He has been here many times, president obama. The very surprised we had of being able to celebrate the first asian mayor of San Francisco. It was not my doing, it was all of the people of San Francisco saying it is about time we celebrate. Thank you to the people of san [applause] i have a very short message. What did i have felt very strongly in my first elected year, but also during my tenure as interim mayor. We have a great deal of celebrate. We also have a great challenge in front of us. There are so many of our Asian American friends, iranian friends, friends from the philippines, friends from our japaneseamerican community, are chineseamerican community, waiting for the opportunity to come together to celebrate our diversity, but also to signal to our european friends, our latino france, we are ready to help lead this state. And helped change the conversation and not only celebrate diversity, but use diversity for our strength. That is our strength. I want to signal to you, lets
He just told me i had five minutes. What do you think of this program . [applause] it is about time. I want to thank francis and fong. I think this is the very first statewide heritage month held with the mayor of San Francisco. Let me Say Something about heritage month in San Francisco and your mayor. In the old days, you remember San Francisco was known for passing all of these anti chinese ordinances to limit the movement, the productivity of chinese in the city. We know two things. Change happens. Maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chineseamerican mayor of San Francisco. 35 years ago, Congress Members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 days of may as asianpacific heritage week. One year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an enti
Patients and Pacific Islander americans in civic and Public Affairs to education, active participation, and Leadership Development. Civic engagement, Leadership Development, and community servthe theme of tonights evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asianamericans in the state of california and our nation. Oking. Ok. I would like to introduce our host for this evening. Very well known as the first asianamerican mayor in San Francisco history. Mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep San Francisco safe, solvents, and successful. He reformed city pensions. His focus is on economic development, job creation, and building San Franciscos future. A great job, especially for helping out families. We want to keep families here. I also wanted to mention a little bit of his past. He was born in 1952 in the beacon hill neighborhood of seattle, washington. His parents immigrated to the u. S. From china and the 1930s. His father fought in world war ii and worked
Milestones the api has made in the state of california and in the entire country. The caucus has a record of 42 members in the asian caucus in congress. One of their very first things we want to say is it was a young man who was the first member we want to make note of that. The reestablishment of the White House Initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. President obamas cabinets has dr. Steven chu. The very first asianamerican as ambassador to the republic of china. We have a lot of accomplishments. It was not that accident, my friends. Everyone of you know that you work hard. All these things are done on purpose. I want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asianamericans on federal benches. Those of us to understand the impact of the Supreme Court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asianamericans on the federal bench is a line up for appointments to the Supreme Court. Thank you very much for this opportunity. I want to say that Silicon
Since 2001, our focus has been on educating the public on Public Policy. And fostering the future leaders from our minority communities to serve at federal, state, and local levels. The mission is to empower patients and Pacific Islander americans in civic and Public Affairs to education, active participation, and Leadership Development. Civic engagement, Leadership Development, and community servthe theme of tonights evens a celebration of the achievements and accomplishments of asianamericans in the state of california and our nation. Oking. Ok. I would like to introduce our host for this evening. Very well known as the first asianamerican mayor in San Francisco history. Mayor lee championed balancing the budget to keep San Francisco safe, solvents, and successful. He reformed city pensions. His focus is on economic development, job creation, and building San Franciscos future. A great job, especially for helping out families. We want to keep families here. I also wanted to mention a