Beyond the Headlines: Asian Pacific American Roundtable

BEYOND THE HEADLINES
AIRED: Sunday, May 11, 2014 at 10:00AM
Hosted by ABC7's Kristen Sze

We have a special Roundtable edition in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

The month of May was selected to commemorate the first Japanese immigrants to the United States in May 1843, to mark the 1869 anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Chinese immigrants did most of the work laying the tracks.

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Asian Americans are the fastest growing race group in the country, with 17.3 million people, or 5.6% of the population. In the Bay Area, the numbers are even higher, about 23.6% of our residents, which comes out to about 1.7 million people.

We are joined by community advocates who are working hard to improve the social welfare of our Bay Area.

Part 1

Beyond the Headlines Asian Roundtable 1

Part 2

Beyond the Headlines Asian Roundtable 2

Part 3

Beyond the Headlines Asian Roundtable 3

Part 4

Beyond the Headlines Asian Roundtable 4

Studio Guests

Lisa Truong
Entrepreneur
Executive Director, Help a Mother Out

http://www.helpamotherout.org

https://www.facebook.com/helpamotherout

https://twitter.com/helpamotherout

Dr. David Chai
Board member, OCA San Mateo

Chair, Speak and Lead Program

http://ocasanmateo.org

https://www.facebook.com SEARCH: OCA San Mateo

Marily Mondejar
Founder & President, Filipina Women's Network
President, Friends of the San Francisco Commission on the Status of Women

http://www.filipinawomensnetwork.org

https://www.facebook.com/FilipinaWomensNetwork

https://twitter.com/filipinawomen

http://www.FriendsCOSW.org

https://www.facebook.com/FriendsSFCOSW

https://twitter.com/friendssfcosw