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http://imdiversity.com/townhall.asp
| [About the Event] Live stream in Windows Media format from UCI scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2008; main Townhall event to start at 4PM PST. Periodic lags are being reported in the feed; these have lasted only a minute or two; in case of interruption, please wait a moment and hit Play again until you see the feed start to buffer. In case the disruptions continue, the feed format will switch to audio.
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IMDiversity.com Asian-American Village is proud to host a live video stream of the historic 2008 APIA National Presidential Townhall from the campus of the University of California, Irvine, presented by APIAVote.org.
We salute APIAVote's efforts, and strongly urge members of our communities to be part of this first-of-its-kind election year event even if you cannot be present in Irvine or at a local screening event. To that end, this space will host a real-time webcast of the event on the afternoon of Saturday May 17.
The stream is scheduled to begin around 8 AM PST, with coverage of the programs throughout the day. The entertainment program begins at 2 PM and the main Townhall begins at 4 PM.
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Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote invites you to attend or witness virtually the historic Presidential Town Hall featuring Presidential Candidates addressing issues that impact the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community. With the support of a broad coalition of national APIA organizations, APIAVote.org will be expecting 2,000 community leaders, elected officials, voters, and students representing our diverse communities to participate in the Townhall, to be hosted at the University of California, Irvine Bren Events Center.
In addition, the event will be simulcast to select local community centers, house parties and other forums nationwide, as well as webcast through APIA community organizations and websites including IMDiversity.com Asian-American Village and the Punjabi Community Forum.
A full afternoon of programming will precede the centerpiece event, with briefings on community priorities, addresses by Asian American political leaders, and an entertainment program (2PM PST) featuring music, dance, spoken word art and video by Camille Velasco from American Idol, spoken word artists Beau Sia and Zero, Three Kaba Modern Legacy featured on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, O.C. band sensation Seriously, Filipina singing star Lara Avengoza, UC Irvine's Chinese Association Dance Crew, and ImaginAsian TV.
Language interpretation equipment will be provided by uniVerse Language Solutions, and persons requiring special accommodations can contact townhall@apiavote.org.
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APIAVote (APIAVote.org) is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that encourages and promotes civic participation of Asian Pacific Islander Americans in the electoral and public policy processes at the national, state and local levels. APIAVote envisions a society in which all Asian Pacific Islander Americans fully participate in and have access to the democratic process.
AAPIs are the fastest growing minority in the country. With more than 14.4 million Asian Americans and approximately 1 million Pacific Islanders, AAPIs make up more than 5% of the U.S. population.
AAPIs are concentrated in Hawaii, California, Washington, New Jersey, Illinois, and New York, and also within the metro regions of Nevada, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Louisiana. AAPIs can make possible powerful voting blocs if harnessed and courted.
Nationally, nearly 7 million AAPIs are eligible to vote, and over half are registered, an increase from a 30% registration rate from 1998. Nearly 3 million AAPIs voted in the 2004 elections.
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