May 17, 2012

The Asian American LEAD 11th Annual Dinner

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Reception in Honor of Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-7)

The Asian American Action Fund endorsed Congressman Joe Sestak in 2008.

You are Cordially Invited To a Reception In Honor of
Congressman Joe Sestak (PA-7)
Armed Services Committee
Education & Labor Committee
Small Business Committee (Vice Chairman)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009
5:00pm – 7:00pm

Fluor Townhouse
403 East Capitol Street, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003

Former 3-Star Admiral Joe Sestak served 31 years in the Navy before returning home to successfully run for Congress in Pennsylvania’s 7th District. Presently serving his second term in Congress, Joe is the most senior military veteran serving in Congress, and is the highest-ranking military officer ever elected to Congress. He commanded the U.S.S. George Washington aircraft carrier battle group (30 ships/100 aircraft/15,000 Sailors, Marines, Aviators, SEALs) that conducted combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Joe served as President Clinton’s Director for Defense Policy on the National Security Council in the White House. After 9/11, Joe was the first Director of “Deep Blue,” the Navy’s anti-terrorism unit. He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs, responsible for the Navy’s $70 billion warfare budget. Joe graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy (2nd in his class) and earned a Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.

Joe is one of the leading figures for the Democrats on national security and domestic issues. Joe’s thoughtful approach to issues, his deep knowledge and broad perspective, and his life experience have made him a leading voice in Congress. He has appeared on national shows such as Meet The Press with Tim Russert; This Week with George Stephanopoulos; State of the Union with John King; Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer; Hardball with Chris Matthews; Hannity & Colmes; HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher; Late Night on PBS with Tavis Smiley; and Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Joe twice delivered the Democratic Party’s National Radio Address in response to President Bush’s weekly radio address.

Individual Contribution:
Friend: $500
Supporter: $1,000
Sponsor: $2,400

PAC Contribution:
Friend: $1,500
Supporter: $2,500
Sponsor: $5,000

Please RSVP to Elizabeth Sestak at:
elizabethsestak@sestakforcongress.com
or call 610-891-8956
Please make checks payable to “Sestak For Congress”
Mailing address: Sestak For Congress PO Box 16 Media, PA 19063

Individual contributions to Sestak for Congress are limited to $2,400 per election cycle with the primary and general elections each considered separate federal elections. A federal multi-candidate PAC may contribute up to $5,000 per election. Contributions from corporations are not permitted. Contributions to Sestak for Congress are not tax deductible. Not printed at government expense.

To reserve, register online:

May 18, 2009 Reception
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Individual contributions to Sestak for Congress are limited to $2,400 per election cycle with the primary and general
elections each considered separate federal elections. A federal multi-candidate PAC may contribute up to $5,000 per
election. Contributions from corporations are not permitted. Contributions to Sestak for Congress are not tax deductible.

Contributions may be made payable to “Sestak for
Congress” and brought to reception or mailed to:
Sestak for Congress
Attn: Elizabeth Sestak
P.O. Box 16
Media, PA 19063

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and brought to reception, mailed, or faxed to

Elizabeth Sestak at 610-892-5008:
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Paid for by Sestak for Congress

Invitation: Dr. Long Nguyen Honoring Terry McAuliffe

Ed. Note: Our friend Francey Lim Youngberg passes along this invitation in support of Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.  While AAA-Fund will not make an endorsement in this race, we encourage everyone to learn about the candidates and vote on June 9.

Dear friends: I am helping Long and Kimmy Nguyen to invite people to meet with Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. He leads the Democratic primary race against Brian Moran and R. Creigh Deeds. Dr. Nguyen has been a great supporter of Sen. Jim Webb, Gov. Mark Warner and Gov. Tim Kaine, he has picked the winners each time!

Some of you may have gotten to know Terry during the Clinton Administration and his tenure at the DNC as Chair. He has robust plans for the continued economic vitality of Virginia and he will follow the two great Democratic governors, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine. He has also been a longtime friend of the Asian Pacific American community so I encourage all of you to support him if you have not done so already.

Here is the link to the Richmond Daily Dispatch recent poll which shows him 10 points ahead of the other 2 contenders. His website is http://www.terrymcauliffe.com/ . His bio and investor report are also attached.

Where: Tower Club, 8000 Towers Crescent Drive, 17th floor, Vienna, VA (directions from Google Maps or the Tower Club)

When: June 2, 2009, Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

RSVP to me and eric.dillon@terrymcauliffe.com. See attached invitation. Please give as generously as you can because he deserves our support. Especially for those of you who recently fought with me to keep the Mayor’s Office of Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs office open in DC, you know what it means for our community to have representation. AND WE SHOWED THAT WE COULD WIN THE OFFICE BACK AND GET EVEN MORE FUNDING. Did you know that in the Greater Washington area, VA is the only one without a state constituent office for Asian Pacific Americans? Maryland and DC both have one. Isn’t it time to ask Terry to have such an office?

Hope some of you can come in as sponsors or co-hosts of this event. Let me know ASAP so we can revise the flyer.

For those of you who can contribute LESS than the minimum on the flyer, let me know too since Dr. Nguyen has made an exception so we can have more people have a chance to meet with Terry.

Many thanks, Francey

PS DON’T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE JUNE 9 VIRGINIA PRIMARY!

Volunteer for Mark Keam (VA-35)

The AAA-Fund endorsed Mark Keam as candidate for the Virginia Delegate in District 35 (Fairfax). The below is from his campaign.

In less than 20 days, voters will go to the polls to elect Mark Keam as our next Delegate. We need your help to ensure that we contact as many voters between now and June 9. What can you do to help Mark?

PHONE BANKS AND CANVASSING

Talking to voters in the 35th district is the best thing you can do to help Mark win. From now until the election, we will be calling and canvassing every day:

Canvassing: Weekdays 5pm-8pm, Sat 10am & 3pm, Sun 12pm & 3pm

Phone Banking: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 12pm-8pm

All canvassing will be run out of our office in Vienna (407 Church St, Unit J, corner of Beulah Rd). If you do not have a car, please let us know. We would be happy to pick you up at the Vienna or Dunn Loring Metro stations. Phone banking may be done in our office or online with training. Reply to this email to let us know when you can help out. And don’t forget to bring your friends!

YARD SIGNS

The Keam for Delegate yard signs are here! If you live in the district, please come by and pick one up for your yard today! Additionally, we need help putting up signs around the district. If you have time, let us know and we’ll send you out with yard signs to certain parts of the district.

ELECTION DAY

Finally, we need lots of volunteers on Election Day (June 9) to make sure that voters know to vote for Mark as they enter the polls. We’ll need people at each of the 18 precincts from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., as well as volunteers to make calls and knock on doors to make sure that every single possible vote is cast for Mark that day. Please respond to this email to let us when you are able to help us on June 9!

As always, thank you so much for your support. With your help, we can ensure that Mark Keam wins the Democratic Nomination on Tuesday, June 9.

Bridgit Donnelly, Field Director

703-350-7377

P.S. If you can, please make a donation to help us with the final Get Out The Vote push. Go to our website to make your contribution today!

Paid for by Keam for Delegate
P.O. Box 1134
Vienna, VA 22183

Advance private screening of film "9500 Liberty" for Virginia Justice Center

Filmmakers Eric and Annabel extend an invitation to the public.

I would like to invite you to an advanced screening of their feature film, 9500 Liberty, on May 21st at the Rosslyn Spectrum Theater. It’s based on our YouTube series (youtube.com/9500liberty) and covers nearly 2 years of fighting over immigration in Prince William County, Virginia. It’s being hosted by John Grisham and it’s a benefit for the Virginia Justice Center.

http://www.justice4all.org/Event

There is a private reception for donors, then a screening followed by a panel discussion. The screening tickets are $25 each. It’s for a good cause though. Virginia Justice Center is a fantastic organization that works for the rights of the most underprivileged in our society. I hope you can make it. If you can’t, we’ll be doing another screening in June.

Please feel free to forward this your friends.

Cheers,
Annabel

Volunteer in Virginia, the Battleground State!

Blogger Rose Chu is the AAA-Fund Virginia Affiliate President.

Virginia has not voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate since LBJ in 1964 but we will vote for Barack Obama on November 4, 2008. Senator Obama started his general election campaign in Bristol, Virginia and at the Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, Prince William County in Northern Virginia on June 12th. Northern Virginia has grown 15% between 2000 and 2006 and now has one third of Virginia’s population.

While Alexandria and Arlington, the two close-in suburbs have voted heavily for Democrats since 2000 and earlier, statewide Democratic candidates only started winning in Fairfax County in 2004 and only started winning (and barely) in Loudoun and Prince William counties in 2005. Attracted by the high-tech and defense industries, Federal government and excellent schools, new Virginia residents tend to be well-educated and move from more Democratic areas.

The percentage of Hispanic and Asian Americans has increased in the Fairfax County and even more in Loudoun and Prince William counties. We need to register more African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans since they tend to vote Democratic.

The Obama campaign, Coordinated campaign (Presidential, Senate and Congressional campaigns in Virginia), Mark Warner for Senate and the Congressional campaigns (we have a Democratic candidate in each of the 11 districts for the first time) will all work to register voters and get out the vote. Two Virginians are being considered for Vice President, Senator Jim Webb who helped turn the US Senate blue and Governor Tim Kaine.

We expect Obama campaign staff and volunteers from Maryland, DC and elsewhere to campaign in Virginia. We already have at least one Asian American staffer from the Obama campaign. We have Democratic banners in Korean and Vietnamese for the Fairfax City Fourth of July parade.

We have a Democratic booth at the Asian Festival in Reston on August 9-10. We’ll be outreaching to the Asian American voters. If you would like to help in Northern Virginia, contact Rose Chu (rccmason@gmail.com). It’s going to be exciting!

– Rose Chu

Leslie Byrne for Congress

Ed. Note: While AAA-Fund will not make a pre-primary endorsement in this race, its bloggers are free to opine about any candidate. To foster a spirited dialogue, we encourage readers to post their Comments on our Blog. Rose Chu serves on the AAA-Fund Board.

Leslie Byrne served as Virginia state delegate, state senator and the White House Director of Consumer Affairs under President Clinton. She was the first Congresswoman elected from Virginia. She has a strong progressive record supporting environmental, health care, transportation and consumer legislation. She is not afraid to be a Democrat and to do what’s right. She is also a hero in the Vietnamese American community as a key sponsor of the House-Senate Joint Resolution designating May 11, 1994 as Vietnam Human Right Day.

Leslie Byrne signed a letter along with 75 other former members of Congress asking President Bush not to invade Iraq but to allow time for the UN inspectors to do their jobs, and to strengthen our economic and diplomatic efforts. In March 2008, she signed onto “A Responsible Plan to End the War” addressing the necessity for energy independence, restoring our Constitution, rebuilding and properly supporting our military men and women, humanitarian concerns, rejuvenating U.S. diplomatic power, and most of all, ending U.S. military action in Iraq.

She is running for the open 11th District in Northern Virginia in the Democratic Primary on June 10th. Congressman Tom Davis is not running for re-election and the Republicans are nominating Keith Fimian, a wealthy businessman with no political experience. The Democrats have a great opportunity to win this district, which voted for John Kerry, Governor Tim Kaine and Senator Jim Webb.

– Rose Chu, longtime volunteer for Leslie Byrne