Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, a progressive grassroots organization that endorsed Sen. Obama for President, is providing a terrific opportunity to develop your grassroots organizing skills.  I went to this training myself last year in Chicago, and it was one of
the most useful, interesting activist trainings I’ve attended.  I
highly recommend it if you’re going to be the Philly area on May 31.
Parag Mehta is one of the most talented people working
with the DNC today.

(Full disclosure: several months after the Chicago training, I was invited to join the
APAP board.)

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Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) and the Democratic National
Committee (DNC) invite you to our joint Activist Training and
Mid-Atlantic Summit on Saturday, May 31st at the UPenn Law School in
Philadelphia, PA.


Join Asian Pacific American Democrats from throughout the Mid-Atlantic
as we engage in a training led by Parag Mehta, Director of Training at
the Democratic National Committee, along with reports from recent
campaigns in the region.

To register, go to: http://apaforprogress.org/wordpress/

Who: Activists, student leaders, community leaders, volunteers

What:
Learn the basic tools of political organizing including volunteer
recruitment, networking, planning events, targeting, phonebanking and
other useful campaign skills.

When: Saturday, May 31, 2008
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Networking and Registration
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Training
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Reception/Social with special guests and elected officials

Where:
UPenn Law School
Gittis Hall Lecture Room One
3400 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19104

Fee(s) - Includes training and reception/social. Students, non-profit and low-income please inquire about scholarships.
Student…$25
Regular…$35
Group rate (for 5 regular registrations)… $150
Group rate (for 10 regular registrations)… $250

Parag V. Mehta - Parag is the Director of Training for the Democratic
National Committee in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the DNC, Parag
served as Deputy Political Director for America Votes, a coalition of
32 of the largest progressive groups in the country who joined forces
to register, educate, recruit, and mobilize voters for the 2004
elections. In 2003, Parag was a Deputy Political Director for Governor
Howard Dean’s presidential campaign, based in Burlington, Vermont. In
2002 he served as Deputy Field Director for former Dallas Mayor Ron
Kirk’s U.S. Senate campaign in Texas. From 2000-2002, Parag worked as a
speechwriter and policy analyst for the White House Initiative on Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders and the U.S. Secretary of Health and
Human Services. Parag holds a B.A. from The University of Texas at
Austin and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Maxwell
School at Syracuse University.

Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP) - APAP is national network
of progressive Asian Pacific Americans and allies. For more
information, click here: http://www.apaforprogress.org/

To reach us, please email: apafp@apaforprogress.org

Sincerely,

Nina Ahmad, APAP