Post Election Reflections: Interview with David Mineta
Here is one of a series of video interviews I did with FFO (Filipinos for Obama) Volunteers. I interviewed a few folks when people had the time and energy.
Election 2008
Asian Americans and the Election
Since November 4th I’ve been feeling a mixture of relief and post-election blues — not just for the way that people voted, but for the whole process finally being over. This election season has been so long and bizarre that I had to see it through the filter of satire, with daily doses of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and more recently the Saturday Night Live sketches which essentially wrote themselves.
Post Election Reflections: Getting out the Vote for Obama
As part of CAAM’s Election Initiative for 2008, I will be blogging about my personal experiences with civic engagement in the Asian American community during this past election. Here are some short stories, responses, ephemera collected from the road during the brief time I signed up with the Barack Obama presidential campaign.
San Francisco’s Obama Victory Party at the Mezzanine!
Please Join Generation Obama San Francisco and other Bay Area Groups for the San Francisco Election Night Event! Come celebrate this Historic Event with other Obama Supporters at the Mezzanine.
Election Night Party at YBCA
Calling all Obamaphiles and McCaniacs, hockey-moms and Joe Six-packs, Democrats and Republicans, Independents and Undecideds! On November 4th this historic election will usher in a new day in America and it will be time to set aside our differences, reach across the aisle, join hands in solidarity, bury the hatchet, raise a glass and PARTY LIKE IT’S 1999! But the best part, my friends, is that in this time of economic uncertainty—IT’S FREE!
Get out the Asian American vote!
Check out this PSA video from CAUSE ( Center for Asian Americans United for Self Empowerment ) featuring George Takei, Kelly Hu and George Huang.
Diversity Beat covers both migrant deaths and black bloggers in recent stories
NMC fellow, Tristan Ahtone’s video report on the impact of migrant border deaths on tribal communities is now posted on the PBS Newshour website. The US installed vehicle border has long divided the Tehono O’odham nation’s tribal homeland.
Request for Proposals for “ABROAD AT HOME”
FRONTLINE/World and the National Minority Consortia (NMC) are collaborating on a joint call for proposals for an online series entitled “Abroad at Home”, part of FRONTLINE/World’s larger 2008 Election project called “The World is Watching”.