An invitation to an event from the Asia Society Northern California:

Asian American Political Clout: A Post-Election Analysis
November 15, 2011 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
PPIC Bechtel Conference Center, 500 Washington Street, 1st floor, San
Francisco, CA

A growing and increasingly organized Asian American population has
raised its profile on the San Francisco political stage. This year Ed
Lee became the first Asian American mayor in San Francisco history,
and more Asian American candidates than ever are competing in this
year’s elections.

Are these numbers and the growing prominence of Asian American
politicians likely to grow? How are Asian Americans in the community —
as voters, as candidates, as donors, and as activists — reshaping
local politics? Can we expect to see these trends more broadly, in
California and in national politics? Given the diversity of the Asian
American community — in language, national origin, cultural identity,
political preferences — to what extent can we speak of "Asian American
politics" at all?

For more information, visit
http://asiasociety.org/calendars/asian-american-political-clout-post-election-analysis.
Please register at https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=fdae0b or (415)
421-8707. $5 for Asia Society Members, students, and seniors; $10 for
non-members

Speakers:
Douglas Chan, Partner, Chan & Welch, LLP (moderator)
David Lee, Executive Director, Chinese American Voters Education
Committee (CAVEC)
Taeku Lee, Professor and Chairman of Political Science, University of
California, Berkeley
Janelle Wong, Professor of Political Science, University of Southern
California
Samson Wong, Columnist, AsianWeek.com

Sponsored by Southwest Airlines

Co-sponsored by Ascend, the Asian American Women Artists Association,
the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association
(APAPA), the Asian Studies Department of the City College of San
Francisco, the Japan Policy Research Institute and the Center on the
Pacific Rim at USF, the Organization of Chinese Americans-San
Francisco Bay chapter (OCA-SF), and the St