7/15/2014
CAPAL WLP Session 4: Coalition Building- July 16
The fourth Washington Leadership Program session will be Coalition Building held on Wednesday, July 16, at the Capitol Visitor Center, Room HVC-215, 6PM. This session will highlight coalition building as AAPI leaders in their respective roles in the private sector, the Federal Government, an NGO, the Hill, or in the community. We will hear stories of effective coalition building within the AAPI community and beyond our community.
Featured Speakers:
Krystal Ka'ai, Executive Director, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Daphne Kwok, Vice President, Multicultural Markets and Engagement-Asian Audiences, AARP
Joe Montano, Regional Director, Office of U.S. Senator Tim KaineRajdeep Singh, Director of Law and Policy, Sikh Coalition
Moderated by: Grace Choi, CAPAL Board of Directors
5th Annual AAPI Career Fair on July 18
CAPAL is pleased to bring back our annual AAPI Career Fair this summer! The fair is a unique opportunity to connect AAPI students and young professionals to top employers in the Washington, DC area.
The career fair will be on Friday, July 18, 11AM-2PM at the National Education Assocation (NEA), 1201 16th St. NW (use M St entrance), Robert H. Chanin Auditorium, Side A. The fair is free and open to the public.
A broad range of federal and local government agencies and nonprofit employers attend each year. Come learn about career opportunities at these organizations. Remember to bring your résumé and business cards. See you there!
Congressional Budget Office
Federal Aviation Administration
Millennium Challenge Corporation
National Education Association
National Science Foundation
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Peace Corps
Ready for Hillary Super PAC
The Smithsonian
The United States Social Security Administration
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Services
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
United States Secret Service
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
CAPAL and WHIAAPI: AAPI Leadership Roundtable with Kana Enomoto - July 24
CAPAL and the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) have partnered to bring you the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Leadership Roundtable Series. Join AAPI public service leaders each month in Washington, DC for an informal discussion on their personal paths to success as well as various hot topics in the AAPI community, including mental health, economic growth, civil rights, civic engagement, and AAPI leadership development. The next roundtable will be on July 24th from 12:30-1:30PM at theNational Education Association and will feature Kana Enomoto, Principal Deputy Administrator for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Ms.Enomoto was appointed in August 2011 as the Principal Deputy Administrator for SAMHSA, at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this capacity, Ms. Enomoto serves as the principal advisor to the Administrator on policies and programmatic activities for an agency with more than 600 employees and a fiscal year budget of approximately $3.5 billion. She also manages SAMHSA’s budget, operational, and programmatic portfolios. Ms. Enomoto brings 24 years of experience in the behavioral health field, 16 of which have been in federal service at SAMHSA. Prior to her appointment as Principal Deputy Administrator, Ms. Enomoto served as the first Director of SAMHSA’s new Office of Policy, Planning, and Innovation (OPPI), where she developed, coordinated, and communicated SAMHSA policies and directions across the full spectrum of mental health and substance abuse issues.
Roundtables will continue throughout the summer on: July 24, July 31, and August 7. Lunch will be served at all roundtables.
Register here. Due to limited space, only the first 20 RSVPs to each session will be guaranteed entrance.
Demystifying the CIA Panel Discussion and Networking Event on July 22
Please RSVP to Jenny Lin at jennifer.lin@tap-dc.org.
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2014 Board of Directors
Gita Ram
Chair
Shelly Zhao
Vice Chair, Programs
Sophia Wang
Vice Chair, Operations
Jerry Fu
Vice Chair, Development
Viraj Patel
Secretary
Dan Lam
Treasurer
Andrew Chang
John Chang
Grace Choi
Benjamin Chou
Peter Dien
Jude Paul Dizon
June Kao
Sara Lee
Yang Liang
Hungyen Nguyen
Emil Trinidad
Anitha Vemury
Carmen Ye
Program Manager
Elizabeth Thompson
2014 Public Service Fellow
Hannah Chong
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Advisory Council
Jasmeet Ahuja
Christine Chen
Julian Ha
Gene Kim
Jeewon Kim
Joon Kim
John Kusano
Hung Nguyen
Michael Phung
Farook Sait
John Trasviña
Chantale Wong
Lina Woo
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華人前進會行政主任駱理德昨日代表該會和華人政治前進行動（Chinese Progressive
Political Action）發出聲明，指他們支持許多聯盟活動，通過了多項對社區有益的立法。最近通過的就有五項。
