Asian Americans for Obama

Big Island rally this Friday

Obama's sister to attend Big Island rally

HONOLULU — Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, will be making an appearance on behalf of her brother at the Big Island Democratic Party's Grand Rally on Friday at Mooheau Park in Hilo.

Soetoro-Ng is expected to arrive at the event at approximately 6 p.m., Obama campaign officials said.

On Sunday, Sept. 21, at 7:30 a.m., Soetoro-Ng will attend the Democratic Party of Hawaii's Unity Breakfast at Ala Moana Hotel.

Asian Americans for Obama Launches New Website

If you found us here, please visit us at our new site at www.AsianAmericansforObama.com.

For Immediate Release

September 05, 2008

Contact: Ramey Ko

Asian Americans for Obama

(M) 512.577.5729

 

ASIAN AMERICANS FOR OBAMA KICKS OFF 60 DAY GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN WITH NEW WEB SITE LAUNCH

 

As part of its major 60 day grassroots campaign before November 4, Asian Americans for Obama is launching a new design for its web site, with new social networking tools such as Digg, Facebook, del.icio.us, and StumbleUpon; an updated color scheme and appearance, including the incorporation of the official Obama campaign logo; a page of endorsements from prominent AAPI political and community leaders such as Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA, 15th), Senator Daniel Akaka, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, DNC APIA Caucus Chair Bel Leong-Hong, Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Tammy Duckworth, sister and brother-in-law Maya Soetoro-Ng and Konrad Ng, Lost's Daniel Dae Kim, Harold and Kumar's Kal Penn, National Geographic's Lisa Ling, Janet Yang of Manifest Films, and X2's Kelly Hu; grassroots supporter profiles and testimonials, and a calendar of upcoming events.

 

Other enhancements to the site include:

 

• Prominent links to Asian Americans for Obama's MyBarackObama, Facebook, YouTube and Donation pages
• RSS feed to alert users of new content
• Blogroll of Democratic and AAPI-related blogs
• Recent comments from readers
• BlogCatalog button linking back to one of the largest blog directories on the internet
• Comment forms and ways to get involved

 

Since December 2006, Asian Americans for Obama has mobilized AAPI grassroots efforts by providing comprehensive organizing resources, news, information, and media of relevance to AAPIs and the Obama campaign. Asian Americans have rallied both online and in person, traveling from all over the nation to battleground states such as Iowa, Nevada and Texas, with Asian Americans for Obama playing an unprecedented role in this year’s convention, a reflection of Senator Barack Obama’s innovative, bottom-up campaign philosophy.  By moving from Typepad to a self-hosted version of Wordpress, Asian Americans for Obama is taking advantage of the most-advanced blogging platform on the planet. Wordpress' advanced SEO capabilities and open-source extensibility will lend itself to increasing the reach of the website.

 

With less than 60 days to go before the general election, the new and enhanced features provided by the re-launched web site will empower grassroots supporters everywhere to mobilize effectively for fundraising, volunteering, and outreach. Asian Americans for Obama founder and Texas national delegate Ramey Ko notes, "Sen. Obama’s campaign has empowered everyday people to start a political movement in their own communities. Asian Americans can play a critical role in key battleground states, and it will be up to us to make sure we do."

 

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Asian Americans for Obama is a nationwide, grassroots organization of progressive Asian Americans who are working to help elect Senator Barack Obama as the next president of the United States. To learn more about Asian Americans for Obama, please visit http://www.asianamericansforobama.com

Obama Pachanga Tonight - Sept. 4, 8:30 PM

PACHANGA LATINA w/ EVA LONGORIA & ADAM RODRIGUEZ & DJ DAZ of LATINO 96.3
An Evening in Support of the Obama Victory Fund

Thursday, September 4, 2008 8:30PM-2:00AM
The Highlands
6801 Hollywood Blvd. Ste 433
(21 & over), Student: $50 Guest: $100 VIP: $1000 Host: $5000

RSVP http://donate.barackobama.com/page/contribute/PachangaLatina
or contact Courtney Weisman at nlc.rsvp@gmail.com or 202-863-7191

Fired up and Ready to go Volunteer!

Hey Cali Asian Americans for Obama!
After last week's convention and the ... um, interesting things said during the RNC convention this week, I know there are lots of you ready to go out there and do something! Here's your chance!!!

September 6 and 7: Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture (www.filamarts.org)
San Pedro, CA
This Saturday and Sunday, Filipinos for Obama is sponsoring and sharing a table at FPAC (www.filamarts.org) with Mark Pulido (http://www.markpulido.com/).
Email oiyan.poon@gmail.com if you're able to come out and help register voters and get the word out for Obama, or just come out to FPAC and join in the fun.

September 12-14: Road trip to Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress, Chinese Americans for Obama, South Asians for Obama, Filipinos for Obama, and Asian Americans for Obama are teaming up to organize a road trip to Nevada on the weekend of Sept. 12-14th.  Volunteers in Northern California will be heading to Reno, while volunteers in Southern California will be targeting Las Vegas.  Please let us know if you'd like to join us.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - please contact Anhoni Patel at anhoni@yahoo.com or Diana Olin at garnetorchid@gmail.com
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - please contact Oiyan Poon at oiyan.poon@gmail.com

To RSVP to the Vegas Roadtrip, please go to our Evite.
http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=VMKBJAUONTNYGLCINDYN&inviteId=OFJOANMFRRKETBAMLXYQ&showResponse=&sortOrder=&responseToExpand=maybe

A limited number of free housing will be available in Las Vegas. Please rsvp about Vegas by Monday, 9/8. 

Obama Southern California HQ Grand Opening - Thursday, Sept. 4

This Thursday, September 4th, please join us at the grand opening of the Southern California headquarters.   

Meet campaign staff and fellow supporters in the area, and learn how you can make a difference in the last 62 days of this campaign by volunteering to canvass, register, and bring new voices into the political process.

Here are the details:   

 
Southern California for Obama
  Headquarters Opening

  3619 Motor Avenue, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA

   Thursday, September 4th
  6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.   

     

  http://ca.barackobama.com/CAlosangeles

   Hope to see you there,

   Mitchell

Mitchell Schwartz
California State Director
Obama for America

P.S. -- One of the best ways you can help build this movement is by making weekend trips to Nevada through the Drive for Change program. You'll work with staff and volunteers to contact voters there and spread Barack's message of change.

Learn more and sign up for the first Drive for Change in Nevada next weekend, September 12th - 14th.

Manifest Hope Videos

Last week at the DNC, iconoclastic artist David Choe, whose groundbreaking work from murals to sculpture to t-shirts to graphic novels defies easy classification, was a featured exhibitor at the Manifest Hope Gallery.  He's interviewed in the video below:

Actor Daniel Dae Kim dropped by the exhibition and was also interviewed:

Let Our Voices Be Heard

This year, Asian Americans have an unprecedented opportunity to make a difference in the election.  With only two months left, we must act now to mobilize our community elect Sen. Obama and make an impact that the whole country will notice.

If Asian Americans are to make a difference, we must show up.  You can help make sure our community shows up by doing the following today:

1. Building our Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2220476126

We need to utilize our networks to build this group up as large as possible.  Join the group, invite your friends, and encourage them to do the same.

2. Building our MyBarackObama group:  http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/AsianAmericansforObama

This is our primary e-mail list.  Please join our list and encourage your friends to do so as well.  The campaign pays attention to these numbers, and we can make a big splash by boosting our membership.

Asian Americans for Obama Weekly Web Release – 9/2/08

Our second Weekly Web Release focuses on the events of the Democratic National Convention, with an emphasis on Asian American participation and presence. Please look under the Democratic National Convention category and read more below the fold for our full coverage!