From Matt Chea, South Philly AAPI grassroots coordinator:
Fellow Cambodian-Americans for Obama,
The primary in PA is coming close (April 22nd)
and we need to do canvassing in our community here in Philadelphia,
PA for the next two weeks.
I have several neighborhoods (North and South
Philadelphia) and also a couple of shopping centers that we can
target. With our Cambodian New Years approaching this weekend, we can
also hit Buddhist temples, churches, and the many parties that the
community throws.
The campaign has several flyers that we can
work on together to translate. I have not a chance to work on the
translations nor do I have the fonts. If someone can help me, that
would be a tremendous help.
I attempted to contact the Khmer Post, the
local and National newspaper who might be doing an article on the
grassroots efforts of local leaders for the Cambodian-American
community.
Van, who is the Asian American Pacific staffer
for the Senator is Cambodian-American is here in Philadelphia and is
working with me here. We opened a Chinatown office and we are doing
our Asian-American outreach from there if anyone wants to visit. We
will be also doing phone bankings and targeting our community if people
are interested in helping us out. It is easy and if you need help Van
and I can show you how to do it. Van also has a letter that the
Senator wrote for our community that once it's approved we can send to
you guys.
We also need any ideas or suggestions that you
can offer us. I know there are several other Khmer communities outside
of Philadelphia i.e, Lancaster, York, Lebanon, Upper Darby and several
other townships and boroughs if you know any else, please forward them
to me. If you know any Khmer supporters here in the Philadelphia and
Upper Darby, PA and even Camden, NJ who want to help out financially
and become volunteers, please contact me or Van ASAP.
If you need lodging and you would like to come
to Philadelphia this weekend or the next please contact me, you can
stay with me or at my brother's house.
Please email me at mattchea@gmail.com or call me at 267-237-8340.
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