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Our group Twitter account is at http://www.twitter.com/aa4o
To properly send Twitters to other Asian Americans for Obama, in your
Twitter client, type "d aa4o #aa4o [your message here]".
Those of you already adding the #aa4o hashtag did a great job during the last debate.
The results are below.
Obama Shout-outs
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Raghda: I just pay off my credit cards ctllpeoemy when the bill arrives. I haven't paid a cent in interest but have received several gift cards from them [...]
ALexandre: Heres my oipoinn on Heres my oipoinn on green energy.If green energy made sense economically, then the free market would have gone that way. The research that [...]
Wendy: Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics. "There would be long-lasting ecmoonic damage. The economy would be back in recession. Tax revenues would be falling again and the deficit increasing."Sounds [...]
Marisol: Either Obama has no stomach for learedship, taking some big risks without which nothing big will be accomplished, OR he really is just a representative of the kind of people [...]
Safica: Suze is right. Most people at least use cridet cards, but YES should do so responsibly! Credit card companies need MORE laws holding them in check! [...]
Video of the signing ceremony and Diwali celebration added below. Interviews with AAPI guests and Administration officials at the event now available from AAPI Momentum.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everybody. Please be seated. Welcome to the White House. I’m glad you could join us today as I proudly sign this executive order reestablishing the President’s Advisory Commission and White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
By now, we all probably know that some a-hole shouted out “You lie” during President Obama’s speech when the President was disputing the charge that health care reform will cover illegal aliens. Far from being a random heckler, it was a sitting member of Congress, U.S. Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02). (What’s in the water in SC these days, anyway?)
Rob Miller, an Iraq War veteran, is running against Wilson for South Carolina’s Second Congressional District. Already the netroots have raised over $100,000 for Miller from last night. Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) started their own ActBlue page to support Miller, which has already raised $478. If you think Wilson is an embarrassment to both this country and to his office, donate here and help Rob Miller defeat Joe Wilson!
(Oh, and if anyone wants to donate to Joe Wilson, feel free to do so here.
Thanks for joining this afternoon’s call. Some of you may already have this, but for others, attached please find the AAPI Health Reform Action Guide. The packet is designed as an outreach tool, not a policy piece, and accordingly will help answer some of the outreach-related questions that you may have asked in the last several weeks, or on the call today.
Best,
Kalpen Modi
Associate Director
White House Office of Public Engagement
Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2, The Office of Public Engagement will hold an AAPI Conference Call on Health Insurance Reform with Tina Tchen, Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, Mike Hash, Senior Advisor in the White House Office of Health Reform, and David Simas with the White House Communications Office.On the call we will give an update on health insurance reform and the AAPI community.
Please join us:
Title: AAPI Health Reform Call Date: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Participant: (800) 230-1074 Start Time: 12 noon EDT
Kalpen Modi
Associate Director
White House Office of Public Engagement
The next two months are a critical time for the health care movement. In fact, this summer may be the most important moment in a generation. For the first time in years, we have a President committed to reform - with enough popularity to pull it off - a Democratic Congress - and the political will of the American people.
But there are huge hurdles ahead - and President Obama has admitted that if reform doesn’t happen this year, he doesn’t see it happening during his presidency. So it’s now or never. Here’s a cheat sheet of exactly what’s happening - and why it matters, specifically, for AAPI communities.
Title: Austin’s Asian Occasion: APA Heritage Celebration to benefit MOWAM Location: Austin Long Center Link out: Click here Description: The Asian American Cultural Center Presents
The Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
Saturday, May 23, 2009
3:00-5:00pm (the pre-show begins at 2pm)
The Long Center (directions: http://www.tinyurl.com/austinlongcenter )
Title: APA Heritage Night: A Reflection on our Culture & Role in Politics Location: Café Asia, 1550 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, Va (near Rosslyn metro station) Description:
APA Heritage Night: A Reflection on our Culture & Role in Politics
Presented By The Arlington Young Democrats’ Asian American Caucus & The Asian American Action- Fund - Virginia Chapter
Title: Fourth Annual Fiesta Asia Street Fair Location: Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 3rd St. and 6th St. Description:
Fiesta Asia is the annual National Asian Heritage Festival in Washington, DC presented by the Asia Heritage Foundation. Mark your calendars for this month-long celebration commemorating the rich and diverse heritage of the US Asian community.
Title: Film Debut in Virginia: Vincent Who? Location: Arlington Central Library, 1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA Link out: Click here Description: Film Debut in Virginia: Vincent Who?
Co-Hosted with APAs for Progress http://www.vincentchin.net/
Title: Asian American Literature for Youth of All Ages Location: Arlington Central Library, 1015 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA Description: Asian American Literature for Youth of All Ages
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