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Quarterly Reports from EWCA Alumni Chapters (3rd Quarter 2019)
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2019 3rd Quarter Chapter Reports (July to September)
Editor: Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
QUARTERLY REPORTS FROM EWCA ALUMNI CHAPTERS (2ND QUARTER 2019)
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2019 2nd Quarter Chapter Reports (April to June)
Editor: Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Quarterly Reports from EWCA Alumni Chapters (3rd Quarter 2018)
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2018 3rd Quarter Chapter Reports (July to September)
Compiled by Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Thank you to the 16 Chapters who submitted their third-quarter reports for 2018. Chapter submissions help us and others to know about your activities and your continued patronage for EWCA/EWC outreach. The following Chapters and representatives responded this quarter. These include:
1) ASDP (Dona M. Cady); 2) Brisbane, Australia (Iraphne Childs); 3) Chennai, India (Dr. S. Rajamani); 4) Colombo, Sri Lanka (Asanga Tilakaratne); 5) Dhaka, Bangladesh (Abu Ekramul Ahsan); 6) Hawaii, USA (Carl Hefner); 7) Hong Kong (Mark Sheldon); 8) Islamabad, Pakistan (Arjumand Faisel); 9) Kansai, Japan (Fumiteru Nitta); 10) Mumbai, India (Sarosh Bana); 11) Northern California (Barbara Bornet Stumph); 12) Okinawa, Japan (Kiyoshi Nakachi); 13) Seoul, Republic of Korea (Eunyoung Cho); 14) Singapore (Alice Seok Hoon Seng); 15) Southern California, USA (Claire Langham); 16) Tokyo, Japan (Yasuo Hoshino)
Islamabad Chapter Uses Art to Raise Awareness of Climate Change Issues
A group of 16 artists led by the curator of Gallery6 and EWCA Islamabad Chapter Leader, Dr. Arjumand Faisel, attended a retreat in Naran to produce artworks that would help create awareness on climate change issues. The purpose of the retreat was to development visual art work that can subsequently be used to create awareness about factors leading to climate change and its resultant negative impacts. The retreat was jointly sponsored by PTDC, Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change, Snow Leopard Foundation, Gallery6 and East West Center Association, Islamabad Chapter.
Quarterly Reports from EWCA Alumni Chapters 2018 (1st Quarter)
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
1st Quarter Chapter Reports (January to March 2018)
Compiled by Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Thank you to the twelve Chapters who submitted their first-quarter reports for 2018. Your submissions help us and others to know how active the Chapters are and to show your continued patronage for EWCA/EWC outreach. The following Chapters and representatives responded this quarter:1) ASDP (Dona M. Cady); 2) Australia – Brisbane (Iraphne Childs); 3) Bangladesh (Ekramul Ahsan); 4) Hong Kong (Mark Sheldon); 5) Japan – Kansai (Yumiko Okamoto); 6) Korea – Seoul (Eunyoung Cho); 7) Laos – Vientiane (Chanthavong); 8) Nepal – Kathmandu (Nirendra Maske); 9) Pakistan – Islamabad (Arjumand Faisel); 10) Pakistan – Karachi (Ghazala Fasih); 11) Singapore (Alice Seng Seok Hoon); and 12) Vietnam – Hanoi (Hoe Hoang).
Quarterly reports from EWCA Alumni Chapters (4th Quarter)
East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2016 Fourth Quarter Chapter Reports (October-December)
Compiled by Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Thank you to the 12 Chapters who submitted Quarterly Reports. Your submissions as well as your ongoing commitment to EWC and EWCA outreach are sincerely appreciated. The following Chapters and representatives responded to the call for reports: 1) APLP (Miloni Gandhi) 2) ASDP (Dona Cady) 3) Beijing (Hongxia Zhang) 4) Chennai (S. Rajamani) 5) Brisbane (Iraphne Childs) 6) Hawaii (Carl Hefner) 7) Islamabad (Arjumand Faisel) 8) Kansai (Yumiko Okamoto) 9) Laos (Chanthavong Saignasith) 10) Malaysia (Gan Siowck Lee) 11) Manila (Ramon Clarete) 12) Mumbai (Sarosh Bana) 13) Nepal (Nirendra Maske) 14) New York (William Armbruster) 15) Northern California (Barbara Bornet Stumph) 16) Okinawa (Kiyoshi Nakachi) 17) Singapore (Alice Seok Hoon Seng) 18) South Korea (Eun-Young Cho) 19) Taiwan (Frank L. Hung) 20) Tokyo (Kazuhiko Takemoto)
EWCA QUARTERLY CHAPTER REPORTS FOR JULY 2016
SUBMITTED BY JESSICA A. SHEETZ-NGUYEN
Nineteen chapter reports were received for this quarter’s report.
Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP)
This quarter APLP completed their inaugural APLP Global Day of Service – where APLP alumni around the world participated in community service activities. They used this event as a way to give back to their communities and celebrate the graduation of APLP G15!
Below is a list of participants from the first day of service. They hope to double this number next year. They also released another issue of the Navigator newsletter.
Dayaprasad Kulkarni (G11), Syracuse, New York – Volunteered at Mountain Goat Run
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EWCA QUARTERLY CHAPTER REPORTS FOR APRIL 2016
Submitted by Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen

East-West Center Association Executive Board at the EWC/EWCA International Conference, Manila, January 2016
As EWCA Executive Vice President for Chapter Development, I am pleased to present the following reports. Twenty-one chapter reports were received for this quarter’s report.
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EWCA Chapter Report Highlights for October 2015
Submitted by Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Twenty-two chapter reports were received for this quarter’s report.
Highlights include the following:
There is a great buzz regarding the 2016 EWCA International Meeting in Manila! Nine chapters reported they were sending representatives. There may be more, but this is the count received in the reports. These include the APLP, ASDP, several members from the Bangladesh Chapter, others include Faisalabad, Korea, Mumbai, New York, Okinawa, and Singapore.
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