2010 Voters Education Forum

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Introduction

The Voters Education & Candidates Forum takes the steadfast commitment, detailed planning, and hard work of numerous volunteers in APAPA's Forum Committee and Sub-Committees. All our volunteers are sincerely dedicated to the advancement, empowerment, and equal rights of all Americans, including Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans. We hope this forum raises public awareness, increases participation in the democratic process, and encourages members of the community to involve themselves in public service. We would like to thank our many supporters and sponsors who share these goals. There are too many to sponsors to list everyone here, but they have included Pacifica Gas & Electric Company, Comcast, Vision New America Inc., Wal-Mart, AT&T, Allstate Insurance, Andrew K.C. Wong, and many more. Join us and help support the 2010 event by completing our Sponsorship application form (see page-2 of this PDF). For more information about this incredible event, please read Igniting the Flame (PDF 429K), an article about APAPA's 2009 Forum.

• The 2010 Voters Education and Candidates Forum is coming to California State University Sacramento (CSUS) on September 26, 2010.

  • 2010 Forum Sponsorship form is page two of this flyer

2009 Forum News

• Igniting the Flame (PDF 429K): An article about APAPA's 2009 Forum
• Photos of the 2009 Voters Education & Candidates Forum
  • Forum photo page 1
  • Forum photo page 2
• Sacramento Bee newspaper stories on the 2009 Forum event held at CSUS October 4th:
  • Critic says Sacramento strong-mayor initiative would 'create a king' (opens in new window)
  • Voters forum Sunday features Sacramento sheriff candidates squaring off (opens in new window)
• View the 2009 program booklet online (PDF, 7.46M)
• 2009 (past) Event Flyer and Sponsorship form (PDF, 586K)
• Press Release for the 2009 Voters Education & Candidates Forum (PDF, 307K)
• Information about APAPA's Community Outreach Stimulus Grant Program (PDF, 16K)
• New form for APAPA's 2009 Voter Education Forum Registration and Drawing (PDF, 13K)
   

2008 Forum News

APAPA held its 7th Annual Voters Education & Candidate Forum (PDF, 357K) October 4, 2008. This is APAPA's second major "signature event," following the Internship-Scholarship event in May. 

• Photographs from the 2008 event
  • APAPA Photo page-1
  • APAPA Photo page-2
  • APAPA Photo page-3
  • Photos at Joseph Cheung's website, www.cyp8.com (website opens in a new window)
  • Photos on the Bay Area Chinese website (website opens in a new window)
• Program book  (PDF, 6.89M)
• Press Release Updated Monday September 29 (PDF, 101K)
• Community Participation Form
• Sponsorship Letter
• Sponsorship Form

2007 Forum News

Photos of the 2007 event:  

• Candid Photography
• Portrait Photography Page-1, Public Officials, Sponsors and Community Leaders
• Portrait Photography Page-2, Special Awards, Prize Winners, APAPA Members & Friends

Documents for APAPA's 2007 Forum:

• Program book
• Flyer for the 2007 event coming in October (PDF, 329K).
• 2007 Program Partners (PDF, 179K)
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• 2007 Sponsorship application form (PDF, 146K).
• Community Partnership signup form (PDF, 153K).
• Community Organization invitation letter (PDF, 117K).
• 2007 Press Release (PDF, 112K).

2006 Forum News

A Fulfilling Forum, a Show of Strength article by Clifton Yin (click link for the full article)

Press Release: APAPA’s 5th Annual Voters Education & Candidates Forum 2006 a Huge Success! 

SACRAMENTO, CA. A standing room only capacity crowd of 1,200, which included many elected officials and representatives from the federal, state, and local levels filled the Radisson Hotel banquet room on October 7, 2006, for the Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association – Community Education Foundation (APAPA-CEF) Fifth Annual Voters Education and Candidates Forum 2006.  Pamela Wu, KCRA 3 News Anchor and reporter, served as the Mistress of Ceremonies. Read the rest of the release here (PDF, 12K)

Media Coverage of the 2006 Forum: The following links contain coverage the event (each media website opens in a new window):

• KXTV Channel 10: Arena Takes Center Stage at Debate Forum (article no longer available)
• Los Angeles Times: Garamendi and McClintock Clash (article no longer available)
• Asian Week: APAPA hosts State's Only Lt. Gov. Debate (article no longer available)
• CAIR: Voter Education, Hate Crime Prevention
• Sing Tao Newspaper: Chinese language article (article no longer available)
• NTDTV San Francisco: Chinese language news video (Forum footage is in English)

Photos of the 2006 Voters Education and Candidates Forum

Documents for the 2006 Voters Education Forum

Event Flyers:

Public (simplified) version (PDF, 408K)
Sponsors (detailed) version (PDF, 370K)

Program Booklet: You may download the following pages from the 2006 program booklet. These documents are in Adobe Acrobat format.

Page	Subject		Page	Subject
1	Booklet cover & title page (1002K)		23	Message from sponsor: Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (125K)
2	Message from sponsor: AT&T (321K)		24	Arnold Schwarzenegger, Keynote Speaker (141K)
3	Message from sponsor: KFBK (274K)		25	Phil Angelides, Keynote Speaker (207K)
4	Message from sponsor: Vision New America (513K)		26	Speakers & Panelists (124K)
5	Message from APAPA (488K)		27	Thanks to Our Sponsors (monetary sponsors) (2816K)
6	Program Schedule (160K)		28	Thanks to Our Sponsors (media sponsors) (1482K)
7	Message from sponsor: Sacramento Bee (406K)		29	2007 sponsorship form (195K)
8	Hosts of the Voters Education Forum (753K)		30	History of APAPA (169K)
9	APAPA Board, Officers, & Advisors (434K)		31	History of APAPA, continued (180K)
10	Message from sponsor: Allstate Insurance (690K)		32	Message from sponsor: Wal-Mart & Sam's Club (79K)
11	Moderators: Edie Lambert & Jay Alan (119K)		33	Sponsors messages (134K)
12	Pamela Wu, Master of Ceremonies (182K)		34	State Capitol Internship Award held May 10, 2006 (656K)
13	Greeting letter: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (383K)		35	APAPA Mission, Goals, & Accomplishments (226K)
14	Greeting letter: Lt. Governor Cruz M. Bustamante (449K)		36	Program Endorsers and Media Sponsors (109K)
15	Greeting letter: Doris Matsui, Member of Congress (211K)		37	Message from sponsor: SF Supermarkets (420K)
16	Greeting letter: Mike Honda, Member of Congress (406K)		38	Message from sponsor: World Journal (177K)
17	Greeting letter: API Joint Legislative Caucus (773K)		39	Message from sponsor: Yin Liu McDonalds (53K)
18	Greeting letter: Bruce McPherson, Secretary of State (524K)		40	Sponsors messages (518K)
19	Greeting letter: Charles S. Poochigian, State Senate (452K)		41	Message from sponsor: CAOMA (581K)
20	Greeting letter: Dave Jones, Assemblymember (508K)		42	Acknowledgements (402K)
21	Message from sponsor: Alza Corporation (892K)		43	Message from sponsor: KCRA Investigates (453K)
22	Message from PG&E Chairman Peter A. Darbee (148K)		44	Message from sponsor: Comcast (294K)

Complete program booklet (PDF, 19.8M).  Warning: This is a very large file. If you do not have a broadband Internet connection, we recommend that you use the links above to download one page at a time.

Other Documents:

Community Organization Participation application (PDF, 128K)
Press Release (PDF, 51K).
Letter to Our Sponsors (PDF, 56K).
Letter to Community Leaders  (PDF, 55K).