24th Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Luncheon Honoring the 2025 OCA-NJ Scholarships Recipients May 18, 2025 1PM – 3PM New Jersey Institute of Technology Campus Center Atrium 150 Bleeker Street Newark, New Jersey... Read More | Share it now!
OCA-NJ Chapter Scholarships APPLICATIONS are now CLOSED. The 2021 OCA-NJ Chapter Scholarships applications deadline was extended to April 30. This year, OCA-NJ is offering two separate scholarship opportunities: our traditional essay scholarship... Read More | Share it now!
Saturday, June 20, 2020 OCA-NJ APA Heritage Essay Scholarship Graduation Celebration Summary OCA Advocates New Jersey Chapter held a virtual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration on June 20th to present the Class of 2020 OCA-NJ... Read More | Share it now!
OCA Advocates New Jersey Chapter held a virtual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration on June 20th to present the Class of 2020 OCA-NJ Scholarship Awards. The event was postponed from the long planned Annual Luncheon that was originally scheduled for May 17th. This year's Essay Topic was designed to challenge each applicant to choose an APA topic that was important to them and to design a way to engage their peers to take action. As expected, the entries were competitive , but OCA-NJ's dedicated Scholarship Committee was able to select 6 recipients for this year's honors.
* The Robert E. Wone Memorial Scholarship $2,500
Francesca Fierro-Clifton High School attending Barnard College in the Fall
* The Dr. Ferdinand J. Gajewski, Jr. Memorial Scholarship $2,000
Harvey Wang-Parsippany Hills High School attending Princeton University in the Fall
* The Linda Lee Memorial Scholarship $2,000
Skylar Lee-Montville Township High School attending University of Pittsburgh in the Fall
* The Edwin and Aurora Len Memorial Scholarship $1,000
Caitlin Crooker-Parsipanny High School attending Savannah College of Art & Design in the Fall
* The OCA-NJ Gold Scholarship $800
Dillon Shin-Wayne Valley High School attending Rutgers University in the Fall
* The Willie Lau Memorial Scholarship $500
Devin Shin-Wayne Valley High School attending Rutgers University in the Fall
Our chapter is deeply saddened to inform that Mr. Willie Lau, a long time member, supporter, past president & very dear friend of OCA-New Jersey Chapter passed away on Sunday, October 20, 2019. He will be dearly missed by all those whose lives... Read More | Share it now!
The OCA-NJ Internship Program is back this year!! Application is now available to college students residing in the state of New Jersey. Application with all requirements must be postmarked by May 13, 2018. Questions can be addressed to Ray... Read More | Share it now!
THE 2018 OCA-NJ ESSAY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE! Please read all documents below carefully for instructions & requirements! Please keep scrolling within this post to view all 5 documents. All Essays, Applications and Required... Read More | Share it now!
Deadline to submit OCA-NJ Essay Scholarships Applications is EXTENDED TO APRIL 27, 2018! All Required Materials & Essays Must be Postmarked by April 27!! To download & print Application, Requirements & Essay Topic, please look for the... Read More | Share it now!
