Saturday, 10th - (2:00 PM- 6:00PM) Cinema Truth, Sponsored by SAHELI & VACAT with support from CAAS for Holly. Featured Speaker: Kate Rocke, Chair, Central TX Coalition on Human Trafficking. Calhoun (CAL) 100

Saturday, 17th: VACAT Tet Festival- SAHELI is in need of 2 volunteers to help with a boothing event at Lanier High School from anywhere between 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. The school is located at 1201 Payton Gin, Austin, TX 78758. SAHELI volunteers will be helping with the booth, set up, clean up, and if possible, interpreting as needed. If you’re interested in helping out please contact Shamyla Tareen at stareen@saheli-austin.org by January 10th.

Saturday, 24th: Asian American Cultural Center Lunar New Year - SAHELI is in need of 3-4 volunteers to help with a boothing event at the Asian American Cultural Center from anywhere between 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM. The center is located at 11713 Jollyville Rd., Austin, TX 78759. SAHELI volunteers will be helping with the booth, set up, clean up, and if possible, interpreting as needed. If you’re interested in helping out please contact Shamyla Tareen at stareen@saheli-austin.org by January 15th.

Thursday, 19th - (6:00 PM - 8:00 PM) Cinema Truth. Sponsored by SAHELI & Gender & Sexuality Center with support from CAAS.. Saving Face (2004) with Featured Speaker: Shane Whalley, Gender and Sexuality Center. Location: Calhoun (CAL) 100

Saturday, 10th - (2:00 PM- 6:00PM) Cinema Truth, Sponsored by SAHELI & VACAT with support from CAAS for The Grace Lee Project . Featured Speaker: Nhi Lieu, Ph.D. American Studies & Asian American Studies. Calhoun (CAL) 100

Saturday, 28th - Keep Austin Spicy! Asian Food Festival. Website

Thursday, 30th - Cinema Truth with CAAS and SAHELI on campus

Saturday, 25th (10:00 AM- 4:00 PM) - South Asian Health Fair-The purpose of the health fair is to reduce the cultural and linguistic barriers faced by the Asian community in their effort to participate and access medical services in Austin. If interested in volunteering for this event, please contact our Community Educator, Shamyla, at stareen@saheli-austin.org.

Cinema Truth: Our goal with this film series is to educate people about Asian/Asian American issues of domestic violence/survivors, show Asian/Asian American females in positive roles, gender issues/cultural issues regarding gender roles (i.e. emphasis on culture, religion, etc), sexual assault, and other forms of violence against women.

Holly: Set in Cambodia, depicts child prostitution through the non-sexual, complex relationship between Holly, a beautiful 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, and Patrick, a 40-year-old American stolen artifacts dealer.

Saving Face: Directed by Alice Wu, Saving Face (2004) is a romantic dramatic comedy is about a Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother who are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations. Our goal with this film series is to educate people about Asian/Asian American issues of domestic violence/survivors, show Asian/Asian American females in positive roles, gender issues/cultural issues regarding gender roles (i.e. emphasis on culture, religion, etc), sexual assault, and other forms of violence against women.

The Grace Lee Project : When Korean American filmmaker Grace Lee was growing up in Missouri, she was the only Grace Lee she knew. Once she left the Midwest however, everyone she met seemed to know "another Grace Lee." But why did they assume that all Grace Lees were reserved, dutiful, piano-playing overachievers? The filmmaker plunges into a funny, highly unscientific investigation into all those Grace Lees who break the mold -- from a fiery social activist to a rebel who tried to burn down her high school. With wit and charm, THE GRACE LEE PROJECT puts a hilarious spin on the eternal question, "What's in a name?" Our goal with this film series is to educate people about Asian/Asian American issues of domestic violence/survivors, show Asian/Asian American females in positive roles, gender issues/cultural issues regarding gender roles (i.e. emphasis on culture, religion, etc), sexual assault, and other forms of violence against women.

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