APAPA Bay Area

A Message from the Chapter President

Since our inception in 2008, the Bay Area Chapter (BAC) has been active in promoting the advancement of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through Town Halls and Candidates Debate Forum in the greater SF Bay Area.

More importantly our chapter has concentrated on forming coalitions and co-sponsoring these events with fellow Asian American organizations: CAPA Community Education Fund, Citizen for a Better Community, Vision New America, Organization of Chinese Americans, API Caucus, Chinese for Affirmative Action, Vietnamese American Community Center of the East Bay.... to name a few.

In 2011 BAC continues our partnership effort with the Asian Business Alliance, Parents for Great Education, KTSF, De Anza College, De Anza Student Senate, and the Chamber of Commerce of Hayward, Fremont and Cupertino in putting on the following programs. We also want to thank FCSN and Chabot College for providing their space and, John Chiang's and Mona Pasquel's office for working with us.

The San Francisco Chapter was also formed in 2011 and was instrumental in conducting three Town Halls featuring the SF Mayoral Candidates.

In 2012 the Bay Area Region was formed incorporating the Bay Area Chapter, the San Francisco Chapter and the Collegiate Council Chapter. Our main initiative this year is to support the 1882 project (http://www.1882project.org), conduct election year local Candidates Debates and to help celebrate the API Month on May 24, 2012 at the San Francisco City Hall hosted by mayor Edwin Lee.

With your support we are pretty confident that BAR will thrive and be of service to API Americans.

Joel Wong
President
APAPA Bay Area Chapter

Photos from APAPA-BAR events:

Spotlight:

APAPA-BAC's Coctail Mixer, Music & Awards: Come join the APAPA-SF chapter as we salute the API women who are serving as public leaders in San Francisco.  With a special spotlight on San Francisco’s new Assessor-Recorder, Carmen Chu, the event will pay tribute to the San Francisco’s pioneering API women who serve in public office. Guests will enjoy stunning waterfront views of the San Francisco Bay, while sampling handcrafted appetizers and drinks.  Doors will open at 5:30PM, and a suggested donation of $20 will be collected at the door.  All funds raised will go towards the 2013 APAPA Internship Program.

APAPA's Bay Area Region is offering Internships: The APAPA Bay Area College Summer Internship Program in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland area is designed to prepare college students of Asian Pacific Islander background to become future leaders in the State of California. This program provides an opportunity for students to develop their leadership skills, gain public policy experience and become civically engaged by working in the offices of elected leaders and corporations. Download the application packet for more information. Deadline is May 1, 2013.

Fred Korematsu Day “Heroes” Celebration: The Korematsu Institute is a program of the Asian Law Caucus. The Institute's mission is to advance pan-ethnic civil and human rights through education. We are proud to announce our support and sponsorship of the Korematsu Institute through the Fred Korematsu Day, Sunday, January 27, 2013. The Institute will be honoring 16 Asian American and Pacific Islander civil rights heroes at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. See the poster for details.

APAPA's San Francisco Chapter (APAPA-SFC) Board of Directors has been added to this page (scroll down). Click the names to see detailed biographies.

APAPA-BAR graduated its inaugural class of 20 college interns at its First Annual San Francisco Intern Graduation Ceremony, Scholarship Fundraising & Installation Gala on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Photos of the event are posted in the APAPA Gallery.

Cupertino-APAPA Town Hall Meeting sponsored by APAPA-BAR and featuring Congressmember Judy Chu was on August 17, 2012, at the Cupertino Community Hall.

1882 Project news:
Read more at: http://www.1882project.org/
Chinese lanuage article--latest info
Press Conference article
Chinese language article #1
Chinese language article #2

Albert Wang MD, Chair
Henry Yin, Vice-Chair
James Yu DDS, Honorary Chair
Joel Wong, President
Phong La, Vice-President
Don Sun, Executive Director

David Chai, San Mateo Outreach, Redistricting Issues, OCA
Ching-Lin Chen, Contra Costa Outreach and Transportation
Francis Cheng, Membership Co-Chair, ABA
Marita Cheng, Membership Co-Chair, ABA
Jesse Cheng, Chair, Youth Outreach
Hal Gin EdD, Chair, Education Issues
Greg Jones, Co-Chair Government Liaison
Peter Ho, Co-Chair, PR and Communication
Roger Hu, Chair Website
Charlie Huang, Legal issues
Mina Li, Co- Chair, PR and Communication
Cally Lin, Treasurer (Finance)
Judy Lu, Tri-Valley Outreach
Anna May, Co-Chair Government Liaison
David Sheen, Legal issues, Immigration Issues
Anne Saadi, Legal issues

Albert Chang, San Francisco Outreach
Chia Chia Chien, Contra Costa Outreach
John Gutierrez, Corporate Outreach
Cheng Liao PhD, Advisor
Glen Wong, UC Outreach

Board Members:

Billy Chan
Billy Vaughn
Christine Wang
Christopher Do
Crystle Wong
Donald Thomas
Dr. James Yu
J Cheng
Ling Woo Liu
Pelayo Llamas
Olivia Chen
Ray Buenaventura
Sue Kung
Sue Lee
Steven Lee
Trevor Hewitt
Willie Nguyen

Joon Lee, President
Tedford Fong, President
Bo Chen, Communications
Joseph Yim, Social/Marketing
Vincent Tzeng, Social/Marketing
Jaehak Yu, Profession Dev
Dong Eun, Finance
Allison Lee, Advisor
Heain Lee, Advisor
Nicole Huang, Advisor

APAPA-BAR's Community Partners

80-20 Initiates
Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus
Asian Americans for Good Government
Acorn Campus Ventures
Asian Pacific American Community Center
Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute
Asian Business Alliance
Asian Law Alliance
Asian Week Foundation
Chinese American Political Association
Chinese Institute of Engineers/USA
Citizen For a Better Community
Confucius Memorial Ceremony
Culture to Culture
Cupertino Rotary Club
Dimension Performing Arts
Friends of Children with Special Needs
Mongolian Students Non-Profit Organization
Northern California Chinese Culture Athletic Federation
North California Chinese Media Association
Organization of Chinese Americans
Parents for Great Education
SF Community Empowerment Center
Sing Tao
Vietnamese American Community Center, East Bay
Vision New America
World Journal