APEX | Asian Professional Exchange

APEX is delighted to share a COVID-safe opportunity for families and friends to enjoy a night out watching the nationwide premiere of Oscar contender and New York Times Film Critics’ online Best Picture winner Minari on Thu 2/11, prior to wide theater release 2/12 and streaming 2/26. Everyone entering promo code P-APEX0221 will receive free popcorn for everyone in their vehicle. Minari might be the ideal movie during these times about the trials and tribulations of a Korean American family pursuing the American Dream in 1980’s Arkansas. Go to: www.WEDriveIns.com WE Drive-Ins' launch precedes the Lunar New Year (2/12), Valentines (2/14) and Presidents Holiday (2/15). WE Drive-Ins will be the only theater showing Minari west of DTLA at their 4th & Colorado Santa Monica location. #minarimovie #wedriveins

APEX wishes you a happy Lunar New Year! This last year was challenging to say the least, but things are looking up this year. We wish everyone great health, relationships, and prosperity in the year of the ox! #lunarnewyear #lunarnewyear2021 #yearoftheox

APALF Presents: The Campaign of Your Life. This Thursday (2/11) from 12-1 PM PST. Check our profile for the zoom registration link!

Happy New Year! Are you looking to make a difference in our local community for 2021? We are still looking for volunteers to join the board of APEX! If you have any questions, feel free to email us at [email protected] !

Last day of 2020 - here’s a special message from our EVP, Betty Zhao! @bettyzbites made such an impact as a leader of APEX and we’re going to miss her so much! We’re so glad to be able to honor her with the well-deserved President’s Award! Happy New Year everyone!

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break celebrating and resting with your family, friends and loved ones! As we end the year, we wanted to share this little note from Jimmy Wong, our recipient for the Excellence in Cultural Awareness award for 2020. Thanks Jimmy for the amazing achievements and breakthroughs representing Asian Americans and inspiring others around us! We’re so honored to have been able to work with you and have you as part of the APEX community! I am honored to receive this award from APEX. It has been quite a unique and challenging year for everyone around this world, and I hope that we can all use moments and awards like this to unite together as a shared humanity. You can find me weekly on The Download, a daily news show on VENN TV and follow me on Twitter @jfwong. - Jimmy Wong

For many years, YES (Youth Education Summit), has been one of our biggest annual events to bring together the community to help inspire our young leaders of tomorrow! Due to the pandemic this year, we were not able to host YES in person. However, we still wanted to give back to the youth in our community. We’ve identified a need for Wi-Fi connections for many students so we started a fundraiser to help raise money for Pasadena Rosebud Academy, a charter school serving mostly students from historically socioeconomically-disadvantaged backgrounds. Please support us in raising money for these children so that they can have a better learning experience as they navigate a new world of digital learning. https://charity.gofundme.com//apex-cares-for-educational-i

Our fundraiser for Pasadena Rosebud Academy is live on GoFundMe! We are working together with STEAM:Coders to provide Wi-Fi to the students to help continue their education and learning during their remote virtual sessions. Many families do not have good Wi-Fi or enough bandwidth to support the needs of virtual learning so please help us to support and provide these children with a better learning experience!

We have one more event in the Women Empowerment Series with @acelsocal ! Hear from Pamela Lam, VP of Product Development at Henkel on how to Chart Your Own Water! Link to register in bio!

Come join us for an outdoor picnic, hangout and pumpkin decorating contest! Who knew we would be holed up inside for over 6 months? Come get some fresh air with us while we socially distance mingle and decorate our pumpkins for Halloween! Link to the event in bio!

We’re proud to be partnering with the 36th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, presented by Visual Communications. #LAAPFF2020 runs online from September 24 - October 31, 2020 and features an exciting lineup of productions by Asian American & Pacific Islander artists from across the globe. Get tickets to watch these amazing films such as Radical Cram School or The Donut King at festival.vcmedia.org! Use our code DTVC20APEX for discounts!

We love supporting our Community Partners! Did you join the Identity discussion with @wheresjenny and @juliasaubier this past Sunday? Don’t worry if you missed it! They have part 2 of their Asian Anti-Racism in Action series this Saturday September 26th on the topic of Power. Follow them on their website at jen-julia.com to register for the event! Part 3 and 4 in October covers topics Bias and Allyship. These are all free virtual events (with suggested donation if you can to support them) centering the Asian experience and even includes a guided meditation! #disruptingbias

Happy Monday! We have 2 events next week including this fireside chat with 3 amazing women entrepreneurs in our women empowerment series with @acelsocal . Come learn how these leaders started and manage their side businesses while in college or still working their corporate jobs at the same time. Not just for ladies, this event is open to everyone who’s interested so sign up on the fb page. Link in bio! #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womeninbusiness #womenownedbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #apexorg

Love shopping? Love supporting your local non-profit organizations such as APEX? Do both by using AmazonSmile! For every dollar you spend on Amazon, AmazonSmile will donate a portion of your purchases to us if you purchase your items using our link. Such a simple and easy way to contribute without costing you anything extra! Feel good about your shopping! :)

Hope everyone is staying cool and safe in their homes during this heatwave. Our next Professional Development event is coming up at the end of the month and it’s all about homes! Join us at Owning Your First Investment Property featuring our very own Rick Ma and Peter Qian of Re/Max on Wednesday September 30th at 6pm. Link to register in bio!

Happy September!! We know Labor Day sales are coming up so if you’re planning on doing some @amazon shopping for the long weekend, please make sure to use #AmazonSmile and choose Asian Professional Exchange as your charity! It doesn’t cost you anything and Amazon will donate a portion of your purchases to us. Thank you for your support and thank you to Amazon to giving back to local non-profit organizations such as APEX! #everylittlebithelps #amazon #amazonsmile