Shout out to Santa Clara County

As an addendum to my previous post...
If you happen to be registered to vote in Santa Clara County, then please take some time to look at the candidates for the Santa Clara County Board of Education.

I'm going to take a bit of time to plug Dr. Michael Chang, professor at De Anza College and Director and Founder of the Asian Pacific American Leadership Institute. I recommend taking a good look at his candidate profile:
http://www.smartvoter.org/2010/11/02/ca/scl/vote/chang_m/

Dr. Chang is an inspiration in many ways. His achievements and contributions to the Cupertino/Bay Area community have been significant, and even more so when one considers the fact that he is a first generation Asian American. (Asian Americans tend to have lower levels of voter turnout than other racial groups, despite having higher average incomes and level of educational attainment.) As an educator and activist he has done a great deal to educate young people on the importance of civic engagement, particularly for Asian Americans. With APALI, Dr. Chang has successfully created an ever-growing network of people that that want to be engaged with the community in a variety of capacities - particularly with politics.


And to wrap things up nicely, here's Beau Sia telling you to vote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptbZ0hvbIC4