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APAPA Meet & Greet, Aug. 23, 2018
Free Legal Help for U.S. Citizenship and DACA
INFORMATION SESSION
Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 5:30 pm
McGeorge Law School
Student Center
3200 5th Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817
Volunteer attorneys and law students will provide FREE legal assistance with completing naturalization applications. There will be Spanish and English speaking volunteers. Please call (916) 340-6080 to ask about other language capacity and for alternative appointments. You must attend the information session or attend another pre-screening session to receive a Naturalization Appointment for the October 20, 2018 Application Workshop.
DACA renewal applicants do NOT need to attend the information session but must call for an appointment for the Workshop on October 20th for assistance completing the application.
Please Call (916) 340-6080 for an appointment
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2018 Voters Forum
17th Annual California Candidates Forum
Meet and hear from candidates on important issues in your community:
- US Senate
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State Controller
- State Treasurer
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Insurance Commissioner
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819
- 1:30pm Registration
- 2pm-4pm Program
- 4pm-5pm Reception
Must register online by September 24, 2018, for complimentary table and/or booth. No exceptions.
RSVP by clicking here.
Presented by APAPA in Partnership with CACS and Asian Resources, Inc., BAPAC Sacramento, California Chinese Engineers Association, CAAPS, Camellia Lions Club, Chang Cheng Chinese School, China National Day Foundation, CAIR-SV, CAPITAL, Elk Grove Chinese Association, Greater Sacramento Urban League, Hispanics in Energy, Indian Association of Sacramento, lnvictus Foundation, My Sister’s House, NAACP-Sacramento Branch, OCA Sacramento, OFA Sacramento Chapter, Republicans of River City, SCIFA, Sacramento Chinese Sportsman’s Club, Sacramento County Young Democrats, Sacramento Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento Latino Community Roundtable, TOFA of Sacramento, Inc., Veterans of Foreign Wars, Women Veterans Alliance of Sacramento.
Darrel Woo Appointment
CACS congratulates Darrel Woo, who has been appointed July 26, 2018, by Gov. Jerry Brown to be chief of the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services at the California Department of Consumer Affairs.
Woo is a longtime member of CACS.
Woo is currently 1st vice president for the Sacramento City Unified School District Board of Education Area 6. He has served SCUSD in several positions since 2010. He served as a senior attorney at the California Department of Insurance from 1999 to 2014 and was an adjunct professor of law at Lincoln Law School of Sacramento from 1999 to 2009. Woo served as a staff counsel at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Division of Fairs and Expositions from 1996 to 1999 and as an energy facility siting planner at the California Energy Commission from 1975 to 1996. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Lincoln Law School of Sacramento.
OCA Reception
Chinese American Council of Sacramento invites members to attend the 2018 Reception at the Capitol, sponsoredd by Assemblymember Jim Cooper, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in the Capitol Basement Rotunda.
To register visit this link.
2018 Young Assemblymembers Summer Program
2018 Young Assemblymembers Flyer
We are accepting applications for Assemblymember Jim Cooper’s Young Assemblymembers Program. This is a summer program is geared towards high school students within the 9th Assembly district.
Program Description
The Young Assemblymembers Program is a four-week long program which is open to 10th, 11th and 12th grade students entering the 2018-2019 school year. The program has been created to provide students that reside in California’s 9th Assembly District with an opportunity to develop skills in leadership, team building and problem solving, and to understand the importance of college and career preparation, civic participation and the legislative process.
The four-week long program is free of charge. The program offers workshops on leadership development, community service, and levels of government. Students will participate in an initial two-day leadership development training to sharpen and learn leadership skills. At the end of the four weeks the participants will be able to effectively communicate with others, have knowledge of community-based organizations and local government, while also possessing knowledge of the legislative process and the workings of the California State Legislature. These students will be able to refer to their time with the program as work and volunteer experience.
The program aims to spark an interest in these young adults to become active in their communities and take part in the democratic process by providing them with important information.
Schedule Overview
The Young Assemblymembers Program schedule is every Tuesday and Thursday from July 10th to August 2nd from 2pm to 5pm, and will take place at the State Capitol (and one day at Elk Grove City Hall).
- Friday, June 8th: Application deadline
- July 10th to July 31st : Workshops
- Thursday, August 2nd: Program Completion
Information provided by:
Mikey Hothi
District Director
Assemblymember Jim Cooper, 9th District
Phone: 916-670-7888
March 2018 CACS President’s Message
Dear Friends and Community Partners:
Gung Hay Fat Choy and Sun Nean Fay Lok! Welcome 2018 and Year of the Dog! It has been an exciting 30th Anniversary year for the Chinese American Council of Sacramento (CACS) and we thank all the community partners, sponsors and supporters for your generous contributions to expand our programs; see featured story in this newsletter.
On January 20th, I participated in the Women’s March in Sacramento with over 30,000 people in attendance and started the march with City Mayor Darrell Steinberg, City Manager, Howard Chan, and Police Captain, Norm Leong, at the Southside Park. The march proceeded to the State Capitol and I stayed to experience the uplifting speeches and performers who represented diverse community groups. Not only was the march recognizing women issues; many men and children came to support the social issues magnified by the National leadership such as the immigration policies affecting “Dreamers”.
On January 30th, CACS participated at the Capitol Legislative Reception hosted by the Asian Pacific Islander Public Affairs Association at the Sutter Club which was attended by over 200 elected officials and guests. Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon received the Civic Engagement award, Senator Jim Nielson received the Lifetime Achievement award, and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon received the Civic Engagement award.
Members will be attending the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad Inaugural Banquet at the California Railroad Museum on February 13th and the APAPA Shining Stars Gala on April 7th to support their Internship program at the State Capitol. I hope you will enjoy many of the special events for the Lunar New Year and eat the tasty foods symbolic of harmonious life. Best wishes for a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Year!
Honey Lum, President
Chinese American Council of Sacramento
California Chinese History Lessons
Assemblymember Ed Chau has introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 2864, which would ensure that students in California receive instruction in their History and Social Science Curriculum regarding the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the contributions made by Chinese-Americans in establishing the Transcontinental Railroad.
Chinese-Americans have played a significant role in the history of California and the United States. They have contributed to America and California as builders of the Transcontinental Railroad and other important infrastructure; as farmers, as inventors, as entrepreneurs, as scholars, as artists, as soldiers and as civic leaders. However, the history of Chinese- Americans is also filled with hardship, discrimination, and unequal treatment.
For instance, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first major law to single out and forbid a specific ethnic group, the Chinese, from immigrating to, and becoming naturalized citizens of, the United States.
Specifically, AB 2864 would encourage all state and local professional development activities to provide teachers with content background and resources to assist them in teaching about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Chinese-American contributions to the establishment of the Transcontinental Railroad when the History-Social Science Curriculum framework and its accompanying instructional materials are adopted.
The Instructional Quality Commission (IQC), which was established in 1927, advises the State Board of Education on matters related to curriculum and instruction. It sets standards that form the basis of California’s curriculum frameworks and documents, which guide the implementation of these standards. The frameworks establish criteria used to evaluate instructional materials. These criteria are used to select, through the state adoption process, instructional materials for kindergarten through grade eight. Frameworks also guide district selection of instructional materials for grades nine through twelve.
AB 2864 will ensure that the IQC considers including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the contributions made by Chinese-Americans in establishing the Transcontinental Railroad when adopting History and Social Science Curriculum, so that their history and contributions are taught to students throughout California.
Update from Chinese American Council of Sacramento (CACS)
Dear CACS CACS (the original Council) has spent much of the year preparing the paperwork, doing the research and guiding the process to create the CACS Foundation 501(c)(3). Thanks to Keith Johnson, we now have the newly formed CACS Foundation.
Even though we were busy with that the Council still found time to support APAPA in their Voters’ Forum and to partner with Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus out of San Francisco to conduct poll monitoring on Election Day, November 8, 2016.
During the last 29 years we have promoted communication, cooperation and unification among existing Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) peoples. In May we encouraged Governor Brown to sign AB 1726 (Bonta). That bill expanded on existing disaggregated data collection, including data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making critical identifications of a range of different health challenges and disparities experienced by each AAPI subgroup, rather than lumping all AAPI together. This bill was signed into law 9/25/16.
The Board sent a letter to voice concerns about the City of Sacramento’s Police Accountability efforts. Honey Lum attended the City Council meeting November 30, 2016, to support Andy Noguchi, President of the Florin JACL and other API organizations that were present to oppose the City’s proposal.
Our Board of Directors is robust with CACS co-founder Alex Eng as Vice Chair and Joyce Eng as Treasurer. Keith Johnson serves as Secretary and yours truly, Honey Lum, is President. Cathy Wei, President of CACS Foundation, is an at-large member. We especially welcome Douglas Hsia to the Board. Douglas brings direct experience of Chinese national life and politics with him to our organization.
Exposing our members to all aspects of the political process, including probable events like seminars on the California legislative process, lobbying techniques, aiding our members in identifying open seats of county and city boards and commissions and then either applying or running for them. The Asian community has thus been better represented over the years but there is still a lot to be done. The Council looks to be an influential and recognized organization.
The Council held their planning retreat in late January and looks to work toward building a membership of participants who have interest in advocating at all levels of government regarding a wide range of topics. More will be revealed in the next newsletter and on the CACS Web site.
Happy New Year!
Honey Lum, President