IRVINE, CALIF. – Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama spoke on Asian-American issues while John McCain declined an invitiation to the APIAVote Presidential Town Hall May 17 at the Bren Events Center on the University of California, Irvine campus.
Perhaps Vincent Chin, whose death in 1982 fomented the pan-ethnic Asian American movement, can rest assured that America's leaders have finally heard his community's voice.
LOS ANGELES – For the first time, presidential candidates had a chance to address issues affecting Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) during a Presidential Town Hall held at the Bren Events Center at the University of California Irvine campus last Saturday.
Students, congressmen and community members from all over California gathered for the first-ever Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote Presidential Town Hall meeting at the Bren Events Center. The May 17 conference included both entertainment as well as serious discussion. It was hosted in hopes of encouraging more votership amongst the Asian community and to spread awareness of the presidential candidates’ views on issues they would find relevant.
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Live from the University of California, I am here to give you instantaneous word on the activities of the APIA Presidential Townhall Forum going on right now. It’s 1pm, and I just got here. Volunteers, press, and community leaders are quietly milling around - HRC has a outreach table all set and as of this moment, the McCain and Obama tables are still empty.
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Presidential candidates and 2,500 expected to attend
IRVINE, Calif. — APA issues and concerns will be on center stage during a May 17 UC Irvine town hall, where the three presidential hopefuls have been invited for a question-and-answer session.
