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SUMMARY:2025 Asian Heritage Month
DESCRIPTION:The OCCA Communities Association is excited to invite you to our annual Asian Heritage Month (AHM) celebrations! Join us for the Opening Forum on Saturday\, May 3\, 2025\, at the Metro Hub\, and enjoy a rich lineup of cultural events throughout May and June. \n Highlights include: \n\nAHM Opening Forum – May 3 at Metro Hub\, 1265 Ellis St.\nAHM Showcase – May 31 at Immaculate Conception Church Parish Center\, 839 Sutherland Ave.\nAsian History Exhibition – Kelowna Downtown Library – May 1- 31\nAHM Movie Week – Kelowna Downtown Library – May 12 – 16\nMulticultural Family Sundays – Kelowna Art Gallery – May 4\, 11\, 18 & 25\, Sundays\nMulticultural Drumming Rehearsals – Weekends in May and June\, Ben Lee Park\n\n Full details and the latest updates are available on the Okanagan Asian Heritage Month – Home page. \n Our Asian community groups\, including the Okanagan Filipino-Canadians Society (OFC) and BIBAK\, Okanagan Korean Culture & Knowledge Society (OKCK)\, Kelowna Japanese Language Society (KJLS)\, Okanagan Sikh Temple\, and the Chinese Freemasons of Kelowna\, are all set to celebrate Asian heritage with us. This year’s forum will feature dynamic discussions led by both Asian and non-Asian panelists from UBC Okanagan\, Okanagan College\, and various industries. \nDate: Saturday\, May 3\, 2025\nTime: 2:00 – 4:30 PM (Doors open at 1:45 PM)\nLocation: Metro Hub\, 1265 Ellis Street\, Kelowna\nForum Moderator: Matteo Stewart (3-time International TEDx Speaker) \nForum Theme:\n“Stepping Into Active Allyship: Uplifting Asian Voices in the Okanagan” \n Panelists: \n\nDenise Young (she/her) – DEI Specialist\nLady Dia – Co-founder\, Africa Ubuntu Association\nDr. Meilan Ehlert – Languages and World Literatures\, UBC Okanagan\nSaul Gomez (he/him) – Latin Voices Society\nAaron Hemens – Multimedia Journalist\nDr. Delacey Tedesco – Associate Director\, EDI\, Okanagan College\n\n 🔗 Full schedule of Asian Heritage Month events: www.asianheritage.ca \n The Asian Heritage Okanagan Committee is grateful for the support of the Government of Canada\, Province of British Columbia\, City of Kelowna\, and all community partners. \n  \n\n\n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:FREE Parent Workshop | Support Your Child’s Language\, Social\, and Emotional Growth!
DESCRIPTION:📚 What You’ll Get  \n✔ Learn to support your child’s communication skills\n✔ Q&A with UBC language scientists\n✔ Free take-home resource full of literacy practices \n·   Fill out the registration form\, attend the lecture\, and receive free books valued at $27.95. Limited quantity\, first come\, first served.  \n🗓️ Date ： Saturday\, May 24 \n🕙 Time ： 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (PST) \n💻 Location ： Zoom \nClick ：https://ubc.zoom.us/j/67424572281?pwd=QWrcVaNkMqrfli2pMGnFBZD3JI5kv5.1 \n🆔 Meeting ID: 674 2457 2281 \n🔑 Passcode : 537761 \nSpeakers \n\nProf. Guofang Li (Canada Research Chair\, Professor of Language & Literacy Education\, UBC\, AERA Fellow)\nProf. Carla Hudson Kam (Department Head & Professor of Linguistics\, UBC)\n\nOrganized by : \n\nUBC Language Sciences\nBC Literacy Council\nOCCA (OCCA Communities Association)\n\n📢 All parents are welcome!  \n📢 More info about the workshop on the UBC website: Parent Workshop: ABCs of Language Development [ONLINE] \n \n 
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