12th Annual American Courage Awards Reception

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:03:11 GMT

12th Annual American Courage Awards Reception
Start Date: 8-Oct-08 6:00 PM
End Time: 8-Oct-08 8:30 PM
Location: National Press Club, Washington, D.C. 20045
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Since 1997, the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) has recognized and awarded individuals, companies and organizations of merit at its annual American Courage Awards.

The American Courage Awards Reception features the presentation of the following awards:

The American Courage Award goes to an individual, company, or organization that has shown extraordinary courage or commitment to the cause of civil rights. This may include a corporate leader who has taken an important stand, an activist who overcame extraordinary challenges, an artist with a unique vision, or a journalist breaking an important story.

The Bridge Builder Award goes to an individual or community based organization that has developed an innovative approach to successful community empowerment. This may include programs for citizenship, voter participation, community education or other community programs.

The Distinguished Service Award acknowledges an individual, group, corporation, or institution who has worked successfully to give voice to the aspirations and challenges facing the Asian Pacific American community and has exhibited extraordinary commitment to advocating on behalf of those most vulnerable in their community.

We hope you are able to join us as we celebrate the diverse achievements of our honorees. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact June Jimenez at (202) 296-2300 x138 or jjimenez@advancingequality.org.

National Press Club

529 14th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20045

13th Annual Community Partners Conference

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:22:03 GMT

13th Annual Community Partners Conference
Start Date: 15-Sep-08 8:30 AM
End Time: 16-Sep-08 5:30 PM
Location: Human Rights Campaign, Washington, DC 20036
Speaker:

Event Details:

Conference Description

The AAJC 2008 Community Partners Conference will bring together leaders from different sectors (research, legal, social services, policy) across the nation to begin to evaluate the issues facing Asian Americans today and how to address those issues in light of the upcoming presidential transition. The conference will also focus on how advocates and community-based organizations can use new technologies to improve their advocacy.

Conference Goals

1. Enter into intensive discussions on important policy goals with partners at the national and
grassroots levels.

2. Determine major research, infrastructure and services needed for the Asian American community to reach those goals at a local and national level.

3. Produce plans for enhanced collaboration involving local and national organizations in achieving those goals.

4. Examine new advocacy techniques and technologies to improve capacity to serve our communities and achieve our policy goals.

Conference Tracks

Language Rights and Adult ESL: This track will focus on issues such as cross-cutting and trendsetting practices in language rights, state and local language access acts, leveraging resources for local language rights work, and legislative strategies in strengthening Executive Order 13166, etc.

Voting Rights: Participants in this track will focus on issues such as voting rights protection and getting out the vote for election 2008, etc.

Affirmative Action: Participants in this track will focus on issues such as affirmative action programs in contracting and education, with a particular focus on making sure Asian Americans continue to be included in local MBE contracting programs.

Hate Crimes and Anti-Asian Violence: This track will focus on issues such as hate crime legislation and the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA).

http://www.advancingequality.org/attachments/wysiwyg/7/AAJC%20save%20the%20date%20final.pdf

Human Rights Campaign

1640 Rhode Island Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20036