Upcoming PANA Events

Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew: What Is Asian American Biblical Hermenutics? Reading the New Testament.

December 4, 2008 at 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion1798 Scenic Ave, Berkeley CAJoin the PSR Community for a conversation with Dr. Tat-siong Benny Liew about his recent book,  What Is Asian American Biblical Hermenutics? Reading the New Testament.Chapter 7, “Immigrants and Intertexts: Biblical In(ter)ventions in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee” is online here in PDF format.

PANA Holiday Party

December 8, 2008 at 5:30pm to 8:30pm

Come to take a break, eat, make dumplings and lumpia,
and celebrate the end of the semester!

R2W Youth Holiday Party

December 20, 2008

For more information: http://www.represent2witness.org/

NRJ-API-LGBT Talking Circle

December 23, 2008 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Gather for discussion, spirituality and reflection. For more information: www.NetRJ.org

R2W CLI Leadership Development Retreat

January 16 to January 19, 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Weekend. San Francisco, CA.

The R2W Congregational Leaders Internship (CLI) is a two-year leadership devopment program for young adults age 19-22.

For more information: http://www.represent2witness.org/programs/cli.htm

API Faith and Justice Gathering 2009

January 24, 2009

A re-gathering of our first API Faith and Justice Gathering in October 2008.

PANA Dinner at PSR Earl Lectures

January 27, 2009 at 5:30pm to 7:00pm

See our new R2W film, Critical Faith.

Learn about and celebrate PANA's programs.

$12, PSR D'Autrement Dining Hall.

Come early (4:00pm) for a reception in the Bade museum honoring Fumitaka Matsuoka and Lynn Rhodes as they prepare for retirement in 2009.

More information PSR Earl Lectures here.

ST-4271: Theology in Asian American Churches

February 2 to May 22, 2009

Course taught by Dr. Fumitaka Matsuoka and Dr. Joanne Doi. Study of theological themes emerging out of Asian American churches: the diasporic experiences, race, historical injuries, and identity seeking.

See ST-4271 in the GTU Catalog.

San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

February 7, 2009

PANA has a tradition of marching with NRJ-API-LGBT and GAPA in the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade.

 

Angel Island Immigration Station

March 7, 2009

Join PANA as we tour the Angel Island Immigration Station in the San Francisco Bay. This immigration station was the port of entry for 1 million immigrants from 1910-1940, particularly coming from Asian countries of China, Japan, India, Korea, Russia, and the Philippines. The station was designed primarily to control the flow of Chinese into the country, who were officially barred from entry with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 until it was repealed in 1943. Immigrants were processed, detained or deported from this location. During WWI and WWII it was also a ...