4:00-7:00 pm Registration
7:30 pm
Board Meeting and Dinner
4
Seas Restaurant
714
South King Street
(corner of 8th and King in the International District)
7:00 am Registration
Location:
4th
Floor Foyer
8:00 am Continental
Breakfast
Location:
Ranier
Room, 2nd Floor
8:30 am
Welcome - The Honorable David
Della,
Seattle City Council
Opening Keynote
Speaker
- Roberto Maestas, Executive Director, El Centro de la Raza, and Larry
Gossett, King County Councilman
Location: Olympic Ballroom
9:00 am Opening Ceremony: The Cultural
Heritage, the Community Activism, and History of Washington State
The opening ceremonies of the Convention will welcome attendees to share in the rich cultural heritage, community activism, and history of Washington State's diverse API communities as well
as Seattle's landmark International District. The Asian Pacific
Islander Coalition is unique in the nation and has made tremendous contributions to the betterment of our communities throughout the state. The International
District is an urban, richly ethnic neighborhood which is the home base and the
roots of Seattle's Asian American Community. The opening ceremonies will
feature a variety of presentations - live cultural performances, multi-media
slide shows, and a video. Walking tour of the International District led by
'Mayor' of the International District, Bob Santos.
Emcees : Bob Santos, Executive Director, Interim
CDA and Sue Taoka, Executive Director, SCID PDA
- One World Taiko-
Japanese Drumming Performance
- Washington State Asian
Pacific Islander Coalition
- Video Tour of the
International District with Bob Santos and Donnie Chin and
produced by John Pai.
- Slide show of the
History of the International District , produced by Art Ma
- Maria Batayola, Dionnie
Dionisio & John Foz sing songs reflecting the rich Filipino history in
US
- API Performers
11:00 am Membership
Meeting:
Learn about National CAPACD programs, recent
activities and future projects.
Learn the benefits of membership & sign up today!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
Location: Olympic Ballroom
12 noon
Luncheon
Keynote: Martha Choe, Director
Global Libraries, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Location: Rainer Room (2nd
Floor) and Cascade Room
1:30 pm Community Development Training
Sessions & Community Tours
Get classroom training
on how projects are packaged and then join the Community Tours to see Seattle
based projects. Envision your neighborhood with a community center or housing
project. Learn how to finance it and then see how it looks when it is finished!
HEAR HOW IT IMPACTED
THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT IT TOOK TO DO IT!
This workshop will
feature leading development experts that have worked in the AAPI communities.
Sessions include training on how to built elderly services, affordable housing,
community centers, and other facilities.
Training I: Affordable Housing and
Homeownership
Training II: Preserving API Ethnic
Communities: Developing Community & Cultural Centers
Training III: It's NOT Just About Housing!
Commercial and Business Development Strategies
Training IV: Meeting the Needs of AAPI Elderly Building Comprehensive Senior Facilities and Programs
Click here for
training descriptions
3:00 pm Community
Tours
Choose from four different sites
in Seattle and learn about various housing projects, elderly facilities,
landmarks and business centers that promote the rich culture and diversity of
AAPIs in Seattle. These tours will
correspond to the subject areas that were discussed in training prior to the
tours. YOU MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY TOURS. Click here for tour descriptions.
3 - 5:00 pm Exhibition
& Networking
Location:
Rainer &
Cascade Room
7:30 pm An
Evening with the Grant makers Reception
Guest Speakers:
Luz A. Vega-Marquis,
President & CEO Marguerite Casey Foundation & Katie
Hong, Deputy Director of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Pacific Northwest
Join us for a reception
with the Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)
National and Puget Sound Chapter, to honor our convention sponsors
and network with grant makers.
Acoustic Guitar
Performance by Angelo P. Pizarro
Performance
Hosted by Homesight
Location: Olympic Ballroom
8:00 am Registration
Location: 4th Floor
Foyer
9:00 am Welcome
/ Opening Keynote:
The Honorable Sharon Tomiko
Santos, Washington State Legislature - Majority House Whip
Location:
Olympic
Ballroom (4th Floor)
9:30 am Plenary
Session: Overview
of the Federal Budget and Developing Community Actions
The federal budget for
2006 includes deep cuts in health and human services, housing,
community development, and education programs. The current federal budget omits the full
cost of war efforts, and the privatization of social security,
all of which will result in increasing deficits. Learn more
about the federal budget, its implications and how community
organizations can contend with issues that arise from the proposed
plan.
Speakers:
Rachel Gragg, Senior
Policy Analyst, Center for Community Change
Meizhu Lui, Executive
Director- United for a Fair Economy
Hyeok Kim, Lobbyist, Children's Alliance
Location:
Olympic
Ballroom (4th Floor)
10:30 am Building our Futures:
Reflecting Together on Progress, Challenges and Needs of AAPI
Community Based Organizations: This
session provides an opportunity for all convention participants
to reflect upon their organizational assets and challenges with
other members. The outcome will be a shared sense of progress
and needs for AAPI community based organizations. In the first
segment of the session, all participants will fill out a brief
"Progress - Challenges - Needs" survey. Results will be available
to participants following the conference. In the second segment
of the session, participants will participate in small group
breakouts that will engage issues related to programs, organizational
growth; resource development, research and policy. The feedback
from these sessions will provide in National CAPACD future programming.
Facilitated by Leena
Mangrulkar, Project Associate, Formative Evaluation Research Associates
1:00 pm Pick Up Boxed Lunches
2:00 - 3:30 pm Workshops
Track I
. Empowerment and Organizing for
Social Change
. Community Development Projects
& Resources
. AAPI Community Action Research and
Policy
. Developing AAPI Change Agents
& Leadership
4:00 - 5:30 pm Workshop
Track II
. Empowerment and Organizing for
Social Change
. Increasing Access to Community
Resources
. AAPI Community Action Research and
Policy
. Developing AAPI Change Agents
& Leadership
Click here for Workshop descriptions
7:30 pm Asian
American & Pacific Islander Heritage Reception
Celebrate
AAPI Heritage month with National CAPACD.
We will have performers and dancing. The Reception is open to all. Please come and celebrate with
us.
Location:
Port
of Seattle
8:00 am Registration
Breakfast
8:30 am
Open Space Issue & Strategy Sessions
"Open Space Technology" will be used throughout the convention and participants will be design sessions to meet their own needs. Open Space Technology is often used when 1) there are great differences of opinions, 2) the issues are complex, 3) there is huge diversity of players and 4) when there is urgency. This structured time will allow for groups with a common passion or individuals with burning questions that they invite others to explore. Groups may: have deeper discussion of policy issues, organize against budget cuts, plan for reconnecting regionally post-convention, prepare for the Town Hall Meeting.
10:00 am Power of Our Voices: National
Asian American & Pacific Islander Town Hall Meeting
Let your voice be heard, present your community concerns to local, state, national elected officials, policy makers, and the National CAPACD board & staff.
Location: Olympic Ballroom (4th
Floor)
12:00 noon Closing
