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AHA’S Stroke Awareness Event At The Texas Capitol!

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Are you a stroke survivor or know someone who is? Are you a caretaker for a loved one who had a stroke? Are you a medical professional with expertise in stroke care? Please join American Heart Association at the Texas Capitol on May 17th from a stroke awareness event.

Your story of survival, care, prevention and treatment of stroke can help build understanding of strokes and policy solutions that can help to improve care and quality of life for stroke patients and survivors across Texas on Tuesday, May 17th from 11-2PM at the House Members Lounge at the Texas Capitol.

Please RSVP to Vanessa Fuentes at [email protected]

Austin Heart Association at the capitol

North Austin Influencers April 2016 Mixer

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Thank-you to everyone that came out to our April North Austin Influencers mixer.  This month’s highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours . As a “Google Trusted Photographer” who has enrolled and successfully completed Google’s Training Program, he has unique access to Google’s special support and publishing resources. With this exclusive access, he is able to market businesses on Google Search, Google Places and Google Maps. Special thank-you to Casa Chapala Mexican Grill & Cantina for hosting us! Always good food and great service!

Below are a few pictures from the mixer at Casa Chapala.
To check out more pictures from the event, check here.

 

This month's highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours .
This month’s highlight was business owner Daniel Rodriguez , Real Estate Photography and Google Trusted Photographer at Net Visual Tours .  

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4th Annual Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt 2016 and Wine and Cheese Affair with Hindu Charities For America

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4th Annual Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt 2016 is coming soon and there are some sponsorship opportunities.

Bollywood Meets Borscht Belt (BMBB) is designed to help spread the gift of wisdom. The net proceeds from BMBB will be used to purchase School Supplies for Austin area homeless students. You will be helping us in education for deserving but financially deprived little kids of our area.

Hindu Charities For America (HC4A) is asking for support on this event with sponsorship:

General Sponsorship: $200
Benefits:

  • Mingle and Mix with over 400 South Asian, Jewish and other communities
  • You will be helping to provide school supplies to Homeless children in Austin area to start the 2016-2017 School Year
  • Your sponsorship will be listed in the program listing
  • Email marketing for event where Sponsors will be listed with website link – Minimum of two email blasts, each to about 3,500 South Asians and other communities in Austin area
  • Facebook listing of sponsorship – at least few thousand shares!
  • Two free Reserved tickets to the event (total value $60) if attending, RSVP by May 15th
  • Opportunity to be on TV Asia, who plans to cover the event!

Details of 4th Annual BMBB: 
General Admission:           

Adults over 18yrs $30

Children between 6yrs and 18yrs $10

Table of 10 Sponsorship:                $500
Venue:                                           Dell Jewish Community Campus, 7300 Hart Lane, Austin TX 78731
Date and Time:                              Sunday June 5th, 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Dress Code:                                    Ethnic festive dress encouraged

Visit www.HC4A.org for more information  or call for more information to  (512) 994-4638. 
The organization will also host another event with the purpose of the Wine and Cheese Affair Friday May 20th 6 pm to 8 pm is to introduce Hindu Charities For America (HC4A) to community volunteers who potentially may be interested in getting involved, specifically as HC4A Foundation member.  HC4A’s mission is to Bridge Income Disparity Through Education. Toward this goal, HC4A, founded in 2010, has been working with Jewish community to raise funds for annual donation of school supplies for homeless children in Austin metro area. Last year over $18k was raised and this year, the plan is $20k+  .  HC4A also donates vocational training scholarships to those students who fall below federally defined poverty measure. This year, we plan to donate over $43k through Austin Community College, Capital Idea and Manor ISD. At present the organization who has 5 Foundation members and looking to expand to 11.
Specifically, the Foundation Members play the following role:
  • Foundation board members each contributes towards charity $2500 or more a year.
  • Members help expand the charity via their influence and contacts
  • They solicit community leaders to make monetary contribution towards the cause
  • Members are expected to spend a minimum of 10 Hours per year towards charitable cause
  • Chairman presents the State of Affairs quarterly to the Foundation Board and is assisted by the Executive Board President
 Please contact Harish Kotecha at (512) 773.7815 to attend the Wine & Cheese Affair so that you can learn more about the efforts. The general location is near Mansfield Dam on 620.
Hindu Charity for America

Innovation Week with PeopleFund

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Join PeopleFund on May 2nd through 6th at PeopleFund Headquarters, 2921 E. 17th Street Bldg. D Ste. 1 Austin, TX 78702,  for Innovation Week with over 30 sessions.  Celebrate National Small Business Week in style with engaging panels, interactive workshops, and thought provoking sessions designed to help you grow your business. Topics include:  Marketing and Social Media, Innovation as Social Strategy, Best Practices for HR, Quickbooks and Accounting, Diversity and Economics Empowerment, Graphic Design for Nonprofits 50+,  Ways to Fund Your Business and much more!  This is an expanded version of PeopleFund’s long-running Economic Summit to provide you with the skills you need to live your dreams.

Innovation Week with PeopleFund

Make sure to check out their full schedule and RSVP!

Innovation Week Schedule

 

Fear’s Impact – It’s Bigger Than You Think!

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Barbara Metzger is the founder and president of Maximize, which she formed in 1990. She has created, facilitated and/or lead a wide range of development projects. Having used internationally validated assessments for the past 25 years, she has specialized in selection at all levels and maximizing executive teams. Having done thousands of validated assessments, Barbara’s strength is exceptional in understanding people’s behavior, motivation and interpersonal dynamics. Another strong consideration is how values impact the team, the company and the productivity. She is also very effective using an Emotional Intelligence assessment and coaching to raise the EQ level of the individual or the team to have a positive impact on profits. An accomplished trainer, consultant and professional speaker, Barbara’s extensive theoretical knowledge is grounded in practical, real-world experience. Barbara also provides management consulting, executive coaching and general people problem solving.

We had the privileged  of having Barbara Metzger  speak on how to recognize fear in your world, it’s widespread impact, and some ideas on limiting the negative impact on your life. She gave us some clear take-away and resources like Ted Talk links on the power of vulnerability www://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on _vulnerability and listening to shame http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame .

Fear's Impact

Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit

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The Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit (AEVS) is your gateway to success in 2016! If you have ideas and are ready to pursue  your passion for monumental growth, do not miss this virtual event on April 25th to the 29th. 17 speakers are lined up to deliver 5 days of AMAZING, never seen before content! From interviews to webinars to online networking, AEVS is ready to help you level up your entrepreneur game and find the success you’ve been looking for!

Register to the Ambitious Entrepreneur Virtual Summit with 17 AMAZING, talented entrepreneurs world wide for over five days of access to training’s on a broad range of business topics: http://www.ambitiousentrepreneurvirtualsummit.com/register

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TAMACC to Host Statewide Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon

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The Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) will honor 13 outstanding Latina business and community leaders from across Texas at the fifth annual Women of Distinction Awards luncheon Friday, May 13, 2016 at the AustinClub, 110 East 9th Street, Austin, Texas from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce was founded in 1975 by a small group of Hispanic businesspersons interested in increasing business opportunities for themselves and other similar business owners.

“I know I speak for all our Chamber and business members in congratulating this year’s Women of Distinction award recipients,” said TAMACC Chairman of the Board Sam Guzman. “Year after year we are proud and honored to recognize and celebrate the outstanding successes and contributions that Hispanic women make to our communities, state, and indeed our nation.”

The 2016 Women of Distinction are:

Aliana Apodaca, President, Positive Directions Co., El Paso

Rosemary H. Banda, Community Volunteer, Austin

Barbara Ann Canales, Secretary, Port of Corpus Christi Authority Commission, Corpus Christi

Judith A. Canales, State Executive Director, United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency, College Station

Dr. Catalina E. Garcia, M.D., President, Dallas Anesthesiology Group, Dallas

Virginia “Viky” Garcia, Community Volunteer, Laredo

Dr. Eva Garza-Nyer, Ph.D., Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Texas College Advisor, Austin

Genoveva G. Gomez, Vice President of Engineering and Construction, San Antonio Water System, San Antonio

Alida Y. Helgerman, Marketing and Public Relations Manager, Border Federal Credit Union, Del Rio

Helen Soto Knaggs, Office Manager, Texas Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., Austin

Cristina Rivera, Chief Executive Officer, Rio Grande Regional Hospital, McAllen

Alice Rodriguez, Councilwoman, City of Waco, Waco

Major General Angela “Angie” Salinas, United States Marine Corps (Retired), Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas, San Antonio

For additional information, event tickets, or sponsorship opportunities please visit our web site at www.TAMACC.org

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Conversation Corps

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Conversation Corps is a way for all Austinites to get involved at convenient places near their home or work through monthly, one-hour conversations hosted on a different topic impacting the greater Austin community.  Input from these discussions go directly to decision-makers at the City of Austin, Capital Metro and Austin Independent School District.

Every month, groups meet all around town, discussing the same “issue of the month.” Conversations take place in a variety of venues – schools, houses of worship, community centers, coffee shops and restaurants – and will last about an hour. Trained facilitators lead the group through a structured dialogue, giving everyone a chance to share their thoughts and respond to what they’ve heard others say. Check in regularly to see what the topic of the month is on the Conversation Corps web site and find a meeting convenient for you!

Get involved today! Find a conversation. Host a conversation. Comment on a conversation.

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Meet Alka Bhanot: Brings South Asian Independent Films to Austin through Indie Meme

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Started in February of 2013, Indie Meme is a product of Alka Bhanot’s passion for cinema, and her compulsive desire to make independent films available in the United States for everyone and not just the festival goers. The idea germinated as a dear friend of Alka, Surabhi Sharma, had a screening of her lovely film in Austin and very few people knew about it. The world of Facebook informed her of amazing films being done in India by old friends and acquaintances and at the time she had no way of watching them. The need to watch something more rewarding than what was usually available, made her believe that surely there were others like her – seeking good meaningful cinema from India.

Alka Bhanot

“Anjalika Sharma, my first partner in crime, fueled the company with her energy and spirit. Tripti Bhatnagar, my partner today, is keeping it all together as we grow and spread our wings. Indie Meme has been approved as a fiscally sponsored  project of the Austin Creative Alliance for 2015. It was the next step for us and quiet a milestone for the company. This means that our sponsors can avail of tax benefits for their donations and we can begin the arduous task of fundraising. ” –  Alka Bhanot

Alka Bhanot has extensive experience producing for Indian Television and was the Executive Producer for the first Late Night Show, ‘Movers & Shakers’ in India, which won numerous awards. In Austin, since 2003 her film credits include Bryan Poyser’s ‘Dear Pillow’ (2003) Winner, Best Narrative Feature, Atlanta Film Festival, Margaret Brown’s ‘Be Here To Love Me’ (2006) a film about the life and music of Townes Van Zandt and ‘Sunshine’(2009) a documentary about adoption and single parenthood by Karen Skloss which aired as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS. She also worked on the ‘Trevor Romain Video Series’ (2005) an animated kids show which aired on PBS.  Confirmed as an Austin native (yes the allergies finally got to her) Alka lives with her husband & two children.

Indie Meme aims to build communities around film by promoting meaningful cinema via theatrical, non-theatrical, educational & event based platforms. Find more about Indie Meme and find out about the upcoming Indie Meme Film Festival here.

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“It’s been such an incredible journey till date, with tremendous support from the community, which enables us to continue to move ahead – one screening at a time! The support from family, old friends and new has been steadfast. And every Indie Meme event has been led by volunteers, who ran the show and truly cared about what we were trying to build.” – Alka Bhanot

Indie Meme Film Festival this Month

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Indie Meme is about building communities around film by showcasing South Asian Indie Documentary and Fiction Films and their filmmakers. The main belief behind Indie Meme is that there is an audience who is looking for thought provoking meaningful films and the belief that the independent films from South Asia today are amazing at entertaining within the reality that they reflect.

Indie Meme presents the FIRST SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL at The Marchesa Theater, 6226 Middle Fiskville Road, Austin TX.
Unique, bold, contemporary films from India, Pakistan & Afghanistan!  Come watch the many faces of the region. There are films for the family and those recommended for mature audiences only.
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​Join them on facebook event page for updates as they continue to announce programming and special events around it. AND invite your friends for 3 days of engaging entertainment.

North Austin Influencers™ is a proud Community Partner of

First Indie Meme Film Festival   |   Best of South Asian indie cinema
April 15 – 17   |  The Marchesa Hall & Theater

Indie Meme Film Festival

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