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AAUC Holds Successful Unity Summit at The Capitol

Senator Richard Blumenthal and Reps. Judy Chu and Shri Thanedar with AAUC officials at Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi receiving Dilip Singh Saund Award
Congressional Reception for Political Leadership

OUR BUREAU
Washington, DC
he Asian American Unity Co-
alition (AAUC) successfully
Thosted its inaugural 2023 Na-
tional AANHPI Unity Summit from
September 25-27, 2023 in Washington
D.C. The summit served as a crucial
platform for Asian American Native
Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AAN-
HPI) organizations and leaders to
come together and collaborate on
pressing community issues. The event
drew over a hundred diverse and mul-
tigenerational crowd of AANHPI
community leaders.
During the Unity Summit on
September 26th, event attendees
passionately advocated with their Awardees with AAUC Officials, from l. to r. Lusisana Hansen (Alaska), Jack Hanna (Oregon), Program Chair Angela Anand (Virginia), Mary Jin
congressional members and senators representing her awardee father C.C. Jin (California), Awardee Dr. Romesh Japra (California), Norman Mineta for Public Service Award Recip-
for five important bills: Teach Asian ient Rep. Grace Meng (New York), Young Awardee Tammalivis Salanoa (Alaksa), AAUC President Dr. S.K. Lo (Minnesota), Award Committee
American, Native Hawaiian, and Pa-
cific Islander History Act (H.R. 3434 Chair Dr. Thomas Abraham (Connecticut), Yen Marshall (California) and AAUC Secretary Jan Xie (Texas)
and S. 1702); Korematsu-Takai Civil
Liberties Protection Act (S. 129); Af- have signed. Congressional and Sen- profit organization, totaling approx- with the President’s Young Person
ghan Adjustment Act (H.R. 4627 and ate Offices were visited by AAUC imately15,000 members. and Youth Awards, respectively.
S. 2327); Preemption of Real Prop- officials as well as the attendees to Several distinguished individuals During the congressional recep-
erty Discrimination Act (H.R. 3697); promote the legislative agenda. received well-deserved recognition for tion Sen. Blumenthal of Connecticut
Eliminating Backlogs Act (H.R. Global Organization of People their outstanding contributions during and other congressional members
1535). These bills encompassed crit- of Indian Origin (GOPIO), a mem- the summit: emphasized the significance of ele-
ical areas such as discrimination, civil ber of AAUC, joined hands for the • US Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi vating our community’s voice within
rights, hate crime prevention, immi- Summit, which was addressed by was honored with the Dilip Singh the House and Senate. The reception
gration, and the promotion of Asian Connecticut’s Senior Senator Rich- Saund Political Leadership Award. enjoyed a strong turnout, with the
American history education. ard Blumenthal, Rep. Raja Krishna- • US Rep. Grace Meng received the presence of visiting House and Sen-
The later bill H.R. 1535 will elim- moorthi (Illinois). Rep. Grace Meng Norman Mineta Public Service ate staff members. The event con-
inate the backlog of permanent visas, (New York), Rep. Judy Chu (Califor- Award. cluded in a mesmerizing classical sitar
which affects 1.6 million in the waiting nia) and Rep. Shri Thanedar (Mich- • Dr. Romesh Japra was celebrat- recital by a talented young musician.
list, of which 1.1. million are from the igan). ed with the Community Service On September 27th, a delegate
Indian community. Once enacted, Additionally, the summit Award. of 20 community leaders had the
the bill will use the unused visa num- marked the launched of the online • Mr. C. C. Yin was acknowledged privilege of attending a White House
bers in the past years to those in the AAPI community Hub powered by as Philanthropist of the Year. Briefing to engage in discussions
waiting list. It is a bipartisan bill. So ESRI ArcGIS technology, creating • Ms. Tammalivis Salanoa and Ms. addressing the issues raised during
far only 10 House of Representatives the largest network of AAPI non- Jessica Wu were both presented their congressional visit.

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