"For it is in giving that we RECEIVE."
- St. Francis of Assisi
The above is PARTICULARLY true when you donate to
80-20's SELF, Self Empowerment Long-term Fund !
In giving, you will RECEIVE from 80-20 its untiring effort to protect your rights in BIG issues,
that is many times your money's worth.
(A)
Those not having donated, please DONATE! T's
the Season! :-) For a 1st time donor, you must
click on DONATE first.
(B) Those having donated about a
year ago with a 5 year commitment, your 2nd annual donation
may be OVERDUE. Click here & go to
the green section for easy payment.
You will find the amount of your donation(s), and the date when you first
pledged.
(B1) If you prefer to send a
check, make it payable to "SELF, 80-20". Mail to
Lynn Chen-Zhang, CPA
7596 Oak Shore South
Portage, MI 49024.
7596 Oak Shore South
Portage, MI 49024.
(B2) If you use a credit card, then
following the instructions on the webpage.
How 80-20 Has Served You in BIG issues
this year.:
[1] Learning from NAACP, the
largest civil rights org. for the black community:
80-20 uses the courts to incrementally strip
away the "legally sanctioned discrimination" against AsAm children. An example is the
race-preference in college admissions. 80-20 filed amicus briefs in the
Supreme Courts, helped winning the "close scrutiny"
verdict from the Supreme Court. In working with Ed Blum's
organizations, Students for Fair Admissions, a huge legal battle against
Harvard has started. Our own community is unfortunately NOT
ready to fight such legal battles. So 80-20 does effective leveraging.
[2] Learning from AIPAC, the
most powerful Jewish Am political organization: 80-20 realizes that electing AsAm candidates
can only do so much to grow our political clout. This
is particularly so when our culture
to worship officials has spoiled many of
the elected. They not only didn't serve our rightful interests but
also betrayed us. To established the much needed ACCOUNTABILITY of
elected AsAm officials to AsAms, 80-20 pointed to to former CA
Senator Leland Yee and Assemblyman Paul Fong and promised to DEFEAT
them during the 2004 elections to punish them for their betrayal in the
SCA-5 fight. Promises fulfilled.
Dire Poverty in Financial
Resources
The combined annual budget for 80-20 PAC and
Educational Foundation is $100,000. That of AIPAC is $170,000,000.
Sigh! Recall that AsAm community is relatively wealthy.
The fevor of the first generation to serve its community can NOT be passed on. After S.B. Woo and his colleagues have retired from 80-20, we must have at least $1 million/yr to keep 80-20 alive.
80-20 provides a UNIQUE service to you in BIG issues.
"In giving,
we RECEIVE". Please give to SELF to help it
reach $1 million /yr for 5 years by Oct 21, 2015, to keep 80-20 from possibly dying. SELF is 35% behind its
time-schedule. Thank you for giving.
Respectfully yours,
S. B. Woo, a volunteer
President, 80-20 Nat'l
AsAm Educational Foundation, Inc.
PS: Do you know
AsAm youngsters applying to colleges? Read this WSJ article. Better yet, forward the relevant sections
of this e-newsletters to them. :-)
