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      • February 2015 - Pan Asian Lunar New Year Event
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      • September 20th, 2015 - Brookline Day
      • October 24th, 2015 - BAAFN Open House with Assoc.Dean Brian Poon
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      • BAAFN Open House - Sunday, October 14th, 2012
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  • Rachel Lee - 2018 BAAFN Award -
  • Jocelyn Zhou - 2018 Creativity Award
  • Yiming Fu - 2018 Creativity Award
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  • Maiya Whalen - 2019 BAAFN Award -
  • Iris Yang - 2019 Content Award
  • Nina Bingham - 2019 Creativity Award
  • Elena Su - 2020 BAAFN Award -
  • Sellina Yoo - 2020 Creativity Award
  • Adrian Seeger - 2020 Content Award
  • Rani Balakrishna - 2020 New Voice Award

2020 BAAFN Essay Winners
​and Guest Speaker Jessica Tang

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Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
in a
Virtual Award Ceremony
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 On May 13th, 2020,  the winners of  the 2020 BAAFN student essay contest were recognized for their essays addressing the contest theme  
          "What it means to be Asian American"
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in a virtual award ceremony.  


Each writer shared his/her personal reflections and anecdotes, providing insight to the journey each one followed before coming to terms with his/her heritage. Their backgrounds have origins in Korea,  Taiwan, India and China.   
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In addition, guest speaker,
Jessica Tang shared the series of steps she took that led to her becoming president of the Boston Teachers Union. 

* Please scroll down to
    - click on the link to view the award ceremony 
    - see the list of sponsors and
    - see the portraits of the winners with a link to each          of their essays
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Click on the link below to access the virtual award ceremony recorded by BIG (Brookline Interactive Group)
​ to hear the winners read their essays and hear Jessica Tang's story.
https://brooklineinteractive.org/baafn-awards-ceremony-may-13-2020/

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Essay Sponsors:
 
Brookline Asian American Family Network, Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations,
Brookline Dental Center, Robert Guen DMD & Associates, John Hodgman,
Brookline Booksmith, Stoked Wood Fired Pizza, 
 Brookline Frames, Golden Temple,
t
he Brookline Community Foundation, and the Brookline Teen Center.
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 ​Congratulations to the BAAFN Essay winners - click on each photo below to follow the link to read the winning essay.  
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Elena Su
​2020 BAAFN Award Wiinner
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Adrian Seeger
​2020 Content Award Winner
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Sellina Yoo
​2020 Creativity Award Winner
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Rani Balakrishna
​2020 New Voice Award Winner

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