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		<title>Mee Moua to lead AAJC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New AAJC director and former State Senator Mee Moua, left, and Karen K. Narasaki, stepping down after 20 years. WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2012) — Former State Senator Mee Moua is set to become the president and executive director the Asian American Justice Center, of one of the nation&#8217;s premier civil rights organizations. AAJC announced this week that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AsianInNY Lunar New Year and Fashion Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York, NY January 26 – AsianInNY, New York’s premier online destination for multicultural networking and entertainment, is throwing a festive celebration of the Lunar New Year on Feb. 11, 2012 from 7 to 10 p.m. The event will be located at Bennett Media Studio, 723 Washington Street. In time with the New York Fashion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Legal Clinics for Vietnamese Community at Nguoi Viet Daily News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2012) — The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, is partnering with the Orange County Asian American Bar Association to provide free legal services to the Asian American community of Orange County. Beginning Sat., Feb. 4, 2012, APALC and OCAABA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APALC welcomes Laboni Hoq as Litigation Director</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2012) — The Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, welcomes civil rights litigator Laboni Hoq as its new Litigation Director. In that position, Hoq will oversee APALC’s strategy to advocate for civil rights through lawsuits that seek to enforce and expand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pioneer UCLA Filmmaker Robert Nakamura to Retire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With respect and admiration for his stellar record of achievement and with gratitude for service to campus and community, we announce, effective July 2012, the retirement of Professor Robert A. Nakamura after a thirty-three year career teaching Asian American Studies and Motion Picture/Television at UCLA. Professor Nakamura is a pioneering filmmaker who has been an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Gratitude: The Slants bring APIA rock to Sarajevo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Slants founding member Simon Young stands in front of some rad looking military vehicles on a NATO base in Kosovo, Republica Srpska, Bosnia And Herzegovina. AAP staff report Portland, Ore. (Jan. 18, 2012) — Hardened rock-n-roll veterans The Slants took their electrifying stage show all the way to Eastern Europe for a holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APALC submits Los Angeles Redistricting Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES – The Asian Pacific American Legal Center, a member of the Asian American Center for Advancing Justice, has submitted to the Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission a citywide redistricting plan that keeps the city’s Asian American neighborhoods intact within specific districts. The city is in the process of redrawing its electoral lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APALC condemns anti-immigrant radio show</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES (Jan. 17, 2011)  — The Asian Pacific American Legal Center condemns derogatory remarks against Korean Americans expressed by co-host John Kobylt (KFI 640) during the Jan. 5 broadcast of Clear Channel’s “The John and Ken Show.” The press conference was held at the Korean Resource Center, and also included speakers from National Korean American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priscilla Huang and Paulo Pontemayor receive Health Equity Advocate Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (Jan. 19, 2012) — The Asian &#38; Pacific Islander American Health Forum’s Policy Director, Priscilla Huang and Policy Analyst, Paulo Pontemayor received the Families USA’s inaugural Health Equity Advocate Award Thursday during the Families USA Health Action 2012 conference, in recognition of their commitment and advocacy toward achieving health equity for all. Families USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAPAC calls for Congressional Hearings on military hazing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 19, 2012) — Following a series of high-profile hazing incidents endured by members of the United States Armed Services, CAPAC Chair Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-32) along with 12 other Members of Congress sent a letter Friday to the House Armed Services Committee and House Oversight and Government Reform Committees requesting a hearing [...]]]></description>
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