ocachicago News

OCA Chicago Co-Sponsored A One-Day Asian American Conference

OCA Chicago is co-sponsoring a one-day conference on Friday, April 7, 2006, at Union League Club in downtown Chicago. The Conference, "Asian Americans and the meaning of Americanism: Education and Workplace Diversity", is presented by Paul Simon Public Policy Institute and Asian American Policy Coalition of Illinois, with OCA Chicago and other community organizations as co-sponsors.

Asian American Career Fair

OCA-Chicago is a community partner for an Asian American Career Fair hosted byt he Asian American Alliance along with corporate partners (including Citigroup, Comcast, State Farm and United Airlines) at the campus of IIT on April 21, 2006.

Another Reason for Asian Americans to be Actively Engaged in the Political Process

80-20 reports that Asian Americans has a disporportionately harder time getting appointments as federal judges, relative to other minority groups.

City of Chicago Fire Department Recruiting

The City of Chicago is recruiting firefighters. Announcements will be available in all Chicago Public Library banches starting February 3, 2006. On-line applications will be available at wwww.cityofchicago.org/humanresources starting at 8 am on March 29, 2006. For more information, call the Ernst & Young Hotline at 312-474-0175.

OCA-Chicago Co-Sponsors Saturday Morning Lecture with Glenbrook Chinese-American Women Association

OCA-Chicago and Glenbrook Chinese-American Women Association are co-sponsoring a lecture on April 8, 2006, by Gary K. Chan, Senior Vice President, Finance for the Global Supply Chain of Kraft Foods Global, Inc.

Summer Youth Employment Opportunities

The Lake County Board has awarded a grant to the Workforce Development Department to employ youths as seasonal staff in the summer of 2006. There are limited positions available. Call the Summer Jobs Hotline at (847) 377-3443 beginning on February 1, 2006.

UIC's AACC needs your support.

The Asian American Coalition Committee (AACC) of University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) needs your support to speak-out at a demonstration on March 29, 2006, to garner support for an Asian American Studies program at UIC.

OCA Response To State Of The Union: Where's Immigration On Bush's Radar?

OCA, a national Asian American social justice organization with over 80 chapters and affiliates, was dismayed to hear that comprehensive immigration reform was not mentioned at all in President Bush’s State of the Union Address.

OCA Condemns Anti-Asian Adam Carolla Radio Spoof

OCA denounced a racist, anti-Asian mockery of the Asian Excellence Awards that was broadcast on the Adam Carolla Show Tuesday, January 24, 2006.