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Asian Americans for Obama have worked tirelessly over the last several weeks to try and spread Senator Barack Obama’s appeal to the Asian American voting constituency. In this final pitch email, we will wrap up several posts written by Asian Americans detailing our support for Senator Obama. We hope that you will help spread the word to your blog readers and/or forwarding this email to your friends.
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Obama Buttons
The store at BarackObama.com now has AAPI for Obama buttons available!
Filipino Veterans Benefits
Earlier this year, Senator Barack Obama issued his support for a bill authored by key Asian American leader, Senator Daniel Akaka, to call for benefits for Filipino veterans of World War II. That bill is currently up for debate in the Senate tomorrow, and Asian Americans are excited that Senator Barack Obama issued a statement in February detailing his support.
Asian American Online Phonebanking Tool
Earlier last week, the Obama campaign launched an Asian American online phonebanking tool that could be used to allow Asian Americans across the country to reach out to voters in Pennsylvania. The response has been great!
Canvassing at the Philadelphia Chinatown Obama Office
Casperr of DailyKos documents the experience, and Asian Americans for Obama reports on the office’s amazing work!
Taiwan for Obama?
There’s a surprising amount of street-level support for Barack Obama in Taiwan, where a large number of Democratic American expatriates cast their vote for the good Senator from Illinois.
Senator Obama Wishes Cambodian Americans a Happy Cambodian Lunar New Year
Asian Americans for Obama reports on an event held in Philadelphia earlier this month.
Asian American Delegates
Asian Americans worked hard this month to be elected as delegates for Senator Obama.
Asian Americans: Why We Support Obama
A Lesson from my Father: Vote for Obama
Obama's living in Hawaii gave him a historic and an everyday perspective of Asian life. Obama, in describing his family's arrival in Hawaii in 1959, makes historical reference to the indenturing system that kept Japanese, Chinese and Filipino immigrants stooped sunup to sunset in the sugarcane fields and pineapple plantations of Hawaii .
My dad was in Hawaii for a number of months, living with an uncle, before his final leap to America . Obama also vividly recounts that a Japanese American man named Freddy, who ran a small market near his family's house in Hawaii , would save his family the choicest cuts of aku for sashimi and give him rice candy with edible wrappers. When I was young, I remember the fun of eating the "wrapper" around the rice candy.
Gene Koo - Obama Campaign in Pennsylvania: A Tale of Two Levittowns"
I got my first overtly racist anti-Obama comment today while phoning central Pennsylvania . It was a 62-year-old man, who said, simply, "I'm not voting for the black man." I moved to end the call, but he continued, "I've worked with hundreds of black people." He meant that as a defense ("Some of them are my best friends!") but the point was clear. At least he was honest."
Working People: The Real Casualties of Hillary’s Finger-Pointing
Hillary uses the same tools of division as many have used on working people in the past when she parses Obama’s statements to justify calling him an "elitist." [The past actions of her surrogates who have attributed both Obama’s success (a la Ferraro) and inelectability (a la Rendell) solely to his "race" is only further proof of her campaign’s divisive tactics].
Why I Support Obama as a Sikh American
As a Sikh American whose family settled in America 100 years ago, this election is different than any other my family has seen. This is the first election where I believe the future of my community and country rests on our support of a single presidential candidate: Barack Obama.
Profiling Asian American Volunteers and Staffers for Barack Obama
Chris Lu, Obama Legislative Director (World Journal article in Chinese (.pdf) or English (.pdf)
Saleem, superstar volunteer in Pennsylvania (YouTube)
Preeta Bansal, staffer
YouTube Videos
A More Perfect Union with Chinese subtitles
Si Se Puede Cambiar with Chinese subtitles
Korean Supporters of Obama speak about their support
Obama ad featuring Maya Soetoro-Ng
More videos with non-English subtitles can be downloaded at Captioned Media for Obama, all of which were created by volunteers and supporters.
Don’t forget to get out and vote for Obama tomorrow in Pennsylvania ’s much-anticipated primaries. And, as always, Asian Americans for Obama, a concerned group of Asian American supporters for Senator Barack Obama will be working tirelessly to help spread Obama’s message within and outside of the Asian American community. For more information, go to Asian Americans for Obama.
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