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SFBAPPA – Photo Auction for Scholarship Fund Raising Reception Invitation

San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association

Dear SFBAPPAers,

You are invited to the Third Annual Photo Showcase and Silent Auction to help raise money for scholarships on Tuesday, September 29 at the 20th Street Art Gallery in Sacramento.

Come bid on some of the year’s most newsworthy and captivating images of President Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and the two American journalists who were held in North Korea. There will be several other scenic and features photos for sale.

Sample Asian-inspired appetizers from Plum Blossom, Osaka-Ya, Louie’s Restaurant, Eastern Empire, Chick-Fil-A, Luau Gardens and more. Sample award-winning wines.

Join Sharon Ito of News 10 as she emcees this charitable evening event.

What: Third Annual Asian American Journalists Association Photo Showcase & Silent Auction
When: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: 20th Street Art Gallery, 911 – 20th St., Sacramento
Admission: $40 for general entry, $20 for students and AAJA members
RSVP: AAJA chapter president Judy Lin: jclin15@hotmail.com
More info: www.aajasacramento.org

More info,
Florence Low
florence@florencelow.com

posted by,
Paul Sakuma
San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association
sfbappa@aol.com
www.sfbappa.org
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Call for prints for National and SF Bay Scholarships

Dear AAJA photographers,

Need your 11×14 photos to help fund national and San Francisco Bay Area photography scholarships. Need just two 11×14 prints to national and two 11×14 prints for SF. All proceeds go directly into photography scholarships. Money from your one 11×14 can go from about $50 to $500 – directly into the pocket of Asian American student photojournalist.

(See below on how money raised last year helped AAJA photo student scholarship)

Both deadlines: June 6

National:
Expedi Printing
ATTN: Corky Lee
1300 Metropolitian Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237

San Francisco AAJA Chapter:
Oanh Ha
1585 Schallenberger Road
San Jose, CA 95131

More info,
www.aajaphoto.org
Facebook: aaja photo
Twitter: @aajaphoto

HOWARD HSU – Howard is the recipient of the Willie Kee (SF Bay Area photographer) Memorial Scholarship, which honors the best in broadcast journalism, video editting and photojournalism. Howard graduates from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism this year. He plans to continue work on a photography essay on how gentrification in Oakland affects Chinatown and on an international project on the exotic wildlife trade in Southeast Asia and China. His work on the exotic wildlife trade in Burma was published on the PBS Frontline/World website. His scholarship is $2,000.

Thanks for helping out future photojournalists

Paul Sakuma
psakuma@aol.com