Great news, everyone! We just got confirmation that Kalpen Modi from the White House's Office of Public Engagement will be joining us, via conference call, on the May 2nd event. It's still not too late to sign up to host your own party. You can hear from reps from the White House, the Congress and the grassroots on the state of the AAPI community. (We will be confirming additional speakers this week, as well.)

If you are interested in hosting a party, just send us your following information:

1.) address of your party

2.) if it is public or private

3.) if it is public, please provide a contact email. (We will list the email on our website and not the actual address.)

To help with your planning, we will have an optional conference call on Sunday, April 18th for anyone with questions. We will go over logistics and expectations on that call. (Please note, this number is only for the prep call. You will be receiving a separate toll-free call in number closer to the date.)

HOUSE PARTY PREP CALL

Sunday, April 18th

start time: 7 pm PST/10 pm EST

end time: 7:45 pm PST/10:45 pm EST 

call-in number - 218-486-1611

code - 522010

Materials for your house party will also be available on our website for download by April 18th. Please check for updates at apaforprogress.org

Finally, here is the revised Save the Date email. Feel free to forward it to friends, families and other contacts!

STATE OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICA HOUSE PARTY 2010

w/ the White House's Kalpen Modi

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, will be joining us for the nationwide conference call. In addition, we're waiting to confirm two more exciting speakers. On the call, we'll be getting updates from the White House, Congress and grassroots activists on the progress we made this past year.

WHAT: State of Asian Pacific America House Party 2010

WHO: Hosted by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress

DATE: Sunday, May 2, 2010

TIME: 4-6 pm EST, 1-3 pm PST, 10 am - 12 pm Hawaii

Cosponsored by the United States Student Association - National Asian Pacific American Student Caucus

HOSTING A PARTY

Consider hosting a party. It's easy. Just gather 12-20 friends, family members or co-workers and call into our conference call. You can even provide snacks or make it a potluck.

On the call, each guest will speak for a few minutes and then take a question or two. Afterwards, we hope you and the attendees at your party will discuss what issues are important to you and then to write up a report and post it on the APAP website with pictures. This will become a record of the issues that AAPI's around the country are talking about. We'll even submit a report to the Obama administration.

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS FOR PROGRESS

Asian Pacific Americans for Progress is a national network of progressive Asian Americans and allies.  As a 501(c)4, our main goals are educational including, screenings, townhalls and trainings. Since our founding in 2004, as part of the Howard Dean campaign, we have gone on to host national house parties with Dean, Senator John Kerry, Congressman Mike Honda, Elizabeth Edwards and others. We have also organized trainings, townhalls and community forums around the country. In 2009, we produced our first documentary, "Vincent Who?"

For more information and a list of parties, go to: apaforprogress.org

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