AAPI Southeast Regional Action Summit

  • Home
  • Summit Executive Report: A Call to Action
  • Program
  • Location/Directions
    • Room Locations & Photos
    • Floor Map
  • Keynote Speaker
  • Sponsors
    • Contributing Sponsors
    • Participating AAPI Organizations
    • Welcome from Emory Univ.
  • Hotels/Transportation
    • Hotels
    • Transportation
    • Weekend Atlanta AAPI Events
  • About the WHIAAPI
  • Photos & Videos
    • WHIAAPI Photo & Video Gallery
    • WHIAAPI "What's Your Story" Video Challenge
  • Contact
  • Press
    • Asian Language Flyers

PRESS CONFERENCE

PRESS & MEDIA INFORMATION

Picture
WHIAAPI and the Atlanta Host Committee welcomes all Press and Media representatives to attend the Summit!  NOTE: Media representatives who want to schedule an interview to discuss the effort or wish to cover the event MUST PRE-CREDENTIAL by e-mailing their name, title, organization and contact information to Toby Chaudhuri at toby.chaudhuri@ed.gov by 5 p.m. (EST) on Thurs., March 15, 2012.
Please also REGISTER for the Summit.  Here are key program times for press attendance:
  • 10 am: SUMMIT KICKOFF, Harland Cinema, DUC: Kiran Ahuja, WHIAAPI Executive Director
  • 1:00 pm: KEYNOTE SPEECH: Cox Hall: Christopher P. Lu, Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President; WHIAAPI Co-Chair
  • 1:30 PM: MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH SR. OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, Cox Hall.
  • 2:00 pm: Town Hall Listening Session, Cox Hall: Atlanta City Councilman Alex Wan, WHIAAPI Commissioner Hector Vargas, Jr., and Kiran Ahuja
  • 3:30 pm: Cox Hall, Closing with Volunteer Photo Opportunity
WHIAAPI Press Contact: Toby Chaudhuri, Email: toby.chaudhuri@ed.gov, Tel. 978-884-8626.

whiaapi_media_advisory_3-16-12.pdf
File Size: 130 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File


PROGRAM OUTLINE

Picture
Morning Session: 9 am - 12 pm
Registration, Kick-off, and Breakout Sessions
Dobbs University Center (DUC):
605 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30332
Afternoon Session: 12 pm - 3:30 pm
Lunch, Keynote & Town Hall
Cox Banquet Hall:
569 Asbury Circle, Atlanta, GA 30332

The Summit will convene principal Obama Administration officials for a day of open dialogue, in which participants from the community and government will work together to create an action plan for empowering the AAPI community.  The Summit’s Keynote Speaker is Christopher P. Lu, Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President, and Co-Chair of WHIAAPI.  Also in attendance will be Kiran Ahuja, WHIAAPI Executive Director; Alex Wan, the first AAPI Atlanta City Council Member, and Hector L. Vargas, WHIAAPI Commission Member.  Local AAPI partnering organizations include the Asian American Legal Advocacy Center (AALAC), the Asian American Resource Center (AARC), the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS), and OCA-Georgia. 

Hosted by historic Emory University, our program will feature four morning breakout sessions led by AAPI leaders on the issues of
(1) Immigration & Civil Rights,
(2) Health Care/Mental Health Issues,
(3) Housing and Foreclosures, and
(4) Small Business and Economic Issues for Entrepreneurs. 
This will be followed by a FREE LUNCH, the Keynote Speech, and the afternoon Town Hall Meeting/Listening Session.

The Summit is made possible through the generosity of its contributing sponsors: Emory’s Office of Multicultural Programs & Services (venue), Emory’s Office of Community and Diversity (parking), Sodexo (free lunch), Comcast (livestreaming), and Georgia Tech’s Vice President for Institute Diversity.

Bonnie Youn, Chair of the Atlanta Host Committee, Explains what the Summit is All About

Credit to Sung Ku Hong of Newsnpost.com.  Read about the Summit in Korean!

DOWNLOAD SUMMIT INFORMATION FLYER

Picture
whiaapi_flyer.pdf
File Size: 214 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

DOWNLOAD FLYERS IN 4 ASIAN LANGUAGES

korean.pdf
File Size: 211 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

chinese.pdf
File Size: 201 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

vietnamese.pdf
File Size: 130 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

nepali.pdf
File Size: 295 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

READ EMORY UNIV. PRESS RELEASE

emory_press_release_2.pdf
File Size: 55 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

DOWNLOAD SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

chris_lu.pdf
File Size: 21 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

kiran_ahuja.pdf
File Size: 33 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

alex_wan.pdf
File Size: 29 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File