Thank you. Thank you. Yesterday, those
who know the essential value of 80-20, poured in with an
incredible $35,000 in lump sum over 5 years.
Our heroes and heroines? Many!
Principal Hero: Professor
Mu-ming Poo of UC, Berkeley. He is the Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Biology in the
Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology.
He donated $10,000 in lump sum earlier.
Yesterday, in addition, he donated $5,000 per year for 5 year. Just that is
the equivalent of $25,000 over 5 years. He helped 80-20 achieve its one-day-goal of
besting the $24,000, raised in one day, established 2 days ago.
Many of our community's rich and powerful
don't identify with the Asian American community any more. What a shame! America may look at
such folks and silently mull: "If these folks can so heartlessly
UN-identify themselves with their own people, could they just as easily UN-identify themselves with the USA,
when their self-interests suit them?"
Professor Mu-ming Poo*,world
renowned as he is, cares about Asian Ams who are struggling to win equal opportunity. Just
that outlook, perhaps more than his donation, benefits our community greatly.
On the above happy note,
Happy Holidays, Asian
Americans.
DONATE here
till it hurts.
Bear in mind that the Jewish American AIPAC has a $67 million per year budget as
opposed to 80-20's $100,000 - a difference of 67,000%!
SB Woo
President, 80-20 Educational Foundation
A Volunteer
* Is he unique? Not quite. Alice Huang,
past Chairman and President of the AAAS, which is world's largest scientific
organization; Chenming Calvin Hu, retired Distinguished Chair professor of
electrical engineering at University of California,
Berkeley, also known as the father of 3-D transistor; and Yu-Chi Ho , who used to have TWO endowed chairs at Harvard all served
on 80-20's
Board and donated most
generously.
Published on Wednesday, 12/24/2014
