[NEohioPAL] Cleveland's OCA Image TV Ohio receives OCA's 2010 Chapter Excellence Award for Communications

[Johnny Wu]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


 

June 22, 2010

 

CONTACT

Johnny Wu, President

OCA Cleveland Chapter

216.539.4634

president at ocagc.org

 

Cleveland's OCA Image TV Ohio receives 

OCA's 2010 Chapter Excellence Award for Communications

 

Cleveland, OH: The Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), announced
Saturday, June 19 that Cleveland's  OCA Image TV has received OCA's 2010
Chapter Excellence Award for Communications. 

 

OCA, a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political
and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans, has over 84 chapters and
affiliates across the United States. This year at the annual OCA National
Convention held in Houston, TX, Chapter Excellence Awards were presented for
the categories of membership, economic development, programs & projects,
local community involvement, advocacy, and communications. 

 

OCA Cleveland Chapter's President Johnny Wu and OCA Image TV co-host Vi
Huynh, gratefully accepted the Communications Award with a comedic
acceptance speech video that showed off some of their high-tech video
tricks. On a more serious note, Huynh said, "We would like to thank everyone
involved in making the show a great success for Cleveland's Asian
community." OCA Image TV was also nominated under the Program & Projects
category. Both acceptance speech videos can be found at
<http://www.ocagc.org> http://www.ocagc.org.

 

OCA Image TV is a high energy television show that provides Ohioans with a
better understanding of their various Asian cultures. Each episode includes
segments on a variety of diverse topics related to education, culture,
traditions, food, health and beauty, fashion, sports, arts and
entertainment, news, current issues and upcoming events. The first four
episodes have contained the exciting themes of Lunar New Year, Asian-style
weddings, health and wellness and Cleveland's Asian town. 

 

OCA Image TV is shot in high definition at Creative House Studios and on
location in downtown Cleveland. Episodes are available on Time Warner's
channel 20 (reaching over 500,000 households),  <http://www.ocagc.org>
www.ocagc.org, Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and as podcast on iTunes. Along
with the studio's crew members, local members of the Organization of Chinese
Americans of Greater Cleveland (OCAGC) help with the show's production and
marketing.

 

OCAGC is a non-profit, non-partisan civil rights and educational
organization. OCAGC is part of the National OCA, working with other
organizations and communities dedicated to 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.  More at  <http://www.ocagc.org> www.ocagc.org. 

 

OCA Image TV is funded by the support of Neighborhood Connections, OCA
National,  OCA Columbus, Creative House Studios, Inc., MetroMix.com, Media
Design Imaging, International Community Council, Steam of Music LLC, Randy
Wagner, MotivAsians for Cleveland, Anthony Yen, Margaret W. Wong, Asian
Services in Action, Inc., Erie Chinese Journal Newspaper, St. Clair-Superior
Development Corp., City of Cleveland Ward 8 Councilman Jeffrey Johnson, City
of Cleveland Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman, City of Cleveland Community
Relations Department, The Vietnamese Community in Greater Cleveland,
Cleveland Chapter Japanese American Citizens League, Koko Bakery and Li Wah
Chinese Restaurant.


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Johnny Wu
216.539.4634
President
OCA-Cleveland Chapter
"Embracing the Hopes and Aspirations of Asian Pacific  Americans" and OCA
Image TV Magazine on TV20 & iTunes
 <http://www.ocagc.org/> www.ocagc.org

Co-Chair Executive Committee
Cleveland Asian Festival
www.ClevelandAsianFestival.org



 

 

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