PROGRESS REPORT (7/1/08 – 7/14/08)

1. Congratulations to APAP Board member Charmaine Manansala as AAPI Vote Director for the Obama Campaign! 
2. Denver anyone? 
3. New e-mail list management service

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

1. July 1 - New York - Asian American Civic Project Fundraiser
2. Fall 2008 - Nationwide - Vincent Who? Premiere

OTHER EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY

1. July 2 - San Francisco - Young Filipino Professionals Networking Mixer
2. July 9 - San Francisco - Asian Law Caucus Brownbag Series
3. July 10 - San Jose - South Bay First Thursdays
4. July 12 - San Francisco - Hyphen #14 Issue Release Party

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1. APAP would like to congratulate board member Charmaine Manansala on her new position as the AAPI Vote Director for the Obama Campaign! Charmaine will begin working with the campaign in Chicago on July 7. Please join us in wishing Charmaine all the best as she goes to Chicago and stay tuned for further updates as she works with us to engage AAPI voters nationwide!
2. Denver, anyone? - APAP is currently working with the DNC and Denver Convention Committee to put together a grassroots activist strategy meeting.  Please let us know if you'll be in Denver and would like to attend.  More details to come. 
3. APAP is currently searching for a new e-mail list management service that can handle our current volume of e-mail addresses. More details will be made available in our next edition, when we hope to have a new service established.

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1. July 1 - NYC - Asian American Civic Project Fundraiser. On July 1, 2008, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress PAC will be hosting a special Happy Hour to support the Asian American Civic Project, a new initiative to encourage more Asian Americans to pursue careers in politics and public service. The event will be held at Bann from 7:30PM to 9:30PM at 350 W 50th St, New York, 10019, between 8th & 9th Ave, in Worldwide plaza. Please consider joining the Host Committee and feel free to invite friends and colleagues. Minimum $20 donation requested. (There will be top shelf cocktail specials for $5!) For more information, please check out our website (http://www.apapipeline.org) You can pre-register for the event at: http://www.actblue.com/page/apapipelinenyc and RSVP at Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=30863588920
2. 2. Fall 2008 - Nationwide - Vincent Who? Premiere. This fall, APAP will premiere its first film, Vincent Who? at film festivals and college campuses around the country.  The film is about the impact of the Vincent Chin case on the development of an Asian American community. It explores coalition building, hate crimes and poliitcal empowerment. If you would like to bring the film and filmmakers to your school or community group, please contact us.  At this point, we're planning trips to Boston, DC, upstate NY, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas, North Carolina and Seattle.  Email us for more details at apafp@apaforprogress.  To donate to the film, please go to: http://apaforprogress.org/wordpress/?page_id=6

1. July 2 - San Francisco -  Young Filipino Professionals Networking Mixer. 6 PM. Otis, 25 Maiden Lane, San Francisco * Co-hosted by the Filipino Bar Association of Northern California (FBANC). http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/812654/
2. July 9 - San Francisco -  Asian Law Caucus Brownbag Series: ICE RAIDS: THE GREAT IMMIGRATION PANIC. Presented by Sin Yen Ling (Staff Attorney). An escalating campaign of raids in homes and workplaces has spread indiscriminate terror among millions of people who pose no threat. The recent Iowa raids at the Agriprocessors, Inc. meatpacking plant, netting some 400 workers, led to 270 immigrants facing five months of jail time for using false documents for work. In 2006, the Swift raids, happening across several states including Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota led to the arrests of some 1,200 workers in one single day. In May 2008, ICE in the Bay Area conducted raids at a chain restaurant called El Balazo and conducted home raids near Elementary Schools in Oakland and Berkeley. Join us for a discussion on Asian Law Caucus’ involvement in representing the El Balazo workers and parents who were victims of the school raids from 12PM to 1:15PM at the Asian Law Caucus on 939 Market Street, Suite 201 (2 nd Floor) in San Francisco , CA 94103. (415) 896-1701. If you’d like to attend, email Angela Chan at angelac@asianlawcaucus.org.
3. July 10 - San Jose - South Bay First Thursdays. Thursday, July 10, 6:30 p.m. Overworked and Underpaid in the Silicon Valley Ironworkers Hall, South Bay Labor Council, 2102 Almaden Road, Room 110, San Jose * What's it like being a rat in the race when you do mostly invisible and unrespected work? Or when labor is back-breaking instead of paper pushing? http://tinyurl.com/55d3rn
4. July 12 - San Francisco - Hyphen #14 Issue Release Party. 9 p.m. 111 Minna, San Francisco * Always a good party. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=46297175012

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