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August 31st, 2008 
Ray Buenaventura, originally a Pledged Delegate for Hillary Clinton from California’s CD-12 (including Daly City!), sporting his custom made Filipinos for Obama shirt. We are United for Change! Ray’s image was featured on CNN’s broadcast of Barack Obama’s speech.
August 21st, 2008 (SAN FRANCISCO) - Tuesday night, more than 150 community leaders, advocates, elected officials, artists and professionals rallied together in downtown San Francisco to launch the efforts of Filipinos for Obama to unify the pinoy vote behind Barack Obama. Filipinos for Obama is a Bay Area-based grassroots organization founded to mobilize pinoys nationally in support of Senator Obama.
"We want to make the case for why Barack Obama is the best candidate for Filipino Americans and the strongest leader for addressing our issues, such as immigration reform, affordable healthcare and equity for Filipino veterans," said Rich Pio Roda, a field organizer for Filipinos for Obama. At their first event, just over a week ago, Filipinos for Obama marched and registered dozens of voters at the 15th Annual Pistahan Parade in San Francisco.
August 15th, 2008 (SAN FRANCISCO) – With more than 4 million Filipino Americans living in the United States, pinoys can be the difference in November’s presidential election. Filipinos for Obama will target Filipino Americans in key battleground states like Nevada and Virginia to help swing support towards Senator Barack Obama, help him win those states, and put him into the White House.
The cost to attend the launch party is free, but a donation of $25 or more to the Obama campaign when people RSVP at this site or on the evening of the event, will enter attendees into a raffle for a signed copy of Senator Obama’s book, "The Audacity of Hope.”
The honorary Host Committee includes Kamala Harris - San Francisco District Attorney and Co-Chair of California Women for Obama, Hydra Mendoza - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Education Advisor, Ray Buenaventura - President of the Filipino American Democratic Club of San Mateo and Delegate to the DNC, and Henry Manayan - President of the Filipino-American Democratic Caucus of the California and former mayor of Milpitas, amongst others.
When: Tuesday, August 19, 6-8pm
Where: Zebulon Restaurant and Bar, 83 Natoma Street, San Francisco
To reserve your space at this event, RSVP here today. Filipinos for Obama buttons and t-shirts will be available at the event.
August 12th, 2008 
The Filipinos for Obama effort hit the streets this past Saturday to spread the message that Senator Obama is the candidate for the Filipino American Community. With a large contingent, the FFO campaign passed out "Filipinos for Obama" stickers and buttons, and energized the crowed chanting "YES WE CAN" at Pistahan, a jam-packed Filipino culture festival and parade in San Francisco. (More photos here.) Read the rest of this entry »
June 12th, 2008 Chicago, IL — Senator Obama released the following statement today on Philippine Independence Day.
"After hundreds of years of struggle for independence, the Filipino people declared their independence from Spain on June 12, 1898, and the first Philippine republic was born.
“The Philippines has been a staunch partner of the United States through the Cold War and the war against terrorism. In part because of our shared history, we cannot ignore the fact that the Philippines continues to confront many difficult challenges, including persistent poverty, natural disasters, and political division. But as a nation rich in natural and human resources, with a proud legacy as the first democracy in Asia, the Philippines also holds great opportunities and hope for the future. An ongoing challenge of the 21st century will be to ensure that these opportunities to make a better life are open to all. I look forward to working with the Filipino people and their government, as part of the global community, to combat poverty and generate wealth, build healthy and educated communities, and change the odds for generations to come.”
June 12th, 2008 Today is also Philippine Independence Day–the day Filipinos first declared their independence from 3 centuries of Spanish rule. Sadly, the first Philippine republic was short-lived because of American intervention–the Philippines became a U.S. colony after the brutal Philippine-American War (in which U.S. troops first got to practice ‘waterboarding’). Finally, on July 4, 1946, the Philippines became an independent nation. Filipinos worldwide celebrate their independence day, however, on June 12 to commemorate the heroism of Filipino revolutionaries in the long struggle for freedom against centuries of foreign occupants.
June 5th, 2008 
Co-hosts include AAPIs/South Asians for Obama:
Angelica Jongco, Anhoni Patel, Brian Wang, Jenn Pae, Keith Kamisugi, Linda Leu, and Steve Ngo
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=20768965959
June 4th, 2008 Obama made history when he became the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the president of the United States. The first African American becoming the nominee of a major party for a presidential race has important consequences for Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI). Obama’s victory broke an important racial barrier for all of us and struck major fissures in the outdated definitions of “American.”
May 20th, 2008 Take a 13 second break to check out this mother and son news team, Amrutha and Ravi Chandra, bearing good news from the future. Unfortunately, this rarely seen footage, will only be available
for the next 30 days, so don’t miss your chance to check it out! You may remember Amrutha (pictured with yours truly) from this clip at the San Francisco AAPIs for Obama party in January.
May 19th, 2008 
"Step right up and spin the Obama wheel," barked enthusiastic Obama volunteer Patrick Wong at yesterday’s Asian Heritage Street Fair in Japantown, San Francisco. Our Obama booth was a big hit – we had over 20 volunteers helping to register new voters, pass out AAPIs for Obama stickers and buttons , and entertain folks with a fun game of chance dreamed up by gamemaster Patrick.
A diverse group of volunteers registered 73 voters, signed up 35 new
supporters, collected over $300 in donations, and passed out over 200
Obama stickers, t-shirts and AAPIs for Obama buttons. And by the end of
the day, we still had people coming by begging for shirts and signs.
Everyone we registered will be eligible to vote in California’s June
3rd election–and of course, in November. Obama supporters and SF
School Board Members Eric Mar, Jane Kim and Board President Mark
Sanchez (pictured) came by the booth to say hello and show support
.
More photos below the fold.
Paid for by Asian Americans for Obama (AAFO) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
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