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AAGEN News
Click below to see photos of one recent event where Navy bid farewell to Xin Qi and Navy 4 star admiral Mullen expressed his condolence to Xin Qi's parents. The pictures were taken by LCDR Karen Eifert, PAO. Xin Qi was a medical corpsman died in Afghanistan operation. Two other 3 star admirals also attended. AAGEN takes an exception to share these photos as they represent our deep sadness and admiration for Xin Qi and many of our Asian Pacific Americans who gave their ultimate sacrifice to our beloved country. The photos showed Xin Qi received high honor and respect from Navy. In addition to the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff attending and presenting the Flag to the parents, VADMs Debbink and Robinson and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Garcia also attended. A tremendously honorable tribute to Xin Qi.
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Secretary Shinseki receives JAVA's COURAGE, HONOR, PATRIOTISM award...
Dr. Simon Liu, AAGEN Board member and Chair of the Membership Committee, was promoted to a leadership role. Click the link below to get the official announcement.
AAGEN announces its 2010 Scholarship Program. Please click the "read more" link below.
AAGEN Met OPM Deputy Director
Yesterday [Monday, November 23, 2009], AAGEN participated in an extraordinary meeting with the new Deputy Director of OPM, Ms. Christine Griffin, to explore ways OPM can accelerate the progress of AAPIs' representation across all levels of government. Representing AAGEN were Sharon Wong (Vice Chair), Tommy Hwang (Outreach Chair), Carson Eoyang (Executive Committee member) and I. Other APA organizations in attendance included APAICS, OCA, APIASF, NAPABA, CAPAL, AAJC and JACL. It was a very frank and constructive sharing of views and suggestions that helped Ms. Griffin understand the concerns and disappointments of AAPIs in government service. In the two hour meeting (originally scheduled for one hour), we covered a wide range of topics including last year's EEOC Report on AAPIs in federal service, building diverse career pipelines and succession plans, streamlining federal hiring procedures, more open entry level programs, and better reporting of demographic statistics across all agencies. We are highly encouraged that not only is OPM finally taking federal workforce diversity seriously but that the Administration is willing to include AAGEN and other AAPI affinity groups in the transformation of our civil service into a 21st century corps of dedicated professionals. AAGEN members Stuart Ishimaru and Mark Wong were also at the meeting representing EEOC interests.
Go to "Announcements" to a story on our Membership Event, October 28.
Calling All Volunteers!
The Chair, Yann King, and new Executive Director, James Meng, want to put you to work for AAGEN. We only need a few hours a month to help with planning and executing our wonderful programs, supporting some of our daily operations needs, and producing our premier leadership conference and banquet in the spring.
Contact us to get involved -- 202-558-7499 or go to "Contact Us".
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AAGEN Among Top 25 Asian American Professional Groups...
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