APA for Progress Boston is proud to host a conversation with Cambridge City Councilor Leland Cheung. We'll talk with Leland about his political campaign, his early experiences as a city councilor, and political activism in the Greater Boston Asian community.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

7:30pm - 8:30pm

Boylston Hall, Harvard Yard

On Mass Ave, across the street from Qdoba (1280 Mass Ave)

From Sampan Newspaper: "Cheung was elected this past November as the city’s first Asian American to serve in its legislative body. In a crowded field of 21 candidates, the 31-year-old Cheung scored an impressive victory and unseated an incumbent from the nine-member panel. "Cheung’s election was not only a racial breakthrough, but also an encouraging sign for bridging the gap between the city’s transient student population and its longtime residents. Between working on a management degree at MIT and a policy degree at Harvard, he is the first student to successfully win the two-year post on the council. "Cheung’s campaign effectively used a combination of online social networking and door-to-door messaging to galvanize students, the Asian community (which makes up roughly 12 per cent of the city’s 100,000 population without counting students), and residents who resonated with his campaign themes of greening the city, job creation, and connecting students to the community."

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