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Asian American Democrats of Texas Caucus at the 2012 Democratic State Convention
All Asian Americans (Delegates, Alternates, and guests) are invited to attend the AADT 2012 State Convention Caucus that will be held in Room 322, George Brown Convention Center, Houston, TX 77010, at 5:00 PM on Friday June 8, 2012.
For additional information, please contact any of the AADT Executive Committee members.
May 27, 2012
AADT members & supporters,
In spite of the fact that the 2010 elections have been a tough experience for Texas democrats, there have been some notable successes for some Asian Americans. Two are noted below:
1. Hubert Vo, State Representative for Texas House District 149, was re-elected to a fourth term. His victory is considered remarkable as other incumbent democrats in similar demographic areas of West Houston lost their re-election bid.
2. Tina Yoo, has been elected as Judge for Dallas County Criminal Court 8.
AADT Activities in 2010 Election Season: This has been by far the most active election season for AADT. We organized, completed, and participated in the following:
1. Texas-wide Robo-calls: Robo-calls were made to almost 30,000 Asian Americans across Texas recommending voting a straight Democratic ticket.
2. Radio Ads: Ads were placed in Vietnamese language in Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Additionally ads in Chinese language were placed in a Houston radio station. A radio ad was also placed throughout the early voting period and on Election Day in English in a South Asian Radio station covering the greater Houston area (Harris & Ft Bend counties).
3. Phone-banking: Massive phone banking to Asian American voters in Austin, Dallas, and Houston areas.
4. Block-walking: Block walking on behalf of Democrats was conducted by AADT volunteers in North Houston, SE Houston (Clearlake and Pasadena), and in SW Harris & Fort Bend counties through embedment in HCDP coordinated campaign satellite offices.
5. Letter writing campaign for Rep. Hubert Vo: Hand-addressed letters to South Asians in District 149 exhorting straight Democratic party voting and recommending Hubert Vo for State Rep.
November 4, 2010
AADT November 2010 Voter Outreach
AADT endorses ALL Democratic Candidates in the November 2010 US General Elections, from Bill White for Governor on down to the local races, and are encouraging all our members to VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY on the ballot.
AADT' voter outreach program consists of contacting Asian American Democrats in the major metropolitan areas of Texas and exhorting them to get involved and engaged in the political process by exercising their constitutional right to vote for candidates of their choice. Additionally, ethnic media outreach programs have been initiated in Austin, Dallas, and Houston via AADT chapters to ensure that Asian American voters have the necessary polling information to go and vote.
To find your polling location on Election Day Nov 2, click on www.votexas.com and select the "Where" button on the left.
VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY, it is at the top of the ballot. Then go and vote for propositions, school bonds, school board trustees at the bottom of the ballot, where applicable.
Good luck with Voting on Nov 2, 2010!
For additional information, please contact any of the AADT Executive Committee members.
October 29, 2010
Political Party Platforms & Campaigns--Side-by-side Comparisons
Asian American Democrats of Texas President A.J. Durrani and Texas Asian Republican Caucus Houston Chapter President Joe Chow discuss their respective party platforms.
July 6, 2010
AADT's 2010 DEM STATE CONVENTION CAUCUS
The following Executive Committee of AADT for the term 2010 - 12 was announced June 25 at the AADT bi-annual Caucus at the 2010 Democratic State Convention in Corpus Christi, TX.
AADT Officers 2010-12
President: A. J. Durrani
Vice President: Eugenia Bey
Secretary: Francine Ly
Treasurer: Farrukh Shamsi
Immediate Past President: Mini Timmaraju
June 28, 2010
AADT ATTENDS SPEAKERS CABINET ISSUES CONFERENCE
AADT was invited to attend Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Cabinet 2010 Issues Conference on June 15 in Washington DC. The daylong conference included prominent speakers like ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The dinner speaker was Vice President Joe Biden. Given below is AADT President AJ Durrani with Speaker Pelosi.
ASIAN AMERICANS REQUEST CLARIFICATION FROM GOV. RICK PERRY
The Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) are requesting Governor Rick Perry to clarify his inclusion of a prominent Asian American in an 'attack ad' on his gubernatorial opponent former Mayor of Houston, Bill White.
As covered last Wednesday May 5 in an interview with Houston TV Channel 2, AADT is surprised and confused with the Rick Perry campaign utilizing Yao Ming, the highly popular star center of the Houston Rockets basketball team in an attack ad against Bill White when Rick Perry just two weeks prior was posing for photographs with Yao Ming at the Chinese Consulate in Houston for Shanghai Expo 2010.
We are concerned that Governor Perry's attack ad that features Yao Ming and pictures of Middle Eastern businessman, panders to one of the worst aspects of campaign politics - ethnic fear mongering. Governor Perry says we are 'overreacting', but AADT is disappointed that Governor Perry may be using the Asian community as a political pawn for his re-election.
Apparently when Governor Perry was recently standing with Yao Ming and leaders of the Chinese community in Houston in front of the Chinese, Texas & American flags talking about the mutually beneficial economic relationship between China & Texas, we (Asian Americans) were just props in a press conference.
http://www.yaomingmania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=384849#384849
AADT is calling for Governor Perry to apologize to the Asian community for his political pandering and hypocrisy. Alternatively, the Asian American community would like to meet with Governor Perry so that he can explain why he used Yao Ming as a negative political prop.
Founded in 1990 and recognized by the Texas Democratic Party as the sole representative organization for Asian Americans in Texas, Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) serves as a link between the Asian American community and the larger political society. AADT undertakes a variety of activities, from political education to organizational gatherings and mobilization to meetings with elected officials to endorsement of like-minded candidates. With members throughout Texas, AADT currently has chapters in Houston, Dallas, and Austin.
Contact: AJ Durrani, President (cell phone 713-702-2377; Email:ajdurrani@aol.com)
May 12, 2010
Asian American Democrats of Texas Caucus at the 2012 Democratic State Convention
For additional information, please contact any of the AADT Executive Committee members.
In spite of the fact that the 2010 elections have been a tough experience for Texas democrats, there have been some notable successes for some Asian Americans. Two are noted below:
1. Hubert Vo, State Representative for Texas House District 149, was re-elected to a fourth term. His victory is considered remarkable as other incumbent democrats in similar demographic areas of West Houston lost their re-election bid.
2. Tina Yoo, has been elected as Judge for Dallas County Criminal Court 8.
AADT Activities in 2010 Election Season: This has been by far the most active election season for AADT. We organized, completed, and participated in the following:
1. Texas-wide Robo-calls: Robo-calls were made to almost 30,000 Asian Americans across Texas recommending voting a straight Democratic ticket.
2. Radio Ads: Ads were placed in Vietnamese language in Houston, Dallas, and Austin. Additionally ads in Chinese language were placed in a Houston radio station. A radio ad was also placed throughout the early voting period and on Election Day in English in a South Asian Radio station covering the greater Houston area (Harris & Ft Bend counties).
3. Phone-banking: Massive phone banking to Asian American voters in Austin, Dallas, and Houston areas.
4. Block-walking: Block walking on behalf of Democrats was conducted by AADT volunteers in North Houston, SE Houston (Clearlake and Pasadena), and in SW Harris & Fort Bend counties through embedment in HCDP coordinated campaign satellite offices.
5. Letter writing campaign for Rep. Hubert Vo: Hand-addressed letters to South Asians in District 149 exhorting straight Democratic party voting and recommending Hubert Vo for State Rep.
AADT November 2010 Voter Outreach
AADT endorses ALL Democratic Candidates in the November 2010 US General Elections, from Bill White for Governor on down to the local races, and are encouraging all our members to VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY on the ballot.
AADT' voter outreach program consists of contacting Asian American Democrats in the major metropolitan areas of Texas and exhorting them to get involved and engaged in the political process by exercising their constitutional right to vote for candidates of their choice. Additionally, ethnic media outreach programs have been initiated in Austin, Dallas, and Houston via AADT chapters to ensure that Asian American voters have the necessary polling information to go and vote.
To find your polling location on Election Day Nov 2, click on www.votexas.com and select the "Where" button on the left.
VOTE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC PARTY, it is at the top of the ballot. Then go and vote for propositions, school bonds, school board trustees at the bottom of the ballot, where applicable.
Good luck with Voting on Nov 2, 2010!
For additional information, please contact any of the AADT Executive Committee members.
October 29, 2010
Political Party Platforms & Campaigns--Side-by-side Comparisons
Asian American Democrats of Texas President A.J. Durrani and Texas Asian Republican Caucus Houston Chapter President Joe Chow discuss their respective party platforms.
July 6, 2010
AADT's 2010 DEM STATE CONVENTION CAUCUS
The following Executive Committee of AADT for the term 2010 - 12 was announced June 25 at the AADT bi-annual Caucus at the 2010 Democratic State Convention in Corpus Christi, TX.
AADT Officers 2010-12
President: A. J. Durrani
Vice President: Eugenia Bey
Secretary: Francine Ly
Treasurer: Farrukh Shamsi
Immediate Past President: Mini Timmaraju
June 28, 2010
AADT ATTENDS SPEAKERS CABINET ISSUES CONFERENCE
AADT was invited to attend Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Cabinet 2010 Issues Conference on June 15 in Washington DC. The daylong conference included prominent speakers like ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The dinner speaker was Vice President Joe Biden. Given below is AADT President AJ Durrani with Speaker Pelosi.
ASIAN AMERICANS REQUEST CLARIFICATION FROM GOV. RICK PERRY
The Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) are requesting Governor Rick Perry to clarify his inclusion of a prominent Asian American in an 'attack ad' on his gubernatorial opponent former Mayor of Houston, Bill White.
As covered last Wednesday May 5 in an interview with Houston TV Channel 2, AADT is surprised and confused with the Rick Perry campaign utilizing Yao Ming, the highly popular star center of the Houston Rockets basketball team in an attack ad against Bill White when Rick Perry just two weeks prior was posing for photographs with Yao Ming at the Chinese Consulate in Houston for Shanghai Expo 2010.
We are concerned that Governor Perry's attack ad that features Yao Ming and pictures of Middle Eastern businessman, panders to one of the worst aspects of campaign politics - ethnic fear mongering. Governor Perry says we are 'overreacting', but AADT is disappointed that Governor Perry may be using the Asian community as a political pawn for his re-election.
Apparently when Governor Perry was recently standing with Yao Ming and leaders of the Chinese community in Houston in front of the Chinese, Texas & American flags talking about the mutually beneficial economic relationship between China & Texas, we (Asian Americans) were just props in a press conference.
http://www.yaomingmania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=384849#384849
AADT is calling for Governor Perry to apologize to the Asian community for his political pandering and hypocrisy. Alternatively, the Asian American community would like to meet with Governor Perry so that he can explain why he used Yao Ming as a negative political prop.
Founded in 1990 and recognized by the Texas Democratic Party as the sole representative organization for Asian Americans in Texas, Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) serves as a link between the Asian American community and the larger political society. AADT undertakes a variety of activities, from political education to organizational gatherings and mobilization to meetings with elected officials to endorsement of like-minded candidates. With members throughout Texas, AADT currently has chapters in Houston, Dallas, and Austin.
Contact: AJ Durrani, President (cell phone 713-702-2377; Email:ajdurrani@aol.com)
May 12, 2010
AADT November 2010 Voter Outreach
Political Party Platforms & Campaigns--Side-by-side Comparisons
Asian American Democrats of Texas President A.J. Durrani and Texas Asian Republican Caucus Houston Chapter President Joe Chow discuss their respective party platforms.
AADT's 2010 DEM STATE CONVENTION CAUCUS
AADT ATTENDS SPEAKERS CABINET ISSUES CONFERENCE ASIAN AMERICANS REQUEST CLARIFICATION FROM GOV. RICK PERRY
The following Executive Committee of AADT for the term 2010 - 12 was announced June 25 at the AADT bi-annual Caucus at the 2010 Democratic State Convention in Corpus Christi, TX.
AADT Officers 2010-12
President: A. J. Durrani
Vice President: Eugenia Bey
Secretary: Francine Ly
Treasurer: Farrukh Shamsi
Immediate Past President: Mini Timmaraju
AADT was invited to attend Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Cabinet 2010 Issues Conference on June 15 in Washington DC. The daylong conference included prominent speakers like ex-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker. The dinner speaker was Vice President Joe Biden. Given below is AADT President AJ Durrani with Speaker Pelosi.
The Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) are requesting Governor Rick Perry to clarify his inclusion of a prominent Asian American in an 'attack ad' on his gubernatorial opponent former Mayor of Houston, Bill White.
As covered last Wednesday May 5 in an interview with Houston TV Channel 2, AADT is surprised and confused with the Rick Perry campaign utilizing Yao Ming, the highly popular star center of the Houston Rockets basketball team in an attack ad against Bill White when Rick Perry just two weeks prior was posing for photographs with Yao Ming at the Chinese Consulate in Houston for Shanghai Expo 2010.
We are concerned that Governor Perry's attack ad that features Yao Ming and pictures of Middle Eastern businessman, panders to one of the worst aspects of campaign politics - ethnic fear mongering. Governor Perry says we are 'overreacting', but AADT is disappointed that Governor Perry may be using the Asian community as a political pawn for his re-election.
Apparently when Governor Perry was recently standing with Yao Ming and leaders of the Chinese community in Houston in front of the Chinese, Texas & American flags talking about the mutually beneficial economic relationship between China & Texas, we (Asian Americans) were just props in a press conference.
http://www.yaomingmania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=384849#384849
AADT is calling for Governor Perry to apologize to the Asian community for his political pandering and hypocrisy. Alternatively, the Asian American community would like to meet with Governor Perry so that he can explain why he used Yao Ming as a negative political prop.
Founded in 1990 and recognized by the Texas Democratic Party as the sole representative organization for Asian Americans in Texas, Asian American Democrats of Texas, Inc. (AADT) serves as a link between the Asian American community and the larger political society. AADT undertakes a variety of activities, from political education to organizational gatherings and mobilization to meetings with elected officials to endorsement of like-minded candidates. With members throughout Texas, AADT currently has chapters in Houston, Dallas, and Austin.
Contact: AJ Durrani, President (cell phone 713-702-2377; Email:ajdurrani@aol.com)