TAP-Chicago and Asian Professional Network (APN) are hosting a professional seminar featuring our guest speaker Unmi Song, executive director of the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, a Chicago-based foundation that supports nonprofits serving low-income communities in Chicago with a focus on arts education, education, employment, and health.
Unmi will discuss her transition from the banking/finance sector to non-profit community work, her involvement with the White House Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and her membership in the Asian Giving Circle, a group of people who pool their donations to support Asian American community organizations. A Q&A session will follow the presentation. We will provide light snacks and refreshments during the event.
Please also join us for drinks and networking afterwards at a nearby location (TBD).
Tickets: Must be registered by 2:00pm on Wednesday, September 13, 2012 for access to building.
Getting There: The Morgan Stanley building is a few blocks west of the Monroe Redline stop, and bus routes 22 and 151. Street parking available on Franklin. Parking garage located at Monroe and Wells
Questions/Comments? Contact
Jack Tian | email: jack.tian@tapchicago.org | phone: (630)935-9991
More about the Speaker: Song received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago and continued her education at the University’s Graduate School of Business, obtaining an M.B.A. in Finance and International Business in 1986. She has expertise in the financial arena; Song was a vice president of Bankers Trust Company and held positions at Citicorp Investment Bank in New York City, at the First National Bank of Chicago and at Gold Star Tele-Electric Company, in Seoul, Korea. Prior to joining the Fry Foundation, she handled Employment Program grantmaking, which covered job training and welfare policy issues, at the Joyce Foundation.
Song has many affiliations with philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. She was appointed by President Obama to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. She currently serves on the boards of the Donors Forum of Illinois and the Alliance for the Great Lakes. The Alliance advocates for public policies that protect and help clean-up the Great Lakes. She has served as board chair for the Asian American Justice Center, overseeing the growth of what is now the nation’s leading Pan-Asian American civil rights group. Song was also a board member of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy.
More about the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation: Founded in 1983, the Fry Foundation is a private, independent grant-making foundation and awards $8 million in grants annually throughout the city of Chicago.
Please join TAP-Chicago to celebrate the Asian American Chicago Network’s birthday. They are celebrating their one-year anniversary, and also their members and sponsors who have supported them and made the organization possible. This will be a daytime event with TAP-Chicago, NUA5, Kollaboration, and other Asian American organizations in Chicago.
THE ANTHEM has generously offered to sponsor the event with an event space and special AACN wristbands for great discounted drink specials. Located in the Wicker Park neighborhood, with great shopping, bars, and nightlife nearby, the Anthem is across from Banger’s and Lace and near the Bedford.
There will be $3 beer specials, $3 whiskey, and $6 Effen Vodka shots. The place also has great food! Complimentary waffle fries will be provided courtesy of AACN.
Please invite your friends to come as well. The more the merier.
RSVP: To help AACN get a better head count, please rsvp on our Facebook event’s page.
To Get There: The Anthem is right on Division, west of N. Milwaukee / Ashland. It’s a 3-minute walk from the Division Blue Line Stop.
The Asian American Chicago Network is a social networking group that focuses on connecting younger and working Asian Americans in Chicago to new friends and to what the city has to offer. Since it’s conception in August 2011, it has consistently hosted 1-2 events a week, and its current membership is a little over 450. Please check out the AACN website for more about the organization: http://www.asianamericanchicagonetwork.org. Please also check out their Meetup page, where they host their events.
***OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY**
SATURDAY @ 10:15 PM – Come join hundreds for AACN’s Official One-Year Anniversary Extravaganza After Party at Enclave, 220 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago.
Located in the heart of the city, Enclave and its partners have graciously accepted to help AACN host its one-year anniversary after party. Attendees will be able to get in FREE ALL NIGHT on Saturday night, 09/08/12, with the special AACN Password. Enclave is known for its affluent lounge/club atmosphere where many stars who have hosted events and parties (i.e. Kim Kardashian, Black Eyed Peas, Akira, etc.). This place normally has a $20 to $30 cover, but AACN and those who are celebrating with AACN will get in for free! Come join AACN for a wonderful night of fun. (DRESS CODE ENFORCED – No Tennis Shoes, No White Sneakers, No Black Sneakers, wear dressier shoes). Dress to Impress as you continue to network through the night! Cost: FREE all night with Special Password. (Come to the 1:00pm party at the Anthem for the password.)
Getting There: Right off of Chicago & Wells (The Chicago & Wells Purple/Brown Stop) OR about 5-minute walk west of the Chicago Red Line stop.
See you there!