East-West Center Association
Chapter Development Committee, Quarterly Reports
2019 1st Quarter Chapter Reports (January to March)
Editor: Dr. Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen
Vice President for Chapter Development
Tag Archives: EWCA Washington D.C. Chapter
Annual Gathering of EWC Alumni and Friends in Washington, DC
A group of Washington, DC-area friends, including a number of EWC alumni, enjoyed a multi-course Chinese dinner marking the Lunar Year of the Dog. The venue was Mark’s Duck House, a famous Hong Kong-style restaurant in suburban Falls Church, VA.
In the photograph are some of the alumni at the dinner (left to right): Jerome Weingart, Jaswinder Brara, Mike Anderson, Alan Miller, Zenny Logue, Tim Logue, and Anny Wong (who organized the annual gathering). Others at the dinner included former grantee Steve Olive, Sara Banaszak, Michele Kayal, and former EWC Alumni Officer Gale Awaya McCallum
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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Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (April 2014)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (4/17/2014)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Estrella Besinga Sybinsky, VP Chapters
ALOHA AND A HAPPY SPRING TO OUR US & INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS!
As always, Mahalo and sincere appreciation for your submissions.
Twenty one chapters responded this quarter.
The following chapters and chapter leaders are: 1) Bangladesh Chapter (Abu A.M. Ekramul Ahsan) 2) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 3) California, Northern Chapter (Barbara Bornet Stumph) 4) California, Southern Chapter (Claire Langham) 5) Chennai Chapter (PM Belliappa) 6) Faisalabad Chapter (Muhammad Ibrahim) 7) Hawaii Chapter (Carl Hefner) 8) Hanoi Chapter (Hoang Hoe) 9) Korea Chapter (Jeong Taik Lee) 10) Lahore Chapter (Arfa Zehra) 11) Latin America Chapter (Laura Viana) 12) Myanmar Chapter (Thein Lwin) 13) Mumbai Chapter (Sarosh Bana) 14) Nepal Chapter (Nirendra Maske) 15) New York Chapter (Bill Armbruster) 16) Okinawa Chapter (Keiko Yamazato) 17) Philippines Chapter (Ramon Clarete/Pauline Bautista) 18) Singapore Chapter (Alice Seok-Hoon Seng) 19) Taiwan Chapter (Nora Chiang) 20) Tokyo Chapter (Yasukata Yano) 21) Washington D.C. (Jacob Dowd/Mary Jo Furgal).
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Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (January 2014)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (01/16/2014)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Estrella Besinga Sybinsky, VP Chapters
ALOHA TO OUR US & INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. Mahalo to our chapters and chapter leaders for your positive response to the call for quarterly reports. As always, your submissions are sincerely appreciated.
Twenty-one chapters responded this quarter.
The followings chapters & chapter leaders are: 1) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 2) Northern California Chapter (Barbara Bornet Stumph) 3) Southern California Chapter (Claire Langham Richmond) 4) Chennai Chapter (Secretary S. Rajamani) 5) Hawaii Chapter (Carl Hefner) 6) Kansai Chapter (Seiko Furuhashi) 7) Karachi Chapter (Kamal Siddiqi) 8) Korea Chapter (Jung Talk Lee) 9) Lahore Chapter (Arfa Zehra) 10) Lao Chapter (Chantavong Saignasith) 11) Mumbai India (Sarosh Bana) 12) Myanmar Chapter (Soe Win/Soe Naing) 13) Nepal Chapter (Nirendra Maske) 14) New York Chapter (Bill Armbruster) 15) Okinawa Chapter (Keiko Yamazato) 16) Philippine Chapter (Pauline Bautista) 17) PNG Chapter (Solomon Kantha) 18) Singapore Chapter (Alice Seng Seok Hoon) 19) Taiwan Chapter (Nora Chiang) 20) Tokyo Chapter (Yasukata Yano) 21) Washington D.C. Chapter (Jacob Dowd). Continue reading
Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (October 2013)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (10/17/13)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Estrella Besinga Subinsky, VP Chapters
ALOHA TO OUR US & INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS! This report comes to you amidst a general anxiety backdrop currently preoccupying American societal discourse over our seemingly divided United States government. We keep optimism alive however, hopeful that a creative resolution to the impasse between our political leaders and parties will soon be resolved (preferably before our EWCA Executive Board meeting scheduled on October 17th!). MAHALO TO OUR CHAPTER LEADERS for your positive response to the call for chapter reports. As always, your reports are sincerely appreciated.
The followings chapters & chapter leaders responded: 1) ASDP Chapter (Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen) 2) Bangladesh Chapter (Abu Ekramul Ahsan) 3) Southern CA Chapter (Claire Langham Richmond) 4) Chennai Chapter (Sonna Belliappa Pemanda) 5) Faisalabad Pakistan Chapter (Muhammad Ibrahim) 6) Jakarta Indonesia (Irwansyah) 7) Lahore Pakistan Chapter (Arfa Sayeda Zehra) 8) Laos Chapter (Chantavong Saignasith) 9) Malaysia Chapter (Gan Siowck Lee) 10) Mumbai India (Sarosh Bana) 11) Myanmar Chapter (U Thein Lwin) 12) Nepal Chapter (Nirendra Maske) 13) Okinawa Chapter (Keiko Yamazato) 14) Philippine Chapter (Ramon Clarete/ Pauline Bautista) 15) Singapore Chapter (Alice Seng Seok Hoon) 16) Taipei Chapter (Yu-Jen Kao) 17) Tokyo Chapter (Yasukata Yano) 18) Washington D.C. Chapter (Jacob Dowd). 19) Hawaii Chapter (Carl Hefner).
Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (April 2013)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ON APRIL 18, 2013
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: Estrella Besinga Sybinsky
ALOHA TO ALL OF OUR US AND INTERNATIONAL CHAPTERS!
For all of the chapters that responded, we extend our deep appreciation for your chapter responses. We continue to have faith that other chapters will soon follow with their reports for the next Quarterly Executive Board Meeting.
The following chapters and chapter leaders responded: 1) ASDP Chapter (Jessica Sheetz-Nguyen) 2) Bali Chapter (Anak Agung Gde Muninjaya) 3) Brisbane & Virtual Australia (Iraphne Childs, Leader & Karen Reid Nunan, Secretary)) 4) Hanoi Chapter (Hoang Hoe) 5) Hawaii Chapter (Carl Hefner) 6) Lahore Chapter (Arfa Zehra) 7) Laos Chapter (Chantavong Saignasith) 8) Mumbai Chapter (Sarosh Bana) 9) Nepal (Nirendra Maske) 10) Okinawa Chapter (Keiko Yamazato) 11) Philippines Chapter (Ramon Clarete and Pauline Bautista) 12) Singapore Chapter (Seng Seok Hoon) 13) Southern CA Chapter (Claire Langham Richmond) 14) Tokyo Chapter (Yasukata Yano (current) & Shigeo Tonoike (past)) 15) Washington D.C. Chapter (Jacob Dowd). Continue reading
Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (April 2012)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: EWCA
QUARTERLY REPORTS, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING (4/19-4/20/2012)
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY
I am happy to inform the Executive Board that nineteen chapters responded to the call for Chapter Quarterly Reports for our April, 2012 meeting. Though some chapters have not had much to report for this quarter, we continue to thank you for your response.
The following chapters submitted their quarterly report: 1) Bangladesh Chapter (Abu A.M. Ekramul Ahsan) 2) Beijing Chapter (Pan Zhongming) 3) Brisbane Chapter (Iraphne Childs) 4) Chicago Chapter (Pam Drymiller) 5) Faisalabad Chapter (Muhammad Ibrahim) 6) Hanoi Chapter (Hoang Hoe)
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Quarterly Report from EWCA Alumni Chapters (January 2012)
CHAPTER DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT, EWCA QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ON 1/19/2012 RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY ESTRELLA BESINGA SYBINSKY (revised 2/1/12)
HAPPY NEW YEAR! I am pleased to report that despite the holiday hectic schedule, eighteen (18) chapters from our US and international chapters took the time to send in their quarterly reports. Mahalo.
The following chapter leaders submitted their quarterly reports: 1) Arizona (Tomi Johnston)*, 2) Brisbane (Iraphne Childs)*, 3) Chennai (P. Subramaniyam), 4) Faisalabad, Pakistan (Muhammad Ibrahim), 5) Hanoi (Hoe Hoang), 6) Korea (Jeong Taik Lee), 7) Lahore, Pakistan (Arfa Zehra), 8) Mumbai (Sarosh Bana)*, 9) Myanmar (U Thein Lwin), 10) Nepal, Kathmandu ( Nirendra Maske), 11) New York (Anthony J. Pennings), 12) Northern CA (Barbara Bornet), 13) Okinawa (Fumio Teruya)*, 14) Philippines (Ramon Clarete), 15) Singapore (Alice Seng Seok Hoon), 16) Tokyo (Shigeo Tonoike), 17) Vientiane (Chanthavong Saignasith)*, 18) Washington D.C. (Mary Jo Furgal)
* Chapter report was received after submission of committee report to the Executive Board. It is included in this revised report dated 2/1/12.
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Pakistani Journalists Talk at EWC in Washington
Mr. Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Ms. Mehmal Sarfraz and Mr. Kamal Siddiqi, participants in the East-West Center’s US-Pakistan Journalists Exchange, discussed rising extremism in Pakistan and the role of the media with Dr. Satu Limaye, director of the East-West Center in Washington.
From left to right: Mr. Muhammad Ejaz Khan, Ms. Mehmal Sarfraz, Mr. Kamal Siddiqi, and Dr. Satu Limaye, director of the East-West Center in Washington.
The title of the presentation from the Pakistani journalists was “Rising Extremism in Pakistan: Perspectives from the Media“.
During their visit to Washington, D.C., the Pakistani journalists also had a chance to visit important landmarks.
Links:
- Learn more about the Pakistani journalists and listen to the April 11, 2011 presentation at the EWC in Washington
- Read about the EWC in Washington
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