You are invited to a symposium celebrating the second anniversary of President Obama's White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI). UCLA will release a special issue of the AAPI Nexus Journal entitled, "Forging the Future: The Role of New Research, Data, and Policies for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders" to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment of the White House Initiative which was created on October 14, 2009, when President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13515: Increasing the Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs.

The special issue features research originally presented at a WHIAAPI convening on research and data collection in December 2010. The policy briefs in the journal address the following five sectors: Civil Rights, Economic Development (including sustainable neighborhoods), Education, Health, and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. Through the generous support and commitment to AAPI communities of our co-sponsors, complimentary copies will be available.