Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans

VAYLA-NO GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
@ 7:00 PM
Located at 4646 Michoud Blvd Suite 2 in New Orleans
Between 99 Supermarket and Ba Mien


Skate Night with XUAA, TUVA, VASA
Sat, November 22, 2008, 7PM - 10PM @ Skate Country
UNO-Vietnamese American Student Association, Xavier Asian Association, and Tulane Vietnamese Association invited VAYLA to join them for Skate Night on Saturday, November 22nd from 7pm-10pm at Skate Country (Westbank).  It will be a great opportunity to network, and for those in high school, it will also be a great opportunity to ask questions about college.

VAYLA Thanksgiving Potluck Prep
Tue, November 25, 2008, 7PM @ VAYLA
Want to learn how to make fancy Thanksgiving h'ordeurves and help prepare for the Potluck at the same time?  Jimmy, a VAYLA staff member and a chef at the New Orleans Ritz Carlton, will be leading a workshop on making fancy h'ordeurves for the potluck!

VAYLA Thanksgiving Potluck
Wed, November 26, 2008, 7PM @ VAYLA
Thanksgiving is a time for family.  An opportunity to reunite with loved ones and friends and to welcome new ones into your life.  It's also an opportunity to eat lots of food without feeling guilty!  So please join VAYLA as we celebrate Thanksgiving.  There is no fee and it is open to all.

Pho Festival
Sat, November 28, 2008
The Vietnamese American Community along with the support from the Jefferson Parish City Council, will host its 1st Pho Fest on Friday, November 28 starting at 2PM in the parking lot of the Hong Kong Market at 925 Behrman Highway in Terrytown.  They are also looking for volunteers, so spread the good cheer and help out! 

School Security Training
Wed, December 10, 2008, 7PM @ VAYLA
Learn what we can do to change and improve security at our schools!  In this training, we will break down school security policies to its simplest parts and learn how it affects our education, what your rights are as students when dealing with security guards, and begin making policy recommendations that caters to students. 

Village de l'Est Community Cleanup!
Sat, January 17, 2009 @ 9:30AM
MQVN Community Development Corporation, Van Hanh Buddhist Temple, Village de l'Est Improvement Association, and VAYLA are collaborating on a Community Cleanup day in January to improve and unite our communities in Village de l'Est.  Mary Queen Church of Viet Nam will have a community BBQ after the cleanup as well. 

Undoing Racism Workshop
In January and February, 2009
The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond is an anti-racist community organization founded in 1980, and they will be working with VAYLA to host workshops in the near future that will teach us where racism comes from, how it works, why it persists, and how it can be undone.  This is important in order to build bridges with other communities so we can work together to fight against oppression. 

Asian American History X
Will resume December 2, 7PM @ VAYLA
These workshops will fill in the missing chapters of our U.S. History textbooks: our stories and our lives as Asian Americans.  Our discussions will go much deeper than that one paragraph about the Viet Nam War and will talk about OUR history.  Did you know that our history is almost 250 years rich?  Asian American history dates back to 1763 when Filipinos established a settlement near New Orleans!  Want to learn something?  Come join us! 

Youth Organizing Trainings
Every Thursday, 7PM @ VAYLA
Young people across the nation are leading their communities in activism for social change.  No longer silent, the youth are the movers and the shakers, the leaders of social justice movements.  In the Youth Organizing Trainings, you will learn how to organize people to build a successful campaign!