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Holiday 2012
Happy Holidays from CAUSE!Season's Greetings!
This month's newsletter is extra special as we have included a year in review that highlightsall the programs that we have put on throughout the year. Looking back, we have workedhard to deliver our unique high-quality programs, such as Women in Power and theNextGen Project, while developing new programs, such as Visions for LA and new civicengagement projects.
Also, we have included the Save the Date for our biggest event yet: the 20th AnnualDinner. Mark your calendars for the 20th Anniversary celebration of the founding ofCAUSE! The dinner will be held on April 19, 2013 at the timelessly elegant LanghamHotel in Pasadena. More details to follow!
We want to thank the sponsors, volunteers, and friends, both old and new, for supportingus throughout the year. Without all of you, we wouldn't be able to put on all the programsand events that aim to serve and empower the API community.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at CAUSE
Upcoming Events...
We cordially invite you to join us for our Holiday Reception on Wednesday, December
19th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Empress Pavilion (988 North Hill Street LosAngeles, CA 90012).
At this year's reception, we will honor the outstanding service of outgoingAssemblymembers Mike Eng and Warren Furutani. Mr. Eng has represented District49 for the past six years and Mr. Furutani represented District 55 for the past four years.
We would also like to congratulate newly-elected API Assemblymembers Edwin 'Ed'Chau and Al Muratsuchi at this event.
Holiday Reception Details Date:Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location:Empress Pavilion988 North Hill StreetLos Angeles, CA 90012
Directions and Parking: On-site parking available.
To RSVP:http://causeholiday2012.eventbrite.com/
For more information, please do not hesitate to contact CAUSE Director of ProgramsGrace Hsieh at [email protected] or by phone at 626-356-9838 at our CAUSE office.
Save the Date: We're Turning 20!
Mark your calendars and save the date! More details to follow.
Year in Review 2012
January
January 25th: Visions for LA with former Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner [Recap | Video |Photos]
We kicked off the new year with the launch of our mayoral candidate series, Visions forLA. Esteemed leaders of the API community attended these forums and were ableparticipate in question and answer sessions that allowed them to not only get to know themayoral candidates on a more personal level, but to find out how they would impact the APIcommunity in Los Angeles. Austin Beutner was the first candidate to kick-off our series.
February
February 10th: Women in Power Annual Luncheon 2012 [Video | Photos]
Our Women in Power Annual Luncheon was our big event this month. Held at theCalifornia Club on February 10th, over 100 people attended this elegant event, whichfeatured a powerhouse panel of women leaders: Anne Shen Smith, now President andChief Executive of the Southern California Gas Company/Sempra Energy; Mimi Song,CEO of Mimi Song Realty Group; Maria Contreras-Sweet, Executive Chairwoman andFounder at ProAmerica Bank. Additionally, U.S. Congresswoman Judy Chu, StateBoard of Equalization Member Michelle Park Steel, and State Senator CarolLiu served as co-chairs for the event.
This event was sponsored by Nielsen.
February 18th: CAUSE/Arsalyn SAVE Youth Forum [Photos]
This year, we partnered with Arsalyn for the Student Advocates for Voter Empowerment(SAVE) Youth Forum, which was held on February 18th at UCLA. The day longconference invited over 300 students from various San Gabriel Valley High Schools toattend and participate in a variety of panels, presentations and activities geared towardyouth civic engagement. We invited LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara to be the event'sopening speaker, in addition we also organized two panels: the Legislative Staffer Paneland the Young Electeds Panel. The Legislative Staffer Panel featured Mike Fong fromMayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office and Marisol Salguero from Councilmember Ed Reyes'office and the Young Electeds Panel featured Mayor of Diamond Bar Ling-LingChang, Councilmember of Campbell Evan Low, City of Rosemead Mayor Steven Ly,and City of Placentia Mayor Jeremy Yamaguchi.
March
March 9th: Carrie Gan, CAUSE's new Executive Director
In March, we announced that Carrie Gan, former CAUSE Director of Programs, would beserving as the new CAUSE Executive Director. Read the full blog entry here.
March 15: Visions for LA with Councilmember Eric Garcetti [Recap | Video | Photos]
April
April 26th: 19th Annual CAUSE Dinner [Video | Photos]
On April 26th, we held our 19th Annual Dinner, an event which honored individuals andorganizations for leadership and legacies that have enhanced the civic participation of theAsian Pacific American (APA) community. The following leaders were honored:
Edwin Lee, Mayor, San Francisco, was honored with the Norman Y. Mineta LegacyAwardTom Mars, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, WalmartU.S., was honored with the Law and Corporate Leadership Award
Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council (A3PCON), was honoredwith Community Impact AwardTammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran and former U.S. Assistant Secretaryof Veteran Affairs, was honored with Courage and Inspiration Award
In addition, we were fortunate to have an esteemed group of presenters who, with their kindwords, did a fantastic job introducing each of our honorees.
Dominic Ng, Chief Executive Officer, East West Bank The Honorable Ronald S.W. Lew
Don Knabe LA County Supervisor, Fourth DistricLisa Ling, Journalist
May
May 18th: Voter Registration and Dim Sum Reception for the Primary Election [Photos]
This year, we were hard at work with voter registration/outreach efforts. One of our projectswas working with the Grand Plaza Senior Center for a two-part voter information sessionfor both the Primary and General Elections.The free educational sessions were gearedtoward Chinese-speaking adults and the elderly who were seeking easily accessibleinformation about voter registration and voter re-registration, in addition to absentee ballotinformation, ballot propositions and other information regarding the election.The sessionswere conducted in both English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin). At this event weregistered close to 50 individuals vote and re-register to vote.
May 24: Visions for LA with Councilwoman Jan Perry [Recap | Video | Photos]
June
June 15th: CAUSE Leadership Academy Kick-off Luncheon [Video | Photo]
This summer we were very fortunate to induct a very intelligent and talented group ofstudents into our prestigious Leadership Academy Internship. For eight weeks, theseinterns worked in their placed legislative offices and produced a group project booklet onredistricting, which can be viewed and downloaded here.
21st Class of Interns:
Wajenda ChambeshiGrace HsiehKaitlyn JeongKrishnanand KelkarGloria KimLisa LeiMary Zhou
Click here to learn more about each of our interns.
June 25th: Interns meet with Judge Dolly Gee
The interns had a wonderful opportunity to meet with Federal Judge Dolly Gee. Fromtouring her own personal chambers to talking about her time during her judgeship, theinterns gained invaluable wisdom.
July
July 9th: Visions for LA with City Controller Wendy Greuel [Recap | Video | Photos]
July 16: Interns meet with Judge Ronald Lew The interns were able to meet with Judge Ronald Lew, the first Chinese-American federaljudge appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987. In this candid and heart-to-heart roundtable discussion, Judge Lew shared about his active involvement in the Chinese Americancommunity, and how he encouraged them to follow their dreams.
July 16th: Interns tour Little Saigon The interns took a personal tour of Little Saigon in Orange County, courtesy of Tammy Trinh, from
Senator Lou Correa's office. Making a connection with one of Little Saigon's most respectednewspaper agencies, the interns were able to see the hard work and dedication the editors andstaff had to put in to run such a successful agency. The tour allowed interns to see howimportant community involvement was to the surrounding businesses in the area.
July 23rd: LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara shown with the interns at LAPD headquarters
The interns felt inspired by LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara as he shared about the exciting, but attimes, dangerous experiences he had while being an undercover police officer in the LAPD. Haragave the interns a personal tour of the police department.
July 23rd: Interns discussing future career paths with California Community FoundationEVP and COO John Kobara
California Community Foundation EVP and COO John Kobara met with the interns and gaveadvice in all the career choices of law, politics, non-profit, and business. Kobara, who has been
involved in all of these areas to an extent, shared his secret to his incredible time managingskills. Kobara gave not only lessons on career choices, but lessons on how to live a happy andsatisfying life.
July 23rd: Interns visit Chinese American Citizen Alliance's (CACA)
The topic of redistricting was the main focal point with CACA respected member Winston Wu. Wushared his extensive knowledge of redistricting that he had documented for the past fewdecades. Wu proved to be an invaluable resource and kind supporter of the CAUSE interns. Theinterns left with gained knowledge, and an appreciation for the what CACA did in the ChineseAmerican community.
July 31st: Interns visit Walt Disney Studios The interns were give an personal tour of Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Disney Attorney, EdLew shared about his passion for his profession, and what it was like to work for sucha successful corporation like Disney. Much to the interns delight, they were taken to the
animation hall of fame where they were able to see the original sketches of many of the belovedanimated Disney films they had grew up with.
August
August 2nd: NextGen Project Reception 2012 [Recap | Video | Photos] Set at the Jonathan Club in Downtown Los Angeles, the NextGen Project Receptionbrought together the next generation of leaders and veteran professionals in the realms ofbusiness and law to network and learn from one another. Featured, was a star-studdedpanel of individuals who have broken through the glass ceiling as API leaders in the field oflaw: the Honorable Dolly M. Gee, U.S. District Court Judge, Central District of California;Kenneth K. Lee, Partner at Jenner & Block LLP and former Associate White HouseCounsel; and Debra Wong Yang, Partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and former U.S.Attorney.
August 6th to August 7th - Leadership Academy interns visit Sacramento: Interns gota personal tour of the California State Senate Floor by Senator Lou Correa. The Senatestaff was kind enough to welcome the CAUSE interns with a personal message on theirannouncement board.
August 6th to August 7th - Leadership Academy interns visit Sacramento: AssemblymemberMike Eng shared about the importance of civic engagement and how important it was for thefuture leaders of America to be involved in the political process.
August 6th to August 7th - Leadership Academy interns visit Sacramento: SenatorLou Correa showed the interns the process in which bills were passed and made into lawon the Senate floor. Here, Correa is showing the interns an actual bill.
August 10th: CAUSE Leadership Academy Graduation 2012 [Intern Video | Video |Photos]
We would like to thank our sponsors, Southwest Airlines, Southern California Edison,Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA), Mr. Nelson Tan, and Mr. Peter Woo forhelping make this internship possible.
September
September 18th: OCEAN Entrepreneurship Series presented by CAUSE [Presentation |Video | Photos]
CAUSE partnered with the Organization of Chinese Entrepreneurs Advisory Network(OCEAN) for an Entrepreneurship Series that was kicked off by Brian Sun, Partner at JonesDay, on September 18th. Sun gave a presentation entitled "Trade Secrets, EconomicEspionage, and Other Perils of Doing Business in China." The presentation is available inits entirety here.
October-November
CAUSE Partnered with APALC for its "Your Vote Matters! 2012" campaign
Starting in September and working up until Election Day, we worked with the Asian PacificAmerican Legal Center (APALC) for its "Your Vote Matters! 2012" civic engagementcampaign. This program was launched to empower and mobilize community members toexercise their voice at the ballot box.
October 1st: A Dinner Conversation with Bill Schneider [Video | Photos]
In October, we held an election forum entitled, A Dinner Conversation with BillSchneider on the 2012 Campaigns. This event featured a former senior CNN politicalanalyst and his perspectives on important issues in the General Election.
October 12th: CAUSE Welcomes Newest Interns
We accepted four international students from University of Southern California's (USC) SolePrice School of Public Policy's Graduate Program into its newly-developed ExecutiveInternship Program. The four students hail from different parts of China and are interested instudying different areas in public policy. They are listed below by name, hometown,previous educational institution, and graduate focus:
Lan Chen （陈澜）: Qingzhen in the Guizhou Province; Shanghai University; Masterof Public AdministrationHailing "Helen" Wang （王海玲 ）: Yantai in the Shandong Province; University ofHong Kong, Master of Public AdministrationWenyi "Mary" Zheng （张文怡）: Shanghai; University of International Business andEconomics (Beijing); Master of Public AdministrationXiuzhi "Lizza" Wang （王秀之）: Wuhu in the Anhui Province; Tsinghua University(Beijing); Master of Public Policy
October 17th: Voter Registration and Dim Sum Reception for the General Election[Photos] Over 100 individuals came out to our second voter information session on the GeneralElection at the Grand Plaza Senior Center. We saw familiar faces from our last event,which covered the Primary Elections, and we were delighted to see new faces. Weregistered and re-registered about 50 individuals at this event.
December
December 1st: CAUSE Honored with NAAAP-SoCal's Non-Profit Leadership Award
We were ecstatic to be honored at NAAAP-SoCal's 2012 Annual Gala on Saturday,December 1st at the Japanese American National Museum! We were chosen to receivethis award because we truly embody NAAAP's mission of "We Make Leaders," uniting theAsian American community during this year's historic election.
Thank you to our SponsorsPresidential Sponsors
Charlie WooSouthern California EdisonWallis Foundation
Senatorial Sponsors
The Nielsen Company
Southern California Gas CompanySouthwest AirlinesWal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Congressional Sponsors
AARPGibson, Dunn, & CrutcherIW Group, Inc.Los Angeles County Supervisor Don KnabePeter WooSquire & Sanders LLP
Mayoral Sponsors
Anh TranCoca-ColaTappan ZeeTotal CallVictor KingKenny Yee
Community Sponsors
Asian Pacific American Leadership ProjectCitizens Choice Healthplan HMOEast West BankImprenta CommunicationsJenner & Block LLPKPCC - Southern California Public RadioLee Tran & Liang, A Professional Law CorporationMunger, Tolles & OlsonPACE
CAUSE Staff
Carrie GanExecutive Director
Grace HsiehDirector of Programs
Sophia Islas Director of Communications
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