FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF HAWAII STATEHOOD A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF...
USAW August 21 2009 It is with great pride that our Nation commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of Statehood for Hawaii On August 21 1959 we welcomed Hawaii into the United States ohana orfamily...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY President Obama to Sign Executive Order on White House...
USAW October 13 2009 On Wednesday October 14 President Obama will sign an Executive Order restoring the White House Advisory Commission and Interagency Working Group to address issues concerning the...
View ArticleA Premier Collection of Award Winning Independent Asia Pacific Films
USAW October 19 2009 AsiaPacificFilms com streams an extensive library of award winning films on the Internet by individual or package subscription The brainchild of former film festival director...
View ArticleAsiaPacificFilms com Offers Free Previews of Premiere On Line Library of Asia...
USAW October 22 2009 AsiaPacificFilms com announces free unlimited access to its on line library of 500 culturally significant and historically important feature films shorts and documentaries from...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Launches 2010 Census Campaign With New Web Site
USAW October 26 2009 The U S Census Bureau today kicked off its communications campaign to reach every resident in America with the launch of its 2010 Census Web site strong a href http 2010CENSUS GOV...
View ArticleAsian Heritage Street Celebration Honors Twenty Local Schools and Twenty...
USAW November 18 2009 The Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be honoring over 20 not for profit organizations for their work in the Asian Pacific American community and over 20 local schools this...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY Interview Opportunity with Korean Spokesperson br Medicare...
USAW December 9 2009 Available for Interview Anne Avery Anne Kwon CMS Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach Coordinator
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY Interview Opportunity with Asian American Spokesperson br...
USAW December 9 2009 Available for Interview Anne Avery Anne Kwon CMS Asian American and Pacific Islander Outreach Coordinator
View ArticleCensus Bureau Launches 2010 Census Road Tour Across Nation Portrait of...
USAW January 4 2010 The 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour set out today from New York City s Times Square launching a cross country interactive experience designed to increase awareness and...
View ArticleSeventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards to Honor San Diego Legend Tom Hom
USAW January 28 2010 Tom Hom one of San Diego s most influential Asian Americans will be honored as this year s Special Recognition Honoree at the Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards on Saturday July...
View ArticleAsian Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence Announces Grand Prize...
USAW February 3 2010 Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence ASPIRE is proud to announce Rashmi Jasrasaria as the grand prize winner of the 2nd Annual ASPIRE Outstanding Woman of the Year...
View ArticleGiant Robot is Proud to Host a Group Art Show Year of the Tiger
USAW February 3 2010 Giant Robot is proud to host Year of the Tiger a group art show celebrating year 4708 on the lunar calendar Pieces will include illustration oils pencils prints watercolor...
View ArticleLoyola Marymount University Sponsors AAJA s J Camp as Host
USAW February 18 2010 The Asian American Journalists Association AAJA announced Loyola Marymount University s sponsorship of J Camp a multicultural high school journalism workshop
View ArticleSeventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards Accepting Nominations for Achievement
USAW March 2 2010 The Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards is accepting nominations in 14 categories to be celebrated July 10 aboard the USS Midway The event will honor outstanding Asian and Pacific...
View ArticleNew Studies Show Huge Health Disparities Among Asian American Native Hawaiian...
USAW March 18 2010 Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a model minority with few major problems data released online today in the i American Journal of Public Health i AJPH reveal...
View ArticleNomination Final Call for Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards
USAW April 10 2010 Midnight April 25 is the last chance to nominate individuals and organizations for an Asian Heritage Award Nominations will be screened by the Asian Heritage Awards Committee and...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders...
USAW April 26 2010 Kiran Ahuja executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders and Assistant to the President Chris Lu will hold a conference call with...
View ArticleWhite House Initiative Launches Campaign to Increase Asian American and...
USAW April 27 2010 In advance of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders today announced the Obama administration...
View ArticleNew Federal Data Confirms San Francisco Has the Highest Rate of Liver Cancer...
USAW April 29 2010 Recent data released from the National Cancer Institute confirms that San Francisco has the highest rate of liver cancer in the nation It is the gateway for immigrants from Asian...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY Policymakers and Experts Discuss Opportunities in Health...
USAW May 5 2010 Policymakers and experts will explore health disparities facing Asian American Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders AAs and NHPIs in light of new findings in the May issue of the...
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders...
USAW May 17 2010 The White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders today announced details for a series of events this week to support its work to develop and coordinate federal...
View ArticleAsian American and Pacific Islander Health Advocates Join Hundreds on World...
USAW May 19 2010 The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations AAPCHO and its partners convene today in Washington D C to educate lawmakers and the public on the deadly impact of...
View ArticleAsian Heritage Awards Recognizes Habitat for Humanity
USAW June 11 2010 Glamour glitz and achievement along with a dash of history take center stage aboard the USS Midway Saturday July 10 in celebration of the Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Awards where...
View ArticleCensus Bureau Reports Minority Business Ownership Increasing at More Than...
The number of minority owned businesses increased by 45 6 percent to 5 8 million between 2002 and 2007 more than twice the national rate of all U S businesses according to the U S Census Bureau
View ArticleDaphne Kwok Appointed to Chair President s Advisory Commission on Asian...
On Monday July 26 President Obama appointed Daphne Kwok of San Francisco Calif as Chair of his Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders The Commission was re established last year by...
View ArticleMinority Enterprise Development Week 2010
ince our Nation s founding the United States has been a beacon of economic opportunity and limitless possibility America s strength and resiliency have relied on the vision of our entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Dr Baruch Blumberg To Be Honored By San Francisco s Hepatitis...
Nobel Laureate Dr Baruch Blumberg who discovered the Hepatitis B Virus and developed the Hepatitis Vaccine will be honored by the Chinese Hospital and San Francisco s hepatitis B community
View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY White House Initiative on Asian American and Pacific Islanders...
More than a dozen new members of the President s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will be sworn in at the U S Capitol on Tuesday
View ArticleHilarious Japanese American Comedy WHITE ON RICE Comes to DVD October 12 2010
From the writer director of Big Dreams Little Tokyo Dave Boyle delivers his second comedy b i White on Rice b i on DVD October 12 2010 by eOne Entertainment Indieblitz
View Article40 Amazing Years of Adding Voice and News to the Mainstream
On November 12 beginning at 6 00 pm San Francisco based Pacific News Service New America Media will celebrate four decades of award winning news coverage with a 40th Anniversary Reunion at the City...
View ArticleExclusive Social Network Publishes LA Guide Featuring Asian Cuisines and...
rivate travelers network Privy net has launched the u b a href http losangeles privy net Privy 5 Los Angeles Guide a b u to help visitors and locals discover the best LA has to offer particularly in...
View ArticleExclusive Social Network Publishes LA Guide Featuring Chinese Cuisines and...
Private travelers network Privy net has launched the Privy 5 Los Angeles Guide to help visitors and locals discover the best LA has to offer particularly in the realm of authentic Chinese cuisine such...
View ArticleMore Than 400 Journalists and Well Wishers From Around the Globe Attend New...
Over 400 people attended the Anniversary Reunion Party of Pacific News Service New America Media to honor four decades of alumni of PNS and NAM and their youth programs The party marking a coming...
View ArticleWhite House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Hosts Asian...
Today the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders kicks off its Research and Data Convening at George Washington University in Washington DC
View ArticleWhite House AAPI Initiative to Convene Silicon Valley Leaders to Promote...
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders will hold a summit on entrepreneurship and small business growth with business leaders in Silicon Valley on Friday Jan 7 to promote...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Publish Plans to Increase Participation of Asian Americans...
Today the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Interagency Working Group IWG released the first set of agency plans to increase Asian American and Pacific Islanders AAPI...
View ArticleLuxury Social Network Privy net Touts Exclusive Food Insights from Harry Shum...
Luxury traveler s network b u a href http www privy net Privy net a b u has launched the latest two in its series of Privy 5 Guides b u a href http newyork privy net Privy 5 New York a b u ny privy net...
View ArticleAsianWeek Foundation s Seventh Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration Set...
The largest gathering of Asian Pacific Americans in the nation is back and bigger than ever this year showcasing the new Asian Arts Crafts Alley an extravaganza of special and unique hand made products...
View ArticleStatement By The President On The Earthquake In Japan And The Resulting...
Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the people of Japan particularly those who have lost loved ones in the earthquake and tsunamis The United States stands ready to help the Japanese people...
View ArticleWhite House Initiative Presents Report to President Obama with...
Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders appointed by President Obama presented a report to the White House yesterday with recommendations on how 23 federal agencies and offices can improve the...
View ArticleSefa Aina to Serve as Vice Chair of Presidential Advisory Commission on Asian...
Sefa Aina a leader in the Pacific Islander community and an associate dean of students at Pomona College will serve as the vice chairman of the President s Advisory Commission on Asian American and...
View ArticleAsian Population Fastest Growing Race in the Last Decade New U S Census...
The nation s Asian population became the fastest growing race over the past decade experiencing a 43 percent increase from 2000 to 2010 according to newly released figures from the U S Census Bureau
View ArticleWhite House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Special...
Today at 2pm EST a special briefing with senior Obama administration officials including Secretary Arne Duncan Valerie Jarrett and several other senior presidential advisors will join more than 500...
View ArticleAsian Heritage Street Celebration Offers Free Health Services and...
For the second year in a row the Asian Heritage Street Celebration will feature a health section entitled Healthy Living Pavilion This area of the street fair will comprise of many community health...
View ArticlePresident s Advisory Commission on AAPIs Remembers and Honors Those Who Lost...
Members of the President s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders released the following joint statement on the ten year anniversary of the tragedies of September 11 JOINT...
View ArticleThe American Jobs Act The Impact for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders...
The American Jobs Act reflects a commitment to strengthen the recovery and help increase access to jobs for all Americans With nationwide unemployment at an unacceptably high rate and at least 235 000...
View ArticleSecretary Clinton to Deliver Keynote Remarks at the APEC Women and the...
On Friday September 16 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver keynote remarks on the inclusion of women as an economic growth strategy at the first ever Asia Pacific Economic...
View ArticleMedicare Open Enrollment is October 15 December 7 It s Earlier Now
Your health needs change from year to year And your health plan may change the benefits and costs each year too That s why it s important to evaluate your Medicare choices every year Open Enrollment is...
View ArticleNews Teleconference Tuesday at 1 30 p m ET Cabinet Secretary Chris L to Co...
President Obama today designated Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary Christopher Lu to join Education Secretary Arne Duncan as co chair of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and...
View ArticleThe White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Guide to...
In honor of the two year anniversary of the signing of the executive order the Initiative is releasing this i b Guide to Federal Agency Resources b i an easy to use navigational tool on federal funding...
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