Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is Here!

President Obama proclaimed the month of May Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and the festivities have already begun:

APIA Vote is holding a discussion on The New Faces of Leadership at the NEA tonight from 6 - 8 PM with Secretaries Mineta, Locke, Chu, Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth, and Sonal Shah of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.  DSG's Vida Benavides is an Event Chair.  For more details, please see: http://www.apiavote.org/newfaces

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke also released this Youtube on AAPI Heritage Month:

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