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DESCRIPTION:<strong>Asian American Leaders to hold Chicago Mayoral Candidat
 es Forum</strong>\n<strong>on Tuesday\, February 8<sup>th</sup></strong>\n
 <em>First-ever effort combines city-wide event with city-wide voter turnou
 t</em>\n<strong>What:</strong> Since late 2010\, ten Asian-American organi
 zations have been working together in an unprecedented collaboration to im
 pact the most exciting Mayoral race that Chicago has seen in a generation.
  Working together as the Pan Asian Voter Empowerment campaign (or PAVE)\, 
 these organizations - stretching from West Ridge to Uptown to Chinatown - 
 have scheduled a Mayoral Candidates Forum for February 8<sup>th</sup>. In 
 addition to the Mayoral Candidates Forum\, they are also working together 
 on targeted non-partisan voter turnout throughout Chicago.\n\n<strong>When
 : Tuesday\, February 8 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM)</stron
 g>\n<strong>Where: St. Augustine College\, 1345 W. Argyle Street (1.5 bloc
 ks west of Broadway) in Chicago</strong> (free parking is available at St.
  Augustine College)\n\n<strong>Who:</strong>\n&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Over 750 Asian-American leader
 s from all over Chicago - from West Ridge to Chinatown\n&middot\;&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;As of this writing\,
  Mayoral Candidates Carol Moseley Braun\, Miguel del Valle and Patricia Wa
 tkins have all confirmed their attendance.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Invitees Gery Chic
 o and Rahm Emanuel have not yet confirmed.\n&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;
 &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Sponsors of the Asian-American M
 ayor Forum include Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerm
 ent\; Cambodian Association of Illinois\; Chinese American Service League\
 ; Chinese Mutual Aid Association\; Coalition for a Better Chinese American
  Community\; Korean American Community Services\; Korean American Resource
  &amp\; Cultural Center\; Indo-American Center\; Muslim Women Resource Cen
 ter\; and Vietnamese Association of Illinois.\n<strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong>\n<stro
 ng>Why:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong>There are over 139\,000 Asian-
 Americans living in Chicago\, yet their issues are often overlooked in&nbs
 p\;&nbsp\;city-wide policy and political conversations.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Espec
 ially in the middle of a heated Mayoral race\, the Asian-American communit
 y has organized itself to forward its agenda and make certain that the inc
 oming Mayor will respond to those issues.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;The February 22<sup
 >nd</sup>&nbsp\;Mayoral election may be decided by just a few thousands\, 
 hundreds or even dozens of votes.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Asian-American voters will 
 be part of that margin of victory and candidates must listen to their voic
 es and respond.\n<strong>Background:&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong>PAVE is a colla
 boration of the organizational sponsors of the Mayoral Candidates Forum an
 d is organized by the Asian American Institute (AAI).&nbsp\;&nbsp\;AAI was
  established in 1992 as a pan-Asian\, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organizatio
 n.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Asian American Institute's mission is to empower the Asian
  Pacific American community through advocacy\, by utilizing research\, edu
 cation and coalition building. Our motto is to "educate\, advocate\, and e
 mpower."\n<strong>Media Visuals:&nbsp\;</strong>\n&middot\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Hundreds of Afghani\, Bang
 ladeshi\, Cambodian\, Chinese\, Filipino\, Indian\, Korean\, Pakistani\, V
 ietnamese and other Asian-American leaders attending.\n&middot\;&nbsp\;&nb
 sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Simultaneous translation int
 o Cambodian\, Chinese\, Hindi\, Korean\, Urdu and Vietnamese.\n\nContact: 
  Sung Yeon Choi Morrow\n \noffice 773-271-0899 x 223 \n \ncellphone 630-61
 5-9551\,\nsungyeon@aaichicago.org
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