AAPI Victory Alliance to Celebrate 5th Anniversary by Hosting AAPI Policy Conference: Looking Beyond the Midterms Into the Next Legislative Sessions

WASHINGTON — On December 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM ET, in the Third Way offices in Washington, D.C., AAPI Victory Alliance will celebrate the organization’s five-year anniversary by hosting the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy Convening: Looking Beyond the Midterms Into the Next Legislative Sessions, to bring together legislators, academics, and policymakers to transition from November election efforts to policy-making and governing into 2023 and beyond.

Centered around gun violence prevention, diversity in education, and reproductive rights, the conference will be sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA), Planned Parenthood, Everytown For Gun Safety, Third Way, and Service Employees International Union (SEIU). This policy conference will focus on creating a space for key members of AAPI communities across the country to unite and work towards building sustainable power for the AAPI community at large.

WHO:

  • Gautam Raghavan, Assistant to the President, & Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office

  • The Honorable Ted Lieu, U.S. Representative (CA) and incoming Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus (attending virtually)

  • Mini Timmaraju, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America

  • Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) 

  • Navila Rashid, Manager of Training and Survivor Advocacy at HEART

  • Po Murray, Co-Founder and Chairwoman of Newtown Action Alliance

  • Zeenat Yahya, Director of Policy at March for Our Lives

  • Lindsay Peifer, Senior Program/Policy Analyst at National Education Association (NEA)

  • Ronny Lau, Federal Lobbyist at National Education Association (NEA)

  • Karen Umemoto, Director of Asian American Studies Center UCLA

  • Kham Moua, National Deputy Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)

  • Estella Owoimaha-Church, Executive Director of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)

WHAT: AAPI Victory Alliance is celebrating the organization’s five-year anniversary with the Asian American Pacific Islander Policy Convening, to bring together legislators, academics, and policymakers to transition from November election efforts to policy-making and governing into 2023 and beyond.

WHEN: Monday, December 5, 2022 – Doors open at 8:30 AM ET; Program begins at 9:00 AM ET

WHERE: In person at Third Way, 1025 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036 | Virtual link HERE 

RSVP: This event is open to the public, as well as members of the press. Interested reporters, please RSVP HERE.

For questions and inquiries regarding the event, please contact Elizabeth Grossman (Grossman@aapivictoryalliance.com) or Erika Gulija (erika@firesidecampaigns.com). 

Dikshant Rajbhandari