APANO Membership Mtg April 25

You are invited to APANO’s Spring Membership Meeting April25th, Saturday, from Noon to 1:00 PM in Woodburn, OR.  APANO’s Board has established a Spring (April 25 - Salem/Woodburn), Summer (June 16 – Portland), and Fall (Oct 24 – Eugene) Membership Meeting schedule for 2009.  We hope you will join us for one of these meetings.  

APANO Members are the volunteer backbone of our statewide advocacy network.  Your ideas and energy are important as we build a democratic, issue-driven organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders.  

Membership Meeting Agenda:

*Welcome from New APANO Co-Chairs!

*Personal and Professional Networking with Asians and Pacific Islanders

*Keynote Address by Professor Vivek Shandas of Portland State University on Why API’s Care About Equity

*APANO History Remarks by Dr. Phyllis Lee, one of APANO’s founders

*Celebrate APANO’s successes - Membership Drive of 100 New Members - New Funding - Major Events

A wonderful lunch is provided.  Please RSVP to APANO at 503-896-7560 or info@apano.org.  Join the 25 folks who have already confirmed, particularly if you live in the mid-Willamette Valley/Clackamas County/Salem/Corvallis area.

For folks coming from Portland, we will be arranging carpools, so let us know so we can work together.