What we can learn from the NRA

  

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                         What You Heard From Here About the NRA

      "Today, let me tell you why the National Rifle Association, NRA, is politically so powerful.  I don't agree with the principles of the NRA much, but we need to learn why it is politically so powerful.

The NRA has members who will go out of their way to contact political candidates, urging them to support the NRA or lose their votes.  The NAACP uses the same tactics. It works very well for them. So should we learn from them for self-protection?

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                         PROOF of What You Heard About the NRA

  

    Before the ink of my e-newsletter has dried, so to speak, the following eloquent Post came in from an AsAm NRA member.  To also see my reply, click on Post .     

"Dear President/Governor S.B Woo, 

       I admire you and what you have done and still do for the Asian American community.  But I do not agree with you how you put your personal feeling/

disagreement against the principles of the NRA in this email solicitation.

       Asian community is a very diverse community with all different kinds of sub-cultures and beliefs. I am quite sure there are plenty NRA members and supporters in this community (I am one myself and I personally know a whole bunch other Asian NRA members, certified instructors and supporters.). I also happen to believe one of the reasons that Asians are considered weak has something to do with a lot of us don't arm or don't know how to arm ourselves, literally, not just politically. Koreans do a lot better than other groups of Asians, so they fared much better in LA riots in the 90's. Sorry for the digression here. Your sideswipe of NRA in the email could alienate a subgroup of 80-20 supporters, or at least puts a bad taste in a lot of people's mouth, and certainly would not help with the cause of summoning all the political support the community needs. This is just my humble personal opinion. 

      Again, thank you for your decades of tireless work for the community. Respectfully,  

         

Joe Pang"

                    How You Must Arm Yourselves politically NOW.

       Speak up and urge the presidential candidate to reply to 80-20's questionnaire. For AsAms in Iowa and NH, please seize the golden opportunity. Presidential candidates are swarming around you. They are seeking your vote. Tell them that they can get your vote, if and only if they share our community's concerns and reply to 80-20's questionnaire.

        Please also tell them that they can reply to the questionnaire either through 80-20 Educational Foundation, EF,  which is a 501 c3 organization, or via the 80-20 SuperPAC.  Most candidates will choose to interact with EF, whose cover letter and questionnaire can be obtained via https://conta.cc/38HzDqe and https://conta.cc/3aKMgTd respectively.  

      Talk to candidates now, when they are courting your vote. Don't wait till an anti-Chinese tide forms. They will not listen then. Does that make sense to you?

               

                         Post your comments here.       DONATE.

S. B. Woo

President and a volunteer for the past 20 years

80-20 SuperPAC,

http://www.80-20superpac.org/

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)

80-20 PAC 2017-18 Membership Drive – Building Our Own Political Power

Our home is here...let's build our own political power

Do you have personal experience of being treated unfairly at your work place? Have your children been treated unfairly in their college application? Do you have a dream to realize your fullest potential in your career? Please join or give to 80-20 PAC. Together we will fight for equal opportunities in this country that we call home. Happy Holidays!

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80-20 PAC 2017-18 Membership Drive - A Special Time to Join

A Brand New Board and All Officers Elected – A Special Time to Join!

We are pleased to announce that our 2017 board and officer election has been successfully completed.  Please see below the final vote counts. The names in RED are the 14 elected board members. The top 9 vote recipients will serve a 2-year term and the other 6 members will serve a 1-year term. Officers elected: President - Joel Wong, Secretary - Kathleen To, Treasurer - Jing-li Yu, and Nomination Committee Chair - Ved Chaudhary Please NOTE:  1. Yin-Long Qiu yielded his position of Nomination Committee Chair to Ved Chaudhary. 2. Harold Brueckner declined to serve. Total votes: 160 1 Yes=30 (=18.75 %); Candidate 0, Upendra Chivukula President Candidate  2 Yes=128 (=80.00 %); Candidate 1, Joel Wong (incumbent director)  President  3 Yes=22 (=13.75 %); Candidate 2, Harold Brueckner Secretary Candidate  4 Yes=136 (=85.00 %); Candidate 3, Kathleen To (incumbent officer)  Secretary  5 Yes=53 (=33.13 %); Candidate 4, Tony Nakazawa Treasurer Candidate  6 Yes=102 (=63.75 %); Candidate 5, Jing-Li Yu Treasurer  7 Yes=62 (=38.75 %); Candidate 6, Ved Chaudhary Chair, Nominations Candidate  8 Yes=90 (=56.25 %); Candidate 7, Yin-Long Qiu Chair, Nominations  9 Yes=123 (=76.88 %); Candidate 8, Piyush Agrawal (incumbent)  Director Candidate  10 Yes=65 (=40.63 %); Candidate 9, Sudha Agrawal Director Candidate  11 Yes=86 (=53.75 %); Candidate 10, Harold Brueckner Director Candidate  12 Yes=124 (=77.50 %); Candidate 11, Ved Chaudhary (incumbent)  Director Candidate  13 Yes=99 (=61.88 %); Candidate 12, Upendra Chivukula Director Candidate  14 Yes=121 (=75.63 %); Candidate 13, Jose Esteves (incumbent)  Director Candidate  15 Yes=121 (=75.63 %); Candidate 14, Tony Nakazawa (incumbent)  Director Candidate  16 Yes=141 (=88.13 %); Candidate 15, Yin-Long Qiu (incumbent  Director Candidate  17 Yes=104 (=65.00 %); Candidate 16, Munsup Seoh Director Candidate  18 Yes=83 (=51.88 %); Candidate 17, Mukta Sharma Director Candidate  19 Yes=91 (=56.88 %); Candidate 18, Victor Swaroop Director Candidate  20 Yes=138 (=86.25 %); Candidate 19, Kathleen To (incumbent)  Director Candidate  21 Yes=119 (=74.38 %); Candidate 20, Ching-Chang Tsai Director Candidate  22 Yes=133 (=83.13 %); Candidate 21, Joel Wong (incumbent)  Director Candidate  23 Yes=132 (=82.50 %); Candidate 22, George Yang (incumbent)  Director Candidate  24 Yes=139 (=86.88 %); Candidate 23, Jing-Li Yu (incumbent)  Director Candidate PLEASE join us at this exciting time in the history of 80-20 PAC!

Yin-Long Qiu, Co-coordinator, yinlongqiu@gmail.com Kathleen To, Co-coordinator, kathto0311@gmail.com 80-20 PAC

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80-20 PAC 2017-18 Membership Drive - Giving Back to Society

80-20 is a national, nonpartisan, Political Action Committee dedicated to winning equal opportunity and justice for all Asian Americans

Giving Back to Society & Building Our Own Community

December is a month when most well-established professionals, as well as those who recently found new or better jobs, think of giving back something to the society that has given us so much. This is even more true of us, the Asian Americans, the recent immigrants, because we are the New Americans and this society has given us so much, no doubt.  Some of us who came to these shores decades ago, have realized our American Dream. However, there are also many who found that although we do have jobs and are paid well, we never achieved the potential we had due to the invisible glass ceiling all around us. Similarly, many of our children got admissions to Harvard, Yale, Stanford or Princeton, but we also know that many of our well deserving students have been denied admission to the Ivies, while less qualified students have been admitted instead.  The reason: While Asian Americans are called a model minority due to our hard work ethic and success in education, professions and business, we are not a model minority when it comes to participating in democracy or giving back to the society. We lack in these matters. So, if you want to do your part, and give back to a cause that would improve the system of justice for everyone and by doing so, improve the system of fairness and justice for all Asian Americans, look no further.  80-20 is that organization. It's politically astute and working hard to achieve equality for all Asian Americans. Please help 80-20 to help yourself, your children, your grandchildren, and future generations to come - by making a level playing field for all Asian Americans in this country. What 80-20 does for you and yours, takes a lot of effort. Getting the political establishment and the media to pay attention to Asian American issues is not easy. But we have turned the corner. This year we have received a lot of good press, exposing the Asian American students’ plight, and exposing the duplicity of Harvard, Princeton, and other Ivies. But change does not happen in a year or two. It requires sustained effort for the long haul. We need your support. Please Donate. Become a member, or renew your membership Today.

Ved Chaudhary Board Member & Life Member 80-20 National Asian American PAC

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