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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Helen Yee: I Belong Here
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DESCRIPTION:Yee's memoir follows her journey from Hong Kong to mainstre
 am 1960s midwestern America\, navigating between dual cultures. Yee's gran
 dfather started the Far East restaurant\, which became Wing's.\n.\nhttps:/
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>I BELONG HERE</em> follows Helen Yee&r
 squo\;s journey from a cloistered Chinese childhood into mainstream 1960s 
 midwestern America\, navigating between dual cultures and revealing events
  that cause her to reimagine traditional concepts of family. Yee courageou
 sly pursues her own version of love and romance while training for the Oly
 mpic Taekwondo Team and discovers the destiny-changing power of massage an
 d acupuncture and a future calling.</p>\n<p>In person registration is <em>
 requested</em>.</p>\n<p><strong>Author Bio: Helen Yee&nbsp\;</strong></p>\
 n<p>Helen Co-Founded The American Institute of Alternative Medicine in 199
 0. The school offers accredited programs in acupuncture\, massage therapy\
 , and nursing\, as well as a student and professional clinic.</p>\n<p>â
 €‹She teaches Tai Chi and Qi Gong at AIAM\, and at various martial art
 s camps and seminars in the US and abroad\, and is also a co-Founder of Op
 awl-the Ohio Progressive Asian Women Leadership\, and is on the Board for 
 the Lesbian Business Association.</p>\n<p>​​Yee served as Pa
 st President on the Board for the Pacific Association of Women Martial Art
 s\, Past Vice President for Stonewall Columbus\, an LGBTQ organization\, a
 nd Board Member for State of the Arts Theatre Company.</p>\n<p>​Sin
 ce 2020\, Helen serves on the Columbus Community Relations as a Commission
 er.&nbsp\;Helen has been recognized for her achievements by The Internatio
 nal Role Model Magazine Inc.\, featured in 2019 as Columbus CEO spotlight 
 for small businesses and also awarded the 2018 Business Entrepreneurial le
 adership award by the Asian American Commerce Group\, an Olympic Alternate
  on the US Tae Kwon Do team in 2018\, 2 time National Champion\, a silver 
 medalist in the 1990 Tae Kwon Do World Cup and inducted into the Bruce Lee
  Hall of Honor in 2015.</p>\n<p>Yee's grandfather started the Far East res
 taurant\, which became Wing's. She is a graduate of Bishop Hartley High Sc
 hool and Ohio Dominican University.&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://bexley.libnet.info
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