Our Chinese language and culture class recently came under fire from Tea Party activists because some of the books we may use come from China.  The issue has been covered by the LA Times, AP and Fox News.  More recently, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart aired a segment on the controversy, and interviewed me for it as well.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-7-2010/socialism-studies

On July 14th, the San Gabriel Valley is set to do something that has never been done before: send a Chinese American woman to Congress. Barring the inconceivable, Board of Equalization Vice-Chair (and Democrat) Judy Chu will win the seat vacated by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, as a result of her resounding victory in the open primary held on May 19th.

The following is the keynote address given by Jay Chen at the Asian Pacific Graduation for the University of Southern California, held on May 14th 2009 at the Fischer Art Gallery, South Lawn.

Good evening Trojans. It's a pleasure to be here, and I want to thank the Asian Pacific Alumni Association, Asian Pacific American Student Assembly, and Asian Pacific American Student Services for inviting me to share in this celebration with you all.

Cross-posted by Jay Chen (Board member, Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District), pictured here with Maya Soetoro-Ng, Konrad Ng, and Karen Chang.