Originally from Denver, CO, Keith has lived twenty of the past thirty years in Sacramento. Professional life has included work in a statewide, nonprofit, lobbying association; publishing of biweekly magazines in the Los Angeles region; creating and publishing a monthly guide in Southern Brazil; property management and myriad adventures.

Volunteer work has included the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Multi-Cultural Community Council, the Sacramento County LINKS mentoring program, Sacramento County Alcohol & Drug Advisory Board, Iu-Mien Community Services and Sacramento County Housing and Redevelopment Agency’s North Sacramento Area Project.

Attending many events for nonprofits in the area led me to be approached by CACS to join the board. I agree that preservation of the history of the Chinese and other Asian communities in the Sacramento region is important. Reaching out to other communities so that they may understand and appreciate the depth of that history as it relates to them is an ongoing need.

Current political events indicate that college students of Asian background need to become involved and learn the ins and outs of all levels of government so that a repeat of the Chinese Exclusion Act doesn’t reoccur – or something similar to the incarceration of Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans during WWII.

The added benefit to the advocacy is that CACS is also benevolent; everything we do matters. Support of programs that teach youth the history, arts, language and culture of the early Chinese immigrants and of today’s Chinese community reinforce the positive image of CACS and the entirety of the Sacramento Chinese and Asian communities. Finding more ways to enable CACS to realize its mission will be each an honor and a proud achievement.