Nominate a White House Champion of Change for AAPI Art and Storytelling

The White House is honoring artists and advocates as part of AAPI Heritage Month.



Do you know an artist or advocate whose work has highlighted the unique experiences of AAPIs and brought attention to the pressing issues facing our community? Nominate them as a Champion of Change!

This year, as part of AAPI Heritage Month, the White House will honor Champions of Change for AAPI art and storytelling who have raised the visibility of diverse AAPI experiences and created dialogue and awareness around key issues of our community, and encouraging diversity and inclusion in all sectors of society.

Here are Jason Tengco and Doua Thor of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders putting the call out for Champions of Change for AAPI art and storytelling:

Obama nominates Jane Chu to chair National Endowment for the Arts

Dr. Chu serves as president of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City

This week, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Dr. Jane Chu, President and CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, as the next Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Obama to pick Kansas City's Jane Chu to lead National Endowment for the Arts

Chu, a veteran arts administrator, has held her current position with the Kauffman Center since 2006. As chair of the NEA, which has been without a permanent director for more than a year, she would oversee the federal funding of cultural organizations and programs that increase access to the arts.

Here's some more on Dr. Chu's background:

Nominate an artist for the 2013 Wai Look Award

Nominate an Asian American leader in New York City working for the advancement of the arts.



The Asian American Arts Alliance in New York is seeking nominations for the 2013 Wai Look Award for Outstanding Service in the Arts. The award, now in its third year and presented to a NYC-based Asian American leader in the arts, is a tribute to Wai Look, a former Alliance board member who passed away when she was very young. Here's some more information about Wai Look and the Award:

president obama to nominate gary locke as ambassador to china

ABC News is reporting that President Obama intends to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next United States Ambassador to China: President Obama Will Nominate Commerce Secretary Locke as US Ambassador to China.

Secretary Locke is already a pioneer in U.S. politics as the first Chinese American to be Secretary of Commerce and the first Chinese American state governor (of Washington). If confirmed, he would be the first Chinese American Ambassador to the People's Republic of China: