Check out ACLFers, Joyce Tseng and Christina Twu, make the evening news at trick or vote! http://www.king5.com/news/local/Trick-or-vote-in-Seattle-68328527.html SEATTLE – It’s not often three women dressed as a chicken, a panda, and the U.S. Census Bureau — yes, you read right — knock on your door. Perhaps even more strange, while it was Halloween, Joyce Tseng, [...]
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Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order to renew the White House Initiative and President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders! Its mission is to work with 23 agencies and departments across government to improve the health, education, and economic status of AAPI communities. Press release w/ Executive Order here e2009aapi.eo.rel and Obama’s [...]
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Longtime ACLF supporter, Albert Shen, CEO of Shen Consulting, Inc is one of ten small business owners to receive 2009 Mayor’s Small Business award. See Release Mayor’s Small Business Awards final 10-2-09 2.
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APIAVOTE Statement on Supreme Court Decision To Leave Voting Rights Act and Key Anti-Discriminatory Provision Intact RELEASE: June 24, 2009 CONTACT: Naomi T. Tacuyan / naomi@apiavote.org WASHINGTON, D.C.-The United States Supreme Court on Monday handed down a decision that preserves the Voting Rights Act, effectively avoiding the constitutionality question of Section 5, a key provision [...]
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Subject: Celebrate w/me this evening! The clemency board unanimously voted to recommend the Governor to grant my pardon. Thank you for all your support! I wouldn’t have been able to do this without all the love, letters, encouragement from all of you. Please come celebrate with me this evening at Solstice Cafe (4116 University Way [...]
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Yesterday, following a nationwide search, the Board of Trustees enthusiastically endorsed Norman Rice as the new president/CEO of The Seattle Foundation. In our search we sought someone with strong ties to the community and the ability to forge effective community partnerships in pursuit of the Foundation’s mission to build a healthy community. Norman Rice brings [...]
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Seeking freedom after years of facing deportation By Kery Murakami PostGlobe In a couple of days, Many Uch may know his ordeal might be coming to an end. He has been living with uncertainty for years – that at any time, he may be yanked suddenly one day from his family and deported back to Cambodia [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Contacts: Ehren Watada (project advisor)/Cherry Cayabyab/Craig Kanaya (aclfnw@aclfnorthwest.org) ACLF partners with 2010 Census to ensure Asian Pacific Islander representation Partnership will also develop future leaders in the Asian Pacific Islander community SEATTLE – The Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF) will partner with the U.S. Census Bureau [...]
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Positive steps and news for CLP ’08 alum, Ehren Watada… http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009184970_webwatada.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wednesday, May 6, 2009 – Page updated at 06:20 PM Justice Department drops appeal in Watada case By hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter The U.S. Justice Department under the Obama administration has decided to drop its appeal of a federal judge’s ruling [...]
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Facing a huge $9 billion deficit, the state is considering making devastating cuts to health care, long-term care, mental health, and homecare services, as well as K-12 education and higher education. The Asian Pacific Islander Coalition (APIC) asks that you joins us in contacting your state legislators and urge them to support a revenue [...]
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