APABA Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Event

APABA's Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month event

The Next Sleeping Giant:Is There An Emerging Asian Pacific American Swing Vote?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 – 5:30 to 9:00 pm

at the ImaginAsian Center

www.theimaginasian.com/la

251 South Main Street (near Little Tokyo)Los Angeles, California 90012

With the presidential campaign in full swing and the largest voter turnout in recent memory, where do APA voters stand? Are there identifiable voting trends? Are APAs the newest "swing vote?

Panelists include:
· Dan Ichinose (APALC, Director of Demographic Research Project);
· Kam Kuwata (Democratic Political Consultant);
· Courtni Sunjoo Pugh (Assistant Area Director for SEIU and former Deputy Political Director for the Edwards presidential campaign (invited));
· Prof. Raphael Sonenshein, (CSUF, expert on political coalition building and author of Politics in Black and White: Race and Power in Los Angeles); and
· Ted Chen, (KNBC), as moderator.

Admission: FreeRSVP by May 9 to president@apabala.org (please indicate if you are interested in purchasing a bento box dinner)