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LGBT/Pride Week

June is LGBT pride month. We have a variety of queer AAPI's, friends, families and allies posting about their experiences. Thanks to Be DeGuzman, one of APAP's 2009 Unsung Heroes, for coordinating this special week of posts.

To help with our upcoming hate crimes/Vincent Chin week (June 21) or Pacific Islander week (Aug), please let us know. If you have a topic you or your agency would like to coordinate, email us.

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Join the Conversation with Secretary Mineta and other AAPI policy leaders!

Mon, 04/26/2010 - 09:22

To celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, APIAVote is kicking off the Norman Y. Mineta Leadership Institute (NYMLI) Speaker Series in Washington, D.C. This Speaker Series will bolster our NYM Leadership Institute, by bringing the dialogue about AAPI political involvement and political participation to a national stage. Chaired by the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, NYMLI's mission is to increase the leadership and organizing capacity of AAPI communities by training and equipping leaders with the skills to successfully engage AAPIs in electoral campaigns.


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Remarks by the President at AAPI Initiative Executive Order signing and Diwali event

Wed, 10/14/2009 - 15:30
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Link to the executive order that restores the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and also video of the signing ceremony including the terrific performance by Penn Masala


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Steven Chu Announces "Cash for Refrigerators"

Mon, 08/24/2009 - 10:18

Coming off the heals of the widely popular Cash for Clunkers program, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has just announced a new rebate program to help boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances.


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Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart!

Wed, 07/22/2009 - 23:13
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Steven Chu was on the Daily Show last Tuesday.  Did you miss it?

If you did (like me), definitely check it out here!


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100 Reasons to Celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month

Thu, 05/07/2009 - 14:34

Cross-posted by Jay Chen (Board member, Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District), pictured here with Maya Soetoro-Ng, Konrad Ng, and Karen Chang.

Jay Chen


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AAPI Presidential Appointments in the Obama Administration Update

Thu, 02/19/2009 - 15:23
white-house Most people have heard about Steven Chu being named Secretary of Energy and Eric Shinseki getting the Secretary of Veteran Affairs, but there are over 8,000 jobs to be filled in the Obama Administration and AAPI's are being named to some of those. APAP is currently compiling a list of AAPI's who have secured positions in the White House. Starting next Friday, we'll be providing bi-weekly updates on some of these people and their roles. So come check out the list. And if you know of anyone we should have listed, please let us know. You can send updates to PatriceYao@apaforprogress.org To read more about Steven Chu and Eric Shinseki, join us on the other side.

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President-Elect Obama Announces Environment and Energy Team

Tue, 12/16/2008 - 21:25

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Steven Chu: Next Energy Secretary!

Thu, 12/11/2008 - 21:08

Various news reports have confirmed that Nobel prize winning physicist and director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Steven Chu is President-Elect Obama's choice for Secretary of Energy. If chosen, Chu would one of the only people to hold the position with direct professional experience with energy and related issues (as opposed to the career politicians who typically have held the position). Chu has also been particularly outspoken on the need to develop alternative energy sources and to fight global warming.


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