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Diversity, Media

ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNALISTS FORM NEW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

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The new AJAA non profit organization meets in Las Vegas next summer
The new AJAA nonprofit organization meets in Las Vegas next summer

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) –  Yesterday, we reported about what appeared to be a sexual harassment incident that happened at the annual national convention of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) in San Francisco, a matter of serious concern that AAJA’s leadership promised to address at today’s board of directors meeting.

During the meeting, the board acknowledged that the unfortunate incident may have been precipitated by alcohol use by the alleged perpetrator. Board members were in agreement that the incident had tarnished the good image of AAJA and that they needed to rise from this embarrassing incident.

The board then decided to abolish the organization and form a new nonprofit that would be more reflective of the goals and aspirations of its members.

The new 501 (c) (3) organization will be called AJAA – Asian Journalists for Alcoholics Anonymous.

As  AAJA concluded its 2015 convention, it announced the venue for next year’s national gathering  for the newly-formed nonpofit organization — Las Vegas!

2016 convention organizers promised a memorable convention with lots of happy hours, free booze and skills-building workshops  that will be conducted by Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as  high-profile sessions on proofreading and copyediting.

The board assured its membership that the 2016 convention will be a very safe environment for all attendees — alcoholics or not.

Festivals, Politics

IOWA STATE FAIR RENAMED IOWA CIRCUS

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imageDES MOINES, Iowa  (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – The state of Iowa holds a very special significance in any U.S. presidential elections. Because of the Iowa caucuses.

The Iowa caucuses are an electoral event in which residents of the state of meet in precinct caucuses in all of its 1,682 precincts and elect delegates to the corresponding county conventions. Iowa is the first state in the nation to hold caucuses in a presidential election year.

It is for this reason that Republican and Democratic presidential candidates were all in Des Moines this weekend, partaking of Iowa pork and everything that the Iowa State Fair offers. Not to mention great opportunities for  political campaigning.

This year, the organizing committee of the Iowa State Fair decided to rename the event to Iowa Circus to better reflect the high-profile guests that have come to town.

With 17 Republican candidates and four Democrats hitting the fair grounds, the committee thought that ‘circus’ would be a more approriate name, especially with the field of clowns and comedians that make up the Republican group of presidential aspirants.

And we’re not just talking about Donald Trump!

Law Enforcement, The Media

JOURNALISM ORGANIZATION STRUGGLES TO UNDERSTAND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

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San Francisc's Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention
San Francisco’s  Hyatt Embarcadero, venue of the Asian American Journalists Association annual convention

SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – It looks like a clear case of sexual harassment, and it happened in a most unlikely venue — the annual national convention of the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA).

The convention is happening at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Embarcadero in San Francisco.

A female convention attendee went on the organization’s Facebook page to complain about a male attendee who allegedly sexually harassed her at the convention hotel. According to the post, the male attendee told her that he had a big c*ck and followed her all the way to her hotel room door, despite her protestation.

Reacting to the post, AAJA national president Paul Cheung responded by saying that AAJA’s leadership is “working with both parties to gain a better understanding of the incident.”

In reality, the leadership is trying to gain a better understand of sexual harassment.

The AAJA board is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Sunday, and has invited an expert from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to conduct an in-service training for the board members so that they can better deal with the alleged incident.

“This has never happened before,” a board member said, “so we ask our membership to be patient and understanding while we determine what steps we need to take.”