Korean Americans for Obama

2015 KAFO Holiday Party

Enjoying spring and new beginnings? Feeling like starting a business, but don't know how?

Join our community at Women's Business Coop at Impact Hubs for Program. Within 6 months, we'll teach you how to write a succinct and fundable business plan, network with experts, and help you get $5,000 in seed money.

And we'll help you do it for no cost if you apply to our no cost Early Action Scholarship Program.

Apply today!

Come to our Scholarship Program workshop at Impact Hub Philly, 1227 N 4th, Philadelphia PA on June 2 at 6pm. Receive a free gift!

RSVP [email protected]

Thank you for sharing the love with 10 of your most ambitious friends!

Happiest of pre-Thankgivings! Today we are launching kickstarter campaign to donate 108cardgame.com teaching diversity and leadership skills to Philadelphia libraries and all schools even the UN. Many thanks a giving for spreading the word: https://www.kickstarter.com/proj…/108cardgame/108cardgamecom

A concise guide to follow Korean American candidates running for office in the US. http://www.koreatimesus.com/more-than-20-korean-american-candidates-up-for-june-3-primary-election/

Congratulations to KAFO's Social Media Committee Chair Julia Kim for being appointed to VA Governor's Asian Advisory Board! Julia is a tireless advocate for the Asian community and KAFO is pleased to see her accomplishments recognized.

KAFO ANNOUNCES A JOB OPENING:
REP. Adam Schiff - DC Office - Senior Legislative Assistant Opening

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) seeks a Senior Legislative Assistant to handle a broad range of domestic issues, including transportation, immigration, budget and taxes. This is a demanding position for an extremely active member and requires superb communications skills, the ability to work well with others and familiarity with transportation and / or immigration issues. It is not an entry-level position and applicants are expected to have significant Hill experience. California ties are a plus.

To apply: send resume and cover letter to [email protected] Please no calls, faxes, or drops-ins.

***You could be among the first to know about these job openings. Members who sign up for our emails get job notices 24 hours before we blast them out to our social media networks. To sign up for our emails today, please message us on FB with your name and email address.***

Today's Super Tuesday, and the polls are OPEN. Please be sure to vote today!

A special thank you to Council Member Grace Han Wolf for taking time out of her busy schedule and right before her votes in Herndon to engage us in a call for action!

To build on the momentum, here are a few action items to share with your members:

Herndon Councilmember Grace Han Wolf's Campaign
In response to Council Member Grace Han Wolf of Herndon's Call to Action, here are the details on her campaign events (THIS weekend--during the first week of APAHM). What a great way to start the month celebrating our heritage by supporting an Asian American female elected official! More info for GHW below--

ASK: Allied Group Leaders, are you or someone from your group willing to lead a carpool effort for CM GHW this and/or next weekend for our AAPI alumni community?

Canvassing help:
Contact campaign manager, Henry Jackson - [email protected]

GOTV Weekend Doorknocking:
Sat 5/3, starting at 10 am
Sun 5/4, starting at 12 noon
Meet at Sheila Olem's house, 500 Bowers Lane, Herndon.

Website: www.graceforherndon.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CouncilmemberGrace
Twitter:
If anyone needs to reach Grace Han Wolf for any reason, please call her cell at 703-217-1877!

Please join us at Delegate Mark Keam's office for our GOTV (Get Out The Vote) training kick off.

We will be preparing volunteers for bilingual phone banking and canvassing to support our AAPI candidates for the VA House of Delegates Mark Keam (VA-35), Hung Nguyen (VA-67) and Atif Qarni (VA-13), along with the Delegate races where the AAPI community vote will make a difference for the Democrats and the Gubernatorial big ticket of McAuliffe, Northam and Herring.

Date: Saturday, September 7.
Phone banks will be running every weekend until Election Day, but to get the most complete training and to be the first to have access to leadership opportunities, please make plans to attend the September 7 kickoff. If you are a student, you will be able to get credit/volunteer hours for your time this weekend!

Time: 1 - 4 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.

Location: 1952 Gallows Road, Suite 210, Vienna, VA. Plenty of free parking available, right off the beltway at the Tysons Corner 495 exit, and it's a short cab/bus ride from the Dunn Loring Metro.

As folks are trained, there will be opportunities to work during the week, from home and a variety of campaign offices for added convenience.

Language Skills Needed: Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese. If you don't speak a second language, that's OK too!

Other: Please bring your cell phone and laptop. If you cannot use your cell phone or don't have a laptop, that's OK too!

Please RSVP to Julia Kim, Keam for Delegate's Campaign Manager at [email protected] so we can appropriately plan.

There are a number of Delegate races where our efforts can make a real difference in increasing the Democratic seats in the Virginia House of Delegates and elect Terry McAuliffe as Governor. But we need your help to make this happen!

Please forward to your networks. Students are welcome to participate and can receive community service credit.


Thank you for your service!

Please let us know if you are a Virginia-registered voter who speaks Korean. WE NEED YOU TOMORROW!!!

To help Asian Americans vote, AAJC and APIAVote will be running an Asian-language Election Protection hotline, 1-888-API-VOTE (274-8683). on Election Day and the day before Election Day. The hotline will be live from 7:00am -7:00pm on Monday, November 5, and from 5:30am – 7:30pm on Tuesday, November 6. We will provide assistance in Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Voters can call in with any questions they have about voting, or to report any problems at the polls. Questions such as, “where is my polling place?” and “what type of ID should I bring?” can be easily answered by our staff. Trained staff is also on hand to address any problems that may arise. For example, if you have difficulty with English, you have the right to bring a friend or family member into the voting booth to help you vote, but not all poll workers may know about this right (as provided by Section 208 of the Voting Rights Act) and may wrongly turn people away.

If a poll worker wrongly turns you away from the polls because of this or refuses to allow you to vote with the assistance of your choice, call 1-888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683) and we can help you address the issue so that you can vote. In fact, if anyone calls your eligibility to vote into question or tries to hinder your ability to vote for any reason, call 1-888-API-VOTE (888-274-8683) and someone will be able to assist you.