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NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Track 1: CALL TO ACTION
This series of workshops focuses on organizing around issue priorities of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Learn about the recommended policies we want to hold candidates and elected officials accountable. Many of the issues are highlighted in the NCAPA 2020 Policy Platform, and many of these sessions are are being organized by members of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans. These 1 hour sessions are scheduled to start at 5 PM and 7:00 PM EST every evening from June 22-25, 2020
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020
4:00 PM ET National AAPI Leadership Summit Opening: What’s at Stake in the AAPI Community (Note: New Start Time)
National Council of Asian Pacific American (NCAPA) 2020 Policy Platform Overview
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Equity for All: Civil Rights and the AA and NHPI Community
7:00 PM ET Session 2: AA and NHPI (In)Access to Healthcare
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Making the Grade: Barriers to Education for the AA and NHPI Community
Session 2: There’s No Business like Slow Business: Business Resilience Solutions for Small Businesses
7:00 PM ET Session 1: AA and NHPI Immigration Challenges
Session 2: Asian American Consumer Power at the Dawn of a New Decade
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Home Sweet Home: Access to Housing for the AA and NHPI Community
Session 2: Caregiving during COVID-19
7:00 PM ET Session 1: We Won’t Go Back: AANHPI Workers during COVID-19 and Beyond
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Digital Divide: The AAPI Tech Table
Session 2: Native Hawaiian Agency and Economy: Revisualizing a Sustainable World-Class Tourist Destination Post-COVID-19
7:00 PM ET Session 1: Mapping Our Future – From Census to Building Political Power for the Next 10 Years
Session 2: Mobilizing Oceania
NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Track 2: ENGAGE YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
On Sunday, June 28, APIAVote will host individual convenings for 20 states and regions throughout the day in the afternoon. This will allow participants to join their local area and learn about the nonpartisan plans and infrastructure that currently exists. This space will focus on how organizations and individuals can coordinate together to expand the capacity of voter engagement activities for this summer and fall.
Register to choose a specific region/state of your choice.
Track 3: ORGANIZING INSTITUTE
This track will focus on providing individuals and organizations the skills they need to effectively organize and implement nonpartisan voter engagement programs. We kick-off this track with a briefing highlighting what we know about the AAPI electorate through the latest research and survey results. Workshops will focus on National Voter Registration Day and Early Vote campaigns, how to reach first time or limited English proficient voters, digital organizing, engaging effectively on social media and much much more. These 1 to 1.5 hour sessions are scheduled to start at 5 PM and 7:00 PM EST every evening from June 29 – July 2.
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Converting Data into Voting Power: A New Decade of AANHPI Empowerment
7:00 PM ET Session 2: What’s the Gameplan for the 2020 Election
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Role of filmmakers and storytelling in engaging the AAPI electorate
7:00 PM ET Session 1: Who’s Left out of the AAPI Umbrella?
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Protecting Your Voting Rights & Ensuring Your Ballot Cast Gets Counted
Session 2: Rallying Young Voters: Access Points to Civic Engagement
7:00 PM ET Session 1: Race and Identity in Leadership: How Asian Pacific Islander Americans and POC can leverage their identity to lead in unique ways. Presented by Act to Change (Limited to Young AAPIs Only)
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2020
5:00 PM ET Session 1: Voices For Us, From Us: Working with Ethnic Media
Session 2: Learning from History to Build a Better Future, Scenes from the “Asian Americans” PBS series
7:00 PM ET Session 1: AAPI Electeds: Forging Unity and Allyship
Session 2: Picking Your Digital Playbook
Track 4: MOBILIZING YOUNG AAPIS
Thursday June 25, 2020 @ 5:00 PM ET : “Are You Registered to Vote?” – Social Distancing Edition!
Sunday June 28, 2020, 2:00-4:00 PM ET: So, what’s YOUR story? | Interactive Zine Workshop
Monday, June 29, 2020 @ 7:00 PM ET: Beyond Allyship | Manifesting Intentional Solidarity
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 @ 5:00 PM ET: Rallying Young Voters: Access Points to Civic Engagement
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 @ 7:00 PM ET: Race and Identity in Leadership: How Asian Pacific Islander Americans and POC can leverage their identity to lead in unique ways.
