{"id":30251,"date":"2013-06-15T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=30251"},"modified":"2013-06-13T23:34:42","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T03:34:42","slug":"calling-all-new-yorkers-of-asianpacific-island-descent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=30251","title":{"rendered":"Calling all New Yorkers of Asian\/Pacific Island Descent!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, June 15th:<br \/>\nMuseum of Chinese in America<br \/>\n215 Centre Street<br \/>\nBetween Howard &amp; Grand St<br \/>\n12noon \u2013 4pm<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-30252\" href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?attachment_id=30252\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30252\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/644429_192809160878023_263176343_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/644429_192809160878023_263176343_n.png 256w, http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/644429_192809160878023_263176343_n-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My childhood friend, Nina Louie, a 32-yr-old mother, has been battling stage IV lymphoma and it recently recurred in her brain. \u00a0She has endured 12 cycles of chemotherapy since last September and she now has just 7 weeks to find a bone marrow donor for a much needed stem-cell transfusion.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that Nina is mixed Chinese and Thai and the Asian population is so underrepresented in the national donor registries, that Nina and thousands of other Asian Americans have extremely low odds of ever finding a match.<\/p>\n<p>But Nina is turning her misfortune into a call for action. \u00a0She\u2019s launched a website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.savenina.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.SaveNina.com<\/a> and a facebook page (SaveNina) and she\u2019s hosting dozens of Blood Marrow Typing drives all over the country to expand the donor registries for Americans of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage and to help make miracles for thousands of patients like her and their families.<\/p>\n<p>And SaveNina is coming to NYC! If you are age 18-44, in overall good health, and would like to get registered, please take the time to come out and join us at any of these drives and help make a difference. \u00a0All we need is 15 minutes of your time, a cheek swab and some contact info and you\u2019re done! \u00a0And should you be a match for someone in need, donating stem cells has improved vastly and it\u2019s as easy as donating blood (hip bone extractions are no longer necessary in most cases).<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 16th<br \/>\nCharles B. Wang Community Center<br \/>\n268 Canal St<br \/>\nAt corner of Cortlandt Alley<br \/>\n12:30pm \u2013 5pm<\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 21st<br \/>\nOversea Chinese Mission<br \/>\n154 Hester St<br \/>\nBetween Elizabeth &amp; Mott St<br \/>\n5:30pm \u2013 8:30pm<br \/>\n(in the lobby)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 23rd<br \/>\nOversea Chinese Mission<br \/>\n154 Hester St<br \/>\nBetween Elizabeth &amp; Mott St<br \/>\n3pm \u2013 4:30pm<br \/>\n(2nd Floor)<\/p>\n<p>Thanks and please pass this information on to friends and family that might be interested in going! You can follow SaveNina on facebook, check out a local news story on her:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/Save-Nina-Campaign-Goes-Viral-With-Hollywood-Help-210625421.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/Save-Nina-Campaign-Goes-Viral-With-Hollywood-Help-210625421.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, June 15th: Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street Between Howard &amp; Grand St 12noon \u2013 4pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30251"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30256,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30251\/revisions\/30256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}