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Meet Mansimran: Immigrant teen overcomes bullying

Fri, 01/20/2012 - 15:17
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CAPAC Updates: Immigration Enforcement and Minority Health Disparities

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 13:31

Last week, the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) issued two press releases. One was a joint statement with the TriCaucus - which is made up of CAPAC, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus - calling for renewed investment in to the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities. The other was a press release supporting President Obama's administration for its newly released policy prioritizing criminal immigrant deportations and allowing current deportation proceedings to be placed under case-by-case review.


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Represent

Wed, 07/06/2011 - 00:21

There are not enough women or minorities in office, and there should be. Yes, I am saying this because I am a South Asian woman living in the US.


Unlike the woman in the DSK story, most immigrant women are afraid to report sexual assault

Thu, 06/16/2011 - 09:29

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Native American identity & rights - past, present and 2049

Wed, 05/18/2011 - 09:11

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"Nothing is as sweet as self-determination." - Zia, a character in Breakthrough's America 2049.


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Momentum is building for immigration reform

Mon, 05/16/2011 - 08:54

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Could the conversation about immigration finally be changing?


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Jun Choi runs for Congress

Tue, 05/10/2011 - 05:47

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.


How 'Un-American' are Peter King's Congressional Hearings?

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 13:24

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Democratic Caucus Seeks Qualified Candidates for Immediate Full-time Internship Opportunities

Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:41

Democratic Caucus Seeks Qualified Candidates for Immediate Full-time
Internship Opportunities

The Democratic Caucus of the US House of Representatives seeks qualified
candidates for full-time internships.

Successful applicants will be bright, highly motivated and have strong
academic records as well as an interest in public policy. Interns will be
directly engaged with the Caucus’ work and will perform a variety of duties
that are essential to the office. These range from administrative duties


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Full and Part-Time UNPAID Internships in Office of Representative Michael M. Honda (CA-15)

Fri, 02/18/2011 - 11:39

Experience Capitol Hill with a Congressional Internship! Democratic
Congressman Mike Honda (CA-15) seeks unpaid interns for the Spring of
2011. Spring interns will work from April 4 to the end of June. As
an intern, your primary responsibility will be to support and assist
the staff and serve the people of the 15th Congressional District of
California. Duties may include but are not limited to data entry,
researching policies and programs to draft correspondence to
constituents, attending hearings and briefings for staff, providing


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