeast Ohio and Greater Cleveland residents
about the vitality of Asian Pacific American culture and business in the
Greater Cleveland and the surrounding region.  

 

OCA IMAGE TV will focus on the local Asian Pacific prospective in Economic,
Social, Arts and Cultural Development throughout all of Cleveland's historic
neighborhoods. The program will communicate a better understanding of the
60,000 Northeast Ohio residents of Asian/Pacific culture and traditions.
Each episode will include segments offering a variety of diverse topics
related to business, education, culture, traditions, leadership, food,
health and beauty, fashion, sports, arts and entertainment, news, and
current issues as well as spotlighting local events. 

 

With the grant assistance from Neighborhood Connections, OCA IMAGE TV will
continue to establish OCA's objective within the St. Clair Superior
Neighborhood which include bridging the gap between Eastern and Western
culture through cultural awareness and education; engaging participation
across differences within the Asian and local community; informing about
local diverse leaders and events; advancing community building; and foster
cultural heritage. 

 

Pilot episode was aired on March 9 which depicts on how Northeast Ohio's
Asian/Pacific families celebrated the  Lunar New Year while Episode 2 on
Asian Weddings debuted on April 20th talks about the cultural and tradition
wedding differences Asian countries. OCA IMAGE TV Team is currently
finalizing the 3rd episode on Health and Wellness with the participation of
medical experts from Cleveland Clinic and others. OCA IMAGE TV episodes are
currently available on Time Warner Cable Channel 20 (throughout the week in
various time), or can be downloaded free of charge via iTunes or watch it
online at OCAGC Website. 

 

Neighborhood Connections is a special grants program of the Cleveland
Foundation that assists Cleveland neighborhood groups that work to
strengthen the social networks in their communities while creatively
addressing their neighborhoods' most important concerns. Grants are intended
to spur small, grassroots community efforts and, while doing so, assist
groups and individuals in the community to connect with others. The program
offers grants of $500 to $5,000 twice a year, for this round, only 104 out
of 215 proposals received were funded.

 

OCA Cleveland Chapter was founded in 1983 with the mission of promoting
cultural heritage, active participation in civic and community affairs,
securing justice and equal treatment and equal opportunity for all Americans
of Asian/Pacific Islander descent. The organization is a non-profit,
non-partisan civil rights and educational organization and is part of a
National Organization (founded in 1973) with over 84 chapters and affiliates
across the United States. Our goal is to embrace the hopes and aspirations
of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. For more information, visit
http://www.ocagc.org

 

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Johnny Wu

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President

OCA-Cleveland Chapter

"Embracing the Hopes and Aspirations of Asian Pacific  Americans"

 <http://www.ocagc.org/> www.ocagc.org

 

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