Asian Americans for Obama is a grassroots organization founded to help organize the Asian American community to elect Senator Barack Obama the next President of the United States
Sen. Obama's speaking event in Berlin, Germany, begins at approximately 12 PM CST today. It's hard to say exactly when he will begin speaking, as I'm sure there will be a number of introductory remarks by local and other figures.
On June 6, 2008, Sen. Obama spoke to his staff and volunteers, congratulating them for all their work and rallying them for the general election fight to come.
It seems like every other day, Sen. Obama gives another speech that ranks as historic. On Sunday, January 20, he spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA, Dr. King's church, of the legacy of MLK, Jr. and the lessons from his mission that are still terribly relevant today. In these remarks, there are many things which Asian Americans can learn and many areas where we as a community must examine our hearts and consciences to understand where we have succeeded and where we still fall short. Such moments remind me of the colossal and monumental importance of THIS moment. Sometimes I fear such sentiments, for they contain the potential for crushing disappointment, but I know that it is only such sentiments that drive the progress of humanity.
Let us heed the call of Sen. Obama to understand the urgency of this moment:
"Every
day, our politics fuels and exploits this kind of division across all
races and regions; across gender and party. It is played out on
television. It is sensationalized by the media. And last week, it even
crept into the campaign for President, with charges and counter-charges
that served to obscure the issues instead of illuminating the critical
choices we face as a nation."
"So
let us say that on this day of all day s, each of us carries with us
the task of changing our hearts and minds. The division, the
stereotypes, the scape-goating, the ease with which we blame our plight
on others - all of this distracts us from the common challenges we face
- war and poverty; injustice and inequality. We can no longer afford to
build ourselves up by tearing someone else down. We can no longer
afford to traffic in lies or fear or hate. It is the poison that we
must purge from our politics; the wall that we must tear down before
the hour grows too late."
