Monday, April 26, 2021

Real Significance of Senate Bill on Anti-Asian .....

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NY Times, WashPost, LA Times, VOA. & USA Today All Blared:

    The Senate Anti-Asian Hate-Crimes Bill passed the Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan 94-1 vote. The Bill is certain to pass the House, after amendments, if any, to become a US Law.
 
      Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer said, " ...hate and discrimination against any group has no place in America. By passing this bill, we say to the Asian-American community that their government is paying attention to them, has heard their concerns and will respond to protect them."
 
What Is the Substance in that Senate Bill?

      To establish a position at the Justice Department to expedite the agency’s review of hate crimes and expand the channels to report them.

Is That it?

    YES, Just about. There are words to the 50-states, which the federal gov. does NOT govern: "encourage the creation of state-run hate crime hotlines, provide grant money to law enforcement agencies that train their officers to identify hate crimes and introduce a series of public education campaigns around bias against people of Asian descent. " 

    Don't belittle this Senate bill, however.

The Hidden SIGNIFICANCE of This Senate Bill!!!

      If, Heavens forbid, the US and China would get into a hot war, will Chinese Americans still be interned? My answer is NO, not after all that has been said and will be said in the Senate, House, the White House and the major national media orgs. on the passage of this law, and with such a law in our books, that then could be the hidden but real SIGNIFICANCE of this bill!!!

       There could be additional significant mileage to be gained. There has never been as much attention focused on AsAms as during the last couple of months. We should work hard to use this momentum to discard our 'perpetual foreigner" image. Get involved! Get involved with the mainstream community and our political establishment. The following should help.

Do YOUR Share

      80-20 strongly suggests that YOU urge your governor and Congress-person to support this Senate Bill. We suggest the following short message, aimed to convey a sense of "let's win together." If you want use your own words, it'll be so much better.

"Dear Governor/Congress-person:

      I urge you to support the Senate "Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill" regarding its specific requests to the 50-states. If you are not familiar with that bill, please ask your staff to look into it. The political leaders of Asian nations today are not stupid. They'll never be enthused about American world leadership and/or doing business with our great State so long as they know that Asians who are US citizens still face severe hate crimes." Give your name, city and state.

      To email and/or phone your governor, please 1) click here and 2) place your state’s name at the window. 
 
      To email and/or phone your congressperson, please 1) click here and 2) put in your zip code. 

     After you've done your share, reply to this e-newsletter and add "DID IT"on the subject line. We need to keep each other informed. Thanking you in anticipation,

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S. B. Woo
President and a volunteer for the past 22 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)

We gratefully acknowledge:
James M. Tien, Coral Gables, FL who upon fulfilling his first $5,000 per year for 5 years will pledge another $5,000 per year for 5 years! What a role model.
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Monday, April 19, 2021

46 corporations match your donation to EF

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When you donated to 80-20, did you ask your company to match your donation? Many companies will match your donation, even if it was made many months ago. If your company is not on this list, please APPLY. THANK YOU.


Corporate Match Programs

The following 46 companies match their employees' donations to 80-20 Educational Foundation, a 501 c3 org.

  1. ableBanking
  2. Adobe
  3. Allstate
  4. Allstate Foundation
  5. American Express
  6. Amgen
  7. Amylin Pharmaceutical LLC
  8. Apple
  9. AT&T
  10. Bank of America
  11. Baxalta
  12. Benevity
  13. BMS Foundation
  14. Boeing
  15. Bristol-Myers Squibb
  16. Charities Aid Foundation America
  17. CyberGrants
  18. EOG Resources
  19. FMC Technologies
  20. FrontDoor
  21. GE Foundation
  22. GE United Way
  23. Genetech, Inc.
  24. General Electrics
  25. GoodDoneGreat.com
  26. Google
  27. Illinois Tool Works
  28. Johnson & Johnson
  29. JP Morgan Chase Foundation
  30. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  31. Merck
  32. Microsoft
  33. Millennium
  34. Monsanto
  35. Morgan Stanley
  36. Novartis US Foundation
  37. Prudential
  38. Qualcomm
  39. RBC Capital
  40. Rockefeller Foundation
  41. Saba Capital Management
  42. Sana Capital
  43. TE Connectivity
  44. TI Foundation
  45. TripAdvisor
  46. Verizon

Political Cohesiveness
 
    52 supporters donated $80.20 to Sen. Duckworth in response to 80-20's urging. But more than 2/3 of them didn't tell 80-20 about their donations, although we explicitly requested a notice. For a small and weak community like the AsAms to have political clout, we must have political cohesiveness. That is,

             80-20's right hand (the one interacting with political establishment)
           must know what its left hand (the one getting feedback from our
           supporters) is doing! 

       Progress! Yesterday, Andrew Li, Mountain View, CA emailed me : "Dear Lt. Gov. Woo: I've just started monthly donation of $80.20 to Sen. Duckworth's reelection campaign, to end on November 2022. Cheers. Andrew Li". Andrew was adding 20 more $80-20 donations and took the time to tell 80-20.
 
      Great support and wonderful cohesiveness. Together, we shall overcome.

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S. B. Woo
President and a volunteer for the past 22 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)
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Monday, April 12, 2021

Big Progress Under 80-20 Leadership

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(1) College Admissions
 
      Look at the progress!
 
      Harvard Gazette: "The Class of 2025 reflects the increasing diversity of the College’s applicants, with 18 percent identifying as African American/Black, 27.2 percent as Asian American, 13.3 percent as Latinx, 1.2 percent as Native American, and 0.6 percent as Native Hawaiian. Women account for more than half, 52.9 percent, of all those accepted to the class.” (emphasis added).
 
     10 years ago, when 80-20 first spoke up, Harvard admitted 17.8% Asian-Americans. To verify click here, and scroll down to Harvard Univ., 3rd paragraph. Our collective effort has increased Harvard's admission rate of AsAms by 53%. AsAm liberals should feel ashamed and wake up. They were defending Harvard even when Harvard was admitting just 17.8% AsAm students. Reject those AsAm liberals who betray our Children's equal opportunity in education.

    We didn't do it alone. Ed Blum, who leads SFFA to sue Harvard in courts, deserves our thanks. 80-20 EF annually contributes $10,000.00 to SFFA and is in close contact with Blum. When 80-20 doesn't have the resources to fight Harvard on its own, 80-20 seeks out great allies to do it together for YOU.

 
(2) Political Cohesiveness

      49 80-20 supporters, not 16, each donated $80.20 to Sen. Duckworth, as was verified by Duckworth's campaign. So many of YOU responded to 80-20's appeal! That is political cohesiveness.
 
      In addition, 80-20 Empowerment PAC donated $8,020.00. Together, we thank Duckworth for inducing Pres. Biden to "appoint a senior level AAPI liaison at the White House who will ensure the community’s voice is further represented and heard.”
 
      But, but, but!!! 2/3 of those 49 donors forgot 80-20's request to tell 80-20 after their donations had been made. For 80-20 to serve YOU well, we must know the amount of our possible influence - the influence of having delivered 16 donors OR that of having delivered 49. The latter is 3 times bigger!!! 

    We still need to WORK ON our political cohesiveness to maximize our
political clout.

(3) SELF-Help! SELF-Empowerment !

      Everything begins with SELF-empowerment! 
 
      Here is a good example. Hate crimes against AsAms usually occur where there are a lot of nearby AsAms. Hence, if EVERY Asian will ALWAYS take the following smart step to stop hate crimes against his/her fellow AsAms, hate crimes will be stopped.

      What you need to do is very simple. If the hate crime you are witnessing is occurring at a crowded place like the subway or a busy street, you yell "STOP!" or "Call the police!" and encourage people near you to do the same.

       80-20's $200,000 grant to seed Community Watch Teams in AsAm ethnic communities - another measure of SELF-Help - is still available. To apply, click here and go to section [B].

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S. B. Woo
President and a volunteer for the past 22 years
80-20 Educational Foundation, Inc, a 501 C-3 organization,
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (1985-89)
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