From Lt. Dan Choi via the Courage Campaign:

Congratulations to the new top legal advisor to the State Department.  Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh has just been confirmed by the Senate to the post, overcoming months of stalling by the GOP, including an anonymous hold.

Please join APAP-DC with hosts Patrice Yao, Curtis Chin and Jeff Kim for dinner in Chinatown. It'll be a chance to catch up, but also discuss APAP plans for the future.

This Sunday, June 28th

6:00 pm 

Clyde's of Gallery Place

Dan Choi takes time out to discuss his Korean American upbringing and how being Asian American in the US Army has led him to some interesting conclusions about his identity as both an Asian male and a gay male. He also passionately discusses why "Dont' Ask, Don't Tell" is such a profoundly mistaken for the United States to continue pursuing.

So many things happening this week in health care! First, an incredible poll in the New York Times shows that most people support the  public option and are willing to pay higher taxes to make it happen. Check out the New York Times/CBS News poll. 

There's been a lot of news on our community and elected officials this past week.  Here's a roundup of some of the articles.

"Remembering Multiculturalism" by John Delloro, reposted from BeyondChron: San Francisco's Alternative Online Daily News.

  Starting top left (clock-wise): Al Robles, Richard Aoki, Him mark Lai, and Ron Takaki.

Write some compelling stuff in the APA For Progress blog, and maybe you too can be invited for a national TV appearance.  That's pretty much what happened to me this week.

Don't you hate seeing an exciting headline, going to the article and then realizing that you're not included in the discussion?  This happened again today and it pisses me off.

Hello all, this information was passed to me by a volunteer in John Choe's campaign.  John Choe is one of the more progressive candidates in a crowded race for the City Council seat for Flushing, New York.