Arena Digest: Up-And-Coming Politicos

Meizhu Lui, Insight Center for Community Economic Development

“Elaine Chao is gone; long live Lisa Hasegawa! No apron strings to Big Business; just a deep commitment to ordinary Asians, who have increasing numbers and political clout. In the Clinton administration, she was the community liaison for the White House Initiative on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, mobilizing hundreds of community-based organizations and individuals to testify before the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs. She now heads the influential National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, one of the few pan-Asian national organizations. Community organizers are hot!”

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