All That Matters: a Tribute
dinner for Wayson Choy
Toronto (May 11th, 2006) - Asian Community AIDS
Services (ACAS), in partnership with CelebrAsian (formerly Gay
Asians Toronto), is hosting a fundraising dinner on Friday
May 26th to pay tribute to Wayson Choy,
renowned award winning writer from our community and an Order
of Canada recipient. Featuring readings, charity auctions and
live entertainment, the 10-course Chinese banquet will be at Bright
Pearl Restaurant in Chinatown with reception starting at 6:00
P.M. and dinner served at 7 P.M.
The proceeds from the fundraising dinner will benefit the participation
of ACAS in the upcoming XVI International AIDS Conference and
the set up of Wayson Choy CelebrAsian Writer’s Scholarship
to support the development of queer Asian Canadian writers.
Preparing for the XVI International AIDS Conference (IAC) to
be held in Toronto this August, ACAS is planning a series of workshops,
presentations, special international forums for PHA (People Living
with HIV/AIDS) leadership to showcase our innovative and important
work and to share best practices with more than 20,000 delegates
from all over the world.
An acclaimed Vancouver raised writer, Wayson Choy
is a Professor Emeritus at Humber College in Toronto. His first
novel, The Jade Peony, spent six months on The Globe and Mail's
national bestseller list, shared the Trillium Book Award in 1995,
and won the 1996 City of Vancouver Book Award. All That Matters,
a companion novel to The Jade Peony, was shortlisted for the 2005
Giller Prize and won the Trillium Book Award in 2005.
Tickets for this event are $50 regular, $100 for patrons and
$1,000 for a sponsor table of 10, and must be purchased in advance.
Partial tax receipts are available for patron tickets and sponsor
tables. To purchase tickets, please call 416-963-4300 x 22 or
email support@acas.org. For further information and update on
the event, please visit www.acas.org/TributeDinner
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About ACAS:
Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) is a charitable,
non-profit, community-based organization providing HIV/AIDS education
and support services to the East and South East Asian communities
in Toronto.
About CelebrAsian:
A community-based group with its mission to enhance the
lives of transgender, transsexuals, bisexuals, lesbians gay Asian
of East and South East heritage by addressing individual issues
and advocating for a discrimination free society.
