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APAPA is conducting a series of "SCA 5 Town Halls" throughout California because we understand and appreciate how fundamentally important education is to all Asian Americans. Just a few years ago, APAPA spent a lot of time and energy on an "Education Equality Project" aiming to overturn the 2012 UC
Freshman Admission Policy which could adversely affect Asian Americans. In addition to asserting our rights in Higher Education, it is also APAPA’s mission to conduct Voters Education, promote Asian American Civil Rights, and actively participate at every level of our government.

SCA 5, as authored by Senator Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina, contains intentions and languages that attempts to promote diversity at higher education in California which, if properly worded and carried out, could benefit all ethnic minorities including certain segments of the Asian American communities who are currently underserved by our universities and colleges. However, APAPA has strong concerns about some of the language in SCA 5 that can be misinterpreted to allow universities and colleges to resort back to a "quota" mentality that will unfairly shift enrollment priorities to the detriment of other eligible groups of student applicants.

APAPA wants our members and fellow Asian Americans to be well informed and armed with complete information each time they go to the voting booth. SCA 5 is a very complicated and complex issue and to understand all aspects of this Amendment, we have invited expert panelists to frame the background, and to discuss the pros and cons of this Amendment. We also want to learn from these experts if this Amendment could be altered such that it would promote a win-win situation for all minority groups.

For the above reasons, APAPA’s goals in conducting these town halls is to educate our voter population about the facts surrounding SCA 5 with the hope that there will be an educated conclusion and strategy on how to proceed to address the concerns of our API community.

We urge You and Your Friends to attend these Informative and Proactive Town Halls!

Session 1 – Cupertino
Subject: APAPA Town Hall on SCA 5
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014
Place: Cupertino Community Hall 10350 Torre Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014
Time: 1:30 – 5:00 PM

Confirmed Panel Members (partial list): 
Senator Bob Huff;
Ling-chi Wang, Associate Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley;
David A. Lehrer, President of Community Advocates, Inc.

FREE Admission
Open to the Public

Contact: 
Dr. Albert Wang, aybwang@comcast.net or Joel Wong, joelwong@comcast.net

An Educational Town Hall Forum regarding SCA 5: 
a constitutional amendment that would repeal portions of Proposition
209 that prohibit the consideration of race in recruitment, admissions 
and retention programs by state universities and colleges in California

                   
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the real facts about the intent of SCA 5 language and hear the pros and cons of SCA 5 from academic experts, legislators,
educators, advocates and opponents.