Year of the Dragon Annual Lunar New Year Banquet

Annual Lunar New Year Banquet
January 28, 2012

API Equality-LA rings in the Year of the Dragon at our Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  Once again, members of API Equality-LA and our friends and allies will parade through the streets of Los Angeles’ Chinatown in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade.  Following the parade, we will cap off the day’s festivities with a lavish nine-course banquet and celebration.

This year, the banquet will be held at the delicious CBS Seafood Restaurant, located at 700 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 [Map].  The banquet begins at 5:00 p.m. (though the time is subject to change based on when the parade concludes).

To reach us on the day of the banquet, please call Clayton Yeung at (213) 222-8259 or Alex H. Fukui at (310) 291-4849.  For more information on participating with API Equality-LA in the Golden Dragon Parade prior to the banquet, please click here.

This year’s menu includes:

• Peking duck
• Seafood soup
• Honey walnut shrimp
• Crab with ginger and green onions
• Crispy deep fried chicken
• Chinese broccoli with oysters sauce
• Sweet and sour pork chop
• Steamed Fish
• Vegetable Fried Rice

The cost to attend is just $25.00 per person.  ALL R.S.V.P.’S MUST BE PREPAID TO GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT — NO EXCEPTIONS.  Walk-ins will only be accepted in the unlikely event space is still available.  Payments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012.

Don’t get left out – buy your seat now to guarantee your place at the banquet!

UPDATED: Online registration has ended.

If you’re feeling extra gracious and would like to make a donation, please click here!

Please note:  You do NOT need a Gmail account to purchase through Google Checkout. Simply use your current email address to register and purchase your tickets.

Furthermore, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center is the fiscal sponsor of API Equality-LA. As such, this payment may appear on your statement under the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) or under Google Checkout.

Refund policy:  Because API Equality-LA must guarantee and pay the restaurant for reserved banquet tables based on the number of paid r.s.v.p.’s received, we can only issue refunds if your cancellation is received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2012, and we are able to sell your seat(s) to another guest.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

We cordially invite you, your friends and family to march with API Equality-LA in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Dragon and provide an LGBT presence at Chinatown’s largest celebration! As the only LGBT contingent in the Golden Dragon Parade, we will march together to show that our movement for equality and the fair treatment for LGBT individuals is stronger than ever.

When
Assemble at 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Where
Meet at the courtyard at 12:00 p.m. at the Hall of Records – 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA [Map]. The courtyard is located on Hill St., just south of Temple St. We will provide sandwiches and drinks, though quantities are limited! Come early!

If you arrive after 12:45 p.m. then proceed directly to the staging area on Hill St. between Temple St. and Cesar E. Chavez Bl. and ask for the API Equality-LA unit or look for our red t-shirts.

Transportation
Public parking is available for a fee at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, located at 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles [Map]. Other commercial parking lots are also available near City Hall, Olvera Street, and Little Tokyo. Persons taking the Metro Red Line should exit at the Civic Center station and walk a half block up to the courtyard between the Hall of Administration and Los Angeles Superior Court. DO NOT exit at the Chinatown Station because that is the end of the parade route!

Theme
This year’s parade unit will feature two same-sex couples walking in front of a sign of the Chinese character, “double happiness,” which is used in traditional Chinese weddings. Our unit will also feature the six colors of the rainbow flag, representing LGBT pride and diversity. Paraders will be provided with banners, flags, streamers, and handheld drum noisemakers to carry in a colorful display of diversity, inclusion, and equality for all members of the Asian Pacific American community.

Community-based organizations are highly encouraged to bring your own organizational banners to march with in the parade and demonstrate your group’s support for the cause.

Costumes/Shirts
If you’ve participated with us in parades or other outreach before, please remember to come wearing your red API Equality-LA t-shirt. If you are joining us for the first time, we will be pleased to provide you with a free red API Equality-LA t-shirt to wear during the parade. We ask that you wear this shirt for the entire duration of the march for a consistent a presentation.

Why

A short video clip from last year’s lunar new year parade via one of our institutional fiscal sponsors, Liberty Hill.

Post-Parade Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, 5:00 p.m.
 Dine with us at CBS Seafood Restaurant (700 N Spring St. in Chinatown, Los Angeles – just walking distance from the parade route)! Cost is $25/person.  For more information and to purchase your ticket, please click here.  (Note:  Time subject to change, based on when our parade end time.).  

Contact
For general questions, please contact Brian Nguyen at (213) 580-1800 or email brian@apiequalityla.org. If you have any questions on THE DAY OF the parade & banquet, please call Ericson Herbas (323) 217-3267.

Annual Lunar New Year Banquet
January 28, 2012

API Equality-LA rings in the Year of the Dragon at our Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, to be held on Saturday, January 28, 2012.  Once again, members of API Equality-LA and our friends and allies will parade through the streets of Los Angeles’ Chinatown in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade.  Following the parade, we will cap off the day’s festivities with a lavish nine-course banquet and celebration.

This year, the banquet will be held at the delicious CBS Seafood Restaurant, located at 700 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 [Map].  The banquet begins at 5:00 p.m. (though the time is subject to change based on when the parade concludes).

To reach us on the day of the banquet, please call Clayton Yeung at (213) 222-8259 or Alex H. Fukui at (310) 291-4849.  For more information on participating with API Equality-LA in the Golden Dragon Parade prior to the banquet, please click here.

This year’s menu includes:

• Peking duck
• Seafood soup
• Honey walnut shrimp
• Crab with ginger and green onions
• Crispy deep fried chicken
• Chinese broccoli with oysters sauce
• Sweet and sour pork chop
• Steamed Fish
• Vegetable Fried Rice

The cost to attend is just $25.00 per person.  ALL R.S.V.P.’S MUST BE PREPAID TO GUARANTEE YOUR SEAT — NO EXCEPTIONS.  Walk-ins will only be accepted in the unlikely event space is still available.  Payments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012.

Don’t get left out – buy your seat now to guarantee your place at the banquet!

UPDATED: Online registration has ended.

If you’re feeling extra gracious and would like to make a donation, please click here!

Please note:  You do NOT need a Gmail account to purchase through Google Checkout. Simply use your current email address to register and purchase your tickets.

Furthermore, the Asian Pacific American Legal Center is the fiscal sponsor of API Equality-LA. As such, this payment may appear on your statement under the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) or under Google Checkout.

Refund policy:  Because API Equality-LA must guarantee and pay the restaurant for reserved banquet tables based on the number of paid r.s.v.p.’s received, we can only issue refunds if your cancellation is received by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2012, and we are able to sell your seat(s) to another guest.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

We cordially invite you, your friends and family to march with API Equality-LA in the 113th Annual Golden Dragon Parade to celebrate the Lunar New Year! Join us as we welcome the Year of the Dragon and provide an LGBT presence at Chinatown’s largest celebration! As the only LGBT contingent in the Golden Dragon Parade, we will march together to show that our movement for equality and the fair treatment for LGBT individuals is stronger than ever.

When
Assemble at 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Where
Meet at the courtyard at 12:00 p.m. at the Hall of Records – 320 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA [Map]. The courtyard is located on Hill St., just south of Temple St. We will provide sandwiches and drinks, though quantities are limited! Come early!

If you arrive after 12:45 p.m. then proceed directly to the staging area on Hill St. between Temple St. and Cesar E. Chavez Bl. and ask for the API Equality-LA unit or look for our red t-shirts.

Transportation
Public parking is available for a fee at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, located at 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles [Map]. Other commercial parking lots are also available near City Hall, Olvera Street, and Little Tokyo. Persons taking the Metro Red Line should exit at the Civic Center station and walk a half block up to the courtyard between the Hall of Administration and Los Angeles Superior Court. DO NOT exit at the Chinatown Station because that is the end of the parade route!

Theme
This year’s parade unit will feature two same-sex couples walking in front of a sign of the Chinese character, “double happiness,” which is used in traditional Chinese weddings. Our unit will also feature the six colors of the rainbow flag, representing LGBT pride and diversity. Paraders will be provided with banners, flags, streamers, and handheld drum noisemakers to carry in a colorful display of diversity, inclusion, and equality for all members of the Asian Pacific American community.

Community-based organizations are highly encouraged to bring your own organizational banners to march with in the parade and demonstrate your group’s support for the cause.

Costumes/Shirts
If you’ve participated with us in parades or other outreach before, please remember to come wearing your red API Equality-LA t-shirt. If you are joining us for the first time, we will be pleased to provide you with a free red API Equality-LA t-shirt to wear during the parade. We ask that you wear this shirt for the entire duration of the march for a consistent a presentation.

Why

A short video clip from last year’s lunar new year parade via one of our institutional fiscal sponsors, Liberty Hill.

Post-Parade Annual Lunar New Year Banquet, 5:00 p.m.
 Dine with us at CBS Seafood Restaurant (700 N Spring St. in Chinatown, Los Angeles – just walking distance from the parade route)! Cost is $25/person.  For more information and to purchase your ticket, please click here.  (Note:  Time subject to change, based on when our parade end time.).  

Contact
For general questions, please contact Brian Nguyen at (213) 580-1800 or email brian@apiequalityla.org. If you have any questions on THE DAY OF the parade & banquet, please call Ericson Herbas (323) 217-3267.

Recently an Asian American young woman from California, named “Taylor,” made a youtube video encouraging folks to boycott Girl Scout cookies. Why? Because the Girl Scouts organization allowed a transgender girl into the fold. Well, the Asian Americans at API Equality-LA support Girls Scouts and their commitment to all girls. Girl Scout Cookie season starts in a week and we encourage you to go out there and pick up a box of thin mints!

A majority of API Equality-LA’s work is done through each of our all-volunteer committees. API Equality-LA wouldn’t be the leading API LGBT organization that it is today without the contributions of all of our volunteer activists. Most of that work happens without any reward. To recognize stellar volunteer activists, the media & website committee selects a monthly Activist of the Month. We feature them on our website by asking them to answer a few questions, some serious and some fun. Get to know some of the incredible people that devote their time and effort to advancing API Equality-LA’s mission.

We’re proud to present Rachel K. So as our first Activist of the Month for 2012!

Perhaps, a sound of me shouting pro-equality slogans away at rallies, such as the Arcadia mayor’s breakfast protest? Though it may just as equally be my vocals somehow overpowering the performer’s at a concert – it has happened a few times. (Singer-songwriter Anna Nalick, “The Breathe Girl,” can second me on this one. )