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January 9th, 2008
Fired Up? Ready to Go? To Vegas?
Posted by Asian Americans for ObamaFrom Annabel Park and Eric Byler, a couple of awesome Asian American activists (alliteration!) who played a big part in Sen. Jim Webb’s victory in Virginia by organizing voters to unite against racism after former Sen. George Allen’s infamous "macaca" comment, who are organizing a volunteer campaign trip to Las Vegas for the Nevada Caucus:
This year, Asian Americans are predicted to be the swing vote.
Especially in Nevada where Asian Americans comprise nearly 7% of the
population and 5% of the voters.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/4213.html
A
group of very cool Asian American artists, celebrities, filmmakers, and
activists will be converging in Vegas to work on Obama’s Asian American
outreach for the Nevada Caucus on Jan 19th. Let’s be part of the change
and have a great time in Vegas while we’re at it. Canvas during the day
then gamble and karaoke the night way.
Kelly Hu (X-Men 2,
Americanese) and Eric Byler (Charlotte Sometimes, Tre) are in Los
Angeles now recruiting folks from the entertainment industry. They are
teaming with Yul Kwon (Survivor) to shoot a YouTube video about Asian
American empowerment and how it both infuses and draws inspiration from
Obama’s historic candidacy.
Eric and Annabel arrive Monday.
Kelly arrives Wednesday. Yul arrives Thursday to document the
experience for the world to see. Many of us are not arriving till
Thursday or even Friday — just get there! We have extra beds and
floorspace at the hotel. This is it. Our revolution. Time to get off
the fence and join us.
Get in touch with Eric or Annabel for details.
Time and Place
Start: Monday, January 14, 2008 at 11:00am
End: Saturday, January 19, 2008 at 9:00pm
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Contact Annabel Park at 703.944.9661 or parkinstein@gmail.com for more information.
Click here to RSVP on the Facebook event page.
