The FAPAC Congressional Seminar has been scheduled for June 13, 2013 in the Gold Room, Rayburn House Building, Washington DC. The Seminar will focus on public service and working with the government and will feature talks from Sam Mok (former CFO, Department of Labor), Audrey Buehring (Deputy Director, White House Initiative on AAPI) and members of the Congress including Honorable Judy Chu, Honorable Tammy Duckworth, Honorable Mike Honda and more.
(Register now for the event)
Agenda (Tentative)
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7:30 am
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Doors Open/Security Check Point Pre-Registration (8:00 AM) and Photo ID required
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9:00 am
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Welcome Dr. Kin Wong, President, FAPAC
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9:15 am
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Theme: AAPI’s Time is Here!
Honorable Judy Chu, Chair, CAPAC
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10:00 am
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Making to the Top – Be a Political Appointee – Speaker: Mr. Sam Mok
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11:00 am
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White House Initiative on AAPI Briefing – Speaker: Audrey Buehring, Deputy Director, WHIAAPI
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11:45 am
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Lunch (provided)
Hot Issues for AAPI in this Session of Congress?
Speaker: Honorable Mike Honda, Chair Emeritus, CAPAC
Speaker: Honorable Congressman Ami Bera
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1:00 pm
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How to be political savvy – Speaker: Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth
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2:00 pm
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Your voice does matter – Speaker: Congressional Staff TBD
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3:00 pm
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Closing Remarks – Thanh Trang, Program Chair, FAPAC
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Presidential Proclamation -- Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2013
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Each May, our Nation comes together to recount the ways Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) helped forge our country. We remember a time 170 years ago, when Japanese immigrants first set foot on American shores and opened a path for millions more. We remember 1869, when Chinese workers laid the final ties of the transcontinental railroad after years of backbreaking labor. And we remember Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have made our country bigger and brighter again and again, from Native Hawaiians to the generations of striving immigrants who shaped our history -- reaching and sweating and scraping to give their children something more. Their story is the American story, and this month, we honor them all.
(Read the official press release)