Archive | February, 2009

Finale Party & Silent Auction

22 February 2009

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Finale Party & Silent Auction Click here to see the original invitation in Thai and English. More Art + More Wine + More Prizes = Sanuk Here’s why you don’t want to miss next Saturday’s party: Exhibition – The exhibition includes many works done by refugees and asylum seekers at the Bangkok Refugee Center. Most [...]

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PFMM Grand Opening Feb. 19th

21 February 2009

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Grand Opening Feb. 19th @Moddy On Thursday we had the long awaited Grand Opening Party for our project Picture From My Mind: Depictions of Hunger, Homelessness and Hope. This gallery will be on display until we end with our Silent Auction and Finale Party on Feb. 28th, 2009. Here are a few pictures from a [...]

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Project Update: Grand Opening Tomorrow

18 February 2009

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Hey ISOS, tomorrow, Feb. 19th is the big day. Here’s a run down of the evening’s activities and other details about this project. To see the original invitation in Thai and English click here. Registration begins at 6pm. When you come to the gallery and pay to enter, you will be registered to buy art, have a chance to [...]

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V-Day Comes To Bangkok

14 February 2009

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Don’t break the bank on Valentine’s Day and instead save some money to have some fun participating in V-Day at the end of the month. Here are some brief details, but for more go directly to vdaybkk.blogspot. What: V-Day Bangkok 2009, a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, raising funds for Emergency Home [...]

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Q&A: Ryan, A Chinese Refugee in Thailand (Part 2)

12 February 2009

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“I have learned something far more complicated than anything in a text book–surviving as a refugee.“ ISOS: Ryan, have you had any opportunities to go to school? I was 17 when I came to Thailand, I did not finish high school and the refugee center only provides very basic education to the refugee kids. As [...]

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Coin In Hand: Flipping the Fate of Poverty (Part 2)

7 February 2009

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“Our backs to the sun, our faces to the earth, forever.” The next time Megan and I were taken to Ayutthaya, we had been told that we were going to be helping at an English camp and to pack a few days worth of clothes. The two of us sat in the back of an [...]

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Feb. 16th-28th Refugee Art Show

2 February 2009

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Picture From My Mind Depictions of Hunger, Homelessness, and Hope InSearchofSanuk.com and the Bangkok Refugee Center invite you to experience an exclusive art exhibit benefiting Bangkok’s urban refugees and asylum seekers. Exhibition starts Feb. 16th – 28th, 2009 from 17.00-23.00 (free of charge) Join us Feb. 19th for the Grand Opening Party and join the [...]

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