DEADLINE: MAY 10TH

Thank you for attending Asian Pacific Americans for Progress's (APAP) STATE OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICA HOUSE PARTY 2010 with the White House's Kalpen Modi and Kiran Ahuja, Congressman Mike Honda and Judy Chu and Marissa Graciosa and Ami Bera. Please fill out this survey if you hosted a house party or attended one as a guest to let us know how your party went. We will be sending a summary of your answers in a cumulative report to the White House following the closing of the survey on May 10th.

POSTING A BLOG ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS

To host party hosts, thanks for opening your home and/or office to our members. Please encourage the attendees to fill out the survey monkey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/apaphouse

Also, please put up pictures and a blog post on your party. Just follow these simple steps.

1.) sign up for an account. (If you are shy, you can create an alias)

2.) hit create content or create blog entry

Kalpen Modi - Association Director, White House Office of Public Engagement

1.) SCHEDULE FOR MAY 2ND CALL

Please note the call will start at 1:30 pm Pacific or 4:30 pm Eastern and will last for approximately 30 minutes. Since your party starts at the top of the hour, that will give you guests 30 minutes to arrive late and/or settle in and review any materials you may have for them. That leaves the second hour of the event for your guests to stay and talk.

1.) INTRODUCTIONS - APAP (1 minute)

2.) WHITE HOUSE (10 minutes)

Please find the following materials for your house party:

Please visit the Facebook page for updates.

A great night of firsts! In Atlanta, GA, voters elected Alex Wan, the first gay man and first Asian American to serve on the city council, and Simone Bell, the first openly lesbian African American state legislator in the United States.

From the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program newsletter:

Link to the executive order that restores the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and also video of the signing ceremony including the terrific performance by Penn Masala

Just in:

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of Media Affairs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 9, 2009  

ADVISORY: President Obama to Sign Executive Order on White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Wednesday