Following our last post on the AAPI Contingency and details for March for America, here are details for the hill event panel.

AAPIs and the Urgency for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Hosted by APAP-DC Chapter

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

6-7:15PM

Cannon House Office Building Room 121

Washington, DC

RSVP Facebook event: http://bit.ly/aCTGo1

There are more than 15 million Asian Americans residing in the United States—the majority of whom are foreign born. The current immigration system is broken and there are more than 1.2 million undocumented Asian Americans in the United States today. Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) have a clear stake in Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR). In this panel, we hope to address some of the different immigration issues in our communities and increase visibility of AAPIs in the larger immigration debate. This event will serve to debrief the March for America demonstration on 3/21 and provide a forum for Congressional members to address the political landscape for CIR. We hope this event will galvanize the national AAPI community to ensure CIR for our families.

Confirmed Panelists:
Karen Narasaki - Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) - moderator

Prerna Lal - DREAMActivist.org founder, Change.org Blogger
Doua Thor - Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Hemi Kim - DC Director,  National Korean American Service and Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
Ben de Guzman - Policy Director, KAYA - Filipino Americans for Progress; Co-Programs Director, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), National Coordinator, National Alliance for Filipino Veterans Equity (NAFVE)

Keynote address
Congressman Mike Honda (confirmed for opening remarks)

Co-sponsors:

Campus Progress
DreamActivist
Change.org
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
South Asians for Opportunity (SAFO)
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)
Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA)
National Alliance for Filipino Veterans Equity (NAFVE)

Southeast Asian Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

Special Thank Yous:
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC)
Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC)