Characteristics of 80-20

If you are already a member, please forward
this e-newsletter to your friends.

There are two unusual characteristics about80-20:

[A] Effective!

Example 1: 80-20 has caused a dramatic increase in the number
of Asian Am. life-tenured federal judges! In a 5-year old effort, the
number of such judges has changed from

6 District judges and 0 Appeals Court judge to
12 District judges and 2 Appeals court judges.
An Appeals court judge is one step below a Supreme Court Justice. Will an
Asian Am. one day be appointed a Supreme Court Justice? Why not!

Example 2: The US Labor Department has never enforced an "equal
opportunity in workplaces" law for Asian Ams before. It has recently
committed in writing to enforced that law, Executive order 11246, for us!

All Asian Am workers in big companies and universities will
benefit. They'll enjoy "equal pay for equal work," and "rising
as high as their ambition & ability will afford them."

How many Asian Ams. will benefit? 2 million! Will it benefit
you? YES! Either directly or indirectly.

[B] Courageous!

80-20 doesn't shy away from FIGHTING for you just because the officials
who ignore your rightful interest are very highly placed. 80-20 doesn't just
pressure the disk jockeys in little radio stations or a young reporter in a TV
stations. 80-20 fights the BIG guys on your behalf, if it has to.

Help Yourself & Help 80-20

You want other Asian Am. orgs to be as willing to fight for you and as
effective? Then JOIN 80-20. YOUR joining carries a message to other orgs..

Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/join.asp . 80-20 needs
20 Life Members ($1,000 per) per year to keep its books balanced. If you
can afford it, "noblesse oblige." Or, You may send your check to
80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229
Please place your email address at the back of your check. Thank you.

Respectfully yours,

S. B. , Acting Exec. Director, 80-20 PAC, a volunteere

AsAm Profs. Bad Administrators?

During the Bush Administration, its Labor Sec. Elaine Chao steadfastly
refused to help Asian Ams gain equal opportunity in workplaces through
the enforcement of E.O. 11246. EO 11246 mainly affects two groups of
workers -- those in private industries and those in universities.

So how have Asian Am. professors & professionals in universities fared in
their odds to become administrators during that period, from
2001 to 2007? Miserably! See the table below.

* The 07 data come from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d08/tables/dt08_246.asp .

Americans of all other races made faster gains in their odds than Asian
Ams., although those Americans already have more than twice the chance
to rise to the administrative levels. At this rate, we & our children will get equal
opportunity 65 years AFTER all other Ams. have long reached it. I
feel ashamed for letting our children down so badly. Do you?

Are Asian Ams such poor administrators? Is it because we just don't
want to be Administrators?

A few year back, some Asian Am. lawyers had explained to me that the reason
for the lack of Asian Am federal judges was because Asian Am lawyers didn't
want to be federal judges. However, now that Pres. Obama has given Asian Ams
equal chance to be appointed life-tenured judges, more and more lawyers
have expresses interests to be appointed federal judges! Are we engaged in
sour-grape-talk to relieve the pain caused by the hopeless feeling that it
would never be our turn?

Is the above statistics the faults of our political system alone? No!

I like to conjecture that it's partially our own fault. We need
to face these faults and correct them, now that DOL under the Obama
Administration has fully committed to help us win equal opportunity in
UNIVERSITES, by enforcing EO 11246.

Asian Ams. don't stand up for our rights sufficiently. We may be too
shy, too timid, and/or too lacking in confidence in America's sense of fair
play. Some of us have behaved like "ostriches" and some others cried
"sour grape."

To be sure, some of our scholars genuinely don't want to be
administrators. That is certainly quite all right. What I am saying here is
that for those of us who want to be administrators, we need to step up,
face the odds, and fight for our equal opportunity.

Friends, we can empathize with the "sour grapers" and "ostriches."
Don't copy them, however. Let's fight for our equal opportunity in
workplaces the American way -- speak out when things aren't fair, use
legal remedies if necessary, and organize and use our GROUP political
clout to win equal opportunity.

Be a doer! A new dawn has arrived for Asian Ams. Join 80-20 and fight
for YOUR OWN equal opportunity in workplaces. To join, click on
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .
Or send you check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo, a volunteer Acting Exec. Director.
80-20 PAC, Inc.

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Community News:

1. Ted Lieu of CA has filed to run for Attorney General of CA. To help
him, click on https://etribute.durkeeandassociates.com/c.php?c=tlieu

2. Munsup Soeh of Ohio, an 80-20 member and a Past President of The
Asian Am. Council -Dayton was honored by the Wright State University
with the Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award.

Empower ourselves & DOL

God helps those who help themselves. Here is how we can empower
ourselves to live to the maximum of our potentials.

(1) Acronyms You Need To Read This E-newsletter:
DOL is Dept. of Labor.
OFCCP is Office of Federal Contracts Compliance Program. This office enforces
E.O. 11246 to ensure that all Americans enjoy equal opportunity in workplaces
of federal contractors and subcontractors (roughly all big companies and
universities). Its Director is Patricia Shiu, an Asian Am.

(2) Recent History:
After a long effort by 80-20, OFCCP under the Obama Administration has committed
in writing to enforce EO 11246 for Asian Ams. How vigilant? It somewhat depends
on YOU. In contrast, OFCCP under Secretary Elaine Chao in the Bush Administration
took a very different stance. For a letter from Elaine Chao's Deputy Secretary on
80-20's request to enforce EO 11246 for Asian Ams, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/action/equalopp_glassceiling_DOL.pdf .

(3) Now We Can Empower Ourselves:
Director Patricia Shiu, beside committing to enforce EO 11246 for Asian Ams., also stated,
"First, OFCCP is committed to increasing its workforce representation of AAPI within
its ranks." In other words, OFCCP wants to hire more Asian Ams. so that it can be
more sensitive to the needs of our community.

3 of the 6 "Regional Directors" positions at OFCCP are open. See below. The pay seems
decent. If you qualify, you may want to apply promptly, since that the positions have
closing dates that are fast coming up.

To get future up-to-date job openings at the OFCCP, go to 

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/search.aspx?q=ofccp&where=&x=101&y=11&brd=3876&vw=b&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y .
To see all job openings in the US government, visit http://www.usajobs.gov .

(4) One Best Way to Empower Yourself:
JOIN 80-20, as 
dues-paying members. In serving you, 80-20 has accomplished
so many feats that others had considered as impossible. Click on 

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or send your
check to: 80-20 PAC, P.O. Box 603, Osprey, FL 34229 . THANK YOU.

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

Your Historic Achievement

Pres. Obama announced the nomination of Goodwin Liu, a law professor
at U. of CA, Berkeley to the US 9th Circuit court of Appeals. Consequently,

(1) There will soon be 2 Asian Am. Circuit Court judges -- a historic feat, &

(2) The number of AsAm life-tenured federal judges increase from
6 District judges + 0 Circuit Court judge
to
12 District judges + 2 Circuit Court judges,

since 2006 when 80-20 announced* its goal to increase the number of such
AsAm judges.

The above is YOUR ACHIEVEMENT!

See Pres. Obama's commitment to YOU made through 80-20 Educational
Foundation, together with a table which documents the recent drastic increase
in such AsAm judges.

YOU and YOUR SUPPORT of 80-20 helped cause the above dramatic
improvement. But we have much more to do yet, including getting the
equal opportunity to rise to the top in any profession. JOIN 80-20 as
dues-paying members. It is your best choice to help yourself and your
children. Click on
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp 
Or
send your check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 .

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Pres. Obama's Commitment to YOU. See Q4 & Q5

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See how the number of AsAm judges had increased recently

Respectfully yours,

S.B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

* 80-20 gratefully acknowledges the support of the leaders of
LEAP and CACA at the Press Conference in Los Angeles, CA.

Practice ESI, Enlightened Self-interest

1) "Stay out of politics!" my seniors warned. Why shouldn't I?

Circumstances have changed. Your seniors probably lived in the "old
Country," & were members of the majority race. They don't face
discrimination. YOU live in USA, and are a member of a very small
minority. You face discrimination, as historic and current record
clearly show. You need to rely on political clout to get the government
to protect your rights.

2) Will I get in trouble, if I join 80-20 PAC?

Are the founders of 80-20 in trouble? They are: Chang-Lin Tien
(late Chancellor of UC, Berkeley), Anna Chennault (a well known
AsAm GOP woman), Larry Ho (retired Harvard prof. of 2 endowed chairs),
Henry Tang (former Chair of Committee of 100), and S. B. Woo
(former Lt Governor of Delaware). Exercise your political rights!

3) Other AsAm orgs. sponsor candidate forums & lobbying activities, how
come 80-20 PAC only endorses candidates?

Endorsing candidates is politically more powerful than organizing
candidate forums & lobbying activities. Evidence? Do you see other orgs.
getting the results that 80-20 has gotten?

4) Why does 80-20 need money from me?

After 80-20 endorses a candidate, it buys media ads and sends direct
mails to deliver an Asian Am. bloc vote for the endorsed candidate. Why?
When elected, the candidate will help us back as president Obama is doing
now. Such activities require money. For example, 80-20 spent a lot of
money independently for Obama's campaign in the battleground states.

How 80-20 spent its money has a record. It must report to Federal Election
Commission website annually about income & expenditure. Visit:
http://herndon2.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/dcdev/forms/C00346015/205640/ .

5. Don't I get the same benefit, even when I don't join 80-20?

YES. Do you get the same sense of inner satisfaction & self-respect?
Practice enlightened self-interest!

NEED NEW MEMBERS!

To find out if you are a member, visit this easy to use page:

 http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp . If NOT a member,
please consider joining if you can afford the $35 or $50 
annual dues. If you
are already a member, please help recruit. 


To JOIN http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . 

Or send your check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 .

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Record Membership at the end of January
2006: 661 members, 2007: 600, 2008: 387, 2009: 1,100,
2010: 1,301 -- tripling that of 2008.

Gratefully Acknowledging Your Generosity

(I) To 80-20 Educational Foundation:
Woo"s Foundation $7,550, Dr. Steve Ko $2,000
Chung-I & Mao-Lien Wu $1,000 The Baltimore Family Fund $1,000
National Philanthropic Trust $1,000 (courtesy of Mr. &Mrs. Mitchell Lou)
Lois Wong Chi $500 Alec Y. Chang, Esq. $500
Erica Liu $300 Tueh-Ting Lee $300

(2) To 80-20 PAC, Inc
Roy Saigo $1,000,
Kathleen To $350 Lawrence and Mary Schaffer-Tom $250

Sincerely yours,

Directors of 80-20 NEW Board of 2010 (titles are for ID purposes only),
Fel Amistad, San Mateo County Commissioner; Analyst (Finance)
Quan Cao, Prof., Florida Atlantic Univ.; a Vietnamese-Am scholar
Ved Chaudhary, General Secretary, Hindu Collective Initiative of N. America,
Rutgers University Board of Trustees (1993-95)
Dr. Beverly Hong-Fincher, Linguistics; currently teaching at the Univ. of
the District of Columbia
Dr. Hilary Hsu, Chancellor, City College of San Francisco, 1982-90
Dr. Laura Hsu, retired university administrator
Dr. Chenming Hu, Distinguished Chair Professor, Univ. of CA, Berkeley;
US National Academy of Engineering; Chinese Academy of sciences;
Academia Sinica
Dr. Alice Huang, President-elect, Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science,
retired professor, Harvard Medical School, retired Dean, NYU, Univ.
Administrator, Caltech
Dr. Yueh-ting Lee, Prof. of Psychology at the Univ. of Toledo, OH; Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, Minot State Univ, ND
Dr. Edward Lin, CEO, Ingenious Technologies Corp, Co-Founder, Gulfcoast
Chinese Am. Assoc.
Dr. Yuko Nakanishi, MBA, Principal & President, Nakanishi Research &
Consulting, LLC.
Linden Nishinaga, Calif. licensed professional engineer & Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional
Dr. Roy Saigo, Two university presidencies (Auburn Univ. & St. Cloud St. Univ)
Dr. Kim Song, Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis
Lena Tam, Vice Mayor, Alameda, CA; MPA, licensed Engineer
Kathleen To, Honorary Texas Commercial Attache (1991-93); President & CEO,
KATO Foundation
William Uy, President, PBidet Corporation; Retired DuPont Sr. Research Scientist
with 25 patented inventions
Joel Wong, President, APAPA-Bay Area Chapter
Hon. S.B. Woo, Lt. Governor of Delaware (85-89), retired Physics prof., U. of Del.
Dr. David Yang, Associate Political Scientist, Rand Corporation
Jing-Li Yu, 3rd yr. law student, Univ. of Chicago; Operation Director, 80-20
(05 -06)
Charles Zhang, President and Managing Partner, Zhang Financial, the only
advisor in the nation selected as a top advisor by BOTH Worth Magazine
and Barron’s each year from 2004-2007.

Need Reason?

1) You are not back in your "old country" any more. There you 

belong to the majority & no one discriminates against you. In America 

you are the minority. Many of your fellow countrymen consider
you a foreigner. Records, historic & current, show that you are 

being discriminated against in workplaces.

2) You need GROUP political clout to protect you. 80-20 is not only the 

oldest & largest AsAm political org. but also the most effective. Do
you know another such organization?

3) 80-20 is a community creation, entirely supported and funded by 

people like you & me. You need to protect this organization called 

80-20 where the important work of protecting your rights happens.

4) Imagine an America in which every Asian-American enjoys 

equal opportunities and justice and stands proudly among all 

Americans.

Need NEW members! To find out if you are a member, check
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp .
If NOT a member, please consider joining if you can afford the $35 or $50
annual dues. If you are already a member, please help recruit. To JOIN 

http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . 

Or send your check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 .

Do your share!

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo, 

Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-30 PAC Inc.

Pres. Obama's Word To Us

(A) The Lesser of Obama's 2 Promises to Us - more AsAm judges

Pres. Obama is fulfilling that promise to us nicely. He
just nominated another Asian Am. District judge, Lucy Koh of CA, a
Korean Am.

In 2006, when 80-20 started to push for more Asian Am. federal judges,
there were only 6 such district judges. Today, a mere 4 years later, &
only 1 year after Pres. Obama's inauguration, we have 12 + 1. The
1 is a circuit court judge. See the table below. That is how
GROUP political clout has worked for us.

(B) The 2nd & More Significant Commitment to Us

Pres. Obama's LARGER commitment to us is to give us equal opportunity
in workplaces -- equal pay for equal work, equal opportunity to rise to the
top -- by the enforcement of Exec. Order 11246. It'll help the 2 million
Asian Am. workers in private industries and universities..

Is Pres. Obama fulfilling that commitment? That depend on whether the
Dept. of Labor will enforce E.O. 11246.

As you know, 80-20 is working on it. 80-20 EF published a series of 6
e-newsletters titled "Ugly Truth" and has a meeting with the Director of the
enforcement section of DOL, Patricia Shiu.

(C) Knowing how SMART you are!

Do YOU want equal opportunity in your workplace? 80-20 can help you
in a way that you cannot manage yourself! It takes 80-20 to get the
commitments from presidential candidates. See attached.

So YOU need to personally help 80-20 double its membership, whether
you are alredy a member or not. Indirectly it doubles YOUR own political
clout.

80-20 needs NEW members. For $35 or $50 per year, YOU get
helped in your upward mobility in your job. When you don't
join, you HURT your own chance to become equal citizens.

PRACTICE "Enlightened Self-Interest." 80-20 works for you. 80-20's
effectiveness is unprecedented and proven! Join NOW!
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .
Or send you check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-30 PAC Inc.

Pres. Obama's 2 commitment to us

Preliminary Report: DOL Meeting

What happened at the Jan. 11 meeting with DOL?

The meeting was positive. Director Shiu of OFCCP states straight-
forwardly that there is a glass ceiling above Asian Ams. and that DOL will
enforce Exec. Order for Asian Ams. specifically to help break it, of course,
not at the expense of other minorities.

What was positive?

80-20's preliminary conclusion from the above is that so far as the
commitments by Pres. Obama to the Asian Am. community are concerned,
we are already at or near the last stage of Q2 of EF's questionnaire. See
Footnote 1. We await a confirmation by DOL and the White House of our
preliminary understanding.

Thanks to YOUR strong support of 80-20 and thanks to DOL, the
hearing described in Q1 is no longer necessary, saving time and energy
for both DOL and us.

We have already started the procedure described in Q3 -- working with a
DOL representative to establish a list of Asian Am leaders to have a
meeting with Pres. Obama, in roughly 2 years from today, "to review the
progress in extending equal opportunity to Asian Ams." Any national org.
which desires participation please contact S. B. Woo via sbw@udel.edu.
We'd love to work with all organizations which are willing to share in the
work.

What might be the ideal end-result?

Without the enforcement of EO 11246, it'll take 75 years or 3
generations for us to reach equal opportunity. With the enforcement,
we'll reach that goal in 10 years, IF we continue to persevere with our
heart, sweat, and tears.

Can we relaxed now?

Hack no. Great challenges and much toiling remain ahead of us. Indeed
major difference in the interpretation of a 1995 Supreme Court ruling
exists between DOL and 80-20. These will be the subjects of the future e-
newsletter.

What is certain?

If YOU weaken your support for 80-20, the estimated transition time of
10 years will lengthen to 20, 40 or even 75. If you steadfastly support 80-
20, we'll toil TOGETHER to get the job done.

So do YOUR share! Join, upgrade or renew your membership
with 80-20. Using a credit card, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or send
you check to 80-20 PAC P.O. Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229

Respectfully,

S. B. Woo 
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC., Inc.
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*Prof. Chenming Hu and S. B. Woo attended the meetingfor 80-20. Patricia
Shiu, Director of OFCCP, Elizabeth Kim, White House liaison stationed at
DOL, Cindy Chen, DOL outreach to Asian Ams, and Claudia Gordon,
Special Assistant to Director, attended the meeting for DOL.

President Obama's Commitment to us regarding EO 11246

A Stirring Video

80-20's reason for sharing this video is grounded in our hope and
belief that all Asian Americans acting with confidence and faith
can collectively impact our nation for the greater good.

While the song alludes to the bible, 80-20, a non-partisan and non-
denominational organization, respects everyone's right to choose
their religion, if any. Visit

http://www.bornagainamerican.org/index.html .

If you like the above video, please don't forget that the "Sharing Sacrifice
with Our Soldiers" drive is still on. Visit
http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/9p .

We've raised $12,000+ so far. We now aim for a larger number of
participants. You don't have to contribute $1,000, as many of the current
contributors did. Just do what your heart feels is right. Thank you.

80-20 still needs more NEW members. If you join now, you'll be
counted as a member for this year and the next. Join 80-20
at http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .

Respectfully,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director, 80-20 PAC., Inc.

Call To Action

Do Asian Americans care deeply for America?

Are we capable of going to where others avoid, although it may
be the right place to go?

Do we dare set the right example, though it may seem foolhardy?

If your answers are YES, YES and YES, then please read the following
and do what your heart will tell you.

80-20's Board passed the following resolution:

SHARING SACRIFICE

Whereas, we the people, must share the burdens of our brave soldiers;
Whereas, soldiers need ample supplies, and increasing national debt is a
major concern of the American people;
Whereas, imposing additional tax seems out of question given the current
tough economic times;
Whereas, there are still those fortunate Americans with financial means
who desire to bear their share of the our soldiers' sacrifice ;
Whereas, the setting up of a webpage urging Asian Americans to be AMONG
THE FIRST to voluntarily contribute 1% of their disposable income or
$1,000 to the United States government will help advance or resolve the
concerns expressed above; and
Whereas, a side benefit of this valiant effort is to counter the prejudiced
perception that Asian Americans are "perpetual foreigners," which has
given impetus to the maintenance of the glass ceiling over Asian
Americans in private industries, universities and even the federal
government.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that 80-20 PAC shall set up a website urging
Asian Americans to voluntarily contribute 1% of their disposable
income or $1,000 to the United States government to concretely demonstrate
shared sacrifice in support of the upcoming surge announced by President
Obama. (Resolution ends.)

There is a broader message here. America faces huge challenges today.
It's time for us to OFFER sharing the burdens VOLUNTARILY in order to overcome
a few major challenges quickly. The influence of the Asian Am. community on our
nation may be small. But we can try.

Go to http://admin.80-20nj.info/cgi/dm/8/9p . Show America that we,
Asian Americans, care deeply. Fill out the blanks. Click on the "Done button".
Your name will appear in the CONTRIBUTORS' list below the done button automatically.

Visit the site NOW to also find out who have already pledged $1,000
each. Many of our best and brightest have committed & there will be many
more to come. Together, we shall pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and
make ourselves equal citizens.

80-20 gratefully acknowledges the endorsement of this project by John S.
Chen, Chairman, Comm. of 100, and Rajen Anand, Chairman, National
Federation of Indian Americans, NFIA.

Respectfully,

S.B. Woo
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

A Chinaman's Chance

Dear fellow Asian Americans:

How many of you have heard the expression, “a Chinaman's chance"
and wondered about its origin?

The historical context of the phrase comes from the Gold rush days of
pre-California, where many Chinese came to work as “coolies,” hard
laborers for gold mining and building the transcontinental railroad.

In this employ, they were sought out for the demanding and
dangerous jobs involving explosives, often for half the pay of the Irish
workers.

Yet the Chinese faced higher taxes, denials of legal status (not to
mention citizenship), and family reunion with their spouses and
family. They did not even have the right to testify in court against
violence and grievous crimes committed against them. The Chinese
were deemed to be so lowly, uncivilized and depraved that the courts
would not debase itself to hear their testimony .

Without recourse to the courts and law, the early Chinese settler’s had
“a Chinaman’s chance” to receive fairness and justice. Many were beaten
and robbed with impunity and some died a violent death. You
can learn about this early history by watching Bill Moyer’s PBS series
“Becoming American, The Chinese Experience.”

The American Civil Rights movement was preceded by a long history
of gross miscarriages of justice and bloodshed. Like the African
Americans, AsAms have come a long way in the long struggle for
equality. However, the pain of discrimination is still felt in America.
By AsAm being denied equal salary for equal work. . . Denied equal
opportunity for career advancement . . . By our children having to
leap over higher bars in order to gain admission to top schools . . .

80-20 PAC is the single hardest working AsAm organization fighting
day in and day out for your equality. From securing landmark
promises from President Obama to enforce EO11246 to gaining
more AsAm federal judges, 80-20 never shrank away from the
toughest battles and challenges. Yet this national burden is born on
the backs of a mere 2,000 or so dues-paying members. We
have achieved landmark progress under the leadership of
Dr. SB Woo. We are closer than ever before to realizing our dream,
but this is no time to be complacent; or to rest on our laurels.

In order to succeed, we must present a strong case and persuade
the Dept of Labor to enforce EO11246. This equal opportunity law has
been enforced for Blacks, Hispanics and women—but not yet for AsAms!
We must redouble our efforts, and we need your help to succeed.

If you are one of our loyal dues-paying members, we thank you from
the bottom of our heart. If not, won’t you please do your part TODAY?
Become a dues-paying member NOW at http://www.80-20initiative.net .
Your membership will be good till 12/31/2010 i.e. for the remainder
of this year and the next. Join us in the fight for equal opportunity
and justice, so that this nation we love will become a more perfect Union.

Not sure if you are a member? Find out here:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp .

In another 10 years, on the 20th anniversary of 80-20, let it be
remembered that YOU did your part; that YOU joined in this noble fight
and made a difference. For yourself, for future generations of AsAms, and
for our nation. Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you.

Ed

Dr. Edward Lin
Director, 80-20 Initiative
Equal Opportunity and Justice for ALL Asian Americans
e-
mail: elin [at] ingenious [dot] com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/EdwardLin001USA

Closing In on a Record

Will you be one of the 35?

If you are NOT a member, please consider joining today. You will be a
member for the current year and the next for the price of one. Tradi-
tionally, 80-20 has counted NEW members joining after its Nov. Board
election as member of this and the NEXT year. Help 80-20 set a historic
high in membership in tough economic times. That tell people about
what we are made of.

Go http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or 

send your check to 80-20 PAC, PO Box 603, Osprey, FL 34229 


Student: $15, Basic: $35, Family: $50, and Life Member: $1,000

Board Election Results

Over the past week, our members elected 6 of the 8 candidates to be
80-20's Board members. They are: Hilary Hsu (winning 86.2% of votes cast)
Ved Chaudhary (82.5%) , Ed Lin (82.3% ), Yueh-Ting Lee (74.8%),
William V. Uy (68.9%), & Quan Cao (67.4%).

80-20's is proud to announce that its 22 member Board is diverse in
background, composed of dedicated individuals from every major component
of the Asian Am. community.

Important Political Elections - recent past & future

John Liu was elected the Comptroller of the NY City, an important
office in NYC. Sam Yoon dropped out of the Boston mayoral election,
although he ran a creditable campaign.

A very exciting campaign on the horizon is Ted Lieu's campaign for
Attorney General of California. He cares deeply about the Asian Am.
community. 80-20 thinks he has better than a 50% chance to win both
the CA Dem. primary in June, 2010 and the the general election in Nov.,
2010. Keep your eyes on him.

Help Make History

80-20 needs only 35 NEW members to set a historic membership
record. Please be the one to hand us the cigar! Empower yourself and
80-20. Go http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
Acting Exec. Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

To Be Kingmakers

To Be Kingmakers

Are you sitting on a pot of political gold like the Asian Ams. in
NJ? They could have easily been the kingmakers in their gubernatorial
election & through that process won themselves equal opportunity in
NJ's state government.

Here is how.

The difference between the winner and the loser in the NJ governor's
race was only 100,000 votes. Chris Christie got 1,148,800 votes, while
Jon Corzine got 1,048,827.

The Asian Am. population in NJ is about 500,000. The number of Asian
Am. voters is at least 150,000. If there was an 80-20 NJ Chapter directing
political traffic, the Asian Am community could easily have delivered 70%
of those 150,000 votes i.e.105,000 votes to its endorsed candidate.

With that kind political capital in a tight race, one could have easily
gotten each of the gubernatorial candidates to give iron-clad promises that
could possibly include the appointment of Asian Am. Cabinet members &
the breaking of the glass ceiling in the NJ state government and
universities! That is, copy what the 80-20 National did nationally in
last year's presidential election.

Will there be a similar situation in your state? Don't let it
pass. Get ready! See a concrete example below.

Our NW Ohio chapter, only 1 year after its inauguration, interviewed
all the mayoral candidates of Toledo, Ohio and obtained a single word
answer (YES) from all the candidates to all its questions in its
questionnaire -- iron clad promises.

To seize such opportunities in your own state, you need to take a look
at a new pamphlet that the National has just placed on its website. It is a
step-to-step recipe about "How To Achieve An Impact On Your
State/County/City/Local Politics." Visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/action/chapter_pamphlet.pdf .

You only need to read the first 4 pages of the pamphlet to get an idea
of what you and your chapter need to do. Let us know, if you are motivated
to organize a chapter in your own state to have an impact in politics! Reply to
this email and say "Motivated!" We'll assist you.

Thanks to you, 80-20 is very close to an annual
membership record, but NO cigar yet.

To join, go to 
 http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or
send your check to 80-20 PAC PO Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229 

Student: $15, Basic:$35, Family$50, and Life Member:$1,000
Try the "automatic renewal option," (which you can cancel anytime),
your membership will be valid for 1 full year.

80-20 GRATEFULLY acknowledges the following generous donors, who displayed
great support for our Membership Drive of the last 15 days.

Steven Chen of Cerritos, CA: $1,00O
Willian Tong of Ellicot City, MO: $1,000
Mon Yin Lung of Houston, TX: b6d $500
Alfred & Shirley Fong of Woodland Hills, CA: $1,500
Suzanna Lin of Osprey, FL: $500
Hsiao-Mei & Ray Wedmeyer of Columbia, MO: $500
Ved Chaudhary of Morganville, NJ: $1,000
S. B. & Katy Woo of Newark, DE: $3,500
George Ow Jr. of Santa Cruz, CA: $1,000
Albert Wang of Fremont, CA: $1,000
Stella Yu of Denver, CO: $500
Dominic & Ellen Ng of Pasadena, CA (to 80-20 Educational
Foundation): $1,000. Congrats to Dominic whose East West
Bank just acquired the United Commercial Bank of SF.

Respectfully,
Directors of 80-20 Initiative (titles are for identification purposes only),

Fel Amistad, San Mateo County Commissioner; Analyst (Finance)
Dr. Beverly Hong-Fincher, Linguistics; currently teaching at the Univ. of
the District of Columbia
Dr. Laura Hsu, retired university administrator
Dr. Chenming Hu, Distinguished Chair Professor, Univ. of CA, Berkeley;
US National Academy of Engineering; Chinese Academy of sciences;
Academia Sinica
Dr. Alice Huang, President-elect, Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science,
retired professor, Harvard Medical School, retired Dean, NYU, Univ.
Administrator, Caltech
Frank Lee, former President, Organization for Justice and Equality
Dr. Edward Lin, CEO, Ingenious Technologies Corp, Co-Founder, Gulfcoast
Chinese Am. Assoc.
Dr. Yuko Nakanishi, MBA, Principal & President, Nakanishi Research &
Consulting, LLC.
Linden Nishinaga, Calif. licensed professional engineer & Leadership in
Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional
Dr. Roy Saigo, Two university presidencies (Auburn Univ. & St. Cloud St. Univ)
Dr. Kim Song, Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis
Lena Tam, Vice Mayor, Alameda, CA; MPA, licensed Engineer
Kathleen To, Honorary Texas Commercial Attache (1991-93); President & CEO,
KATO Foundation
Joel Wong, President, APAPA-Bay Area Chapter
Hon. S.B. Woo, Lt. Governor of Delaware (85-89), retired Physics prof., U. of Del.
Dr. David Yang, Associate Political Scientist, Rand Corporation
Jing-Li Yu, 3rd yr. law student, Univ. of Chicago; Operation Director, 80-20
(05 -06)
Charles Zhang, President and Managing Partner, Zhang Financial, the only
advisor in the nation selected as a top advisor by BOTH Worth Magazine
and Barron’s each year from 2004-2007.

Continued Appeal & Asian Am. Salary III

Thanks to you, 80-20 needs only 45 more members, instead of the 72 of
4 day ago, and 173 = (23 + 150) of a week ago. We even got 4 more Life
Members and a $1,000 matching fund. Please be one of the 45, if you
are NOT a member yet!

Please empower 80-20. It needs your broad shoulders.

Please arm others and me with the news of the record high membership in
tough economic times, when we go to DOL. It's the kind of news that the political
establishment understands. We are going to the Labor Department for a
meeting. Hopefully, we'll succeed in removing the last major obstacle
to the growth of our community -- less opportunity in workplaces AND less
pay for equal work.

Here is an additional proof of inequity. Remember the Scientist's Salary
Survey?

The reported average salaries for Asian Ph.Ds and MDs are the lowest
when compared with all other Americans. That of the Asian MS happens
to be the highest. That contradiction leads to a question of whether the
the data are reliable.

80-20 communicated with The Scientists. We found that the combined
sample sizes in the 3 categories of BS, MS and MD in the Asian survey is only a
puny 150 persons. That means that those 3 reported numbers are statistically
quite uncertain.

However, the sample size for Asian Ph.Ds is 480 which is statistically large
enough to say that Asian Ph.Ds in life sciences definitely have the lowest
average salary. Why are Asian Ams in the "lowest" categories so often,
in spite of having the highest educational attainment?

Wouldn't you like 80-20 to find out? Wouldn't you like to know if the low
salary phenomenon is limited to life science or extend to many other fields?

So, please EMPOWER 80-20 with the record high membership. Before I
retire, I like to help remove that last major obstacle for you & your
offspring. If you are NOT a members yet, I need YOUR help!

To join, go 
 http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp . Or
send your check to 80-20 PAC PO Box 603 Osprey, FL 34229* 

Student: $15, Basic:$35, Family$50, and Life Member:$1,000

Respectfully yours,

S. B. Woo
Acting Executive Secretarty (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

Helen Wang is leaving 80-20 to become an Executive Office Administrator for the
American Association for Cancer Research. We thank Helen for her dedicated
service to 80-20 for 3 years. Dr. Suzanna Lin, an M. D., a former attending physician
at the Yale-New Haven Medical Center, has joined us. She has already given
80-20 exemplary service.

Continued Personal Appeal

A Personal Appeal from S. B. Woo,
who is 72 and near his swan song

THANKS TO YOU we are closer to our shared goal. 80-20 now
needs 74, instead of 173 members, stated 4 days ago.

However, the need is no less urgent - the goal hasn't been
achieved!

Your membership will last a FULL year even at this late day, if you join
via the "automatic renewal option," which you can cancel anytime.
Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp

Why this urgency?

Others and I will be going to the Department of Labor (DOL) to discuss
the removal of that final major obstacle to the growth of our
community -- the removal of the glass ceiling -- by enforcing an existing
law (E.O. 11246), which President Obama has promised. Please arm us with
a powerful weapon -- the news of the highest membership ever, in tough
economic times. Political folks understand that message.

Before I retire, I would like to help remove that final obstacle for
our community.

I APPEAL TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU who have supported
80-20 in spirit, but not yet in action, to do so NOW! Ved Chaudhary
of NJ has generously offered a new matching fund of $1,000. Yesterday,
I've gladly paid my "fulfilled" matching fund of $3.5K to 80-20. ☺.

To join, go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp .
Or send you check to 80-20 PAC PO Box 22509 Philadelphia, PA 19110
Student: $15, Basic:$35, Family$50, and Life Member:$1,000

Respectfully yours,

S. B.
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 Initiative

A Personal Appeal from S. B. Woo

A Personal Appeal from S. B. Woo,

who is 72 and near his swan song

80-20 urgently needs more members.

Your membership will last a FULL year even at this late day, if you join
via the "automatic renewal option," which you can cancel anytime after
1 years. Go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp

80-20 urgently needs 23 more NEW members to get the $3,500 matching
fund which I'll donate. 80-20 needs an additional 150 members to set a
historic high in membership.

Why this urgency?

Others and I will be going to the Department of Labor (DOL) to discuss
the removal of that final major obstacle to the growth of our
community -- the removal of the glass ceiling -- by enforcing an existing law
(E.O. 11246), which President Obama has promised. Please arm us with a powerful
weapon -- the news of the highest membership ever, in tough economic times.
Political folks understand that message.

Give your personal imprint to this historic struggle. Help us succeed in
our meeting with the DOL by joining as a member. Before I retire, I would
like to help remove that final obstacle for our community.

I APPEAL TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU who have supported
80-20 in spirit, but not yet in action, to do so NOW!

To join, go to http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp
Or send you check to 80-20 PAC PO Box 22509 Philadelphia, PA 19110
Student: $15, Basic:$35, Family$50, and Life Member:$1,000

Respectfully yours,

S. B.
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 Initiative

Part II of Asian Am. Salary

A Courageous Asian Am MD Spoke Up

Are you outraged by the charts showing that Asian Ams come out in
the shortest end, whether in salary or in upward mobility?

Many spoke up but few would allow 80-20 to quote them by name. Hence,
we salute John K Hsiao, MD who gave us the permission to publish
what he had emailed to 80-20. He is a role model.

Speaking against injustice is a good American trait. Not even speaking
against injustice that is against ourselves is a cultural trait that we must
cast away. Here is what Dr. Hsiao wrote to 80-20:

"I've been planning on joining 80-20 for a while now, but
procrastinated until I saw this article in The Scientist. The article is
a review of salaries in the life sciences & one of the figures compares
salaries based on ethnicity. AsAm MD's & PhD's are the LOWEST
paid of any ethnicity, below white, black, or Hispanic. Asian Am MS
holders are paid somewhat better than other ethnicities, & in fact,
make more than AsAm PhD's.

AsAm MD's make only 2/3 what white MD's make & only 3/4 of what
black MD's make. This is really shocking. What is also shocking is
that the article calls attention to this discrepancy but doesn't
comment on its unfairness. Maybe this was just an anomaly from
this year's survey, & 80-20 may want to look into whether other
surveys identify similar discrepancies. As for me, I just signed up at
80-20's website.

I have worked as a psychiatrist at the Natl Institutes of Health for
>25 years, in a number of different scientific capacities. I also
maintain a small private practice. I recently left the Mental Health
Institute (where I had been for 25 years & had been very successful)
after a project I initiated & developed was stolen from me by a new
supervisor. I don't think it was racially motivated, but wonder if
my being AsAm led the jerk to think he could get away w/ it.
Institute leadership, including 2 AsAm Directors were aware of what
had happened but turned a blind eye. I didn't want to get bogged
down in an EEO complaint, & instead, found a new job in the Aging
Institute (where I am quite happy). Seeing this article makes me
wonder if I should have fought more vigorously.
I've attached the article & the figure as a separate pdf. Thanks

John K. Hsiao, M.D.
Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology"

Here is the salary survey chart published by The Scientist:

To verify, go http://www.the-scientist.com/salarysurvey/

JOIN 80-20 to help yourself and your children. Go
http://www.80-20initiative.net/membership/payment.asp
If you opt for the automatic renewal, your membership will be valid
till a year from today. Dues of NEW members will be matched
up to $3,500.

S. B. Woo
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

Asian American Salary

Do you believe in equal pay for equal work? What if YOU are denied
your due? It'll not happen to YOU? Hope not! However, if it does,
what are YOU going to do about it?

Look at this SALARY SURVEY published by The Scientist in its September,
2009 issue. We again came out on the shortest end. It shows that Asian Am.
M.Ds. and Ph. Ds in life science are paid the lowest salaries when compared
with all other races. Visit http://www.the-scientist.com/salarysurvey/

Combine this knowledge with Chart 1 in 80-20's Washington Post Ad, where
we again came out on the shortest end in terms of the odds to be promoted
to managers, then ask yourself

(1) Which organization brings to you information of such vital bearing
on your life?
(2) Which organization is working effectively to keep you from being
shortchanged like that in the future?

JOIN 80-20. Help 80-20 to help YOU and YOUR children. Using a credit
card, go http://www.80-20initiative.net/ . Please opt for the
automatic renewal of membership. Or send a check to
80-20 PAC PO Box 22509 Philadelphia, PA 19110

Your payment of $35 or $50 is not even 1/100th of your salary. Don't let
yourself get stepped on and be paid less! JOIN 80-20 and forward this
info to every Asian Am. you know. Why? TO STOP SUCH DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST YOU FROM CONTINUING ASAP!

S. B. Woo
Acting Executive Director (a volunteer), 80-20 PAC, Inc.

80-20 Marks 10th Anniversary Today!

By Dr. Edward Lin, Founding Patron, Life Member & 80-20 Board Member

80-20 Marks 10th Anniversary Today!
A DECADE OF POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT BEARS FRUIT

Ten years ago today in 1999, 80-20 Initiative was born—based on a vision
that in spite of being a small minority group, Asian Americans (AsAm) CAN
flex a BIG political muscle through unity and bloc voting. Against all odds,
80-20’s Founders and early supporters faced mountain-sized challenges &
a near-impossible goal. Undeterred by ridicule, obstacles and attacks from
detractors and naysayers, they steadfastly pushed forward by sheer will
and faith. And made history.

COMPARED TO NATIONAL AVERAGE, AsAm HAVE THE LEAST CHANCE (45%)
OF RISING TO MANAGEMENT RANKS in private industries, universities and
the Federal government despite having the highest educational attainment.
See: http://www.80-20initiative.net/action/equalopp_washingtonpost_wpad.asp
Out of the 864 federal judges, only 8 (0.9% instead of 5%) are AsAm even
though we have proportionally more legal professionals and scholars.

80-20 has steadfastly engaged in principled political battles using carrots
and sticks: rewarding politicians who promise to address our rightful civil
rights grievances by electing them and defeating those who don’t.

In the 2008 Presidential Election, 80-20 made landmark progress in gaining
written iron-clad promises from President Obama to take concrete action to
remedy the dismal inequality facing AsAm. See:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/news/preselect2008_obama.asp

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY, an unprecedented number of
AsAm are serving our nation at some of the highest levels of government.
For example:
Sr. White House Advisor: Peter Rouse (Mother is Japanese American)
Cabinet Secretary: Chris Lu, the point contact person to all the cabinet secretaries.
Steven Chu: Secretary of Energy
General Eric Shinseki: Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Gary Locke, Commerce Secretary;
Aneesh Paul Chopra, Federal Chief Technology Officer
Ivan K. Fong, General Counsel (Deputy Secretary in rank), Homeland Security Dept.
Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Counsel (Deputy Secretary in rank), State Department
Howard Koh, Assistant secretary for Health & Human Services
Rajiv Shah, Chief Scientist USDA & Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics
Tina Tchen, Executive Dir. of the White House Ofc of Public Engagement
Eugene Kang, Special Assistant to the President

WHEN EXECUTIVE ORDER 11246 IS ENFORCED, we will all stop being second-
class citizens; 800,000 AsAm government workers, & many more at
universities and private enterprises will finally have a fair shot at promotions
based on meritocracy.

HELP ENSURE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN
As we reflect on the10th Anniversary of 80-20, let us give thanks to its
visionary Founders including Dr. SB Woo (Former Lt. Governor of DE),
Dr. Larry Ho (Professor Emeritus of two endowed chairs at Harvard) and
the late Dr. Chang-Lin Tien (Chancellor of UC Berkeley). Together, along
with steadfast 80-20 supporters like you, we have moved political mountains.

These great AsAm and patriots have shown us a hard-fought birthright
and a principled path to equal opportunity—charting our destiny
through political empowerment. We must each take the civil rights
challenges and opportunities that face this nation as our own, to make
America a more perfect Union.

THE TOUGHEST FIGHT FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
It requires unity, dollars, commitment and perseverance from ALL of us to
get the government to DELIVER what has been promised. If you have been
with us in our long struggle, 80-20 expresses its gratitude for your
commitment and support.

If not, please do your share and join our Civil Rights Movement!
Become a dues-paying member TODAY at http://www.80-20initiative.net
Not sure if you are a member? Find out here:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp

Dr. Edward Lin
Director, 80-20 Initiative
Equal Opportunity and Justice for ALL Asian Americans
e-mail: elin[at]ingenious[dot]com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/EdwardLin001USA

Encourage Inspire Empower

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single
garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world”
Mahatma Gandhi

My Father was Jailed...by his Own Country

From: Dr. Yuko Julie Nakanishi, Member, 80-20 Board of Directors

To: Prospective 80-20 Members

My father was born and raised in Sacramento in the early 20th century. He
was an American citizen. He followed the rules, didn’t break any laws,
went to school, studied hard, helped his neighbors. Then came WWII and
in the eyes of the U.S. government, he was no longer a citizen. He was stripped
of his rights. They treated him like a common criminal, uprooting
him and his family and placing them in a “camp” with tall fences, barbed
wire, and soldiers with rifles. The word “camp” was used as a euphemism
for jail and imprisonment. All of his rights were taken away because of
ethnicity – his appearance, his surname, the color of his skin.

While the Japanese American and As Am community has come a long way
since then, discrimination still exists in the workplace, in our legal system,
at all levels of our government and society. In this day and age, this
CANNOT be and SHOULD NOT be.

The 80-20 Initiative was established to eradicate discrimination and
win legal and workplace equality for all members of our As Am
community. This includes YOU, your FAMILY, and your FRIENDS.

Read more about 80-20’s recent accomplishments and its leadership – our
Acting Executive Director is S.B. Woo, the former Lt. Governor of Delaware,
who has a great deal of knowledge about the inner workings of American
politics. I urge you to support your As Am community by participating in
the 80-20 Initiative NOW. Simply click on the link below to find out how
you can join. http://www.80-20initiative.net

Once you’ve joined, you’ll find out about our activities and how you can
play an integral part in our growth. If you think you may already be a
member, click on the following link to find out:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/about/membership.asp
JOIN NOW!!!