The exciting Dragon Boat Race will be held June 1st on Creve Coeur Lake.
To register, please contact Janet Dawson.

Come one, come all! Meet your new YAPA leadership team at our next happy hour.

Latitude 26 Tex Mex
6407 Clayton Ave
St. Louis Mo, 63139
Date: March 19, 2013
Time: 5:30 pm

You are strongly encouraged to attend a panel discussion at the St. Louis Public Library (SLPL) which is excited to host a panel discussion series featuring 4 major ethnic groups including Asian & Pacific American families. With the SLPL’s generosity, the Asian American Chamber of Commerce and YAPA are partnering to celebrate Family History Month of October next Thursday, October 18th from 6pm through 8pm.

Please join us over drinks and food as we feature 3 Guest Panelists from the St. Louis Asian American community who have graciously offered their voices to us for an in-depth look at how they’ve lived, worked, and thrived here in St. Louis.

Dr. Paul Lee- Chiropractor at Southside Health Center & Entrepreneur
Munsok So- President & CEO of Drunken Fish Restaurant
Vy-Thao Dao – Business Development Consultant at Wells Fargo

Moderated by AACC & YAPA Board Member Janet Dayawon and AACC Board Member Pradeep Rajendran, you will have a chance to connect your stories with theirs, learn more about their successes and challenges, and perhaps, discover something new that could potentially inspire further introspection about your life and how you do business. City Alderwoman Lyda Krewson of Ward 28 will be present during this community engagement.

Location: St. Louis Public Library- Schlafly Branch
225 N. Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108-1505
314-367-4120
Time: 6pm-8pm

To RSVP, please email us ASAP by October 17th at info@yapastl.org. Also in the interest of time, please feel free to send any questions that you would like the Moderators to ask our panelists during the panel discussion. We hope that this event will serve as a catalyst for other important topics that uniquely relate to the Asian American experience.

Yapa is looking for volunteers in assisting the Asian American Chamber Of Commerce (AACC) in hosting its First Annual Asian Heritage Festival on Saturday, October 6, 2012 from 10AM to 7PM at 8612 Olive Boulevard, University City, MO. We will need folks for set up, take down, sanitation management, to help with information and ticket sales, and a whole host of different activities.

If you are interested in being a volunteer, please go to https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aph773085iv1dGd1V05iLXB2bTRobE1rTnVWUmowM3c to sign up or contact Alex Lee at 314-398-1034 or email to 2012AHF@gmail.com.

AACC will have booths with food, merchandise, and information from a variety of the Asian ethnic businesses, non Asian Businesses, groups, and nonprofit organizations along with entertainment in a
family-friendly environment. It is their goal to have representation from all of the Asian ethnic groups here in St. Louis (Indian, Korean,Thai, Filipino, Chinese, Vietnamese, and more!) to make this a true taste of Asian and Asian American culture. For more info, please visit http://asianheritagefestival.com

Sign up here

Creve Coeur Lake is the place to be on Saturday, August 11th where the Asian American Chamber of Commerce is proud to be a first-time Jade sponsor of the 6th Annual Greater St. Louis Dragon Boat Festival . With live music and a kids zone, it is an event that lasts all day from 8:30am to 2:30pm. Our favorite local restaurants and friends from Mayuri Indian Restaurant, Thai Nivas, and the Guerrilla Street Food Truck are planning to be there cooking up a storm to satisfy your taste buds!