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SUMMER INTERNSHIP
The Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA) is a national non-profit, non-partisan and grassroots organization founded in 2001. APAPA was established with the primary mission of empowering Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans in civic and public affairs through education, active participation, and leadership development. APAPA developed voter registration events, internships, scholarships, voter education forums, leadership, and networking programs designed specifically for the education, betterment, and advancement of the API community.
The APAPA-Southern California Region (APAPA-SCR) was established eight years ago to serve the SoCal community. The SCR currently has five chapters (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Gabriel, Youth, and Orange County). APAPA-SCR along with the Los Angeles Chapter, San Gabriel Chapter, and Orange County Chapter are awarding a number of leadership and summer internship positions for current Asian and Pacific Islander college and graduate school students.
The purpose of the internship is to help students better understand California state and local government and to develop future leaders in the API community. Each intern must spend a minimum of 50 hours in the assigned office between July 6 – August 14, 2015, working for a local/state legislator, congress member, or constitutional officer in Southern California. Upon completion of the internship, each intern will be awarded a $500 scholarship. There is also a week-long, all-expense-paid study-tour to Northern California to work and play together national and international student leaders from many other partner organizations.
We would like to invite your students to apply for this comprehensive leadership program. With our positive experience working with your students in the past, we are going to give favorable considerations for your student leaders. We appreciate your help dispersing the application information.
The internship application form can be found at APAPA website: http://apapa.org/scc/tp-apapa-scc.aspx
or download directly from:
http://apapa.org/scc/pdf/APAPA-SCR_internship_appl_2015.pdf
Before we name our roles, let’s be frank: everyone working with YVUK is a volunteer. Everyone. We’re a tiny outfit with one inglorious aim: to help young voters understand the murky world of British politics.
At the moment, we operate from two laptops in the home counties in the hours we can spare when we’re not at our day jobs or handling the responsibilities of life.
So these roles won’t offer any compensation beyond the satisfaction of building something hopefully momentous. In the last 3 weeks of the election, we reached over 10,000 people on Twitter and currently average 60-100 interactions per post on Tumblr. This all in our first month of operation.
If that’s enough for you, welcome aboard!
We’re looking for:
- Content writers
- Social media team
- YouTube team
- Graphic designers
- Awareness volunteers (hanging posters, dropping leaflets etc)
If you’re even the slightest bit interested in any of the roles mentioned here, or if you think you can contribute in some other way, please email [email protected] for more details. You can also leave a message in our Ask Box here.
I wish I was as happy as @cam3ron27 when I buy tires. My wallet cries when I just buy 2
More of my photo coverage from @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #FormulaDriftProAm #FormulaDrift #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #andystires #meganracing #hpsperformance (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@meliton.villamor @_timsta_gram_ @bsidefabrication putting in some work on @rivalautoworks car at the @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1
More of my photo coverage can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #FormulaDriftProAm #FormulaDrift #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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Here’s a clip of @purki1 and her run in with some of the barriers during @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 practice day.
Damage: Control arms, torsion bar, and tie rods.
My photo coverage can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@zeejaac getting the crowd in the splash zone at @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 practice day. Left a little souvenir as well
I uploaded a compilation of videos that I was able to record on my YouTube page. Link in bio or search MODXMODE on YouTube.
I’m not equipped for video but I take a few here and there.
Photos can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@zeejaac getting the crowd in the splash zone at @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 practice day. Left a little souvenir as well
I uploaded a compilation of videos that I was able to record on my YouTube page. Link in bio or search MODXMODE on YouTube.
I’m not equipped for video but I take a few here and there.
Photos can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@purki1 kickin’ up marble at @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 practice day.
More of my photo coverage can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@meliton.villamor sending it through the @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 during Saturday’s practice
I uploaded a compilation of videos that I was able to record on my YouTube page. Link in bio or search MODXMODE on YouTube.
I’m not equipped for video but I take a few here and there.
Photos can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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Tandem with @micah_diaz_ and @sirnick71 during Saturday’s practice runs at @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019
I uploaded a compilation of videos that I was able to record on my YouTube page. Link in bio or search MODXMODE on YouTube.
I’m not equipped for video but I take a few here and there.
Photos can be found at www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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Photos from @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 are up at www.somaprints.com
Refer to my latest video post on how to download and share the complimentary IG ready images.
Check the link on my IG bio (or search MODXMODE on YouTube) for my YouTube page to see some of the videos I was as to take.
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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Another event uploaded, another video reminder on how to download and share the complimentary IG ready images.
Photos from @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1 2019 are up at www.somaprints.com
I was only able to attend practice day.
As always, prints are available to order on site as well as the $2 digital wallpapers. Most, if not all, events I attend are on my own time and dime so your purchases help me get to attend more events in the future! Thank you for your support!
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift
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In the car with @cam3ron27 at @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1
I’ll be live streaming editing photos from today around 9pm at www.twitch.tv/somaxkun
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
#FrontEndFriday with @authorized_240ss
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#FlashbackFriday to a little video I made from my first media coverage of @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1
#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#justdrift #TopDrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #meganracing #servpro #csfradiators #nrg #hpsperformance #somaticstudios #somasession #somasessions #modxmode #automotive #automotivephotography #media #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #motorsport #motorsports #canon #mycanonstory (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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I hope to get some more 360 degree drift footage at #topdrift
Here’s a clip from the recent @circuitspirit event of @drew40drift with my camera mounted on @cam3ron27 ’s car. I want to try the camera on different positions of a vehicle.
#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#FrontEndFriday with @tjhunt_ on #HorseThiefMile
#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#throwbackthursday with @dm.motorsports on turn 2 of Horse Thief Mile at a previous @justdrift_official #topdriftproam
#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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#throwbackthursday with @zeejaac at a previous @justdrift_official #topdrift event
Topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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@kennethvuong223 at last year’s @justdrift_official #topdriftproamround1
#topdrift round 1 is this weekend at @willow_springs_raceway
More info at www.justdrift.com
For more of my photo coverage from last season, visit www.somaprints.com
#modxmode #somaticstudios #justdrift #topdriftproam #topdrift #fdproam #drift #drifting #motorsports #motorsport #willowspringsraceway #driftcar #sendit #automotive #automotiveevents #media #automotivephotography #photographer #photography #grassroots #grassrootsdrifting #meganracing #hpsperformance #formuladrift (at Willow Springs International Raceway)
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“Strong people don’t need strong leaders.” - MS. Ella Baker
“It is said that the Chinese word for “crisis” is a combination of two characters: one representing dangerthe other representing opportunity. The election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States certainly represents danger, especially to African Americans, Hispanics, members of the LGBTQ community, Muslims, Jews, women, and for everyone who is poor.
This is why he was rejected by a majority of the voters who cast ballots in this past presidential election. However, given the Electoral College system, he is president-elect now and it is important that we do not become paralyzed or overwhelmed and sink into despair. There is also great opportunity to organize and take advantage of America’s great diversity, making it a liberated and safer country for all of its people.
Fearwas at the heart of Donald Trump’s campaign. He successfully exploited the fear and anger that many white Americans feel over changes, both demographic and cultural, that seemed threatening to a way of life they expected to last forever. He used fear to fan hysteria that Mexicans, other Hispanics, Black people and nonwhite people in general are subverting American values and undermining the nation’s “greatness.” He coupled fear to his most blatant lie: that he was a man of the people willing and prepared to take on the moneyed interests that sent jobs overseas causing lost jobs and income here at home.
He also used the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and hyperbole about Islamic terrorism to create great fear of Muslims (and now as his administration comes in, discussion of internment camps for Muslims has begun.) Trump also used similar hyperbole about Black communities to create fear in white America about crime and their safety.
Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again” especially sold hope to white male America that people of color would not be political or economic players of any significance; that women would return to the kitchen, gay people would remain in the closet, and that immigrants would come mostly from Europe. He breathed new life into the Ku Klux Klan.
So now what is to be done?
Thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets to display their anger and frustration at the temperament, the policies and the pronouncements of Donald Trump. While all of this is understandable and important, we must now turn our attention to the kind of organizing that will put forward policies and people at the local, state and national levels to make sure that America represents all of its people.
We can do this. Hillary Clinton received 7 million fewer votes than Barack Obama in the 2012 election. Aside from low turnout, Clinton’s poor campaigning and alienation were undoubtedly important parts of the reason for this loss. Now we see media falsely steering post-election analysis into discussion of how to reach the white working class male as if that is where her failure lay. So part of what is needed are efforts to turn the discussion toward the real issues of democracy that have largely been obscured and avoided. Topping this discussion is surely the issue of economic justice, an issue to which Secretary Clinton offered nothing new.
Our main point here, however, is that there is work to be done over the next two years-between now and the mid-term elections-that will shape the Congress, and local and state offices. Indeed, in the final analysis, when we talk about what impacts our lives day-to-day, it is the kind of decision-making at this level that most immediately affects us. Legislators at the state level, for example, drive voter suppression.
Police violence, to give another example, will not be contained until we who are most affected by it gain the levers of power to restrain and end it. And, at a higher level, we have the numbers to end Republican control of the Congress and to put fear into those who do manage to retain their seats. The energy we see on the streets in protest can be most effectively used at the grassroots in the kind of day-to-day organizing that uproots the old order in cities, counties and parishes. This is difficult but necessary work.
Anger is understandable but not sufficient to generate the kinds of changes that are needed; or to mobilize the kind of effort that is needed now. We want to repeat and emphasize what we think is urgently needed: hard, diligent grassroots work; the kind of organizing that will put forward policies and people at the local, state and national levels to make sure that America represents all of its people-the kind of deep community organizing that we of SNCC and the Freedom Movement engaged in to defeat Jim Crow segregation and win voting rights for people of color across the nation.
We can change state legislatures, and city councils, and congressional seats. We acknowledge that this will not resolve every issue confronting us. And the very large question of how best to hold accountable people we put into office through our work, remains. But we can put fear into the minds of those like Trump and his cohorts who think they have been mandated to start this country down a road leading to what amounts to fascism.
November 22, 2016
Washington, DC
SNCC Legacy Project
[email protected]
www.sncclegacyproject.org“
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