Connect San Diego Screens THE ANNIVERSARY at Bayside

March 20th marked the final screening day for the Connect Linda Vista Program. The film is Ham Tran's remarkable short narrative piece, THE ANNIVERSARY. The film was well received by the excited audience.

Quan Ton and Van Tran of the Van Lang School were on hand to co-present the screening, and Adriana Gallardo joined us to talk US Census with the Vietnamese community. The film was attended predominantly by the Vietnamese community, but interestingly there was a Mexican family that came up to the screening all the way from Chula Vista, so the connections are beginning!

Don't forget Linda Vista, we are offering FREE CLASSES to the Linda Vista community starting in April!

Also, Phil Luque, Operations Director of SDAFF and Jorge Riquelme, Executive Director of Bayside Community Center were featured on VietNewsTelevision talking about Connect Linda Vista!

See you in April!

Last week, the Mingei Museum in Balboa Park extended an invitation to the Connect San Diego advisory board to come and visit the museum, and talk about potential collaborative efforts.

As luck would have it, the museum's VIVA MEXICO exhibit opened just last week, and our group was treated to a private tour of the new exhibit, as well as the incredibly beautiful Sonabi: Another way of Seeing exhibit ... all led by none other than museum director Rob Sidner.

Afterwords, we sat down for dinner and a compelling round table discussion about how the Mingei can help Linda Vista reconnect with its culture - both through Connect San Diego, and through a separate venture (also funded by the James Irvine foundation). The museum staff had much to say about what they were hoping to do, but spent a lot of time listening to the needs and wants of our advisory board, and seem truly dedicated to serving the population of Linda Vista.