This information comes to us via Jo Quiambao of the Filipino advocacy group, Katarungan.

There will be a rally TODAY (8/9/11) from 2 - 5pm in front of the White House to support the Filipino teachers of Prince George County that have had their wages stolen and are now faced with deportation.

Celebrating LGBT Pride & AAPI Heritage Month

Cross-posted at White House Blog

Posted by Hector Vargas on May 25, 2011 at 09:07 AM EDT

On Sunday, May 2nd, please join Asian Pacific Americans for Progress as we host our annual State of Asian Pacific America House Party. We are pleased to announce that Kalpen Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Congressmembers Mike Honda (CA-15) and Judy Chu (CA-32) and other noted guests, will be joining us, via conference call, for the nationwide event.

Meet Cat Bao Le! She's helping to naturalize legal permanent residents in the Vietnamese and Montagnard community in Charlotte, North Carolina. After the jump learn a little bit more about the unique challenges that come with organizing the AAPI community in the South.

Coming off their successful dinner with President Obama, the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies released this report. It shows a record number of Asian Americans running for Congress, 21 Democrats and 4 Republicans. It's a diverse list with many potentially good races for progressives. Some of the heavy-hitters include Tammy Duckworth in IL, Ami Bera and Mark Takano in CA and Grace Meng in NY:

Crosspost from US Department of Labor  http://www.dol.gov/summerjobs/:

Do you bleed blue? Do you identify as Asian American (including South Asian American), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and are looking for ways to help reelect Obama? Do you want to help elect progressive AANHPI candidates in your own backyard and around the country? 

If you answered yes to any of the questions above then we have the happy hour for you! Click here to sign up for the "Bleeding Blue: AAPIs for Reelecting Obama Kickoff 6PM on May 7th".