APAs & Election 2004
Politics & Law Readings Section Special
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Over 200 APA Film Stars, Authors, Artists
Nationwide Endorse John Kerry
Release by United Coalition of Asian and
Pacific Islander American Independent Arts, Culture and Media
Professionals
Diverse "all-star" list volunteering
nationwide for rallies, phone banks, media, door-to-door "to the last
minute the Hawai'i polls close"; host live Election Night blog with A
Magazine founder Jeff Yang
Kerry Speaks Out in First Interview with Asian American Press
Interview by Samson Wong and Kathleen Richards,
Asian Week
Hat's off to AsianWeek, who sat down to talk
turkey with the candidate about hate crimes, housing, Cabinet diversity,
his Chinese-born niece, Shinseki's ousting and more
Bush-Kerry Diversity Debate on Black Collegian and
IMDiversity.com
Special Feature by THE BLACK COLLEGIAN and
IMDiversity.com
In "head-to-head" format, the two major-party
candidates speak with our sister publication,
THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine,
about minority education, opportunity, culture issues, and more.
AALDEF Seeks Volunteers to Defend Asian American Voting Rights
Release by the Asian American Legal Defense and
Education Fund Voting Rights Project
Election monitors -- esp. lawyers, law
students -- sought for several Midwestern, East Coast
states; multilingual hotline established
NEWS
Q&A: The Passion of Iowa
State Rep. Swati Dandekar
By Stewart David Ikeda, IMDiversity.com
Dandekar talks about her passion for education, for John Kerry, and for
the state that made her the first Indian-born American to serve in a
state legislature
Young APIAs
Must Hurdle Voting Obstacles
By APIAVote.org
APIAVote testifies at USCCR briefing to voting barriers faced by the
youth and entire APIA community
My Uncle, Fighting in Iraq, Targeted by
GOP Voter Purges
By Neelanjana
Banerjee, Pacific News Service
A Midwestern Indian-American soldier in Iraq is almost blocked
from voting by Republican voter registration challenges
A Debate of One's Own
By Stewart David Ikeda, IMDiversity.com
Sam Mok, Gary Locke, and Honda Honda bring the debate
home for APAs in teleconference with
APIAVote's 100 houseparties
Largest Asian American PAC Endorses John Kerry for President
By IMDiversity.com Asian-American Village Staff
Comparing positions on workplace equality, civil liberties, immigration
and hate crimes, 80-20 swings to Democrats, but with reservations
MTV and CAAUSE Air Asian-American Sci-Fi PSA for Youth Voters
By IMDiversity.com Asian-American Village Staff
Kelly Hu, Maggie Q, Ming-Na, Russell Wong, Tamlyn Tomita and John Cho
star in short film The Least Likely (to Vote); readers can also
"vote" online to have PSA developed into feature film
New Generation of Asian Americans Makes Political Waves
By Deborah Kong, Pacific News Service
Though their numbers in some California communities are high, Asian
Americans have a reputation for staying away from mainstream political
life. Now, several Bay Area candidates are challenging that stereotype.
80-20 Surprise: May Seek Class Action against DoL over Glass Ceiling
By IMDiversity.com Asian-American Village Staff
Aug. 20 - Approaching endorsement convention, group criticizes President
Bush and Elaine Chao for ignoring Asian Americans' concerns
APIAs Across the Nation: Host a DebateWatch by APIAVote
By APIAVote.org
APIAVote.org wants you to throw a house party
on in nationwide teleconference with politicians, voter reg. drive
The Immigrant Vote Packs Real Potential
By Carolina Gonzalez,
NYIC
Groups like the Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center are dedicated to not
only helping immigrants vote this November if they can, but also to
productively participate in campaigns and the free elections process
even if they can't
My Parents Worked Hard for the Privilege to Vote, Others Should, Too
By Emily Lee, Pacific News Service
Youth commentary on the privilege lots of us -- too many, in fact --
take for granted
Asian Pacific Americans, Polls and the 2004 Election
By CN Le, Asian-Nation, special to
IMDiversity.com
In the current flood of polls, we do well to recall the old saying:
There are lies, there are damn lies, and then there are statistics
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New California Media National Poll
of Asian Pacific Islanders on the 2004 Election
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Portrait of a Swing Vote
44% unable to pick the party that "regards opinions
of their national or ethnic group more importantly"
29% "closer" to Dems & 25% to GOP
20% "undecided"
35% voted for Clinton in 1992; but 55% for
Gore in 2000
Sources: New California Media Poll Sep.
2004; NY Times 2000; CNN 2000
Exit Poll Reporting
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Letter: Iraq and the Gap of Expectations
[Link Corrected 10/27]
By David Mura
Opinion letter by acclaimed author and literature
teacher finds 'heroic dimensions' in next week's election -- in the most
classical sense
An open letter to all young
Vietnamese-Americans
By
Sonny Le
Vietnamese-American
Republicans should rethink their vote for Bush on Nov 2
Letter: Political Observations from an APA Traveler
By Eric Byler
Filmmaker Byler's two-year,
cross-country speaking tour brings new revelations about race, lies, and politics in a post
9/11 world
Not My Reality
By Frances Kai-Hwa
Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
Frances Wang asks: From reality TV to the elections, where are all the
APAs, anyway?
National Poll on APA Voters Shows Large Undecideds, Record Interest
By APIAVote.org
APAs favor Kerry, but 20% undecided;
jobs, economy top concerns, Iraq distantly follows; most say 2004 may be "most important
election of my lifetime"
Childish Dreams: To Be Secretary of State
By Frances Kai-Hwa
Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
Bittersweet reflections on politics, parenthood, Star Trek
and the idealism of youth
APA Voters and Conservatives: Why are "They" So Afraid of "Us"?
By Stewart David Ikeda, IMDiversity.com
Conservatives' knee-jerk attacks on pan-Asian political organizing and
bloc-voting denies the facts and opportunities that should be
good news for them. Why?
America's Hottest Commodity- 2004 Election 'Swingers'
By Sandip Roy, Pacific News Service
Are you one of those mysterious and much-coveted swing voters? Anyone with an
issue and an e-mail list, the writer says, can bend the ears of campaign
managers desperate for every last vote.
Secret Asian Man: Polarization
By Tak Toyoshima, Village
Artist-in-Residence
(Comics) Election
season has S.A.M. thinking about "swing voting," third parties, and life
in the lonely middle.
How to Vote in 2004 to Win "The Big Interests"
By S.B. Woo, President of
the 80-20 Initiative and Political Action Committee
Commentary on using non-alignment and bloc-voting strategies to "raise
political clout" of Asian Americans
But I Don’t Want to be Political...
By Frances Kai-Hwa
Wang, AAV Contributing Editor
A last push to go to the polls for those of us
who really don't want to.
Issues & Platforms
In Debates, Minority Professionals Want to
Hear More on Economy, Job Market
By Chandra Prasad, Special Contributor to
IMDiversity.com
Careers author and workplace diversity specialist Chandra Prasad asks
diverse professionals what they are not hearing -- and need to
National Poll on APA Voters Shows Large Undecideds, Record Interest
By APIAVote.org
APAs favor Kerry, but 20% undecided;
jobs, economy top concerns, Iraq distantly follows; most say 2004 may be "most important
election of my lifetime"; split decisions on offshore outsourcing,
in-language voting, immigration policy
Politics
of a Model Minority
By Peggy Hong, Special Contributor to
IMDiversity.com
Looking at her somewhat divided, somewhat undecided family,
the writers weighs immigrant-generation
aspirations and interest as
"outsiders" against more
outward-looking concerns of a new generation
that feels it belongs
Vietnamese Americans Back Bush -- For Now
By Andrew Lam, PNS
But generational shifts, new concerns, may bring change to community's
traditional GOP support
Secret Asian Man on: Asian American Political Clout
By Tak Toyoshima, Village
Artist-in-Residence
(Comics) Convention
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