http://new.livestream.com/usinterior/WHIAAPI
http://www.ed.gov/edblogs/aapi/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month-2014/
On behalf of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), we invite you to join us for our Opening Ceremony on Tuesday, May 6 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm ET, in DOI’s Yates Auditorium in Washington D.C., where we will kick off the month of May with live performances, special guests and speakers, and remarks from Administration officials. The Opening Ceremony is a free event and open to all. Yates Auditorium does have a food and beverage restriction, therefore no food and beverage will be served.
Opening Ceremony Schedule
Doors open 8:00 am | Program begins 9:00 am
Master of Ceremonies: Gautam Raghavan, Advisor, White House Office on Public Engagement
Opening Chant
Welcome Remarks
Kiran Ahuja, Executive Director, White House Initiative on AAPIs
Performance
George Yamazawa Jr. | Spoken Word
Swearing-In Ceremony of the President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs
Daphne Kwok, President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs
Chris Kang, Senior Counsel, White House
Swearing in by Sri Srinivasan, United States Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Tung Nguyen, President’s Advisory Commission on AAPIs
Remarks
Rhea Suh, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior
Performance
Maxie Moua | Spoken Word
“I Am Beyond” Panel
DJ Yoon, National Korean American Service & Education Consortium
Maulik Pancholy, Actor
Helen Zia, Activist and Journalist
Mary A.Y. Okada, Guam Community College
Moderated by Konrad Ng, Smithsonian
Performance
Kama Hopkins | Musical Performance
Remarks
Congresswoman Judy Chu, U.S. House of Representatives
Remarks
Vice President Joe Biden
Closing Remarks
Chris Lu, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor
Performance
Mike Song & KRNFX | Dance and Beatbox
