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AAPI House Parties

Austin, TX AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

20 people attended the house party in Austin at the home of Ramey Ko and Rick Cofer, including Kurt Kuhn, candidate for the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals; Amy Wong Mok, Director of the Austin Asian...

Chicago, IL AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Dallas, TX AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Dallas House Party:PRIMARY ISSUES FROM GROUP DISCUSSION1)     Caring for the Aging Population - how do we access the government funding and programs available for...

Eugene, OR AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Eugene House Party courtesy of Reagan Le:We had 15 students and 6 community members including myself. It was great to have Bob and Rosa Watada to talk about their son, Lt. Ehren...

Evanston, IL AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

The Asian American Studies Program and Kappa Phi Lambda combined their house parties.  The location is the Asian American Studies Program's offices on the Northwestern campus in Evanston, IL.

Jersey City, NJ AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Here's an excerpt from the report from the house party in Jersey City.  Thanks to Pearl Park and Ryan Kim for hosting.  Notice the one and only Corky Lee?Here are some quotes:AAPI has not...

Kappa Phi Lambda AAPI House Parties 5/31/2009

Kappa Phi Lambda organized six parties around the country.  Here are their reports from UConn, Northwestern, NYU and Rutgers.Excerpts from the UConn party:As a group of women in an Asian...

Los Angeles (Downtown) AAPI House Party 05/31/09

Milwaukee, WI AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Milwaukee, WI House Party:A gathering of Asian Americans convened at a Milwaukee house party hosted by Stewart Ikeda and facilitated by Marcia Lee. After sharing refreshments and...

New York, NY AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

About 30 members attended a party in Greenwich Village. Most of these people were volunteers/campaign workers from the Obama campaign and a few were long-term members of APAP. Most were Asian-...

Philadephia, PA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Excerpts from the house party in Philadelphia (thanks to Stella Tsai for hosting):General assessment of the state of APIAs?  Optimistic -- but lots of work to be done.  We need more...

Phoenix, AZ AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Excerpt from the Phoenix House Party. Thanks to Rano Singh for hosting!Top 3 issues facing our community1. Healthcare: access to medical professionals.2. Financial sector: lack of regulations3....

Portland, OR AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Excerpt from Portland House Party hosted by Reagan Le:We had 15 students and 6 community members including myself. It was great to have Bob and Rosa Watada to talk about their son, Lt. Ehren Watada,...

Rochester, NY AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Rochester, NY House Party organized by Lily Lee:TOP FOUR ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY/NATION:1. Government's inadequate handling of influx of refugees:From one participant: As...

San Diego, CA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Thanks to Michelle Mentz for hosting a party in San Diego.  She's an enthusiastic volunteer who's very interested in advancing the AAPI cause.  She and her guests are passionate about...

San Diego, CA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

San Francisco, CA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the San Francisco House Party, hosted by Colbert Tse:San Francisco, CA 5/31We had 15 folks attend our house party in San Francisco at my apartment.  Some notable folks included Steve...

Seattle/Redmond, WA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Seattle/Redmond House Party:Top 3 issues--brief discussion on how to approach 'issues':'Silo-ing' of different issues prevents acknowledgement of the underlying broad,...

Spokane, WA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from the Spokane House Party hosted by Ping Ping and Liping Zhu:It is our pleasure to participate the national AAPI teleconference. In Spokane, eight persons attended the conference. Although...

St. Louis, MO AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

Report from St. Louis House party hosted by Kha Ly:1. What is your general assessment of the status of AAPI's in this country? Are you optimistic or pessimistic?Slow change. Longer then we expect....

West Los Angeles, CA AAPI House Party 5/31/2009

16 people attended the West LA house party. We had many long time members of APAP, as well as first time attendees of an APAP event.Attendees included:Curtis Chin, APAP board memberPreeti...