Briefing Schedule

Schedule to run from 8:30am-1:30pm.

Briefing Panels & Invited Speakers:

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. AAPIs' Roles in the 2008 Election

Panel will contextualize AAPI participation in national electoral politics. What were our triumphs, our lessons learned, and the challenges AAPIs must address in elections to come? How do we increase and continue civic engagement work beyond elections? What should be our community's goals and benchmarks moving into the 2010 midterms, 2012 presidentials, and beyond? 

                         Vida Benavides

                              Executive Director, APIAVote

                        Amado Uno

                              Executive Director, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)

                        Toby Chaudhuri

                              Communications Director, Campaign for America's Future

                        Naomi Tacuyan

                              Deputy Director, APIAVote

                        Margaret Fung

                              Executive Director, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

9:35 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. A History of AAPIs in the Transition Process

What is the transition process exactly, and what does AAPIs involved in this process entail? What have been the lessons learned and experiences of AAPIs who have worked in or through a presidential transition before? How can we leverage this knowledge and institutional memory, and have realistic expectations as the incoming Obama administration makes decisions about appointments, staffing, and policymaking? 

                         Vida Benavides

                              Executive Director, APIAVote

                        Parag Mehta

                              AAPI Liaison, Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team

                        Chris Lu

                              Executive Director, Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team

                        Sonal Shah

                              Advisory Board Member, Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team

                        Tina Tchen (invited) (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/opl/)

                              Director of Public Liaison, The Office of President-Elect Obama 
 

10:50 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Framing the AAPI Policy Agenda

How do we work together for strategic advocacy of AAPI policy priorities? Representatives from AAPI-serving CBOs (community-based organizations) will discuss specific AAPI policy issues, and multilayered advocacy and communication strategies.

                       Mr. Floyd Mori [Moderator], NCAPA Chair

                              Executive Director, Japanese American Citizens League

                        Karen Narasaki

                              Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center

                        Deepa Iyer

                              Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together

                        Doua Thor

                              Executive Director, Southeast Asian Resource Action Center

                        Ho Tran

                              Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum

                        Lisa Hasegawa

                              Executive Director, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development

11:50 a.m. - 12: 40 p.m.  Continuing a Progressive AAPI Movement

Consisting of community leaders, progressive organizations, and fundraisers, this panel will discuss how different sectors have worked and can work together as we sustain and build infrastructure around the momentum of 2008.

                        Eunsook Lee [Moderator]

                              Executive Director, Natl. Korean American Service & Education

                                    Consortium

                        Former Governor Gary Locke

                              Co-Chair, America's Opportunity Fund

                        Curtis Chin

                              Co-Founder, Asian Pacific Americans for Progress

                        Irene Bueno

                              Board Member & former Executive Director, Asian American Action Fund   

12:40 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.  Closing Remarks

      Gloria T. Caoile

                              Board Member, APIAVote