“I Accept” Speech Watching Party on Aug. 28
The event team that brought you the Obama events featuring Kelly Hu in January and Maya Soetoro-Ng in June invites you to another special gathering on Thursday, August 28, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Roe Restaurant, 651 Howard Street, in San Francisco to watch Senator Barack Obama’s historic speech as he accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States of America.
It’s been widely noted that Sen. Obama will accept the nomination on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech. Let’s also not forget that the date is also the eve of the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall on the Gulf Coast.
These three milestones together gives us both an opportunity to rejoice and to acknowledge that our country and our communities still have a long way to go in order to achieve a society where equal opportunity is more reality than promise.
So as we work together to help Barack Obama become our President, let’s join together to support our friends at the local level who creating the Change We Can Believe In.
To that end, this fundraiser will also support Eric Mar, a longtime Obama supporter, in his bid for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and Jenn Pae and Brian Wang, two convention delegates pledged to Sen. Obama.
Eric will be at the event and Jenn and Brian will call in from Denver shortly before Sen. Obama delivers his speech.
We’re asking for a $20 donation. Please RSVP on any of our event listings or email speech@apaforobama.com.
EVENT LISTINGS
* http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=66357815706
* http://www.evite.com/app/publicUrl/KZAXFPVCKJHJOFSELVSH/obama
* http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4wczf
PLEASE NOTE that because one of the beneficiaries of this fundraiser is a candidate for local office, this is not an Asian Americans for Obama event, nor an event sanctioned by Obama for America.
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