APANO Statewide Convention

On March 12th and March 13th, 2010, over 100 Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Immigrants and Refugees from across Oregon will be gathering in the mid-Willamette valley in the small town of Mt Angel, OR.  APANO’s Statewide Convention is an intergenerational, multiracial, pan-Asian/Pacific Islander gathering of storytelling, cultural exchange, political engagement, and relationship building.  Click here for general convention information and details, or click here if you’d like to go straight to our on-line registration.

-APANO Convention Organizers: Thach Nguyen, Channbunmorl Sou, Phu Dao, Lorene Espineli, Shizuko Hashimoto, John Joo, Joseph Santos-Lyons

Yes for Oregon Voter Materials

January 2010

Dear APANO Volunteer -

Thank you for helping to raise the awareness and increase the participation of Asian and Pacific Islander voters in the January 26th special election.  Our goals are to both increase our “voter engagement”, and to encourage a Yes on Measure 66 & 67 vote.  Read on – or download our Electronic APANO_M66-67_Volunteer_Packet now!

Three Easy Ways to Help:

Increasing API Voter Participation

Join us January 14th 5:30pm-7:00pm at APANO Office 922 N Killingsworth Ave, Portland, OR, to educate and mobilize for the January 26th Oregon Special Election.  [click here to RSVP online]  Childcare and dinner are provided.

January News

APANO January 2010 E News [join us out on facebook]
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1) January 9th APANO Listening Circle Appreciation Luncheon
2) January 14th APANO Measure 66 & 67 Community Meeting & Happy Hour
3) January 21 & 24 Civic Engagement Get Out The Vote Phone Bank
4) March 12-13 APANO Statewide Convention
5) Health Equity & Urban Ecology Project Working Group Dates

Jan 14 Meeting on Measure 66 & 67

APANO invites community members to come learn more about the January 26th special election on Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 related to funding education, health and safety. Come hear from APANO members and special guests, and join us in a dialogue. Newcomers welcome. Childcare available, dinner provided.

APANO Measure 66 & 67 Community Meeting & Happy Hour
Childcare available, Dinner provided
Thursday January 14th 5:30-7:00 PM
Asian Reporter Foundation 922 N Killingsworth Ave, Portland

APANO asks your help in advocating for these services, by educating and encouraging a Yes Vote on Measure 66 & 67 January 26th, 2010. Oregon’s State Budget for services that affect many of us every day – schools, health clinics, fire and police, employment training – are in jeopardy. Yes on Measure 66 & 67 is a vote for a better future for Oregon with services critical to our families, children and seniors.

APANO 50: Holiday Conversations for Tax Fairness

During this holiday season, each of you has the power to help educate our communities about Ballot Measures 66 & 67 and the public services that support the education, employment, health and safety of Asians and Pacific Islanders in Oregon.  For many of our families, 2009 has been a difficult year.

We’ve heard stories of job loss, the struggle for health insurance, educational challenges, and social isolation.  When we come together as community, across community, we can make decisions that can improve our livelihoods.  Asians and Pacific Islanders are intensely diverse, different languages, cultures, religions, even rice.  We are united most often by our common experience of immigration, of tradition, of intergenerational family.

Oregon’s State Budget for services that affect many of us every day – schools, health clinics, fire and police, employment training – are in jeopardy.  APANO asks your help in advocating for these services, by educating and encouraging a Yes Vote on Measure 66 & 67 January 26th, 2010.  Yes on Measure 66 & 67 is a vote for a better future for Oregon with services critical to our families, children and seniors.

• Register to vote by January 5th [if you have moved or never registered, register at your local DMV, Library or University, or print and return this form]
• Ballots mailed mid-January, ballots must be received by January 26th [Election drop-off sites or mail at least 3 days in advance]

Live! APANO Policy Advocacy Mtg

APANO’s Policy Advocacy Working Group meeting with live notes.  Click here to view the live note-taking.

Policy Advocacy Meeting Nov 21

APANO is considering endorsing the tax measures in the upcoming Oregon January 26th 2010 special election (Measure 66 and Measure 67).

You are invited to attend APANO’s Policy Advocacy Working Group meeting this Friday November 20th from 5:30-7:30 PM at the Asian Reporter Foundation Conference Room 922 N Killingsworth Ave.

Click here to RSVP or call 503-512-0274

Tasering of UO Chinese Student

APANO’s Board of Directors appointed Eugene area Board Member Melissa “Mimi” Nolledo to facilitate the writing and submission of a community response to the tasering of a University of Oregon international student from China on September 22, 2009.  The following commentary was published in the Oregonian, Eugene Register-Guard, University of Oregon Daily Emerald,and submitted to the Salem Statesmen Journal.

Thanks to Mimi and our community partners who signed on to this public letter.

October 29, 2009

RE: TASERING NOT THE ONLY ISSUE

We appreciate your active reporting on the tasering of a Chinese international student living in Eugene.  While we wait for more facts to emerge regarding police and landlord behavior, it is important to state the context in which Oregon’s Asians and Pacific Islanders live, regardless of residency, naturalization or citizenship status.

API Health Network Coalition Reception

APANO and the statewide API Health Network are co-hosting a coalition Meet & Greet Friday, Nov 13th at Silk Pho Van in Portland OR.

Meet & Greet for APANO and API Health Network

Friday, November 13th

4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Happy Hour!

At Silk Pho Van 1012 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR‎ [map]

Please RSVP online by clicking here or call 503-512-0274.

Come meet the leaders of APANO’s Health Equity and Reform Team (aka APANO HEART) and the health professionals of API Health Network for an afternoon reception and social.  Food and non alcoholic beverages are provided.

APANO and API Health Network have worked closely over the last year, specifically around the May 2009 API Health Equity and Reform Conference at PCC SE Center.  APANO continues to grow grassroots organizing in our communities around health outcomes and disparities, and API Health Network is continuing to assess, strategize and network for API health services in Oregon.

Please RSVP online by clicking here or call 503-512-0274.

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API Health Network is convened by IRCO’s Asian Family Center and community public health advocates serving the Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Oregon.  The network meets quarterly for luncheons, resource sharing, and joint opportunities.