white house initiative on asian americans and pacific islanders: aapi teacher recruitment and youth education roundtable

This week, the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is presenting a panel discussion on the importance of clasroom careers, part of a national campaign by the Department of Education to recruit highly qualified and more diverse teachers. It's happening Thursday, February 17, 4:00pm PT at Granada Hills Charter High School.

The panel participants will include singer/songwriters Clara Chung and David Choi; Sefa Aina of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; and Taryn Benarroch of the U.S. Dept. of Education TEACH Campaign. The event will be available for live viewing on the WHIAAPI's ustream channel. Here are some more details:

WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE ON ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS TEACH CAMPAIGN EVENT

DATE:
February 17, 2011

TIME:
4 pm

PLACE:
Granada Hills Charter High School
10535 Zelzah Ave.
Granada Hills, Calif.

LIVE STREAM:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/whitehouseaapi

Please submit questions by Twitter using hashtag #AAPITEACH or by emailing eddie.lee@ed.gov. Questions can also be submitted through the chat on ustream

PARTICIPANTS:

Sefa Aina, commissioner, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Taryn Benarroch, project director, U.S. Dept. of Education TEACH Campaign

Clara Chung, singer/songwriter and teacher

David Choi, singer/songwriter

In President Obama's most recent state of the union of address, he called America's youth to become teachers. That includes young Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. For more information about the roundtable, go to the Facebook note here. And be sure to tune into the live stream here.