August 2010

2010 National LGBT API Leadership Summit and Reception/Dinner event.

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March 2010

IMMIGRATION FORUM DETAILS

March 1 - BOSTON

Date: Monday, March 1, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Raytheon Amphitheater - Eagan Center Northeastern University
Street: 120 Forsyth Street
City/Town: Boston, MA
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=340240682624

Confirmed speakers include:
-Attorney Anita Sharma Esq. with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project;
-Attorney Richard Iandoli Esq. with Iandoli and Desai, P.C.; and,
-Ben de Guzman, Co-Director of the National Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), Washington DC.

Discussion will be moderated by Attorney Nima Eshghi, Esq. from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

Contact Us: Please RSVP to Noreen Giga at ngiga@glad.org

March 2 -PROVIDENCE

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: PrYSM
Street: 669 Elmwood Avenue
City/Town: Providence, RI
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=321508911357

Interpretation will be provided in Spanish. Habrá Interprete en Español.

Invited speakers include:
Alison Foley, Immigration Attorney
Ben de Guzman, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
Dimple Rana, Deported Diaspora
Kathy Kushnir, Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Michelle Deplante, Immigrants United
Raúl Iriarte, Community Member

March 4 - NEW YORK

Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Asian American Writers' Workshop
Street: 16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
City/Town: New York, NY
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=350810828967

Featuring:
LGBT AAPI Immigrants and Experts
Miriam Yeung, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Hon. Daniel Dromm, Chair of the NYC Council Immigration Committee
Trishala Deb, Arcus Foundation and formerly with the Audre Lorde Project

Moderator: Ben de Guzman, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), Washington, DC

March 8 - CHICAGO

Date: Monday, March 8, 2010
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Merlo Public Library
Street: 644 W. Belmont
City/Town: Chicago, IL
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=323929167621

Speakers include:
Ben de Guzman, NQAPIA
Mimi Wilson, Davidson & Schiller, LLC
Ifti Nasim, Community Activist

Presented by:
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA),
Invisible to Invincible (I2I): Asian and Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago
Trikone- Chicago, an LGBT South Asian Group and
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South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)

March 20 - WASHINGTON DC

NQAPIA and Immigration Equality Meet-Up

Date: Saturday, March 20
Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm
Location: Nellie’s Restaurant
Street: 900 U Street, NW
City: Washington, DC (Metro: U Street/ Cardozo)

March 24 - WASHINGTON DC

AAPIs and the Urgency for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Date: Wednesday, March 24
Time: 6:00pm-7:15pm
Location: Cannon House Office Building Room 121
Web: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=369482499670

October 2009

October 10

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Join NQAPIA and your fellow API at the . . . National March on Washington

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Asian Pacific Islander Welcoming Event and Summit
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 12 - 2 PM
Cafe Asia (1720 I St NW)

Washington, DC's LGBTQ Asian Pacific Islander (API) organizations welcome our fellow API guests in town for the National Equality March. Come join us for lunch and learn more about the work local organizations are doing. Catch up with old friends, make new ones, and strategize about a national LGBTQ API agenda.

12 - 1 PM

Lunch and Introductions
Light refreshments on a first come first serve basis

1 - 2 PM

Facilitated Group Conversation
Defining an LGBTQ API agenda: What Issues Matter to Us and Why?

THIS EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY:

AQUA (Asian/Pacific Islander Queers United for Action)
APIQS (Asian Pacific Islander Queer Sisters)
NAPAWF-DC (National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum)
KhushDC (South Asian LGBT Community)
NQAPIA (National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance)

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