APANO is excited to announce our 2010 Statewide Convention for March 12-13 at the Shalom Center in Mt Angel, OR. Registration is now available on-line, and print PDF APANO Convention Brochure 2010, or by contacting the APANO Office at 503-512-0274 / info@apano.org. Registration starts at $15, and scholarships are available. We welcome Asian and Pacific Islander participants of all-ages.
Our work at building an intentional, powerful, and effective pan-Asian and Pacific Islander social justice network continues with new developments in community organizing and policy advocacy. We are please this year to be joined by several guest speakers and community leaders from across Oregon and the USA. APANO’s work is grounded in electoral civic engagement, policy issues, and critical response to civil rights.
APANO Convention Program
FRIDAY
2:00 PM Check-In & Registration Opens
4:00-6:00 PM optional Introduction to APANO & Leadership Training
6:00 PM Community Potluck Dinner (bring according to last name)
7:00 PM Opening Program
- State of APANO with Co-Chairs Pamela Phan and June Arima Schumann
- Community Awards Ceremony with Ronault LS Catalani
- Our People Census 2010 Video with Corey Chan and Ping Khaw-Sutherland
- Storytelling & Introductions with Convention Co-Moderator Jeanice Chieng
9:00 PM APANO Cultural Sharing & Open Mic with Colored Pencils Founder Nim Xuto and APANO activists Channbunmorl Sou and Phu Dao
SATURDAY
8:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 AM Saturday Opening Meeting
9:30 AM Keynote Speakers
- Representative Brian Clem
- Asian Pacific Americans for Progress Curtis Chin
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Introduction to APANO Board Elections
11:00 AM – 12:30 pm Morning Sessions: Advocacy and Community Organizing
Introduction to Movement Building
Nancy Haque, Western States Center
This interactive workshop will explore the different models of social change work and talk about how to build your organizational base. You will have a chance to develop your skills for doing good one on one recruitment, and have fun engaging with one another.
Got Health?
Aimee Santos and the APANO Health Equity & Reform Team
What does it take to get health care equity and reform? Health care reform has been a long and confusing road, with lots of twists and turns. Health care for API communities continues to be an urgent and compelling need. Learn the ins and outs of health care reform and how to decode all these policy proposals. Also learn about health equity and what are “upstream” social determinants of health.
Across the Spectrum: Youth Dialogue
Kathy Wai, APANO Board and Joseph Lyons, APANO Coordinator
APANO has slowly begun to engage students from high school to college through a variety of activities including APANO’s Many Rivers Project listening circles, Urban Ecology focus groups, the Asian American Youth Leadership Conference, and through direct contact with API youth and college organizations. This is intended to be a youth-centered space, a place where youth can make stronger connections with each other, share what is happening with youth today from different backgrounds including new immigrants, 2nd generation, first-in-family to attend school, and more.
Immigrant and API Roundtable
Curtis Chin, APAP, Francisco Lopez, CAUSA, Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura, IRCO Asian Family Center
Our current immigration system by all accounts is broken, dividing families and keeping loved ones apart for years, even decades. Immigration is an issue that impacts every API community in America, and is a national priority. Where does immigration reform stand at the federal and state level? What issues are impacting APIs and the broader communities of immigrants and refugees? Why is it of importance to APIs? How can we be involved? Join Curtis Chin who with the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress is hosting a national series of house parties on Comprehensive Immigration Reform, and Francisco Lopez, Director of CAUSA Oregon’s Immigrant Rights Coalition, moderated by local immigration attorney and Asian Family Center Advisory Board Member Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura.
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM Lunch
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Afternoon Sessions: APANO Projects
Advocating For Our Statewide Agenda: Legislative Day 2011
Joseph Lyons and the APANO Policy Advocacy/Civic Engagement Working Group
APANO is creating a statewide Advocacy Agenda to bring to the Oregon Legislature in 2011, focusing on the funding and policies that impact our communities. Every two years, Oregon sets budgets and passes laws that provide critical education, health, public safety and human services, and APIs are largely absent as elected officials and key policy-makers. APANO is building on a successful 2009 Legislative Day, and planning for several legislative lobby days in 2011 for API, in coalition with communities of color, and around issues that APANO’s Policy Advocacy/Civic Engagement Working Group will prioritize for Board-approval by August. Help identify community concerns, get involved as a Legislative Captain, and learn how you can mobilize APIs in your community to be advocates in 2011.
API Perspectives on the Environment and Sustainability
Pam Phan and Lorene Espineli of the APANO Urban Ecology Project
Come join a lively round table discussion focusing on issues of sustainability, environmentalism and how they relate to our Asian and Pacific Islander communities. APIs as a community are under-engaged in Oregon’s world-class “green movement”, and have a wealth of cultural and collective wisdom to share. Come represent and be a part of this focus group.
Emerging API Issues
Pei-ru Wang, Diversity & Civic Leadership, IRCO
APIs are the 2nd fastest growing populations in Oregon, and our multi-ethnic communities continue to work to support one another, share issues that they are facing, and build long-term trusting relationships. Asian and Pacific Islanders is a large umbrella identity that encompasses dozens of cultures, religious and languages, as well as generational differences in immigration experiences. Join this group discussion and sharing circle to hear what challenges and opportunities different ethnic-specific communities are facing in 2010 and beyond.
Advocating for Federal Health Reform
Alice Dong, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Attorney Alice Dong is a senior policy analyst for the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), a national health policy organization dedicated to strengthening policies, programs, and research to improve the health and well-being of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Hear up-to-date information on national health reform, learn about specific issues important to API communities, and how we can engage (if) reform passes such as immigrant inclusion, data collection, and culturally and linguistically appropriate health services. Learn how you can take action with APANO’s Health Equity & Reform Team (HEART). Previously, Alice served as the Health Law Policy Staff Attorney at the Asian American Justice Center, where she advocated for health care reforms that would alleviate the challenges facing the Asian American and other low-income, minority and immigrant communities in seeking access to quality health care.
3:00 PM Break
3:30 PM APANO Board Elections
4:00 PM Closing/Evaluations
6:00 PM optional MOVIE: Vincent Who? Special screening and discussion with Director Curtis Chin. Ending 8:00 PM
Housing is available, for individuals, couples and families, as are childcare and a children’s program, meals, and a great program. The Shalom Center is located in Mt Angel, OR, 15 minutes from the City of Woodburn off I-5 between Salem and Portland [interactive map]. We have chosen to return to this site for the wonderful retreat quality, as well as accessibility to participants from outside Metro Portland. Carpools are being arranged, and scholarships are available. We strongly encourage on-line registration, or click here for PDF of APANO Convention Brochure 2010.
APANO is excited to announce our 2010 Statewide Convention for March 12-13 at the Shalom Center in Mt Angel, OR. Registration is now available on-line, and print PDF APANO Convention Brochure 2010, or by contacting the APANO Office at 503-512-0274 / info@apano.org. Registration starts at $15, and scholarships are available. We welcome Asian and Pacific Islander participants of all-ages.
Housing is available, for individuals, couples and families, as are childcare and a children’s program, meals, and a great program. The Shalom Center is located in Mt Angel, OR, 15 minutes from the City of Woodburn off I-5 between Salem and Portland [interactive map]. We have chosen to return to this site for the wonderful retreat quality, as well as accessibility to participants from outside Metro Portland. Carpools are being arranged, and scholarships are available. We strongly encourage on-line registration, or click here for PDF of APANO Convention Brochure 2010.