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SMU Presents Tammy Nguyen Lee with Emerging Leader Award

Tammy Nguyen Lee, a graduate of SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, will receive the 2010 Southern Methodist University Emerging Leader Award on Thursday, October 21. SMU President R. Gerald Turner will present the award at the Distinguished Alumni Awards black-tie celebration at the Fairmont Hotel in Downtown Dallas. Dr. Turner wrote, “The Emerging Leader [...]
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Pink Memo: Fashion for a Passion

Dallas based non-profit ATG Against The Grain Productions turned the Design District’s LandCo/7 Senses venue into a fashion extravaganza for its 2nd-annual Fashion For a Passion event – and the stylish certainly came out to play. Approximately 300 volunteers, philanthropists, and fashion fans joined to support the cause. The centerpiece of the event, emceed by bagsnob.com blogger Tina Craig and [...]
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Packed House at 2010 Fashion for a Passion Charity Event

Proceeds from charity fashion show to benefit international orphanages Dallas-based nonprofit ATG Against The Grain Productions held the 2nd Annual Fashion for a Passion (FFAP) this past Saturday night at LandCo/7 Senses in the Dallas Design District. It was a packed house with nearly 300 volunteers and philanthropists who joined to raise $10,000 for ATG’s [...]
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Rave Reviews for 2010 Fashion for a Passion

Thank you to everyone who contributed your talents to the 2010 Fashion for a Passion charity event. With your help, we were able to have one heckuva show and raise $10,000 (a 200% increase from last year) for our supported orphanages, new ATG Artistic Scholarship fund and year-round community outreach programs. Thank you so much! [...]
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Austin Film Society announces OPERATION BABYLIFT as recipient of 2010 Travel Fund Grant

Austin Film Society Grants $111,000 To Texas Filmmakers http://www.persistenceofvision.org/2010/08/austin-film-society-grants-111000-to-texas-filmmakers/ Agnes Varnum | Aug 30, 2010 The Austin Film Society is very proud to announce the recipients of its 2010 Texas Filmmakers’ Production Fund (TFPF) and Travel Grant programs, which this year gave away a total of $111,000 in cash and goods and services to 33 [...]
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PinkMemo: 2010 Fashion for a Passion

2010 FASHION FOR A PASSION POSTED BY Nadia Dabbakeh | 08.17.2010 | 04:01 PM Click here for original blog. The 2nd Annual Fashion for a Passion charity event isn’t till September 25th, but we’re already excited – and the tickets are up for sale now! Benefitting ATG Against The Grain Productions’ supported orphanages and educational outreach programs, the night will include [...]
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Booklist Reviews OPERATION BABYLIFT

Thank you to Booklist for the wonderful review on our award-winning documentary Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam. The review will be sent out nationally in their online  September 2010 e-newsletter.   Commemorating Operation Babylift, a U.S. relief effort that rescued more than 2,500 orphans out of Vietnam in 1975, this update is an informative and passionate look [...]
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Newsday: Nassau Woman Keeps Memory of "Operation Babylift" Alive

Updated: Jul 17, 2010 05:38 PM By BART JONES Original Article It was the final days of the Vietnam War in April 1975 as Saigon was falling, and the United States launched one last massive effort: To airlift as many orphans as possible out of the country. In the three weeks before the last helicopter [...]
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diaCRITIC: Interview with Tammy Nguyen Lee, director of Operation Babylift

Posted on July 5, 2010 by diaCRITIC Among the many controversial legacies of the Vietnam War, Operation Babylift dramatically brought the results of U.S. Cold War policy to the front doorsteps of U.S. domestic race politics. Critics have argued that childcare workers and government staff deceptively persuaded Vietnamese parents into allowing their children to go, [...]
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ATG Interview on BlogTalkRadio– "From My Mama's Kitchen"

“From My Mama’s Kitchen” celebrates Mother’s Day with an hour-long interview with Lana Noone and Tammy Nguyen Lee on BlogTalkRadio! Listen to their stories here!
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