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First Ohio Asian Legislative Day

April 19th, 2010

1st Ohio Asian American Pacific Islander Legislative Day 2010

June 8, 2010

The Statehouse, Atrium

Columbus, Ohio -43215

Highlights

· Hear from state officials
· Learn about how state government works
· Take a tour of the State House
· Meet with state senators and representatives

Event Schedule

10:00 – 10:30 am Buses arrive from Akron/Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Toledo
11:00-11:15 am Opening ceremony
11:15 – 11:30 am Welcome from chair and introduction of sponsoring organizations; outline of AAPI principles with priorities
11:30 – 12:00 pm Guest speakers
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 pm Group skills training – legislative 101 and how you can affect change with state policy
1:30 – 2:30 pm Legislative panelists
2:30 – 3:00 pm Wrap-up and conclusions
3:00 – 3:30 pm Proceed to bus loading area
3:30 pm Depart

Contacts:

For more info, questions, or transportation inquiries in other parts of Ohio, please contact:

Akron —Michael Byun, mbyun@asiainc-ohio.org, 330-535-3263
Cincinnati—Kirti Rege, krege@oahcoalition.org, 513-236-2784
Cleveland—Michael Byun, mbyun@asiainc-ohio.org, 330-535-3263
Columbus—Karen Jiobu, kjiobu@gmail.com, 614-570-3518
Dayton—Jenny Couse, jcouse@oahcoalition.org, 937-284-3059
Toledo—Hewen Slak, hslak@yahoo.com, 419-471-0138

To Become a sponsoring organization, click here: Sponsoring Organization Form_cols (Deadline May 24, 2010)

To become a participant, click here: Participant Registration Form

Contact for Community leaders Youth/College Students/University questions in the Findlay/Northwest Ohio area:
Dr. Josephine Kershaw 419-434-5463 josephine.kershaw@gmail.com

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Proud sponsors to date:

Acclaim Home Health Services, Inc – Asian American Community Services (AACS) – Asian-American Community Services Council – Asian American Council (Dayton)- Asian American Youth Council of Dayton (AAYCD)-Asian Community Alliance (ACA)-Asian Festival Corporation-Asian Services In Action- Asian Student Association, Wright State University- Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center, Wright State University- Asian-American Community Services Council-Assoc. of Asian Indian Women in Ohio- Bazm-E-Adab-Chinese Association of Greater Toledo-Dayton Area Korean Association- Federation of Indian Community Association of Central Ohio-Federation of Indian Community Associations-Health Care Management Network – University of Findlay-Hindu Society of Greater Cincinnati-Indian Chamber of Commerce- Jhankar, Inc-MotivAsian-Ohio Asian American Health Coalition-Organization of Chinese Americans – Columbus Chapter-Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland-Owner Land Realty-Philippine American Society of Central Ohio-Philippine Nurses Assoc. of Central Ohio-Philippine Nurses Assoc. of Ohio – Refugee Response- Salaam Cleveland-Sikh Society of Greater Dayton-Vietnamese Association of Greater Dayton-Vietnamese Buddhist Association of Greater Dayton-Yellow Lite

Sponsored by Health Thru Action – Kellogg Foundation

Asian Community Links (More to Come)

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Healthcare Advocacy Training – April 3, 2010

April 9th, 2010

The training was great success with 56 attendees representing Akron, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Toledo. The Asian community leaders were present at his event.

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B Strong – B Free CEED Legacy Project

March 17th, 2010

Introduction and Background

There are 159,773 Asian American Pacific Islander’s (AAPI) living in the State of Ohio (2000 U.S. Census); it is estimated that 16,000 of them are living with Hepatitis B. Linguistically and culturally relevant resources and services are not readily available and vary from region to region. Thus many isolated AAPI ethnic communities are not aware of the full health impact of the disease. Additionally, the communities in Ohio are widely dispersed across the state, and are not afforded the benefits of or access to centralized health resources .

B Strong will identify, gather, and inventory local Hepatitis B resources to develop a statewide directory and translate it into languages in key Asian ethnic communities.

To take the individual participant survey, click here:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JTCD2D

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healthcare-advocacy-training

January 30th, 2010

April 3, 2010

1:00pm to 4:00pm

at

SunFlower Restaurant

7370 Sawmill Road

Columbus, Ohio 43235

HyunJoo Lee, National Organizing Coordinator

Becky Belcore, board member

from

National Korean American Service & Education Consortium (NAKASEC)

PURPOSE

Asian American communities in Ohio have had limited experience interacting with their state representatives, senators and other policymakers. Therefore, our communities are considered “beginners” when it comes to advocacy.

The HTA program does not allow us to lobby or advocate for specific legislation or bill. The purpose of the Advocacy Training is to prepare the participants for the upcoming Legislative Day in June 8, 2010.

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OACAA Releases State of Poverty in Ohio Prepared by CRP

January 22nd, 2010

On January 22, 2010, the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies released The State of Poverty in Ohio: Building a Foundation for Prosperity, prepared by Community Partners. This annual report provides an update on the evolving extent and characteristics of poverty across the state and the needs and conditions of populations and communities related to issues of poverty. It also highlights innovations of Community Action Agencies and recommendations from the Ohio Anti-Poverty Task Force to address poverty. The report includes data for Ohio, Economic Development Regions, and counties.

The full report is available online at www.communityresearchpartners.org!

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