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Asian American Life is a new monthly series featuring the Asian American community in the tri-state. The first show is an overview of the tri-state's Asian Americans. It will feature a roundtable discussion with several prominent members of the community: Sayu Bhojwani, New American Leaders Project; Larry Lee, Asian Women's Center, Vanessa Leung, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families and Kyung Yoon, Korean American Community Foundation. We profile the oldest Asian immigrant enclave in the country, Manhattan's Chinatown, which will include a visit to the Museum of Chinese in America. We also introduce viewers to photographer Corky Lee, whose photographs have captured the Asian immigrant experience for more than four decades and world renowned physicist Michio Kaku. Host, Ernabel Demillo also learns how to make the perfect dim sum dumpling.

For More Information:
Museum of Chinese in America www.mocanyc.org
The Red Egg Restaurant www.redeggnyc.com
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families www.cacf.org
Korean American Community Foundation www.kacfny.org
New American Leaders Project www.newamericanleaders.org
Asian Women's Center www.nyawc.org

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