Showing posts with label #WhiteHouseInitiativeonAsianAmericans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #WhiteHouseInitiativeonAsianAmericans. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Maya Lin receives Presidential Medal of Freedom

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P RESIDENT BARACK OBAMA awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom to 21 individuals  who have exemplified the best of America. The majorit...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

White House celebrates Filipino American History Month

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A dance troupe from California performed indigenous dances from the Philippines at the White House celebration. W HAT? You didn't ge...
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Obama exhorts AAPI to be more involved and turn their concern into action

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White House President Barack Obama spoke at the APAICS annual gala in Washington D.C. on April 4. I T WAS A LOVEFEST. When Presi...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

#MyAAPIStory: Sharing the diverse stories of the AAPI community

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A S AN EDITOR, I used to tell my reporters that every person has a story to tell. I would read the obituaries and learn the interesting live...
Friday, April 8, 2016

It's paramount to get more AAPI voters to the polls

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Candace Kelley. left, interviews Terry Ao Minnis about the hurdles to becoming a voter for AAPI people. T HOSE WHO VOTED in the last pre...
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Education Secretary to co-chair the White House Initiative on AAPI

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Education Secretary John B. King Jr. A CKNOWLEDGING the importance of education to the Asian/American and Pacific Islander community,  ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

AAPI voters flex political muscle in Illinois primary

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T HEIR NUMBERS may be relatively small but Asian/Americans in Illinois are carving out a presence on the political scene after the state...
Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Asian/Americans react to President Obama's SCOTUS nominee (with Updates)

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President Obama applauds Judge Merrick Garland, his nominee for the Supreme Court. T ODAY, President Obama named Merrick Garland as his...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Feb. 25, 1986: Anniversary of People Power & the overthrow of the Marcos dictatorship

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Millions of ordinary Filipinos found the courage to gather on EDSA demanding the end of the Marcos dictatorship during the Philippines  P...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

Vanita Gupta: The criminalization of poverty

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Vanita Gupta, an Indian/American, heads the civil rights division of the Department of Justice. V ANITA GUPTA, the head of the civil ri...