In response to several requests to make the subtitled videos available
for download in addition to viewable on YouTube, Michael Novak has
uploaded high resolution and/or "broadcast quality" versions to his web
page.  These are very large files, so download may take a little time,
but Michael says the download speed on his site is quite high.

To download videos of Barack, Michelle, Maya, and supporter created
content with Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and Vietnamese subtitles, please
visit http://tertia.mnovak.com/obama/.

United for Obama’s Si Se Puede Cambiar music video is getting a lot of attention from voters and the press.  The Latino-Asian American coalition group’s project is getting mentions in Texas press and has been played on Telemundo stations across the state.

The Austin Chronicle had high words of praise:

Andrés Useche Sings for ‘Change’ (the Obama Kind)

We freely admit to having teared up at the end of
a recent Obama campaign ad, so it goes without saying that we were just
about wrecked by a four-minute-long Spanish-language music video
promoting cross-cultural support of Barack titled "Si Se Puede Cambiar (Yes We Can Change)".

The video was originally intended for Spanish-speaking Texans but, as
with seemingly all things in life, this one’s gone viral – netting a
national audience and 50,000 hits in three days.

Produced by filmmakers Eric Byler (AMERICANese) and Annabel Park for United for Obama, an Asian-American and Latino organization, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" features singer-songwriter Andrés Useche
woefully asking (in Spanish) "What did FEMA do after Katrina?" and
"What was the purpose of this war?", played out over black & white
photos of flood victims and the commander-in-chief in that dumbass
flight suit. Oh, and Kal Penn, too! We’re sold.

- Kimberley Jones

Buttons
http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/bt26921.htm

Stickers
http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/st26920-50.htm

Bumper sticker
http://store.barackobama.com/product_p/bs26938.htm

The campaign has set up a terrific online phone banking tool for calling AAPIs in Texas.  The South Asian tool is up and running, and the Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean tools will be available shortly.

If you’re interested in calling South Asian voters in Texas, visit the following link:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/contact/splash/calltxsouthasian

Dallas Fort Worth 

Asian Americans for Obama

Asian Americans for Obama

Meet and Greet

with Special Obama Supporter

The Honorable Norman Mineta

former Member of Congress and Secretary of Transportation

Saturday, March 1st

2:30 PM

Shui Wah Chinese Restaurant

400 N. Greenville Avenue - Suite 11

Richardson, Texas 75081

RSVP shinoda114@gmail.com

From SAJAforum, the newsy SAJA blog - new desi stuff daily: http://www.sajaforum.org

Please tell your friends - this is a worldwide event - especially in next week’s primary states: Texas, Ohio, Vermont, Delaware

SAJA Briefing on the 2008 Elections
Thursday, Feb. 28, 3-4 pm, NY/Washington time
http://blogtalkradio.com/saja

A discussion with senior South Asian American supporters of Senators Clinton and Obama. You can send questions in advance to saja@columbia.edu. As always, you are welcome to quote from anything said during these webcasts. In a future segment, we will hear from senior supporters of Senator McCain.

Join us for this discussion - live on your computer at http://blogtalkradio.com/saja (or by dialing into 347-324-5991, a NYC number) and ask questions, or listen to an archived recording (posted an hour after the event).

Our special guests:

PREETA BANSAL, former Solicitor General of New York State; a past lawyer in the Clinton White House and Justice Department; and a member of several Obama national policy committees and outreach teams

NEERA TANDEN, policy director for the Clinton campaign; former legislative director for Senator Clinton; former senior vice president at the Center for American Progress.

Also joining us will be TOBY CHAUDHURI, director of communications for the Campaign for America’s Future and former deputy secretary for the Al Gore campaign in 2000 - he will explain how the delegate/superdelegate structure works and other intricacies of the electoral process.

MODERATOR: Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, SAJA co-founder and Columbia Journalism School dean of student affairs

Thursday, Feb. 28, 3-4 pm NY/Washington time [see your local time worldwide at http://snurl.com/20jnd ]

LISTEN LIVE OR TO A RECORDING:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/saja/2008/02/28/SAJA-BRIEFING-2008-Democratic-Race

Send us questions in the chatroom during the show, or in advance, via e-mail.

WHAT:

"Stand for Change" Rally with Barack Obama

WHEN:

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Gates Open: 6:00 p.m.

Program Begins: 8:00 p.m.

WHERE:

Fort Worth Convention Center

1201 Houston Street

Fort Worth, TX 76102

HOW:

Click below to RSVP

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/ftworth

The event is free and open to the public. Tickets are not
required, but an RSVP is strongly encouraged. Admission is first-come,
first-served. To RSVP, please sign up on the form to the right.

For security reasons, do not bring bags. Please limit personal items. No signs or banners are permitted.

To keep track of the articles, op-eds, letters to the editors, and
other features related to Asian Americans for Obama cropping up in the media, we’ve added a new feature:  the Media and Press link under Supporter Toolkit on the right side menu of this webpage.

Just a sampling of the featured articles include:

1) Senator Obama’s Op-Ed to Run on Feb. 29, 2008 in India Abroad
Barack writes, "I will be a President who draws upon the energy and expertise of the Indian-American community.

2) "The American Dream," AAPI Grassroots Ad Running in Korea Daily and Korea Times
This
independently funded advertisement appears from February 20-26, and contains a statement of endorsements
from AAPI community leaders across America.

3) "Why Obama Is the Best Change Leader," Op-Ed by Dr. Benham Tabrizi (organizational change management expert) in Korea Times, Feb. 22, 2008

4) Op-Ed by Susan Ahn Cuddy, daughter of first Korean married immigrants, in Korea Times, Feb. 19, 2008

5) "Obama’s Better Judgment on the Iraq War," Op-Ed by Anthony K. Lee in Korea Daily, Feb. 18, 2008, page A-2

In the upcoming days, we’ll be adding new content.  Please send Angelica Jongco pdf’s or links to articles, op-eds, and letters to the editors that you think should be featured.

To keep track of the articles, op-eds, letters to the editors, and
other features related to Asian Americans for Obama cropping up in the media, we’ve added a new feature:  the Media and Press link under Supporter Toolkit on the right side menu of this webpage.

Just a sampling of the featured articles include:

1) Senator Obama’s Op-Ed to Run on Feb. 29, 2008 in India Abroad
Barack writes, "I will be a President who draws upon the energy and expertise of the Indian-American community.

2) "The American Dream," AAPI Grassroots Ad Running in Korea Daily and Korea Times
This
independently funded advertisement appears from February 20-26, and contains a statement of endorsements
from AAPI community leaders across America.

3) "Why Obama Is the Best Change Leader," Op-Ed by Dr. Benham Tabrizi (organizational change management expert) in Korea Times, Feb. 22, 2008

4) Op-Ed by Susan Ahn Cuddy, daughter of first Korean married immigrants, in Korea Times, Feb. 19, 2008

5) "Obama’s Better Judgment on the Iraq War," Op-Ed by Anthony K. Lee in Korea Daily, Feb. 18, 2008, page A-2

In the upcoming days, we’ll be adding new content.  Please send Angelica Jongco pdf’s or links to articles, op-eds, and letters to the editors that you think should be featured.

Sen. Dan Inouye apologized yesterday for disparaging comments he made about the school Barack Obama attended in Hawai’i.

The senior Senator from Hawai’i and supporter of Sen. Clinton did not apologize to Sen. Obama, but to the president of Punahou School, Obama’s alma mater, in a letter.  He was sorry for his "inappropriate use of words," according to press reports.

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