APAICS Leadership Network

Advancing the AAPI community; raising the visibility of its elected/appointed leaders; promoting equal opportunity.

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We close off the summit with remarks from @RepMarkTakano who shares the inspiring story of Congressman Dalip Singh Saund, the first AAPI congressman in history.

And that’s a wrap for #alnsummit19 - see you next year!

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Great discussion on affirmative action, census, racial and religious justice on this afternoon’s civil rights panel #alnsummit19

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“I learned over the past several years there is power in silence and opening your mind to new ideas in stories.” Michelle Lee of @washingtonpost on the Diversity in Media session at #alnsummit19

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“There’s a trope out there of the model minority, but that’s not true- there’s issues in our communities of poverty, census, voting.” - Shaarik Zafar of @facebook on community investments at #alnsummit19

[Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO @APALAnational]

"Two generations ago, my grandparents were interned in Gila, Arizona. And then, I was able to ask questions of @SpeakerRyan in Congress. This is the story of Japanese Americans and for me as a journalist it means so much to carry the history of my family." @scottwongDC @apaicsLN

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“Innovations in our industry came from people with very diverse backgrounds” -Ram Ramanunam of @GM at the innovation and new technologies session #ALNsummit19

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“Regardless of where a community is on the poverty, location, or ethnicity scale- there is a common thread if needed energy; going to the hospital, starting a car, turning on the lights” Robin Rorick @APIenergy at #alnsummit19

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“We have enough resources here one DC, we just have to be more deliberate and intentional, hold ourselves accountable, and remind ourselves that a lot of people helped me get here” #alnsummit19

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“We have to be intentional, we have to be able to show the data. We can’t just have people from these big urban areas, we have to find the talent” -Lorenzo Olvera on Building the POC pipeline at #alnsummit19

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“A lot of interns that have the opportunities to come to Capitol Hill have parents that may have influence and know how to navigate the Hill differently than those who are first of their families to go to college” -panel on building the poc public service pipeline #alnsummit19

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Immigration status is the greatest determinative to health insurance. If you’ve been here for less than 5 years, you don’t have access to Medicaid. @KathyKoChin @APIAHF #alnsummit19

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“There has been an increase of anti public school competitors. People are being trained to dismantle the public education system. That’s why we’re going to invest in those running for office who support public education” Monica Thammarath of @NEAToday #alnsummit19

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“We find that many women are intimidated by the process of fundraising. We like to emphasize that fundraising is a skill that can be built and worked upon” - Madhur Bansal @emilyslist #alnsummit19

[Ruby Sarron @ruby_sarron]

@emilyslist own Madhur sitting on the #womenrunningforoffice panel at @apaicsLN !

[Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, AFL-CIO @APALAnational]

Shout-out to our National Executive Board President Monica Thammarath @_NationalEA for speaking on today's panel about "AAPI Women Running for Office" at @apaicsLN! #AAPI2020

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“Thanks to the firefight and leadership of just a few individuals at the time who took a risk without knowing whether or not they would succeed. That’s what we need to do when we’re faced with a challenge or opportunity.”
Francey Youngberg, former APAICS pres #alnsummit19

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“We can’t sit on the sidelines especially with the urgency of today. When we think about this history of America, this is a nation of immigrants.” @RepBera #alnsummit19

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“Isolation, fear, powerlessness, apathy, inertia - 5 reasons why people don’t get involved in advocating for systemic change. Give people a reason to act.”
@nakasec’s Sookyung Oh at #ALNsummit19

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“We need more data in Asian health, especially sub populations. Generally most data groups all Asians into one group... Having data helps us understand the problem & gives us the right access to the community... Clinical data is crucial.” -Jing Yang, @bmsnews #alnsummit19