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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, Congressmembers Mike Honda (CA-15) and Judy Chu (CA-32) and other noted guests, will be joining us, via conference call, for the nationwide event. 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
· Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement
· Mike Honda, Congressmember (CA-15), Chair of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
· Judy Chu, Congressmember (CA-32)
· Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
· Ami Bera, Candidate for U.S. Congress (CA-03)
· Marissa Graciosa, Director, Fair Immigration Reform Movement
Kappa Phi Lambda
United States Student Association - National Asian Pacific American Student Caucus
Network of Indian Professionals
National Council for Chinese Americans
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.
CLICK HERE FOR "HOW TO HOST A HOUSE PARTY"
CLICK HERE FOR "SUGGESTED TIMELINE FOR ORGANIZING A PARTY"
CLICK HERE FOR "FAQ's ABOUT HOUSE PARTIES"
CLICK HERE FOR "MATERIALS"
CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR HOUSE PARTY SPEAKERS.
*CLICK HERE FOR TIPS ON POSTING ON APAP'S WEB SITE
*CLICK HERE FOR POST-CALL SURVEY
PROGRAM SCHEDULE (all times are Eastern)
4:00 pm - introductions, mingle with guests, serve food
4:30 pm - phone call with special guests, including brief Q & A
5:00 pm - begin small group discussion with provided questions
5:45 pm - wrap up discussion
6:00 pm - post your pictures and stories on our website; submit your survey back to APAP
HOUSE PARTIES (as of April 27, 2010. More details to come)
To host a party, email curtis at apaforprogress.org
| HOST | Contact for directions and info |
ARiZONA |
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Tempe | Zeenat Hasan | private |
CALIFORNIA |
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Atherton | Sophia Yen | apafp@apaforprogress.org |
Berkeley | Mary Nicely, Van Nguyen, APA Dem Club | mnicely@nicelydone.com |
Berkeley | UC Berkeley (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
Garden Grove | Kawen Young | private |
Glendale | Sara Sadhwani, APAP-LA | ssadhwani@apalc.org |
Los Angeles (Chinatown) | Chinese American Citizens Alliance | suellenck@aol.com |
Los Angeles (Westside) | Kris Cuarasemo Prim | private |
Monterey Park | Henry Lo | generasian_xer@yahoo.com |
Palo Alto | Stanford AA Student Assoc. Tina Duong | tinaduong2012@stanford.edu |
Riverside | UCR (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
Sacramento | UCS (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
San Francisco | API Wellness | Stephanie@apiwellness.org, das@apiwellness.org |
San Francisco | Hasan Diwan | hasan.diwan@gmail.com |
San Francisco | Grande Lum | grandelum@gmail.com |
Santa Barbara | UCSB (USSA) | greg@apaforprogres.org |
Santa Cruz | UCSC (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
Westwood | UCLA (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
COLORADO |
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Denver | APAP Colorado | ppl_peng@yahoo.com, james.y.chiu2008@gmail.com |
CONNECTICUT |
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New Britain | Elizabeth Strauss | elizabeth@cthealth.org |
D.C. |
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Washington (Chinatown) | Patrice Yao, APAP-DC | patrice.yao@gmail.com |
Washington (Dupont) | Aivina Yeh, Mable Kong | alvina@apiavote.org, mkong112@gmail.com |
Washington | George Washington U. (KPL) | kplstarburst@gmail.com |
FLORIDA |
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Miami | NET-IP | npaarth9@gmail.com |
IDAHO |
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Pocatello | Michi Kawakami | private |
ILLINOIS |
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Chicago | Theresa Mah | tmahtmah@gmail.com |
Evanston | Northwestern (KPL) | sway.kpl@gmail.com, kpl.bolt@gmail.com, mpel.kpl@gmail.com |
Urbana | Renee Chacko | chacko.renee@gmail.com |
INDIANA |
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Bloomington | Asian Cultural Center | acc@indiana.edu |
KANSAS |
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Lawrence | Maruel Unrein | Maruel.unrein@gmail.com |
Wichita | Doris Chang, Dave Mason | drmason1986@gmail.com |
MARYLAND |
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Baltimore | University of Maryland, Baltimore County (KPL) | kpl.sicily@gmail.com, kpl.solace@gmail.com |
MASSACHUSETTS |
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Boston | APAP Boston | Michellle@apaforprogress.org |
Northhampton | Judy Lei | private |
MICHIGAN |
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Detroit | Sally Kim | private |
Grand Rapids | Christina Fong | christina@ogreogress.com |
MINNESOTA |
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Minneapolis | Sia Moua | siamoua@gmail.com |
MISSOURI |
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St. Louis | Lilian Doan | Ldoan1@gmail.com |
NEBRASKA |
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Omaha | Chelsea Kawakami | chelseakawakami@yahoo.com |
NEVADA |
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Reno | Jesse Danen | private |
Reno | Gabriel Matute Uy | gabematute@yahoo.com |
NEW JERSEY |
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New Brunswick | Rutgers (KPL) | kplmystique@gmail.com |
NEW MEXICO |
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Carolyn Chan | Chinese American Citizens Alliance | CAROCHAN@aol.com |
NEW YORK |
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Binghamton | Calvin Prashad | calvin.prashad@gmail.com |
Buffalo | University of Buffalo (KPL) | Chastity.kpl@gmail.com, kpl.lianna@gmail.com |
New York | APAP New York | theresat@apaforprogress.org |
New York | New York University (KPL) | kpl.delure@gmail.com, kpl.tnt@gmail.com, kpl.shatter@gmail.com |
NORTH CAROLINA |
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Durham | Zach Chen (NCCA) | potterygod@gmail.com |
OHIO |
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Cleveland | Michael Byun | private |
Columbus | Rebecca Nelson, NETIP | rnelson@studentlife.osu.edu |
Columbus | Ohio State (KPL) | kplzromeo@gmail.com |
OREGON |
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Corvallis | Sandy Tsuneyoshi | sandy.tsuneyoshi@oregonstate.edu |
Eugene | Joseph Mak | jason.d.mak@gmail.com |
Eugene | University of Oregon (USSA) | greg@apaforprogress.org |
Portland | Carmen Madrid | madcat67@gmail.com |
PENNSYLVANIA |
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Bensalem | Ernie Gange | erniegange@aol.com |
Horsham | Han Pan | Hanpan48@gmail.com |
Philadelphia | Stella Tsai, Farzin Khan | farzin@apaforprogress.org |
Philadelphia | Chinese for Families | info@chineseforfamilies.com |
Pittsburgh | NETIP | npaarth9@gmail.com |
TENNESSEE |
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Nashville | Tuan Ta | tuan.t.ta@gmail.com |
TEXAS |
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Arlington | David Bruce Jones | private |
Austin | Jaya Soni | jayasoni@yahoo.com |
Austin | Sonia Kotecha (NET-IP) | sonia.kotecha@gmail.com |
Dallas | Vishal Chander | vchander@chanderlaw.com |
Houston | Gordon Quan | gquan@fosterquan.com |
San Antonio | Charlie Zhao (NCCA) | private |
UTAH |
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Holiday | Fahina Tavake-Pasi | private |
VIRGINIA |
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Falls Church | Rose Chu | rccmason@gmail.com |
WASHINGTON |
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Seattle | NAPAWF Seattle | ankimno@gmail.com |
Seattle | Akemi Matsumoto | akemiseattle@gmail.com |
Spokane | Ping Ping | ping9615@yahoo.com |
WISCONSIN |
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Madison | Daniel Allen, Nira Ly, Tim Yu | tpyu@wisc.edu, nira_ly@yahoo.com |
Milwaukee | Lorna Yeung | lornayoung@mindspring.com |
APAP is a national network of progressive Asian Americans and allies. We count on the support of our members and friends to continue our work of advancing progressive ideas. Please consider joining today.
Membership is just $20 per year and members receive discounts to events and merchandise.
| User | Points |
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| curtis | 1953 |
| ebeh | 1161 |
| Madhuri | 1145 |
| erinjerri | 1074 |
| oliveoil | 578 |
| spamfriedrice | 551 |
| Calvin Prashad | 358 |
| JennyG | 281 |
| jenn | 219 |
| chriswong | 190 |
Chinese American Citizens Alliance's AAPI House Party
May 2, 2010, Los Angeles Chinatown
Thirteen enthusiastic members attended the house party on May 2, 2010 at the Los Angeles Lodge of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (organized in 1912). We found that issues presented by the panelists are important and information they shared helpful. Two main topics of our discussion are: 1) Immigration reform, and 2) adequate API representation within the court system on all government levels. We emphasized our support for legal immigration and the importance of family reunification, at the same time we were concerned about the children of undocumented immigrants, and expressed our support for the passage of the DREAM ACT. The participants were extremely interested in endorsing the two Federal judgeship nominations and wished to urge Senate to approve the nominees Goodwin Liu and Edward Chen in a timely manner. Subsequently, a team of 15 delegates travelled to Washington D.C. and presented the Alliance’s positions for our lawmaker’s consideration.
More sufficient time for the panelists as well as Q & A session would be beneficial to our participants. Thank you very much for the opportunity.
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