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Thursday, October 29, 2009

8:00-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Welcome
9:30-10:30 Opening Plenary Holding Ourselves Accountable: What do Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Really Think?
10:45-12:15 Workshop Session 1 1. Corporate Fundraising in Tough Times
2. Immigration Enforcement in Our Own Backyard
3. Redistricting 2011: Strategies for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
12:30-2:00 Lunch Plenary Comprehensive Immigration Reform
2:15-3:45 Workshop Session 2 #1 Don’t be Left Behind: Get the Buzz on Integrating New Media Techniques into Your Work
#2 Human Rights Frameworks for Asian American and Pacific Islander Advocacy
#3 The Mechanics of Intergroup Collaboration
#4 We, Too, Are America: Strengthening Immigrant Integration Policy in the United States
4:00-5:30 Roundtable Discussions
5:30-7:30 Networking Reception

Friday, October 30, 2009

8:00-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Workshop Session 3
Track: Civil & Human Rights

Track: Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation

Track: Capacity Building

Track: Civil & Human Rights
Track: Youth Leadership & Community Organizing

I. Accessing Quality Health Care: The Challenges for Immigrant Communities
II. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in K-12 Public Education
III. Foundation Fundraising in Tough Times
IV. Organizing Against Hate Crimes
V. Unity is Power: Building Our Community Organizing Skills

10:45-12:15 Workshop Session 4 a. Asian American and Pacific Islander Civil Rights History: What Does it Mean for 21st Century Youth? (Track: Youth Leadership & Community Organizing)
b. Expanding the Circle of Leadership: Increasing Asian American and Pacific Islander Participation in Influential Boards and Commissions (Track: Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation)
c. National Security and Civil Rights (Track: Civil & Human Rights)
d. Organizing Low-wage Workers and Fighting for Justice (Track: Civil & Human Rights)
12:30-2:00 Keynote
2:15-3:45 Workshop Session 5 Capacity Building: Capacity-Building for Small Organizations
Immigrant Integration & Civic Participation: Census 2010: How to Make Your Community Count
Civil & Human Rights: Civil Rights at the Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexuality, Immigration, and Race
Civil & Human Rights: Housing and Community Development
Youth Leadership & Community Organizing: Service and Leadership: Expanding Opportunities in Social Justice
4:00-5:00 Closing

The Advancing Justice Conference has four primary tracks. Each track will feature a workshop during the five workshop sessions throughout the conference.