2009 Summary

Recent Highlights:

02.17.2010, Atlanta, Georgia: BPSOS-Atlanta won $15,000 grant to conduct research on Hepatitis B

02.03.2010, Falls Church, Virginia: BPSOS Unveils New Mission for Its 4th Decade

01.25/26, Washington DC: BPSOS National Managers Conference

01.23.2010 | Westminster, California: BPSOS-Orange County starts providing free 2009 tax-filing assistance to qualified community members on January 29.

01.06.2010 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: BPSOS testified at Human Relations Commission's hearing on racial violence in Philadelphia public schools

12.21.2009 | Westminster, California: BPSOS-Orange County received EPA's prestigious 2009 Environmental Justice Achievement Award

12.05.2009 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: BPSOS joined community efforts to stop racial violence against Asian students in Philadelphia.

11.19.2009 | Houston, Texas: BPSOS' "A Time To Write" Story Contest Honors Twelve Students For Houston Citizenship Week.

11.17.2009 | Falls Church, Virginia: BPSOS participated in a White House Briefing and phone conference with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the H1N1 flu pandemic.

11.05.2009 | Houston, Texas: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved new rules allowing the culture and sale of water spinach by permit in Texas.

10.21.2009 | Houston, Texas: BPSOS held two press conferences to discuss the proposed water spinach regulation.

10.15.2009 | Houston, Texas: BPSOS-Houston partnered with Mayor Bill White's Office to sponsor City of Houston’s Inaugural Citizenship Week from November 16-20th, 2009.

A citywide story contest is currently open to all students grades 4-12 in the Greater Houston Area. Deadline for essay submissions is 5pm, November 13, 2009. Download application here.

10.03.2009 | Delaware Valley: BPSOS-Delaware Valley brought Project PorchLight to the Vietnamese Moon Festival to educate community members, especially Vietnamese American children, about the energy savings.

10.03.2009 | Atlanta, Georgia: BPSOS-Atlanta Community Health Fair served more than 150 community members.

9.17.209 | Houston, Texas: BPSOS Houston sponsored the film screening of “A Village Called Versailles,” a powerful documentary highlighting New Orleans East's Vietnamese Americans' struggle to return and rebuild their community after Katrina.