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Conference
Program
Registration &
Breakfast
(8:30AM to 9AM)
Concourse Level
Greetings
(9AM to 9:15AM)
Proshansky Auditorium
Frank Shih,
Conference Chair &
Board Member, Asian
American / Asian
Research
Institute-CUNY
Hiroko Karan, Board
Chair, Asian
American / Asian
Research
Institute-CUNY
Joyce Moy, Executive
Director, Asian
American / Asian
Research Institute -
CUNY
Morning Keynote
(9:15AM to 9:30AM)
Proshansky Auditorium
Hon.
John C. Liu, New York
City Comptroller
Presentation
(9:30AM to 10AM)
Proshansky Auditorium
2009 Election Exit
Poll of
Multi-lingual Voters
in New York City
Glenn Magpantay,
Staff Attorney,
Asian American Legal
Defense and
Education Fund
Morning Session
(10:10AM to 11:30AM)
Rooms 203-205
The New
Asian America in New
York City: Coalition
Building and
Community
Empowerment
Moderator:
Madhulika Khandelwal,
Director,
Asian/American
Center, Queens
College/CUNY
Panelist
Seema Agnani,
Executive Director,
Chhaya CDC
Steven Choi,
Executive Director,
MinKwon Center for
Community Action
(formerly YKASEC)
Wayne Ho, Executive
Director, Coalition
for Asian American
Children & Families
Tiloma Jayasinghe,
Executive Director,
Sakhi for South
Asian Women
Gurpal Singh,
Executive Director,
SEVA-Immigrant
Community Advocacy
Project
Lunch/Keynote
(1140AM to 1:15PM)
Concourse Lobby
Hon.
Wellington Z. Chen,
Member, CUNY Board
of Trustees
Keynote: Hon. Dr.
Judy Chu, Member,
U.S. House of
Representatives (32nd District)
Afternoon Session
(1:20PM -
2:50PM)
Rooms 203-205
Leading New
Yorkers: The Role of
New Immigrants and
the Charge of
Elected Leaders
Moderator:
Rocky Chin, Esq.
Panelists
Hon. Ravinder S. Bhalla,
Councilman-at-Large,
City of Hoboken, New
Jersey
Hon.
Margaret Chin,
Member, New York
City Council
(District 1)
Hon.
Peter Koo, Member,
New York City
Council (District
20)
Hon.
Grace Meng, Member,
New York State
Assembly (District
22)
Closing Session
(3PM to 4PM)
Rooms 203-205
The National Agenda
and the Local
Perspective:
Conversation with
Kiran Ahuja
Kiran Ahuja,
Executive Director,
White House
Initiative on Asian
Americans and
Pacific Islanders
Wine and Cheese
Reception (4PM to
5PM)
Concourse Lobby

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