OCA - Orange County Chapter

Communications Director: Moderate California Democrat seeks Communications Director responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive communications strategy, including writing press releases, floor statements and op-eds, responding to press inquiries, producing newsletters, email communications, managing website and mass mail program. Position requires assistance with district events and travel to the district, as needed. California ties a plus. THIS JOB IS LOCATED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Please email resume to: CommDirResumeInBox@mail.house.gov No calls or emails.

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Mainstream California Democrat on exclusive committee with close ties to leadership seeks Chief of Staff. Chief of Staff serves as lead strategist for the Member and the Office. As a result, strong candidates will have politics and communications experience, and demonstrated ability to aggressively manage the portfolio in those areas.

This Washington, DC-based position is responsible for management and supervision of all operations and staff, including district office in consultation with District Director. Management functions include, but are not limited to, oversight of personnel, office budget, policies and procedures, press operation, legislative operation, mail program, and mass constituent communications. Member runs a highly motivated and fast-paced office, and applicants must have excellent oral and written communication skills, strong organizational and problem-solving skills, demonstrated leadership qualities, and work well under pressure. Send resume, references and a writing sample to CADemCOS@mail.house.gov.

Forum/Other Views - Digging up the past - sacbee.com
As development begins at the downtown railyard and Sacramento opens what one city official calls a “new chapter in our history,” city leaders and developers should be sensitive to the historical ties the Chinese community has with the area.

Much has been written about the 240-acre railyard: In its heyday it was the largest industrial center west of the Mississippi, a railcar production center that dumped chemicals and toxic metals into the ground, later creating a Superfund site. Rumors abound that locomotives there were buried whole.

Dear friend –

Please save the date for a legislative briefing on Asian Pacific American
civil rights issues! Learn about language rights, civil rights, and
immigrant rights issues impacting our community — in particular state
legislation affecting voting, immigration, education, access to justice, and
emergency preparedness. Please RSVP to kwang@apalc.org.

Friday, March 16, 10 am — Los Angeles
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90017

Friday, March 16, 1.30 pm — Orange County
Orange County Asian & Pacific Islander Community Alliance
12900 Garden Grove Boulevard, Garden Grove, 92843

More info forthcoming and will be posted at www.aacre.org. Asian Americans
for Civil Rights & Equality (AACRE) is a joint project of APALC, Asian Law
Caucus and CAA/Center for Asian American Advocacy.

–
Karin Wang, Esq.
Vice-President, Programs
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone | 213.977.7500
Fax | 213.977.7595
Web | www.apalc.org

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From: Vivian Huang, AACRE < vhuang@caasf.org>
Date: Mar 1, 2007 3:59 PM
Subject: Join Us at AACRE’s Briefing in LA, Orange County, or San Francisco!
To: kwang@apalc.org

[image: AACRE]

Dear Karin:

Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality invites you to join us in
discussing AACRE’s 2007 priorities to advance civil rights, language rights,
and immigrant rights. We will be holding briefings in Los Angeles, Orange
County, and San Francisco! Click
herefor
more information.

Sincerely,

Vivian Huang
AACRE Legislative Advocate

a partnership of

Chinese for Affirmative Action
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Asian Law Caucus

Asian Pacific American Legal Center presents FREE LEGAL CLINIC

For low- and medium-income individuals
Saturday, March 31, 2007
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
at
Nguoi Viet Daily News
14771 Moran Street
Westminster, CA 92683

* Come to obtain legal information in the following areas: family law,
immigration, housing/landlord/tenant, consumer and others
* Bilingual attorneys and volunteers will be available in Vietnamese,
Korean and Chinese

For more information call 714-530-9155
Appointment preferred but not required

Co-Sponsored by Nguoi Viet Daily News
Orange County Asian American Bar Assn.
Orange County Korean American Bar Assn.
Vietnamese American Bar Assn.

—–Original Message—–
From: Tammy Peng [mailto:tpeng@apalc.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:35 PM
To: Mary Anne Foo; Jacqueline Tran; Jason Lacsamana; Jennifer Kuo; Kimmy
Nguyen; Lucy Huynh; Vicky Ojerio; Scott Iseri; Jina Hwang; Duc Nguyen
Subject: APALC free legal clinic flyers–at last they’re ready!

Dear OCAPICA folks,

I know you may have already seen it in your mail box, but I’m also
sending
you the e-version so you can help get the word out and, hopefully, help
me
recruit volunteers. I have attached the flyer in English, Vietnamese,
Korean
and Chinese, and please feel free to tell me if you’d like certain
flyer(s)
copied for distribution. And, you can also download the flyers from our
website’s calendar link, at http://apalc.org/calendar.htm. Thank you in
advance for all your help and (at leaset one of you) for volunteering at
the
clinic as an interpreter.

Tammy

Tammy Peng, Esq.
OC Policy Advocate
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
12900 Garden Grove Blvd., Suite 220
Garden Grove, CA 92843
714-530-9155 (phone)
714-636-8828 (fax)
tpeng@apalc.org
www.apalc.org

St. Anselm’s Cross - Cultural Community Center

13091 Galway St. Garden Grove, CA 92844

Tel: (714) 537-0608 Fax: (714) 537-7606
www.anselmcenter.org

“Thousands of lives transformed”

March 5, 2007

Dear Community Partners and Concerned Citizens:

Are you aware of the recent proposals by the United States Citizenship
and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization
Services, or INS) to raise naturalization and other immigration-related
applications fees, averaging by as much as 69%? For a family of four
immigrants, the cost of applying for the United States citizenship could
be as high as $2,700! To seek permanent resident status (or “green
card”), one may have to pay as much as $985, a jump of 150% from the
current $395.

Is our government telling us that only the rich and those who can afford
such outrageous amounts are entitled to citizenship or permanent
resident status or be reunited with their family? With an already broken
immigration system, is our citizenship also in crisis?

On behalf of the Refugee Forum of Orange County, St. Anselm’s will be
hosting a very important informational day, Citizenship in Crisis, on
March 15, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., at 13091 Galway, Garden Grove. This
forum is designed to inform our community partners and citizens about
these proposed changes in the naturalization process of our country-a
land of immigrants from the world over since its birth-and various
immigration service fee increases, some of them nothing short of
outrageous. The forum aims to empower our community partners and
citizens to fight back at the proposed changes and barriers that will,
undoubtedly, threaten immigrants and refugees from becoming American
citizens.

For more information and an opportunity to voice your opinion, please
attend our community forum, for time is running out! Make your voice
heard and take a stand to support individuals from around the world who
wish to become Americans and pursue the democratic dream.

Sincerely,

Refugee Forum of Orange County

*ASIAN-AMERICAN POLITICAL CLOUT* -

KCET “Life & Times” - Wednesday, 03/07/97 @ 6:30 PM

The hotly contested and still disputed race between two Vietnamese-Americans
for O.C. Supervisor is revealing the rising political clout of
Asian-Americans. Roger Cooper looks at the larger picture of an upcoming
demographic group in O.C. and beyond.

http://www.kcet.org/lifeandtimes/

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nguyen6mar06,1,4994566.story

Asian Americans the New ‘*Sleeping* *Giant*’ in California Politics -
NAM
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news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html ***

AsianWeek.com
The *Sleeping* *Giant* has awoken!
http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=94edff9d77306e82b8465f2217869a37

Latest News :: U.S. ATTORNEY CAROL LAM’S FIRING ALARMS CAPAC MEMBERS, Answers Sought from DOJ, Lack of AAPI Representation in U.S. Attorney Posts Highlighted
Washington, DC – The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) expresses concern over the seemingly political nature of former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam’s firing, and seeks answers from the Department of Justice through a letter signed by Representatives Mike Honda and Bobby Scott.