Asian American, Bilingual Attorneys & Law Students: Let’s Protect Our Community’s Vote!

Sharing this note from Gloria Chan: Voting can be an intimidating experience for Americans with limited English proficiency, who may face discrimination and disenfranchisement. Attorneys and law students with language skills can help protect the vote at the polls on Election Day, by signing up at: www.barackobama.com/counselforchange.

If you are interested in helping with limited English proficient and Asian American and Pacific Islander voters, please make the following note in the NOTES section: “AAPI Task Force.” Depending on the state, volunteers may be needed to serve as poll workers, poll monitors, interpreters, and other language resources on Election Day and during early voting periods.

Help Recruit Bilingual Attorneys & Law Students in Key States
The DNC National Lawyers Council is assisting Counsel for Change to recruit Asian American, Pacific Islander, and bilingual attorneys and law students for voter protection activities. If you are interested in joining these recruitment efforts, contact Gloria Chan, chair of the AAPI Voter Protection Task Force at the DNC National Lawyers Council, at gloria@democraticlawyers.org. Our target states are Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota.

Key Contacts:

Gloria Chan
Chair, AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
917.803.2450
gloria@democraticlawyers.org

Florida
Jenette Mathai
FL Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
305.546.5665
jmathai@solambitlaw.com

Michigan
Professor Frank Wu
MI Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
202.487.5775
frankhwu@mac.com

Minnesota
Pal Yang
MN Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
pal_yang@hotmail.com

Nevada
Brian Wang
NV Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
626.512.2249
bwang1@gmail.com

Ohio
Dian Herrman
OH Co-Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
240.499.5937
dianrherrman@gmail.com

Eugene Ahn
OH Co-Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
202.374.8621
euge.ahn@gmail.com

Pennsylvania
Thu Tran
PA Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
215.981.3777 (w)
610.470.8880 (c)
thubtran02@gmail.com

Ruchi Sadhir
PA - Pittsburgh Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
734.330.9565
ruchiruchi@gmail.com

Sean Tran
Central PA Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
408.582.3905
stran96@gmail.com

Virginia
Cara Huang
VA Co-Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
301.580.0888
carahuang@gmail.com

Manu Bhardwaj
VA Co-Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
248.921.1680
manubha@gmail.com

Washington
Elizabeth Lee
WA Coordinator
AAPI Voter Protection Task Force
DNC National Lawyers Council
206.799.1228
elizabeth.lee@gmail.com