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   A lot of organizations talk about empowering Asian Ams. In varying
degrees, we try to. Here is how 80-20 empowers Asian Americans.

                  Direct empowerment:

(1) The next Democratic Presidential Nominee gave iron-clad commit-
ments to help us achieve equal opportunity in workplace & to be Federal
judges. To see the commitments, visit
http://www.80-20initiative.net/news/preselect2008.asp

How it empowers us: The number of Asian Am. managers will double
from the current 500,000 to 1,000,000 in about 10 years. The number of
Asian Am. Federal judges will double or triple in about 4 years.

(2) Our 3 to 1 bloc vote for Sen. Clinton, whom 80-20 endorsed*, shocked
America's political establishment. It was a stronger bloc vote than that
of the Hispanics.

However it empowers us: Henceforth, our rightful concerns when taken
up by 80-20 will get a fair hearing from America's power elite. Does 80-20
have proof for having such a claim? Yes. here is a recent example.

     CNN did an unbalanced 2-minute report explaining why Asian
     Am. voted 3 to 1 for Hillary. 80-20 led a petition to ask CNN to
     a more balanced report. CNN nicely consented. See the new 2-
     minute CNN report below. Just click on the link:
http://www.80-20initiative.net/success/media_mainstream_080215cnn.asp

     Indirect empowerment & those who benefited recently

1) Asian Am. political leaders
         For example, those Asian Am political/community leaders who
     negotiated with 80-20 on behalf of Senators Clinton & Obama were
     empowered by 80-20. Surprised? The first question 80-20 asked of
     those leaders was whether they had the full power to negotiate. If not,
     why bother negotiating? Inevitably, those leaders were then thusly
     authorized! In future elections, big name politicians will court them
     more, knowing that our votes count.
2) Scholars specialized in Asian Ams. studies
         Their studies/views will be more sought after by Am's political elite
     including the media. The power elite realizes that given a politically
     cohesive Asian Am. community, it needs to understand our community
     more. Our government will surely fund more studies of Asian Ams.
3) Asian American ethnic media
         America's power elite will now want to maintain a relationship with
     our media. They or their surrogates will begin to seek meeting with the
     editors of ethnic papers. Soon, our presidential candidates may begin
     advertising in our media just like they had with Hispanic media.

         Every example given above actually happened recently .

   Conclusion: A rising tide raises all ships. YOU, whatever you do,
will be empowered. When our community has more managers, Federal &
state officials/judges, and gains more clout with America's political elites,
all Asian Americans will directly & indirectly benefit.

Respectfully yours,
S. B. Woo
President, 80-20 Educational Foundation

*80-20 could have endorsed Obama, had Obama reply with all yeses
but Clinton refused.