May 2013 Newsletter

Highlights: 20th Annual CAUSE Dinner Recap, Los Angeles General Election on Tuesday, May 21st

Greetings!
Aftercelebratingour20thAnniversarylastmonth,wewereabletoreflectonhowthe communityandourorganizationhasseentremendousgrowthinnumberandininfluencein thepast20years.WewouldliketothankyouforsupportingCAUSE'smissionof empoweringtheAsianAmericancommunity.Withoutyou,CAUSEwouldnotbewhereitis today.Pleasescrolldownbelowforashortdinnerrecap. *** Wehavealsobeengearingupfortomorrow'sLosAngelesGeneralElectionandhave includedsomelinksandimportantresourcestohelpguideyouthroughtheelection process.WeencourageeveryonetogetinformedandgetoutthevoteonTuesday, May21stfortheLosAngelesGeneralElection.Thisyear,CAUSEhaspartneredup withL.A.CityVotes,acampaigndedicatedtoincreaseelectoralparticipationamong votersinLosAngelesformunicipalelections.Pleasereadonformoreinformation. *** Asalways,wehopethatyouenjoythismonth'snewsletter.Weinviteyoutolearnabout upcomingeventsandopportunitiestogetinvolvedwealwayshaveroomformore volunteers! Sincerely, YourFriendsatCAUSE

20th Annual CAUSE Dinner

Nearly500guestsattendedthe20thAnniversaryDinnerheldattheLanghamHuntington HotelinPasadena,CaliforniaonFriday,April19,2013.Thedinnerwasatimeforustonot onlycelebrateouraccomplishments,buttoalsolookforwardtothenext20yearsof empoweringtheAsianAmericancommunity.Themostprominentleadersinthecorporate, legal,andpoliticalcommunitiesinSouthernCaliforniawerepresentatthedinner,in additiontocloseto50localandstateelectedofficials. Wewouldliketothistimetothankoursponsorsandlocal,state,andfederalelected officials,volunteers,andfriends,botholdandnew,forsupportingusatthisyear'sdinner. Withoutallofyou,wewouldnotbeabletoputonprogramsandeventsthataimtoserve andempowertheAPIcommunitythroughouttheyear.

Wewouldalsoliketothankallofourhonorees,agroupindividualsandorganizationsthat haveenhancedthecivicparticipationoftheAsianPacificAmerican(APA)community: AnneShenSmith,CEO,SouthernCaliforniaGasCompanywhowashonoredwith theCorporateLeadershipAward MazieK.Hirono,U.S.Senator,StateofHawaiiwhowashonoredwiththeNorman Y.MinetaLegacyAward MarkTakano,U.S.Representative,41stDistrictofCaliforniawhowashonoredwith theInspirationalLeadershipAward AsianPacificAmericanLegislativeStaffNetwork(APALS)whichwerehonored withtheCommunityImpactAward

Additionally,wewerefortunatetohaveanesteemedgroupofpresenterswho,withtheir kindwords,didafantasticjobintroducingeachofourhonorees: JudyChu,U.S.Representative,27thDistrictofCalifornia CarolLiu,U.S.Senator,21stDistrictofCalifornia MikeEng,LACommunityCollegeTrustee

OurMasterofCeremonies,RaphaelJ.Sonenshein,ExecutiveDirectorofthePatBrown InstituteforPublicAffairsatCSULosAngeles,wasanenergeticpresenceatthedinner. Weapplaudhimforhiskeepingourdinnerprogramrunningsmoothly.

WewereabletoconnectwithavarietyofsponsorswhobelieveinCAUSE'smissionof advancingthepoliticalempowermentofthoseintheAPAcommunitythroughavarietyof communityorientedefforts.Thecontributionsfromthesecompaniesandorganizations providethestrongfoundationneededtosupportallCAUSEprograms. CAUSE20132014Sponsors DinnerCoChairSponsors JohnnieGiles,ExecutiveDirector,ExternalAffairs,ComcastCorporation SouthernCaliforniaGasCompany PresidentialSponsors EastWestBank EdisonInternational JeffGlassman&WallisFoundation Walmart CharlieWoo SenatorialSponsors Ernst&Young TheNielsenCompany SouthwestAirlines CongressionalSponsors ImprentaCommunicationsGroup ImuarockPartners IWGroup,Inc. LosAngelesCountySupervisorDonKnabe KoreanAmericanEconomyDevelopmentCenter(KAEDC) SouthernCaliforniaPublicRadio(KPCC89.3) SquireSanders(US)LLP TotalCallInternational MayoralSponsors AlliedPhysiciansofCalifornia DavidandHelenFong

LongFamilyFoundation TimeWarnerCable Dr.AlbertYoung CommunitySponsors CouncilmemberLingLingChang(CityofDiamondBar) CouncilmemberCarolChen(CityofCerritos) ChineseAmericanCitizensAlliance(CACA) CitizensChoiceHealthplanHMO GoldenVisionCenter Jenner&BlockLLP LeeTran&LiangLLP CouncilmemberStevenLy(CityofRosemead) Munger,Tolles&OlsonLLP PacificAsianConsortiuminEmployment(PACE) PharMedQuest AnhTran,President,MarleyCoffeeCompany UCLAAsianPacificAlumni(APAUCLA) USCSchoolofArchitecture BenWong FriendsofCAUSE AsianPacificAmericanLegalCenter(APALC) Gibson,DunnandCrutcherLLP AricKadosh Dr.AlanKims Rodriguez,Horii,Choi&CafferataLLP TemoArjaniLLP MediaSponsors LA18 ZAW|STUDIOS

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20thAnnualCAUSEDinner:SenatorMazieK.Hirono

NormanY.MinetaLegacyAwardAcceptance Speech

Los Angeles General Municipal Election Get out the Vote on May 21st
It'simportanttogeteducatedaboutcandidatesandissuesonmunicipal,school,andlocal ballots.Pleaseseebelowforlinksandresourcesthatwillhelpguideyouthrough tomorrow'selection.

Lastyear,wedidaseriescalled'VisionsforLA,'aspeakerseriesdevelopedformembers oftheAsianAmericancommunitytoparticipateinindepthconversationswiththeleading 2013mayoralcandidatesofLosAngeles.Gettoknowyourmayoralcandidatesby watchingourdualrecapabove. Formoredetailedinsightsonthemayoralcandidates,checkoutthelinksbelow: CouncilmemberEricGarcetti:Recap|Video|Photos CityControllerWendyGreuel:Recap|Video|Photos

GeneralMunicipalElectionMay21st VoterResources:

CityofLosAngelesElectionsDivision Registertovoteonline SmartVoter LAVote

CAUSE Staff Carrie Gan, Executive Director, carrie@causeusa.org Grace Hsieh, Director of Programs, grace@causeusa.org Sophia Islas, Director of Communications, sophia@causeusa.org

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