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Post by mandyblue on Jan 24, 2014 4:35:55 GMT -5
This is very good new for Grace Park Hawaii Five-0 OZ @hawaiifive0_OZ 5 hrs Grace Park to be honored in the 2014 Asian Hall of Fame Awards "The American born Canadian Grace Park has dual... fb.me/2Rcyr8vVfPeter M. Lenkov @plenkov 9h Congrats Grace Park! Great honor - 2014 Honoree for the Asian Hall of Fame. |
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Post by mandyblue on Feb 14, 2014 2:31:30 GMT -5
From Five0 undercover
Grace Park to be inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame
February 13th, 2014 by littlesrule
Hawaii Five-0′s Grace Park is about to be honored by the Robert Chinn Foundation on May 31, 2014 in Seattle. The Asian Hall of Fame celebrates those of Asian Pacific descent whose achievements contribute to the American experience.
The Vancouver native shot to fame in 2003 when she played two leading roles on Sci Fi’s Battlestar Galactica (a reboot of the short lived 1970′s series). She earned a spot in the Top 100 Most Memorable Moments in TV History with her performance in the season 1 cliffhanger. Grace also earned a nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in Television at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards.
Here’s what she had to say on what it means to be honored in the 2014 Asian Hall of Fame
“It is both an honour and surprise to be inducted in to the 2014 Asian Hall of Fame. Since I work and live under the pretense that no one sees it, and I remain totally anonymous, I suppose I will have to reconsider that if I allow myself to accept this honour. Until recently I was not aware of the Asian Hall of Fame, so not only will I explore what it means, but I will surely be telling my family that I finally made it, and never have to get a real job after all.”
Grace on why the Asian Hall of Fame is important for Asian Pacific Americans -
“The Asian Hall of Fame is important because there are many outstanding achievements and endeavours by Asian Pacific Americans, and the Asian Hall of Fame highlights these successes and the people along with them. It helps us to recognize our unique place in this world, many of us straddling two cultures, and the adaptations and tools we learned and often take for granted as a result. It is the amalgam of cultures and these experiences, plus inspiration and striving, that forge our story, and ultimately the American story.”
“As a process, we explore where we came from, how we express ourselves in, and move through this world, and who we are as individuals. It allows us to further question what it means about us as a collective, and what we want to do with that influence, using it as an opportunity to experience, impact, and connect.”
Of Korean heritage, the Canadian native comments on the way that her heritage has had an impact on her life and achievements.
“It is hard to know how my Korean heritage has impacted my life and achievements without thinking about my parents. To be honest I don’t know where the heritage ends and my parents begin. To me my parents represent Korea. A Korea trapped in the 1970’s,but Korea nonetheless. The tireless work ethic, community mindedness, striving ambition, restrained expression, and societal hierarchy and pressures, are not unique just to the Korean heritage. They did however, shape me.”
“There is a liberty that exists with the ability to float between two cultural worlds. It allows one to be more aware of oneself, as apart from society, as well as feeling one can choose which rules to play by. Perhaps this influenced me to strive for what I wanted, and even if I were to obtain it, I always had the other society’s perspective to bring it into balance.”
Grace joins fellow Hawaii Five-0 alum Apolo Ono who was inducted in 2007.
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Post by mandyblue on Jun 1, 2014 11:27:19 GMT -5
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