Free Tickets to Banana 2: Asian American Bloggers Conference

Into blogging? Asian American? Then Banana 2 is the event for you. Check out the press release and video below for the 2nd conference on and for Asian American bloggers. At the end of the post are instructions on how you might win two free tickets to the event if you’re a diaCRITICS reader!


BANANA 2 CONFERENCE TO BRING TOGETHER COUNTRY’S TOP ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN BLOGGERS

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 10, 2011) — A most wanted list of Asian Pacific Islander American bloggers from across the country will participate in BANANA 2 on February 26, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the back lot of CBS Studios in Studio City, Calif.

BANANA 2 is a follow-up to the inaugural convening in Nov. 2009 co-hosted by Lac Su, author of I Love Yous Are For White People (HarperCollins, 2009) and Steve Nguyen, a television/film producer and head of the ChannelAPA.com’s Los Angeles division, who enlisted the help of a small group of bloggers and community activists to produce an event highlighting and amplifying the online voices of Asian Americans.

“We are excited to have a talented group of established and up-and-coming bloggers from the APIA community at this second annual gathering to share their voices, knowledge, endeavors  and visions with others ñ bloggers and non-bloggers, APIAs and non-APIAs,” said Su. “All of the bloggers expected to attend have unique views of their own community, and will share their progression as an APIA blogger.”

The conference will provide an opportunity for bloggers and their readers to build a stronger community by beginning conversations and building relationships beyond the conference. Conference panels will include topics on using blogs and social media to create meaningful social change, working with businesses and corporations and defining the role of Asian American bloggers. The first gathering featured bloggers from Angry Asian Man, Minority Militant, 8Asians, Neaato (Network of Entertaining Asian American Talent), Hyphen Magazine, Mochi Magazine, Channel APA, Bicoastal Bitchiní, AArising, Antisocial Ladder, Nikkei View, VisualizAsian, Kimchi Mamas, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, DVAN (Diasporic Vietnamese American Network), bigWOWO, and Sepia Mutiny.

Conference admission is $20 per person. Participants will be able to register online at http://banana-2.com now until Feb. 25, 2011. A complete schedule of panels and presenters will be announced in late Jan. 2011.

A list of articles, posts, photos and video related to last year’s gathering is available at the end of Gil Asakawa’s blog post at http://goo.gl/CwKdu. You can connect with BANANA 2 at http://facebook.com/banana2.event and at http://twitter.com/Banana2_Event.

HOW TO WIN 2 FREE TICKETS IF YOU’RE A diaCRITICS READER:

To enter, go to http://www.banana-2.com/event/passes, select my blog (diaCRITICS) from the menu, and submit your name and contact information. The entry deadline is Jan. 25.  The passes are just for conference admission and
don’t include travel or lodging.

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