October 24th 2008 Recently Emigrated Chinese High School Students Put Bilingual Skills to Use
The Asian Pacific Environmental Network www.apen4ej.org welcomed me to their phone bank for their nightly session encouraging people to vote as well as troubleshooting voting issues. Their model engages volunteers largely from High School who call voters, who are largely Cantonese speakers and help to work through any barriers they have in figuring out the voting process.
I interviewed Amber and Jennifer, who talked about the work of APEN, the issues encountered by the Chinese Community, and the importance of increasing API civic engagement. Those interviews can be found on the WOCU You Tube Channel.
Over dinner, I also interviewed Darlena, who was originally born in India, but now lives in Berkeley. She talked as a layperson about her participation in civic engagement and the issues that drive her involvement.
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