WHEN ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS VOTE, DEMOCRATS WIN

OBAMA/BIDEN AAPI VOTE TEAM/ COMMUNITY EVENTS

Updated: Thursday, October 23, 2008

All events are local time unless otherwise indicated.

 
Florida

Weekly Florida State AAPI Conference Calls
Date: EVERY TUESDAY starting September 30, 2008 at 7:30 pm or 8:30 pm EST
Details: This will be a weekly call to provide campaign updates, activities and for AAPI leaders to discuss and share activities.
Contact: Sid Salvi, sidsalvi@gmail.com to RSVP and for more information.

Congressman Mike Honda meets Asian Americans in South Florida
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 11 am
Location: Fashion District in Miami
Address: 525 NE 28 Street, Miami, FL
Contact: Winnie Tang - 305-753-8791 - winnievhtang@aol.com
Details: A Day with Congressman Mike Honda in South Florida
Specifically calling for support for Senators Obama-Biden
Special Guest: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of DNC APIA Caucus

Congressman Mike Honda meets Asian Americans in South Florida
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 2 pm
Location: LEASA Industries Co., Inc.
Address: 2450 NW 76 Street, Miami, FL 33147
Contact: Winnie Tang - 305-753-8791 - winnievhtang@aol.com
Details: A Day with Congressman Mike Honda in South Florida
Specifically calling for support for Senators Obama-Biden
Special Guest: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of DNC APIA Caucus

Congressman Mike Honda meets Asian Americans in South Florida
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: NANAY Community Center
Address: 659 NE 125 Street, North Miami, FL 33161
Contact: Winnie Tang - 305-753-8791 - winnievhtang@aol.com
Details: A Day with Congressman Mike Honda in South Florida
Specifically calling for support for Senators Obama-Biden
Special Guest: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of DNC APIA Caucus 

Congressman Mike Honda meets Asian Americans in South Florida
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Bamboo Garden Banquet Hall
Address: 1232 NE 163 Street, North Miami, FL 33162
Contact: Winnie Tang - 305-753-8791 - winnievhtang@aol.com
Details: A Day with Congressman Mike Honda in South Florida
Specifically calling for support for Senators Obama-Biden
Special Guest: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of DNC APIA Caucus 

Asian American Civil Rights Discussion
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: tbd
Location: New College of Florida in Sarasota
Details: Specifically calling for support for Senators Obama-Biden
Contact: Dr. Edward Lin elin@ingenious.com

Attorney Poll Watcher Trainings
Date: October 25 at 10 am and 2pm
Location: University of Miami Law School, Room F309
Address: 1311 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL
Contact: Jenette Mathai - jmathai@solambitlaw.com or 202-276-2851 - www.flademlawyers.org for training material
Details: Obama/Biden campaign recruits attorneys to ensure that every vote is counted in this upcoming election 

Attorney Poll Watcher Trainings
Date: October 25 at 2 pm
Location: University of Miami Law School, Room F309
Address: 1311 Miller Drive, Coral Gables, FL
Contact: Jenette Mathai - jmathai@solambitlaw.com or 202-276-2851 - www.flademlawyers.org for training material
Details: Obama/Biden campaign recruits attorneys to ensure that every vote is counted in this upcoming election 

House Party Hosted By Alex Galvan
12136 Kansas Brooksville, FL 34614
352-279-5336 agalvan@doctor.com

House Party Hosted By Ali Seyfettin Erbay
211 Southwest Place FL 33060
(954) 632-971860 dr_erbay@hotmail.com

Minnesota

Weekly Minnesota AAPI Conference Calls
Date: Thursdays at 6:00 pm CST
Details: This will be a weekly call to provide campaign updates, activities and for AAPI leaders to discuss and share activities.
Contact: Ann Kalayil, apkalayil@gmail.com to RSVP.

Voter Registration
Date: every weekend until November 2nd
Location: Hmong International Market Location 217 Como Avenue, St. Paul, MN
Details: If you are interested in helping to register voters and generate support for Barack Obama’s candidacy, come to the Hmong Internatoinal Market Location. 

Phone Banking the South Asian Community
Date: October 23, 2008 (dates may change and more will be added)
Time: 5:30-9:00 pm
Location: Obama Office - 1389 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN
Details: We have already made almost 2000 calls to the Indian American community - help us reach out to more folks and help us ID voters and get volunteers for the final push to November 4th.
Contact: Shivanthi Sathanandan at 651-698-0774 or email alhaja7@yahoo.com

Phone Banking the Hmong Community
Dates : TBD
Location: Obama Office - 1389 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN
Details: Help us reach out to more folks and help us ID voters and get volunteers for the final push to November 4th.
Contact: Lee Pao Xiong at xiong@csp.edu

Phone Banking the Indian American and South Asian communities
Dates : Thursday, October 23, Tuesday, October 28, and Thursday, October 30 from 5:30-9pm
Location: Wright Building- 2233 University Avenue, Saint Paul, MN 55114
Details: This year, when Barack Obama wins MN, we should be able to proudly say that we, as Asian Indians, truly did everything we could to get every possible voter from our community to vote for Obama, Madia, and all of our other DFL candidates statewide. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Obama are holding targeted phone banks for the Asian Indian Community this Thursday! PHONE BANK: Asian Indians Get Out the Vote for Obama & DFL Candidates! DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.

It makes a difference when we, as Indians, personally call members of our own community. We want as many Asian Indian community members as possible to join us to call other Asian Indians statewide and encourage them to get out and vote for Obama and all of our DFL candidates this year.

WE NEED YOUR HELP! We have hundreds of pages of people to call in the Indian Community. PLEASE JOIN US, EVEN IF YOU CAN’T BE THERE RIGHT AT 5:30 PM!

Contact: Prem Shunmugavelu (202) 486- 8831 

Voice Your Power Rally with Congressman Mike Honda
Date: October 25, 2008
Time: 12 noon-2 pm
Location: St. Paul Central High School- 275 Lexington Parkway N., near I-94 and Lexington
Details: Come Voice Your Power with DNC Vice-Chair Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA). This Rally will feature multiple elected officials from the state of MN, community leader and your fellow members of the AAPI community. After the rally, we’ll be knocking on doors from 2-5pm. Volunteers will be provided lunch.
Contact: Yee Chang - yee@yeechang.com

Canvass with Congressman Mike Honda
Date: October 25, 2008
Time: 2pm-4pm
Location: St. Paul, MN
Details: Come help knock doors with DNC Vice-Chair Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA) with members of the AAPI community as well as help knock doors of folks in the AAPI community.
Contact: Yee Chang - yee@yeechang.com

MN Phone Banking the Indian American and South Asian Communities
Date: Thursday, October 30th at 5:30pm
Location: Wright Building, St. Paul, MN
Details: Phone banking specifically targeted at Indian American and South Asian Communities. DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED! Please join us even if you can’t be there right at 5:30pm!!  

Nevada

Weekly Nevada State AAPI Conference Calls
Date: Tuesdays at 7:30 pm PST
Details: This will be a weekly call to provide campaign updates, activities and for AAPI leaders to discuss and share activities.
Contact: Charmaine Manansala, cmanansala@barackobama.com to RSVP.

Canvassing
Date: weekends
Time: 10am & 2pm
Contact: Manita Rawat 

Canvassing
Date: weekends
Time: 10am & 3pm
Contact: Manita Rawat 

Sign Wave and Rally in China Town
Date: October 25 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Host: Asian American Democratic Caucus
Contact: Contact Sanje Sedera at sedera@aol.com

Early Voting Lunch
Date: October 25 from 1 pm to 4 pm
Host: Asian American Group
Location: Harbor Palace at 4275 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, NV 89102.
Contact: Mike Veswani at Mikevaswani@aol.com

Ohio

Asian, Indian, Chinese and Korean Restaurant and Grocery Store Canvassing
Dates: October 20th-25th
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Details: AAPI Lit, yard sign, chum distribution to all businesses
Contact: Preet Jesrani (pjesrani@ohiodems.org or 614-207-4007) to volunteer for this canvass & for GOTV week

Weekly Ohio AAPI Conference calls
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 and October 29, 2008
Time: 8:00 pm EST
Contact: Jordannah Bangi JordannahBangi2008@u.northwestern.edu

House Party with Governor Gary Locke
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Location: Dayton Ohio
Contact: Christine Chen (chrchen88@gmail.com or 703-593-0000)

Town Hall Forum with Congressman Mike Honda and Governor Gary Locke
Date: Saturday, October 26th at 12:45pm
Location: Asia Plaza, 2999 Payne Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44144
Details: This forum will provide attendees the opportunity to learn why a majority of Asian Americans nationally support Obama/ Biden and how their policies will benefit our communities.

Town Hall Forum with Congressman Mike Honda and Governor Gary Locke
Date: Saturday, October 26th at 4:30pm
Location: University Plaza Hotel & Conference Center- 3110 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43201
Details: This forum will provide attendees the opportunity to learn why a majority of Asian Americans nationally support Obama/ Biden and how their policies will benefit our communities. 

Oregon 

Portland Canvassing/GOTV
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: 10am
Location: Oregon for Obama Headquarters, 3016 SE Division Street, Portland, OR 97214
Contact: Ramey Ko Ramey.Ko@gmail.com

Beaverton Voter Registration
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: 10am
Location: Campaign for Change Beaverton Office, 14205 SW Farmington Rd., Beaverton, OR 97005
Contact: Ramey Ko Ramey.Ko@gmail.com

Eugene Voter Registration
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: 10am
Location: Campaign for Change Eugene Office, 150 W. Broadway, Eugene, OR 97401
Contact: Ramey Ko Ramey.Ko@gmail.com

Pennsylvania

Filipinos for Obama Canvassing Mobilization
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: 10am-5pm
Location: Center City East, Ward 5 Office, 115-117 N. 9th St., Philadelphia, PA
Details: Please join us this and next weekend for GOTV and canvassing. All are welcome to join us!
Contact: Brad Baldia baldiab@yahoo.com

Asian Americans for Obama and SAFO Canvassing in Philadelphia
Date: 10/25/2008
Time: 8am
Location: tbd (meet in New York)
Details: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs73rl
Contact: Theresa Thanjan t_thanjan@yahoo.com  

Asian Americans for Obama and SAFO Canvassing in Philadelphia
Date: 11/1/2008
Time: 8am
Location: tbd (meet in New York)
Details: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/gs73rz
Contact: Theresa Thanjan t_thanjan@yahoo.com  

House Party Hosted By Brad Baldia
733 Winton St., Philadelphia, PA 19148
Details TBD 

House Party Hosted By Anthony Thomas
18 A Summit Dr., Dillsburg PA 17019
Details TBD

Virginia

AAPI and South Asian Virtual Phone Banking From Your Own Computer
Details: What could be easier than phone banking from your computer in the comfort of your own home? We have lists for the Arab, Chinese, Korean, South Asian, and Vietnamese communities, and scripts in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. Please contact Esther or Misha for easy-to-follow instructions.
Contact: Esther Oh, estheroh@gmail.com or Misha Ali, misha.ali@gmail.com

Filipinos for Obama DC House Party
Date: Thursday, October 23, 7:30 pm
Location: 2401 Calvert St., NW #430 (please check-in with the attendant at the desk)
Washington, DC
Details: Join the DC branch of Filipinos for Obama to find out what you can do in the final days before the election. We’ll share our experiences canvassing amongst our folks down in Virginia Beach, give you the pinoy/pinay perspective on getting involved during crunch time, and share our strategy for electing “that one.” And of course, there will be Filipino food!!!

Donations are welcome but we’re just as interested in hooking you up to some amazing opportunities in these final crucial days. We’ve met some seriously impressive and diverse group of pinoys/pinays along the way and hope to share our network with you. So we hope you can join us and feel free to work your Filipino culinary skills and impress us with your mom’s adobo or your tita’s leche flan.

Contact: RSVP to Laureen (ldlaglagaron@yahoo.com) or Iryll (iryllumel@gmail.com) 

Canvassing Road Trip to Hampton Roads/VA Beach
Date: October 25th and 26th
Join Bel Leong-Hong, Shekar Narasimhan, Hung Nguyen and Jian Zapata on a canvassing road trip down to critical Hampton Roads area. Housing arrangements being worked on. Please let Hung know if you are able to drive and how many you can fit in your vehicle.
Contact: Hung Nguyen , hung@hungnguyen.com

AAPI Canvassers Needed for GOTV/Evening Canvassing
Date: Mon-Friday, Oct 20-24, 5 - 8 pm, Saturday October 25, 10 am, 2 pm and 5 pm, Sunday, October 26, 12 pm, 2 pm and 5 pm,
Location: Staging Locations TBD (all in nearby Northern VA area)
Details: It is very important to RSVP ahead of time so that the campaign can put your talents and resources to their best use. If you can speak another language (particularly Vietnamese and Korean) or are able to provide rides for others, please indicate this when you RSVP.
Contact: Please RSVP to Esther Oh, estheroh@gmail.com

Persuasion/Canvass
Date: Oct 25-26
Time: 10am start
Location: Alexandria, Glenwood, & other neighborhoods - VA Beach, VA
Contact: Jian Zapata at jianiza@gmail.com

Persuasion/Canvass
Date: October 25- 26
Time: 10am start
Location: Alexandria, Glenwood, & other neighborhoods - VA Beach, VA
Contact: Jian Zapata jianiza@gmail.com

Diwali
Date: 10/28/2008
Time: tbd
Details: Contact Neha Misra at nmisra05@gmail.com
Contact: Paul Tiao PaulTiao@aol.com  

Outreach, Persuasion, & GOTV at the United Ilocano Association of Tidewater Fundraising Dance
Date: 10/31/2008
Time: tbd
Location: Philippine Cultural Center- 4857 Baxter Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Contact: Leonard Tengco leonardtengco@gmail.com

Washington

Weekly Washington State AAPI Conference Calls
Date: Tuesdays at 7:30 pm or 8:30 pm EST
Details: This will be a weekly call to provide campaign updates, activities and for AAPI leaders to discuss and share activities.
Contact: Melissa Montenegro at Melissa.Montenegro@gmail.com to RSVP and for more information.

Voter Registration/Outreach in Spokane, WA
Location: Various areas in Spokane, WA including various local universities/colleges (ie. Eastern Washington, Spokane Community College, and Gonzaga University), Asian supermarkets, and churches
Contact: Melissa Montenegro Melissa.Montenegro@gmail.com

Canvassing
Date: weekends
Contact: Melissa Montenegro Melissa.Montenegro@gmail.com

Phonebanking
Date and Time: Every night except for Friday and Saturday nights
Contact: Melissa Topacio Long; Melissa@wa-democrats.org
Details: 10+ phonebankers are needed on the weekdays; 40+ are needed on Sunday nights

Call for WA Volunteers on Election Day
Contact: Melissa Topacio Long; Melissa@wa-democrats.org
Details: Need for volunteers to show up at high traffic areas such as malls, shopping centers to remind people to vote/send their ballots in; Need for attorneys at poll sites for voter protection 

Wisconsin 

Canvassing
Date: November 1- 4
Location: various areas in the Midwest region
Details: The campaign has the greatest need for volunteers on November 1st - 4th for Get Out the Vote efforts and on Election Day. Please sign-up through: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/cometoWI or http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/cometoIA or http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/cometoIN  Please let us know if you can drive others to Iowa or Michigan. Limited free housing is available. You will be responsible for your own transportation and housing costs. Food will be provided in the afternoons. Contact: Selma D’Souza 847-722-1733 sdsouza@obamafd.com

Phone banking
Date: weekends
Location: various areas in the Midwest region
Details: If you are unable to go to any of these states, you can still help the campaign by calling voters in swing states through the campaign’s Neighbor to Neighbor program. Please sign-up through this website http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/ilhome