Senator Boxer Appoints Attorney Jack W. Lee To Judicial Nominations Commission

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced her appointment of attorney Jack W. Lee of San Francisco to the Parsky Commission Northern District Panel.  Mr. Lee will replace Michael Ohleyer, who is stepping down after nearly seven years serving on the bipartisan Commission.

Senator Boxer said, “I am very pleased that Jack has agreed to take on this important responsibility of helping sele...Read more

Japanese American Citizens League to Hold Gala on Sept. 25

The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) will hold its second gala event on Thursday, September 25, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H Street NW, Washington, D.C. The Honorable Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawai’i is the honorary chairman.

The focus of the event will be on the Redress Movement. Several champions of the Redress movement will be honored as this year is the 20th Anniversary of the passing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988.

Historic Presidential Town Hall on Asian American and Pacific Islander Issues

More than 2,500 AAPIs nationwide are expected to attend the first ever APIAVote Presidential Town Hall on May 17 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the University of California at Irvine’s Bren Events Center. APIAVote has invited Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barack Obama, and Senator John McCain...Read more

Oakland Asian Cultural Center Presents: Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival 2008

The Oakland Asian Cultural Center’s (OACC) annual Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Festival 2008 features hands on activities for families, a film screening, cooking workshops, and a culminating performance by OACC artists in residence. All events are OACC produced and will be held at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center.

Asian Arts Together

A workshop for children and families to work toge...Read more

Obama Statement on APA Heritage Month

Senator Barack Obama yesterday released the following statement commemorating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month:

“The month of May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - a time to honor and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of the nearly 13 million Asian and Pacific Americans (AAPI) who have helped build a strong and vibrant America.  The APA community represents many ethnicities and languages that span across generations, and their shared a...Read more

1st Annual Napa Valley Aloha Festival

The 1st Annual Napa Valley Aloha Festival by the Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation takes places on Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Napa Valley Expo, 575 Third St., in Napa.

The event has been planning for more than a year now and will feature numerous facets of Hawaiian culture: music, dance, storytelling, kapa making, poi making, history of Hawaiians in Hawai’i as well as Hawaiian history in California.

“This Annual Napa Valley Aloha Festival is the means by which we help preserve the Hawaiian ...Read more

CAA’s Christina Wong Honored as ‘Local Hero’ by KQED

Chinese for Affirmative Action’s Christina Mei-Yue Wong has been chosen by KQED and Union Bank of California as a “Local Hero” for her fierce advocacy of educational equity on behalf of Asian and Pacific Americans (APA).

Christina is the Director of Community Initiatives at CAA, where, for nearly a decade, she has transformed the way San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) evaluates and works to meet the needs of APA students.  Her educational policy work focuses on a wide range of issues, in...Read more

Berkeley Law to Bestow Highest Honor on Attorney Dale Minami

Attorney and civil rights champion Dale Minami will receive one of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law’s highest honors, the Citation Award, on Friday, May 2, at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco.

Created in 1961, the Citation Award recognizes outstanding achievements by a Berkeley Law graduate who has made substantial contributions to the bar, the bench, legal scholarship and society. Minami ‘71 is among three award recipients to be honored at the gala celebration. Mallun...Read more

Reflections from Seat F1: Asian Excellence Awards

I wish I was the one editing the Asian Excellence Awards for its May 1 broadcast on E! Entertainment (6 p.m. ET/PT). Held in front of a live audience Wednesday at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the program offered very few surprises, but a lot of great moments.  It’s a group hug for Asian Americans.  Why not? We deserve it.

The Asian Excellence Awards is the only annual, nationally televised event celebrating the outstanding achievements of Asia...Read more

Wine Tasting with Asian American Community Organizations

Les Tso and the San Francisco chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) are hosting a wine tasting event mixed with an Asian American community organization fair on Friday, May 16, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Green Room of the War Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness, San Francisco.

Attendees will be able to taste more than 30 premium wines from then wineries including Wente Vineyards (Livermore), Mahoney Vineyards (Carneros) and Pinoy Wines (Sonoma).

I...Read more