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Asian Pacific American Heritage
May 28, 2009
Stan Lou
Our special month of celebrating our culture and sharing it with all of America is now over. I hope that it was a meaningful month for you. The event does seem to gain more sophistication each year as our community learns the ways in which we are able to celebrate and share our heritage so that these acts genuinely represent who we are. Furthermore, they cause those of us who are APAs to be proud and give those of us who are not APAs a sense of the richness and diversity that we offer to America.
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OCA-DC at the Fiesta Asia Festival
May 26, 2009
Stan Lou - OCADC Co-President
The Greater Washington DC Chapter of OCA participated in the festival in the shadow of the Nation’s Capital Building on Saturday, May 16. The main reason for its presence was to show its support for the area’s Asian American community in this celebration of our diversity during Asian Pacific American Heritage month...
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Greetings at Cherry Blossom Time
Stan Lou -OCA-DC Co-President
April 1, 2009
With the beauty of one of Washington's greatest features dominating our local scene, I wish to update you on what the DC Chapter has been engaged with recently. The most significant event to report is that we held a retreat for all the board members and other interested members on March 14 at the OCA National Center... Read the full article
U Visa Available for Immigrants
Stan Lou -OCA-DC Co-president
Feburary 19, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published an interim rule that grants immigrant benefits to certain victims of crimes who assist government and law enforcement officials in investigating or prosecuting the criminal activity...Read the full article.
New Year Messages from Our Leaders
 New Year Greetings from Stan Lou -current OCA-DC co-present
This is very late for secular New Year and a bit late for Lunar New Year, but I want to issue my first formal greeting as your new Co-President for 2009. With so much activity going on in January with the Inauguration of President Barack Obama and the celebrations of the Lunar New Year, our community has been very engaged and consequently...
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 New Year, New Leadership from Lily Qi - OCA-DC present 06-08
Happy New Year! After three years as the president of OCA-DC, I am stepping down effective today. It has been a distinct honor and privilege to be a torch bearer for an organization that stands for progress, unity and equality, and to have the opportunity to work with and learn from so many wonderful people in our community...
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