An invitation to an event from the Asia Society Northern California:

Asian American Political Clout: A Post-Election Analysis
November 15, 2011 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
PPIC Bechtel Conference Center, 500 Washington Street, 1st floor, San
Francisco, CA

A growing and increasingly organized Asian American population has
raised its profile on the San Francisco political stage. This year Ed

Korean Resource Center

Development Director

Job Title: Development Director

Salary and Benefits: DOE; full health benefits package

Position Status: Full-time

Start Date: As soon as position is filled

Website: www.krcla.org

Organizational Description:

Korean Resource Center (KRC) was founded in 1983 to empower Korean American
community through a holistic model that combines education and social
services with effective community organizing and policy advocacy.

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the White House Council on Women and Girls and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders invite you to a nationwide conference call on AAPI women’s issues this Friday, May 13^th from 2:30pm -3:30pm Eastern.  Tina Tchen, Chief of Staff to the First Lady and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls, Lynn Rosenthal, White House Adviser on Violence Against Women, and other senior officials from the Departments of Labor and Heal

Here's some interesting news out of New Jersey. Former mayor of Edison, Jun Choi, has announced that he is running for Congress in the state's 7th district, a district that Obama actually carried.

"I'm running for Congress because we need to revitalize New Jersey and America's middle class," Choi said in a statement released today.