I'm so out of it. I only found out about the following event, yesterday, the day it happened. I wonder how it turned out. If I were a lot closer to DC, I would've gone to this:
The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
INVITES YOU TO A
COMMUNITY RECEPTION
Welcoming the new members of the 110th Congress and
honoring Congressman Al Green and Congresswoman Mazie Hirono
as new members of the Executive Board of the
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC).
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: B-354 Rayburn House Office Building
This event is being held in collaboration with the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. (CAPAC)
To RSVP, please click here: http://news.apiavote.org/tinc?key=Mz59LUY0&formname=NCAPARsvp
For more information, please contact Nira Ly at (202) 223-2442 or nira@nationalcapacd.org .
The National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA), founded in 1996,
is a coalition of key national Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)
organizations and serves to provide a national voice for issues impacting our communities.
NCAPA Members include:
Asian American Institute
Asian American Justice Center
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
AFL-CIO
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment and Leadership
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Hmong National Development, Inc.
Indian American Center for Political Awareness
Japanese American Citizen League
Korean American Coalition
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
National Alliance of Vietnamese American Service Agencies
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
National Association for the Education and Advancement of Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese Americans
National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
National Federation of Filipino American Association
National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Organization of Chinese Americans
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Sikh Coalition
South Asian American Leaders of Tomorrow
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
and here's a report from someone who went, someone who used to live in Hawaii:
"You didn't miss much food-wise! No special food from Hawaii. No heavy pupus. They did have chips and refried beans, a dish of cheeses and grapes, finger sandwiches ( choice of ham/cheese and tuna fish), a cold pasta dish (gnocchi?), triangles of quesadilla, and cookies. There was a bar serving wine and soft drinks. I ran into R_ C_ and G_ T_ (ever met him?). The two new congress people were there, of course. Eni Faleomavaega, the Rep. from Samoa, spoke ( I came too late to hear). Sen. Inoue said a few words. (Looking frail, I think he's over 80, but what a speaking voice!) A lot of young congressional aide types. The room was small and crowded-maybe 80-100 people there at its fullest. I stayed about 45 minutes (enough time to eat!). At least now I know where the building is-3rd down the hill from the Capitol South Metro"
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