What We’ve Done: December 2020
13 Questions With Tamlyn Tomita
This month we asked Tamlyn “What is your message to young folks getting involved in public service?”
“Thank you. Now. And forever. What you are interested in getting involved in is of the highest order – to serve the public. To help, assist, support people who you do not know and will never altogether know.
Is it your sense of duty? The gigantic nature of your heart? Your desire of giving back? Whatever it is that led you in this direction, you are the best of us.” – Tamlyn Tomita
To read her full interview and 13 Questions, click here!
APAICS Congressional Swearing-in Ceremony and Welcome Reception
This Month APAICS released invitations to our Congressional Swearing-In Ceremony as well as our Virtual Welcome Reception for the Asian American Members of the 117th Congress. We invite all our supporters to attend both events in January!
The APAICS Congressional Swearing-in Ceremony will be held on January 6th, 2021 starting at 6:30 PM ET. Please RSVP by January 4th.
To RSVP for the Swearing-in Ceremony, click here.
The APAICS Virtual Welcome Reception will be held on January 13th, 2021 starting at 6:30 PM ET. You have until January 11th to RSVP.
To RSVP for the Welcome Reception, click here.
Emerging Professionals Virtual Learning Series
Due to COVID-19, APAICS pivoted its summer intern professional development program into the “Emerging Professionals Virtual Learning Series”. Participants explored different career pathways in public service, the fundamentals of financial literacy, congressional resume basics, and participated in mock interviews. If you missed out on these events, check out the recordings on our YouTube page.Thank you to our sponsors for their continuing support of our emerging professionals during this unprecedented year:
AFSCME, Amgen, the American Petroleum Institute, AT&T, Comcast NBCUniversal, DaVita, General Motors, Microsoft, New York Life, andWalmart.
To view our previous Emerging Professionals Virtual Learning Series videos, click the play button above or click here!
APAICS and NCAPA Presidential Appointments Project
APAICS and NCAPA are continuing its efforts to encourage the incoming administration to include more Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the appointee space.The intent of this resume bank is to identify and flag qualified AAPI candidates to serve in the federal administration. We would like to promote this opportunity to our members and encourage you to submit your applications.
Resumes/CV’s can be submitted here!
Questions can be emailed to resumes@apaics.org.
*Applications will be read and reviewed on a rolling basis by NCAPA. Should your application be selected for further recommendation, we will follow up by contacting you. Please note: submissions do not guarantee an appointee position.
To view our previous webinars on the appointee process, click here!
APAICS Alumni Highlights
What a ride 2020 has been. With a major election season just finishing up, we wanted to highlight some of the results of the hard work our Leadership Academy alumni have put in. In 2020 we trained 127 AAPI individuals, 37 of which ran for office. 20 – became newly elected or re-elected RLA and NLA alumni.Read more about milestones
AAPIs have achieved in 2020 here.
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