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Healing With Out Harm: Traditional Chinese Medicine and Endangered Species in Asia

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:45 pm Program
Fromm Hall University of San Francisco Parker St. (between Golden Gate & Fulton)
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Reservations recommended. Please call (415) 422-6828

Co-presented by USF Center for the Pacific Rim and cosponsored by the Chinese Historical Society of America, Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford (FACES), the Institute for Holistic Health Studies at San Francisco State University and Volunteers in Asia

Description: For over 3000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has brought health and healing to millions of people throughout Asia. Today, TCM is enjoying a surge of popularity in the US also as people seek answers to health questions that elude western practitioners. While the increasing worldwide respect for and use of TCM is laudable, there is also a tragic consequence: the decimation of a wide ranging and growing number of animal species whose parts are used in traditional medicine. In fact, seven of the world’s eight species of bear have seen their numbers reduced as a result of the demand for their body parts. Yet for the highly endangered Asiatic Black Bear, whose story is perhaps the most tragic, there is a ray of hope in the form of a unique partnership between the Chinese Government and Animals Asia Foundation, a Hong Kong based charity.
Please Join Jill Robinson and Lixin Huang for a fascinating look at the use of endangered species products in traditional medicine. Robinson and Huang have formed a unique partnership aimed at providing TCM practitioners and users world-wide with information regarding alternatives to endangered species ingredients in traditional medicine.

Download the flyer (PDF) for more details. FACES members are offered the members’ rate of $5.

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Here is the 2nd issue of our biweekly publication: China Brief

http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/chinabrief_101909.pdf

Happy reading!

FACES and CEAS is co-sponsoring a film screening event for the 12th United Nations Association Film Festival. The movie is titled “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province”.

Description: On May 12, 2008, a catastrophic earthquake hit Sichuan Province in rural China, killing nearly 70,000 people, including 10,000 children. In town after town, poorly constructed school buildings crumbled, wiping out classrooms filled with students, most of them their parents’ only child. But when grieving mothers and fathers sought explanations and justice, they found their path blocked by incompetence, corruption and empty promises. China’s Unnatural Disaster examines the reality of modern China for its people, presenting a rare glimpse at how the government reacts to civil unrest. The film visits parents of deceased children from several schools a few days after the disaster.

When: Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 (9pm)

Where: Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building, Stanford University

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FACES is rolling out a brand new publication this year called the China Brief – a biweekly review of current events in China and beyond. Enjoy!

China Brief (Sept 21,2009 -Oct 5, 2009)

http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/docs/chinabrief_10509.pdf

Hey all,

Thanks to everyone who came out tonight to the info session! It was great to meet so many of you. For those of you who missed it, you can download by clicking on the link below an overview of the different FACES committees and a very short officer application, which will help us better figure out your interest in FACES and U.S.-China relations. Please send your responses to facesapplications@gmail.com by noon on this Sunday, October 4th. As always, feel free to email any of the VP’s listed on the sheet with any questions you might have.

Officer App: http://faces.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/officerapp0910.pdf
The first general meeting will be next Wednesday night at 8pm in Room 200 at Old Union. I look forward to meeting all of you then!

Best,

The FACES Team

FACES Information Session
Wednesday, September 30
7:30-8:30pm
Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center

Hi!

Welcome to the new FACES webpage!

To kick off what is sure to be an exciting year at Stanford, the FACES team has been busy preparing events to welcome and inform new and current students about FACES. Come to our first two events of the school year to learn all about FACES!

First off is the ACTIVITIES FAIR. Come stop by our table and chat with current FACES execs to get a feel for what FACES is all about!

When: 25th Sept 1-4pm
Where: White Plaza

Even more exciting though will be our INFORMATION SESSION. Come learn about the committees in FACES and the different ways you can contribute and be a part of FACES! P.S. We’ll also have cookies and other snacks for you to enjoy. You’ll definitely not want to miss out on this.

When: 30th Sept 7:30-8:30pm
Where: Koret Pavilion at the Ziff Center (Home of Hillel at Stanford)

For more information check out our Facebook event.

Hope to see you all out there!