What a weekend! Just 24 hours ago, I was outside the Harbor Palace Restaurant in Las Vegas Chinatown waving a “Vote for Obama” sign alongside Kelly Hu. Now I’m back at work, responding to emails.
Over 84 people came to Las Vegas last weekend as part of the Asian-American/Pacific Islander effort to get Barack Obama elected. Jay Chen, Governing Board Member of Hacienda-La Puente School District organized the trip which drew people from Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Bay Area. With an AAPI population of 13% (twice the Nevada average), Las Vegas was the perfect place for our community to represent. And of the remaining swing states, Nevada is second only to Virginia in terms of population of Asian-Americans. But enough numbers. A quick recap of what went down...
