My new adventures....

So I've been warming up to the east coast (no, not the weather) and it's not as bad as I thought! The heat wave is gone so now the weather stays in the 80s! YAY! Since the weather is good, our mood is good and we're more willing to go out and explore hehe.

Anyways, my organization APIAVote has been prepping for our Presidential Town Hall taking place next week, Saturday, July 21! We have some representatives of both campaigns coming out to speak on issues that they will address towards the Asian and Pacific Islander communities. What I've been doing was trying to get connections of Pacific Islanders AROUND THE COUNTRY who would be willing to host viewing parties of the town hall. The more numbers we show in supporting this event, the more likely the candidates would pay attention to us! Numbers SAY BIG THINGS! So tune in next week! I'll probably be popping my head in somewhere in the camera view so I can make a shoutout..hehe! Here's our link http://www.apiavote.org/presidential-town-hall. Check it out and spread the word!

Welp, when I'm off the clock I continue to do the random things that come to mind. So we heard there was a reception with free food so we went to that at the Capitol building. Then we got to see our big sister, Ursula Siataga! Thanks for coming out! It felt good to see our Cali people and kick it like Californians do-- sit outside the cafe and talk even after the shop closes :) Also told us successful (and funny) stories of UNITED PLAYAZ based in San Francisco! Would love to visit some day soon!

We attended the White House Initiative's API Youth Summit at the WHITE HOUSE! It was a cool event, but I'm not gon' lie, I wish more of the P.I. part of API showed up! A lot of our P.I.s don't know about these type of things...or they just don't care. We met a cool young activist from Utah named Lavinia Taumoepeau. She's an ambassador of the HYPE movement and a full time student at University of Utah--all while being a mother! :) Made connects and we've got a National PISA page to connect Pacific Islanders all across the nation. If you're not added already, add yourself to it: http://www.facebook.com/groups/npisa/ YOU WON'T REGRET IT! There's tons of resources on there that you won't get anywhere else! Join and share! :) That's it for now...will update you with my adventures soon enough! :) Tau toki sio!!