David Wu (Oregon's 1st Congressional District)
David Wu is a member of the 110th Congress representing Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Wu was sworn in for his fifth term earlier this year on January 3, 2007. Stretching from Portland to the Oregon coast, Oregon's 1st congressional district has a population of 743,195. Congressman Wu's priorities include: improving our nation's public education system and making college more affordable; growing Oregon's economy by encouraging new business investment and supporting high tech research; improving our nation's healthcare system and the Medicare prescription drug benefit; and meeting our obligation to future generations by preserving Social Security and protecting our natural environment.
David Wu was born on April 8, 1955 in Taiwan. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and has an impressive academic background that includes receiving a B.S. from Stanford University, a J.D. from Yale, and having attended Harvard Medical School. Wu is married to his wife Michelle and has two children. Wu started as a lawyer in the Portland area. His career includes a clerkship with a Federal judge in Portland, and in 1988 he co-founded the law firm Cohen & Wu. The firm served both the high technology industry and small business across Northwest Oregon. Wu is the only Chinese-American to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He currently is a member of the Executive Board for the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and served as Chair from January 2001 to January 2004. Congressman Wu is also a member of the New Democrat Coalition (NDC), a group of moderate Democrats in the House.
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...rgely in part to the emergence of Silicon Forest. The district has an extremely high level of educated people, a low unemployment rate, and a low poverty level. It is very democrat, and has a found a representative they like in David Wu, now serving his fifth term for the district. Wu is active in the house, serving on many committees and subcommittees, and he has the distinction of being the only Chinese-American to ever serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Under his service Oregon's 1st Congressional District has thrived economically, which he lists as one of his proudest accomplishments. Also, another one of his key objectives was education, the districts high school and even college graduation rate is astounding. All in all David Wu has done a great job both pleasing his constituents and making Oregon's 1st Congressional a great place to work and live.
Hung Liu was born in Changchun, China in 1948 and grew up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, when she was sent to the countryside to be “Re-educated” by the Maoist regime. She immigrated to the US in 1984 to
Introduction(refer to pages 93-94): Many people had turning points. But not everyone had an impact on their country. Feng Ru from “Father of Chinese Aviation”, Jackie Robinson from “I never had it made”, and Melba Beals from “ Warriors Don’t Cry” all faced turning points and had an impact or their country. Aviation, Baseball, and schools were not the sam always 3 people named Feng Ru, Jackie Robinson, Melba Beals all had turning points in their lifetime and had an impact on their country or society.
In a state known for its apples, and nicknamed the “Evergreen State” looms a bitter battle between Democrat Incumbent Senator Patty Murray and Representative Linda Smith (Republican) for the only U.S. Senate seat open in the state of Washington. Washington has been historically Democratic for years. But changes in the state’s economy and a low amount of challengers have led to political instability in the Evergreen State. In recent times, while the state has voted Democratic in the last three presidential elections, Washington voted Republican for president in the previous elections in the 1970’s and 1980’s. A Democrat has held the governor’s mansion since 1984. Control in the Senate, House, and state legislature is split. In 1994, Washington’s House delegation shifted more than any other state’s, with six of nine seats moving from Democrats to Republican. Conservative Republicans maintained their dominance in these same races in 1996. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is one of three women elected in 1992 (“The Year of the Woman”) who is seeking re-election this year. Murray ran her campaign in 1992 with the slogan “Mom in tennis shoes.” Born on October 11th, 1950, Sen. Murray began her bout in politics as an educator running for the Shoreline School Board. She won the position and was on the school board from 1983-1989. Sen. Murray ran and won the Washington State Senate seat from 1989-1993.
Vincent Chin was a Chinese American man who was a hard worker trying his best to create a better life for himself and his family. He was brought to the US by his adoptive parents.
Bruce Dawe is strongly opposed to consumerism, as shown through his poem, Americanized. The poem is written in a predominantly bitter and ironic tone. The title itself is ironic. Bruce Dawe is Australian and has spelled the title using American spelling rather than Australian spelling, with the ‘s’ being replaced by a ‘z’.
Tsai, Shan-Shan Henry. The Chinese Experience in America. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1986.
Giving each voter a specific representative is extremely important. Doing so helps to encourage constituency service by providing voters with an easily identifiable “ombudsman.” Voters feel like they are well represented and can go to their congressman (or whoever their representative may be) with questions and requests, and their representative will understand them because he or she is “one of them.” Having a specific representative also helps people to avoid the worry that they don’t have any say in who governs them. Likewise, more individuals will tend to vote because people are voting for an actual person rather than a group or a party.
Sheryl WuDunn is a multi-faceted third generation Chinese American who was born November 16, 1959 in New York City. She holds several degrees from distinguished Universities such as, Cornell, Harvard and Princeton. She is a best selling author, journalist, educator, lecturer, international women’s rights advocate and business executive.
Thomas, S. & Welch, S. (1991). The Impact of Gender on Activities and Priorities of State Legislators. Western Political Quarterly, 44, 445-456.
...rnments and councils. As stated before, San Francisco is home to over 30 percent of Asian Americans in which are represented in 5 out of the 11 city’s district chair and mayors office. Meanwhile cities such as Cupertino and Fremont in the South bay, serve as political hubs for political incorporation by Asian Americans due to a extensive network of Asian American community-based organizations that cultivate and support Asian American candidates through political action at the local and state levels. As California continues to grow and become more ethnically diverse , it will be important for Asian Americans to build coalition in order to have a bright future. The Asian American sin the Bay Area now serves as a Dream for many Asians Americans areas in other parts of the nation. Asian American political incarnation is possible and the Bay Area is the golden goal.
Women in Mongolia were treated fairly under the rule of Chinggis Khan, especially compared to other cultures in this era. Women were crucial to the survival of Mongolian society; they had jobs, they were warriors, they were leaders, and they had to raise their children. Women were liberated in Mongolia. They had many more rights than women of other empires, such as Persia and China, and their opinions were far more respected.
Keith, Zak. “Anti-Chinese USA: Racism and Discrimination from the Onset” Zac Keith. 2009. Web. 5 May 2014.
Sijue Wu was made an instructor at an institute located in new york. She became a member at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1992. then she became the assistant professor at Northwestern University for four years. She was promoted to associate professor at Iowa in 1998.Sijue Wu is making a lot of money. She currently has $1.6 million.
On November 23, 1926, in a remote village in southern India, Sai Baba was born and given the family name of Satyanarayana Raju. He was one of the person born for success. Many stories began that after Sathya was born, strange "miracles" were beginning to occur. His was different from the children around him, and his actions and behaviors were obviously very strange. He was a vegetarian, unlike the rest of his family. He lived opposite his parents in a way that his life was nothing like theirs.