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A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE This fall, Asian & Pacifi c Islander Wellness Center— in collaboration with community partners Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, Tom Waddell Health Center, and Harm Reduction Therapy Center— was designated a “Center of Excellence” for HIV care by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, one of only fi ve such Centers in San Francisco. Funded by the Ryan White CARE Act, our Tenderloin Center of Excellence will serve uninsured and under-insured people living with HIV/AIDS with a special emphasis on homeless people, transgenders, immigrants and refugees, sex workers, and gay men. With our satellite sites in Downtown Oakland and Daly City, A&PI Wellness Center annually serves more than 200 Asians and Pacifi c Islanders living with HIV/AIDS and their families in the Bay Area, and remains the primary point of entry into the healthcare system for newly diagnosed A&PIs in Northern California. : : w e l l n e s s : : c l i e n t - c e n t e r e d n e s s : : : : s e x - p o s i t i v i t y : : r e s p e c t : : : : c o m p a s s i o n : : j u s t i c e : : l e a d e r s h i p : : At the Center December 2005 Miss Hawai’i 2004, Olena Rubin, Banyan Tree Project ambassador FAMILIES FIGHTING HIV STIGMA: May 19, 2005, designated by the federal government as the First Annual National Asian & Pacifi c Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. A&PI Wellness Center launched The Banyan Tree Project, a national, multi-year campaign aimed at fighting HIVrelated stigma and discrimination, in close collaboration with regional partner agencies in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC and Boston. May 19, 2005, served as a “lightning rod” for concurrent commemorative events in nine US cities. We developed and produced two, 30-second public service announcements highlighting the role of A&PI families addressing HIV-related stigma, reaching millions of people through outlets like MTV, Court TV and The Discovery Channel. Our San Francisco flagship event, Family Trees: Rooted in Acceptance, featured a panel of perspectives on the critical role of family in stopping the silence and shame around HIV/ AIDS in A&PI communities. Emceed by broadcast journalist Sydnie Kohara and moderated by journalist and writer, Helen Zia, the panel featured: Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold Medalist and AIDS activist; Actor Russell Wong; Mrs. Kristine image by dannydanphoto.com Local and national luminaries under the Banyan Tree (see article below), including SF Chief of Police Heather Fong and California Highway Patrol Captain Ryan Okashima Russell Wong sharing his family’s experience with HIV Silva; Dr. Steven Tierney; and SF Human Rights Commissioner, the Hon. Cecilia Chung, with her mother Dawning Chung and grandfather, Kenneth Lai. A video presentation included an excerpt from Honor Thy Children, the groundbreaking video featuring Al & Jane Nakatani, and their three sons, Glen, Greg and Guy. Former NFL lineman and singing sensation Esera Tuaolo closed with a beautiful vocal performance. On May 16th, we convened a press conference at San Francisco City Hall to promote the National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and to unveil our local, Chinese-language anti-stigma campaign — One Mind Opened, One Heart Touched, One Life Changed. San Francisco Supervisors Fiona Ma and Bevan Dufty, civil rights advocate Claudine Cheng, and long-time Chinese community leader Steven Louie, showed their support of this campaign consisting of Chinese-language bus shelters posters in Chinatown, Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, an animated “advertorial” series in four Chinese newspapers, and a public service announcement on KTSF-26. The Campaign’s design was based on formative research conducted in Cantonese, which confirmed high levels of stigma toward people living with HIV. image by dannydanphoto.com
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A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE<br />
This fall, <strong>Asian</strong> & Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong> <strong>Wellness</strong> Center— in collaboration with community partners Tenderloin AIDS Resource<br />
Center, Tom Waddell Health Center, and Harm Reduction Therapy Center— was designated a “Center of Excellence”<br />
for HIV care by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, one of only fi ve such Centers in San Francisco. Funded<br />
by the Ryan White CARE Act, our Tenderloin Center of Excellence will serve uninsured and under-insured people living<br />
with HIV/AIDS with a special emphasis on homeless people, transgenders, immigrants and refugees, sex workers, and<br />
gay men. With our satellite sites in Downtown Oakland and Daly City, A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center annually serves more than<br />
200 <strong>Asian</strong>s and Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong>s living with HIV/AIDS and their families in the Bay Area, and remains the primary point<br />
of entry into the healthcare system for newly diagnosed A&PIs in Northern California.<br />
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At the Center<br />
December 2005<br />
Miss Hawai’i 2004,<br />
Olena Rubin, Banyan Tree<br />
Project ambassador<br />
FAMILIES FIGHTING HIV STIGMA: May 19, 2005,<br />
designated by the federal government as the First Annual<br />
National <strong>Asian</strong> & Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong> HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.<br />
A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center launched The Banyan Tree Project,<br />
a national, multi-year campaign aimed at fighting HIVrelated<br />
stigma and discrimination, in close collaboration<br />
with regional partner agencies in Honolulu, Los Angeles,<br />
Chicago, Washington DC and Boston. May 19, 2005,<br />
served as a “lightning rod” for concurrent commemorative<br />
events in nine US cities. We developed and produced two,<br />
30-second public service announcements highlighting the<br />
role of A&PI families addressing HIV-related stigma, reaching<br />
millions of people through outlets like MTV, Court TV and The<br />
Discovery Channel.<br />
Our San Francisco flagship event, Family Trees: Rooted in<br />
Acceptance, featured a panel of perspectives on the critical<br />
role of family in stopping the silence and shame around HIV/<br />
AIDS in A&PI communities. Emceed by broadcast journalist<br />
Sydnie Kohara and moderated by journalist and writer,<br />
Helen Zia, the panel featured: Greg Louganis, Olympic Gold<br />
Medalist and AIDS activist; Actor Russell Wong; Mrs. Kristine<br />
image by dannydanphoto.com<br />
Local and national luminaries under the Banyan Tree (see article<br />
below), including SF Chief of Police Heather Fong and California<br />
Highway Patrol Captain Ryan Okashima<br />
Russell Wong sharing<br />
his family’s experience<br />
with HIV<br />
Silva; Dr. Steven Tierney; and SF Human Rights Commissioner,<br />
the Hon. Cecilia Chung, with her mother Dawning Chung and<br />
grandfather, Kenneth Lai. A video presentation included an<br />
excerpt from Honor Thy Children, the groundbreaking video<br />
featuring Al & Jane Nakatani, and their three sons, Glen,<br />
Greg and Guy. Former NFL lineman and singing sensation<br />
Esera Tuaolo closed with a beautiful vocal performance.<br />
On May 16th, we convened a press conference at San<br />
Francisco City Hall to promote the National A&PI HIV/AIDS<br />
Awareness Day and to unveil our local, Chinese-language<br />
anti-stigma campaign — One Mind Opened, One Heart<br />
Touched, One Life Changed. San Francisco Supervisors<br />
Fiona Ma and Bevan Dufty, civil rights advocate Claudine<br />
Cheng, and long-time Chinese community leader Steven<br />
Louie, showed their support of this campaign consisting<br />
of Chinese-language bus shelters posters in Chinatown,<br />
Richmond and Sunset neighborhoods, an animated<br />
“advertorial” series in four Chinese newspapers, and a<br />
public service announcement on KTSF-26. The Campaign’s<br />
design was based on formative research conducted in<br />
Cantonese, which confirmed high levels of stigma toward<br />
people living with HIV.<br />
image by dannydanphoto.com
January 22 :: The Nikkei Lions Club of San Francisco hosted a generous and hungry crowd for their annual Crab & Spaghetti<br />
Feed and donated $4,000 to A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center.<br />
February 19 :: His Royal Highness Emperor Fernando and Her Royal Highness Empress China Silk designated A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong><br />
Center as one of their many benefi ciaries during the San Francisco Coronation 2005 and presented to us a check for $4,000.<br />
March 11 :: Miss Hawai’i 2004, Olena Rubin (pictured on page 1), a powerful A&PI role model and charismatic ambassador<br />
in the fi ght against HIV/AIDS, brought the aloha spirit to A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center to help promote The Banyan Tree Project’s First<br />
National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day to local ethnic and LGBT press.<br />
March 23-25 :: Planned and hosted Family Style: Recipes for Successful HIV Prevention Programs for <strong>Asian</strong>s & Pacifi c<br />
<strong>Islander</strong>s, a national training to build capacity in HIV prevention program development, drawing 60 community-based attendees<br />
from the Federated States of Micronesia to Boston.<br />
April 16 :: Board members Devesh Khatu and Stephen Huey celebrated<br />
(once again!) their 29th and 39th birthdays—and raised $3,000 for the agency.<br />
Greg Louganis<br />
2005 Highlights<br />
image by dannydanphoto.com<br />
Executive Director John<br />
Manzon-Santos at MIX ‘05<br />
May 19 :: Immediately following Family Trees<br />
on National A&PI HIV/AIDS Awareness Day,<br />
we commemorated <strong>Asian</strong> Pacifi c American<br />
Heritage Month with MIX ’05, our annual<br />
event which raised $50,000 and where we<br />
presented community awards to Greg Louganis,<br />
Comcast Cable, CBS5/UPN Bay Area,<br />
Horizons Foundation, and Tom Waddell Health<br />
Center. Talented emcees Amy Hill and Alec Mapa and show-stopping performances<br />
by Mini-Shock, Kumu Clark Bolivar, Jr. and his hula halau, and Esera Tuaolo made the<br />
evening unforgettable for the crowd of 550 supporters.<br />
June 25-26 :: LGBT Pride Weekend. For the 6th year in a row, we coordinated a weekend of A&PI LGBT pride. We debuted<br />
our mobile rapid HIV testing services; we produced an entertainment stage featuring cultural performances by local and national<br />
artists and celebrities; we organized the A&PI pavilion of local community organizations; and we marched in the Parade on<br />
our Banyan Tree fl oat. A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center reaches 4,000 clients annually and another 20,000 through targeted community<br />
outreach.<br />
July 17 :: Team A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center once again<br />
participated in AIDS Walk to raise A&PI visibility and funds<br />
to support Bay Area HIV/AIDS services. Many thanks to<br />
clients, volunteers, and peer leaders who joined staff in<br />
Golden Gate Park.<br />
July 29 :: Board member Cecilia Chung celebrated her 40th<br />
birthday with a party which drew 100 family, friends and local<br />
community “movers and shakers” and raised $1,000.<br />
AIDS Walk 2005<br />
Board members Devesh Khatu and Stephen Huey
image by dannydanphoto.com<br />
RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY NEEDS<br />
In July, we expanded our San Francisco site by 25% to<br />
meet greater programming and services needs. Our Fourth<br />
Floor facility now includes a full kitchen, additional meeting<br />
rooms, and a 36’ x 32’ space called The Banyan Room<br />
for convening local, statewide and national trainings and<br />
conferences, and hosting community events.<br />
In September, we launched our Clinical Internship Program.<br />
Four social work graduate students will spend their academic<br />
year at A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center and receive intensive training<br />
and supervision. Currently, San Francisco State University<br />
School of Social Work and UC Berkeley School of Social<br />
Welfare offer placements with us for students who are<br />
either clinically oriented or focused on administration and<br />
Devesh (wearing medal) with<br />
cheerleaders Ignatius Bau (former Board<br />
Chair),Chet Chan, Cliff Hsia, Simon Ho,<br />
and Rajat Dutta<br />
July 31 :: Board member Devesh Khatu runs<br />
26.2 miles to raise $1,500 in the SF Marathon.<br />
August 27 :: Fire & Ice, produced by SkateOut, benefi ted A&PI<br />
<strong>Wellness</strong> Center with two unique and spectacular performances<br />
for an audience of 1,200. Fifty fi gure skaters (including executive<br />
director John Manzon-Santos) and 5 singers, starring US National<br />
Champion and World Medalist Rudy Galindo, World and US<br />
Medalist Caryn Kadavy, Nine-time French Champion and World<br />
Silver Medalist Surya Bonaly, and Tony Nominee Ellen Greene<br />
generously donated their time and talents.<br />
August 29 :: Pride Scholarships were presented to 13 queer A&PI students. Endowed<br />
by philanthropist and community leader Edward Cheng Ming Tang, the Pride Scholarship<br />
is an innovative component of AQU 25 A, our program providing fi nancial assistance<br />
alongside social and emotional support and sexual health programming to queer A&PI<br />
youth. Since 2000, 54 individuals have received $96,000 in scholarships<br />
September 22 :: Macy*s Passport. Much appreciation to Macy*s West for their<br />
corporate leadership over the last 23 years and for designating A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center as<br />
a major benefi ciary of their Gala event. We received a check for $30,000, presented<br />
on World AIDS Day at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park.<br />
Leadership Council member and former Board<br />
Chair, Lia Shigemura (2nd from left), fl anked by<br />
friends Diane Tom, Donna Kotake and Minna Tao<br />
management. Welcome to interns Celeste Chan, Raj Khadka,<br />
Jeff Lee and Allison Sparks!<br />
RECOGNITION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP<br />
This summer, The Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund selected<br />
A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center to receive one of 15 Flexible<br />
Leadership Awards. The aim of the Award is “to recognize<br />
outstanding organizational leadership... [and help]<br />
organizations advance their missions and address their most<br />
pressing challenges and concerns through a customized<br />
leadership development plan for their senior management<br />
and board leadership.” These resources will help promote<br />
A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center’s community leadership as we launch<br />
our 20th Year in Spring 2006.<br />
Staffers Lina Sheth and Binh Le fl anking<br />
Surya Bonaly, Queen of the Backfl ip!<br />
Ten of this year’s 13 scholarship recipients with Ed Tang<br />
at far right<br />
October 4 :: The AsiaSF Experience. Our unending appreciation goes to co-owners Larry<br />
Hashbarger and Skip Young, who have generously reserved one special night for each of the last<br />
SIX years exclusively for A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center supporters. Since 2000, The AsiaSF Experience has<br />
raised a cumulative total of $125,000 for our sexual health and HIV/AIDS programs.<br />
October 7 :: KOIT 96.5 FM presented A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center with a donation of $15,000<br />
in recognition of our community work. Many thanks to General Manager, Chuck Tweedle, senior<br />
regional vice president for the station’s parent company, Bonneville Broadcasting and its family of<br />
Bay Area stations, including KDFC, KZBR and G3M.<br />
December 1 :: World AIDS Day. We collaborated with our on-site partner Quan Yin Healing<br />
Arts Center, and building neighbors, Project Open Hand and Shanti, to provide a space for meditation and remembrance, food and<br />
conversation, and HIV testing and therapeutic massage. KTSF-26 featured our agency’s efforts with a special on-camera highlight on<br />
Binh Le, Vietnamese HIV Peer Advocate, and one of our HIV Care Services peer leaders.
ORCHID<br />
Paul Allen<br />
Thank You to our 2005 Institutional Donors! (partial listing)<br />
Academy for Educational Development<br />
Academy of Friends *<br />
Allstate Insurance<br />
American Express Employee<br />
Match Program<br />
<strong>Asian</strong> & Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong> American<br />
Health Forum<br />
<strong>Asian</strong> American Recovery Services<br />
<strong>Asian</strong> Americans/Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong>s<br />
in Philanthropy<br />
The <strong>Asian</strong> Pacifi c Fund<br />
AsiaSF *<br />
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<br />
Bank of America Employee Match Program<br />
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company<br />
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS<br />
The California Endowment<br />
California Pacifi c Medical Center<br />
The California <strong>Wellness</strong> Foundation<br />
Castro Lions Club Charities, Inc.<br />
Chevron Texaco Employee Giving Program<br />
Community Technology Foundation<br />
of California<br />
JASMINE<br />
John Bare & Ignatius Bau<br />
Allen Lee<br />
Emma & Kevin Moore<br />
David Nathanson<br />
CHRYSANTHEMUM<br />
Absolute Empress Remy Martin<br />
Absolute Empress China Silk<br />
Absolute Empress Suzie Wong<br />
Gordon & Sally Atkinson<br />
Irl Barefi eld<br />
Tien Bui<br />
Henry Cruz, Allstate Insurance<br />
Joe Lucero & Vince Calcagno<br />
Reigning Empress Tiger Lily<br />
Warren Wong<br />
David Yau & Steven Shum<br />
YLANG-YLANG<br />
Koji Araki<br />
Alvin Baum, Jr.<br />
Donald Masuda<br />
Gary McLain<br />
Kris Putnam<br />
Ramon Santos & Kirk Hinman<br />
GINKO<br />
Nawaaz Ahmed<br />
Fatima Angeles<br />
Tien Bui<br />
Laurence Chinn<br />
Renee Devone<br />
Inder Dhillon<br />
Roger Doughty<br />
Rajat Dutta<br />
Dipti Ghosh & Meggie Gotuaco<br />
Sara Hoag<br />
Anthony Huynh<br />
Community Thrift<br />
Community Youth Center<br />
Dignity/San Francisco, Inc.<br />
Ford Foundation<br />
Gay <strong>Asian</strong> Pacifi c Alliance<br />
Gill Foundation<br />
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund<br />
Georgetown University<br />
Hewlett-Packard Employee Charitable<br />
Giving Program<br />
Horizons Foundation<br />
Imagin<strong>Asian</strong> TV<br />
Imperial Council of San Francisco *<br />
Kaiser Permanente<br />
KOIT 96.5 FM *<br />
Larkin Street Youth Services<br />
Levi Strauss Season of Giving Program<br />
The M«A«C AIDS Fund<br />
Macy*s Passport Fund and<br />
The Federated Foundation<br />
‘N Touch Club *<br />
Nathanson Partners<br />
Nikkei Lions Club<br />
Darryl Lee<br />
Steve Lew<br />
Alexander Louie<br />
Anne Lundbom<br />
John Manzon-Santos<br />
Mark Misrok<br />
Cedric Ng<br />
Shinobu Ogasawara<br />
Mark Okashima & Bob Nelson<br />
Florian Pschenitzka<br />
Irene Riley<br />
Ray Shahani<br />
Bill Shelley<br />
Mark Silva & Teddy Bolivar<br />
Paul Steindal<br />
Thomas Stewart<br />
June & Tom Sugihara<br />
Jason Tokumoto, MD<br />
Dick Yamagami<br />
LOTUS<br />
Roy Abueg<br />
Rodney Akamine<br />
Philip Allison<br />
Richard An<br />
Teng-How Bae<br />
Adam Leitman Bailey<br />
Jonathan Baker<br />
Bridget Banyai<br />
Steven Barefi eld & Kyu Yamamoto<br />
Michael Barrett<br />
Chas Belov<br />
Christopher Boehansan<br />
Denise Bradby<br />
Cathy Brooks<br />
Chris Brown<br />
Tracy Brown<br />
Nikki Calma<br />
Michael Campbell<br />
Paul Cannon<br />
David Carroll<br />
Paul Celestino<br />
Brian Cheu<br />
Chi-Wei Chou<br />
Roger Chow<br />
Dorothea Chun-Ming &<br />
Rovina Salanova<br />
Joe Contreras<br />
Shane Convery<br />
Eddie Cortez<br />
Anna Damiani<br />
Rober Daroff, Jr., MD<br />
Ximena Delgado &<br />
Frederique Clermont<br />
Alejandro Alvarado Diesta, Jr.<br />
Michael Dimalanta<br />
Julie Dorf & Jenni Olson<br />
Daniel Dowdle<br />
Leni Doyle<br />
Joyce Santos Dragon<br />
Emily Drennen<br />
Carol Dumont<br />
Noelle Edwards<br />
Jeanne Eichenbaum<br />
Stephen Encelan<br />
Dolores & Jeffrey Erfe<br />
Michael Ewers<br />
Tim Scott Farr<br />
Don Fields<br />
Brian Flaherty<br />
Kevin Fong<br />
Chuck Forester<br />
Gary Friedman, MD<br />
Mitchell Friedman<br />
Ruben Garcia<br />
Jane Gelfand<br />
Diane Getler<br />
Michael Gifford<br />
Jerome Goldstein<br />
Joel Goodrich<br />
Maitri Goonewardena<br />
Emma Gordon<br />
Francis Guerrero<br />
Rod Guthrie<br />
Victor Hall<br />
Robert William Hanley<br />
Northern California Grantmakers –<br />
AIDS Partnership California<br />
Pacifi c Center for Human Growth<br />
Prime Image Media Group<br />
Peninsula Community Foundation<br />
Roche Laboratories<br />
The Safeway Foundation<br />
San Francisco AIDS Foundation<br />
HIV/AIDS Community Grant Fund<br />
of the Horizons Foundation<br />
The San Francisco Foundation<br />
San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual<br />
Transgender Pride Celebration<br />
Committee<br />
SkateOut *<br />
Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center<br />
Under One Roof<br />
United Way<br />
University of California, San Francisco<br />
Until There’s A Cure Foundation<br />
Viacom Television Stations<br />
Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign<br />
Thank You to our 2005 Sustaining Donors! (partial listing)<br />
Ken Hamai & Jack Henyon<br />
Geraldine & John Handa<br />
Milo Hanke, LPL Financial Services<br />
John Henyon<br />
Terri Higa, Higa Automotive<br />
Todd Higgins<br />
Amy Hill<br />
Julia Hing<br />
Simon Ho<br />
Rev. Thuan Hoang<br />
Richard Hodgson<br />
Betty Hong<br />
Kuotung Hsia<br />
Trent Hu<br />
Isabel Huie<br />
Stephen Huey<br />
Tommie Huie<br />
Clark Jen<br />
C.L. Jiang<br />
Roger Tang Kai<br />
Tatiana Kaneholani & Terry Ryan<br />
Walter Kaye<br />
E.W. Keane<br />
Janet Keller<br />
Lawrence Kim<br />
Steven Kmucha, MD<br />
Girish Kotmire<br />
Robert Kudrna<br />
Arvind Kumar & Ashok Jethanandani<br />
Angela Kwong<br />
Vincent Lai, MD<br />
Elan LaLonde<br />
Todd Lammie<br />
Binh Le<br />
Rolland Huy Le<br />
Jenny Lee<br />
Alan Lessik<br />
Victoria Leos<br />
Galen Leung & Richard Bookwalter<br />
Dennis Lewis<br />
Chi Li<br />
Chia-Lin Liang<br />
Sandra Lim<br />
California Department of Health Services<br />
San Francisco City and County General Fund<br />
San Francisco Department of Public Health<br />
San Francisco Mayor’s Offi ce<br />
of Community Development<br />
U.S. Department of Health & Human<br />
Services Centers for Disease Control<br />
& Prevention<br />
U.S. Department of Health & Human<br />
Services Health Resources & Services<br />
Administration<br />
U.S. Department of Health & Human<br />
Services Offi ce of Minority Health<br />
U.S. Department of Health & Human<br />
Services Substance Abuse & Mental<br />
Health Services Administration<br />
* Selected A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center<br />
as an event benefi ciary.<br />
Dave Limcaco<br />
John Lin<br />
Yan Liu<br />
Spike Lomibao & Joe Garrett<br />
Alexander Louie<br />
Calvin Louie<br />
Calvin Lum<br />
Richard Lung<br />
Ann Maley<br />
Thomas Malia<br />
Lawrence Manuel<br />
Mark Maryland<br />
Tracy Mazza<br />
Paul Melbostad<br />
Brian Mitchell<br />
Rakesh Modi<br />
Megan Montague<br />
Christopher Marcoux<br />
Tony Mattos<br />
Deborah Muramoto<br />
Kirk Namlin<br />
Shivaun Nestor<br />
Daniel Nicoletta<br />
Judy Nishimoto & Julie Mark<br />
Carl Ng<br />
Duc Nguyen<br />
Tom Nolan & Larry Friesen<br />
Johnnie Norway<br />
Peter Nye<br />
Edward Oda<br />
Nancy Ota<br />
Dennis Olivas<br />
Doris Owyang<br />
Salvajit Pandey<br />
Robert Pascual<br />
Lani Pasion<br />
Maritza Penagos<br />
Jeanne Bell Peters<br />
Plunket Phommachanh<br />
James Pint<br />
Gregory Pszonek<br />
Rogeair Purnell<br />
Kathleen Quirk
Sonali & Chad Rammohan<br />
Hadas Rivera-Weiss<br />
Gayle Roberts<br />
Avi Rose<br />
Kevin Rose<br />
Leonard Sabalvaro<br />
Donna Sachet<br />
Ariel Sacote<br />
Philip Samatra<br />
Michael Sanders<br />
Roy Santos<br />
Robert Schmitz & Thomas Sikes<br />
Stephen Schwichow<br />
Peter Scott<br />
Dhaval Dilipbhai Shah<br />
Paresh Shah<br />
Theodore Shaner<br />
David Siegel<br />
Mark Small<br />
Joshua Smith<br />
Robert Smith<br />
Richard Smoke<br />
Silvia Sorell<br />
Susan Stevens<br />
Chardian Sue’ sue’<br />
Dong Suh<br />
Maureen Sullivan<br />
Tim Sweeney<br />
Peter Tannen<br />
Jim Theberge<br />
Julia & Samuel Thoron<br />
Alina Trowbridge<br />
Himeo Tsumori, MD<br />
Paras Upadhyay<br />
Mark Utterback<br />
Malou Valdez<br />
Elva Vazquez<br />
Gigi Wai<br />
M. Walters<br />
Christina Wang<br />
Bob Whitney<br />
Brian Wilson<br />
Timothy Wolfred<br />
Gordon Wong, DDS<br />
Ron Wong, Ron Wong<br />
& Associates<br />
Sandra & Tony Wong<br />
Glenda & Kent Woo<br />
Jeannie Woo<br />
Thomas Wu<br />
Misha Wyatt<br />
Paul Xayyavongsa<br />
Keith Yamamoto<br />
Karen Yanagisako<br />
Stan Yogi<br />
Sina Zahedi<br />
Yu Zhou<br />
Gadi Zohar<br />
Ron Zuckerman<br />
The AsiaSF Experience,<br />
October 4, 2005<br />
Special thanks to our Event Sponsors!<br />
DIVA<br />
Steven Barrenechea, Bryan Edwards,<br />
Sydney Leung, Zoltan &<br />
Inez Steiner, The End Up<br />
Gary De Busk & Rogelio Manzana,<br />
‘N Touch Club<br />
Dawning Chung<br />
Michael Daniels,<br />
Young’s Market Company<br />
Jan Masaoka & Paul Rosensteil<br />
Bill Shelley<br />
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia<br />
Jason Tokumoto, MD<br />
STARLET<br />
Irl Barefi eld<br />
Rick Brambier & Eric Kitchoke,<br />
My Flower Shop<br />
Heather Fong<br />
Galen Leung & Richard Bookwalter<br />
Yan Liu<br />
Joe Lucero & Vince Calcagno<br />
Linda Huang McCullough<br />
Don Tena, San Francisco Honda<br />
David Yau & Steven Shum<br />
POP STAR<br />
Michael Burdick<br />
Claudine Cheng<br />
Cecilia Chung<br />
Henry Cruz, Allstate Insurance<br />
Wayne Doiguchi<br />
Ruben Garcia<br />
Carl Ho<br />
Greg Lockamy<br />
Ayda & John Lucero-Fleck<br />
Tom Nolan<br />
John Pendleton<br />
Jane Po<br />
Mike Rabanal<br />
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital<br />
Susanne Woo<br />
Steve Yang<br />
Cedric Yap<br />
Fire & Ice, August 27, 2005<br />
Special thanks to SkateOut<br />
and our Event Sponsors!<br />
HOST COMMITTEE<br />
Alan Lessik, Co-Chair<br />
Joe Lucero, Co-Chair<br />
Anthony Abdulla<br />
Nick Andrade<br />
Irl Barefi eld<br />
Bruce Bell<br />
Mickey Branca<br />
Vince Calcagno<br />
Will Chang<br />
Dawning Chung<br />
Joe Cooper & Ed Pon<br />
Hon. Bevan Dufty<br />
Pat Dunn & Eileen Blumenthal<br />
Emma Gordon<br />
Ted Gradman<br />
Jeffrey Hannan<br />
Jo Hercus & Katherine Forrest<br />
Stephen Huey<br />
Galen Leung<br />
Theresa Santos Manzon<br />
John Manzon-Santos<br />
Thom Mullins & Chris Schwartz<br />
Sergio Novoa<br />
Mark Okashima & Bob Nelson<br />
Don & Daisy Piyathaisere<br />
Richard Crane Consulting<br />
Domingo Santos<br />
David Yau<br />
Yoko Yoshikawa & Peter Beeler<br />
<strong>Asian</strong> Employees Assn. of PG&E<br />
Betty’s List<br />
Cha-Am Restaurant<br />
Energy 92.7 FM<br />
Gilead Sciences<br />
KGO-TV 7<br />
PrideNetwork of PG&E<br />
San Francisco Honda<br />
Theatrical Stage Employees<br />
Union Local No. 16<br />
Wells Fargo Foundation<br />
MIX ‘05, May 19, 2005<br />
Special thanks to our Event Sponsors!<br />
ORCHID<br />
John Bare & Ignatius Bau<br />
Tien Bui<br />
The California Endowment<br />
Nancy Hom, The Hom Team<br />
Jan Masaoka & Paul Rosensteil<br />
ViroLogic<br />
James Williamson<br />
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts<br />
JASMINE<br />
Faruq Ahmad & ShuSheng Lin<br />
Carl Asakawa<br />
Daniel Chin<br />
Horizons Foundation<br />
Darrell Lew<br />
Renne Sloan Holtzman & Sakai, LLP<br />
Bill Shelley<br />
Kristine & Jim Silva<br />
Jason Tokumoto, M.D.<br />
Wells Fargo Foundation<br />
David Yau & Steven Shum<br />
CHRYSANTHEMUM<br />
Hudson Bair<br />
Chas Belov<br />
Mickey Branca<br />
Fran Burgess & Sandy Zirulnik<br />
The California <strong>Wellness</strong> Foundation<br />
Dawning Chung<br />
Carl Ho, Le, Ho & Company, LLP<br />
Anthony Huynh<br />
Christopher Lee,<br />
Neuman & Associates<br />
Galen Leung & Richard Bookwalter<br />
Dave Limcaco<br />
Joe Lucero & Vince Calcagno<br />
Mark Okashima & Bob Nelson<br />
Online Consulting Services<br />
Leonard Sabalvaro<br />
Saint Francis Memorial Hospital<br />
Carlos Santiago<br />
Michael Wilson<br />
Keith Yamamoto<br />
Sandra Yoshizuka<br />
YLANG-YLANG<br />
Alvin Baum, Jr.<br />
Eileen Blumenthal & Pat Dunn<br />
The California <strong>Wellness</strong> Foundation<br />
David Chan & Chris Willers<br />
Minnie Chinn & Valerie Buschor<br />
Heather Fong<br />
Kevin Fong<br />
Dipti Ghosh & Meggie Gotuaco<br />
Gregory Holland<br />
Alan T. Huie,<br />
Tai Seng Video Marketing, Inc.<br />
Clark Jen<br />
KGO–TV 7<br />
Devesh Khatu<br />
Alan Lessik<br />
Yan Liu<br />
Jeff Mori, <strong>Asian</strong> American<br />
Recovery Services<br />
Johnnie Norway & Duke Crestfi eld<br />
Maximilian & Kika Rocha<br />
Beth Rosales<br />
Lia Shigemura & Helen Zia<br />
John Jeffrey Stephens<br />
Sam Storer<br />
Tim Sweeney<br />
David Warren & Christopher Ng<br />
GINKO<br />
Fatima Angeles<br />
Gordan & Sally Atkinson<br />
Doug Au<br />
2005 Expenses 2005 Revenues<br />
Fund Development 4%<br />
Finance/<br />
Human Resources/<br />
Administration<br />
18%<br />
HIV Care<br />
Services 17%<br />
Research & Technical<br />
Assistance 38%<br />
Health Education 23%<br />
Merchandise
730 Polk Street<br />
San Francisco, CA<br />
94109 USA<br />
www.apiwellness.org<br />
www.apiwellness.org<br />
415.292.3400<br />
415.292.3410 TTY<br />
415.292.3404 FAX<br />
San Francisco Offi ce<br />
730 Polk Street<br />
San Francisco, CA 94109<br />
East Bay Offi ce<br />
1755 Broadway<br />
Oakland, CA 94612<br />
San Mateo County Offi ce<br />
No. County Health Center<br />
380 90th Street<br />
Daly City, CA 94015<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Jan Masaoka, Chair<br />
David Yau,<br />
Treasurer/Vice-Chair, Finance<br />
Kathleen Quirk,<br />
Secretary/Vice-Chair,<br />
Governance & Public Policy<br />
Devesh Khatu,<br />
Vice-Chair, Fund Development<br />
Tien Bui<br />
Cecilia Chung<br />
Stephen Huey<br />
Galen Leung<br />
Joe Lucero<br />
Linda Huang McCullough<br />
Kristen Putnam, MSW<br />
Mike Rabanal, MSW, MPH<br />
Jason Tokumoto, MD<br />
John Manzon-Santos,<br />
Executive Director<br />
Leadership Council<br />
David Ho, MD<br />
Mitch Katz, MD<br />
Paul Kawata<br />
Steve Lew<br />
Al Nakatani<br />
Jane Nakatani<br />
Bill Shelley<br />
Lia Shigemura<br />
Tim Wu<br />
Vance Yoshida<br />
Helen Zia<br />
Staff<br />
A.J. Carvajal<br />
Alex Baty<br />
Anthony Huynh<br />
Bhupendra Sheoran<br />
Bigya Chataut<br />
Binh Le<br />
Bob Nelson<br />
Bryant Tan<br />
Carlos Bermúdez<br />
Christina Wang<br />
Har Tan<br />
Jason Kwong<br />
Jennifer Drone<br />
John Manzon-Santos<br />
Lally Lacy<br />
Lance Toma<br />
Laverne Matías<br />
Lina Sheth<br />
Lori Higa<br />
Maile Arvin<br />
Malou Valdez<br />
Max Rocha<br />
Nikki Calma (“Tita Aida”)<br />
Noelle Arceño<br />
Paras Upadhyay<br />
Rachel Matillano<br />
Rhodora Cabral<br />
Rima Shah<br />
Rob Pascual<br />
Ruben Garcia<br />
Saori Miyazaki<br />
Sue Woo<br />
Tamika Gonzales<br />
Tatiana Kaneholani<br />
Timmy Promlack<br />
Tommy Huie<br />
Save the Dates:<br />
Sunday, March 5, 2006<br />
26th Annual Academy of Friends Gala<br />
Join us on Oscar night for the Bay Area’s<br />
most fabulous fundraising Gala, benefi ting<br />
A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center. Enter a raffl e to win<br />
a Mercedes SUV! Contact Nikki for tix at<br />
415.292.3420 x348<br />
Friday, March 10, 2006<br />
First National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS<br />
Awareness Day<br />
Co-sponsored by A&PI <strong>Wellness</strong> Center<br />
Friday, May 19, 2006<br />
2nd Annual National <strong>Asian</strong> & Pacifi c <strong>Islander</strong><br />
HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and MIX<br />
‘06 — Community Awards & Silent Auction—<br />
Join us for our 20th Year Launch!
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