Rising Stars: Educating Asian American Women for Politics

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   C<img alt="Rising Stars participants" height="148" src="/sites/default/files/library/r2r_risingstars2.jpg" style="float:left" width="220" />AWP, together with a <a href="#committee">steering committee</a> of Asian American women leaders, sponsors <em>Rising Stars: Educating Asian American Women for Politics</em>, a preconference session of the Ready to Run<sup>®</sup> Campaign Training for Women. <em>Rising Stars </em>participants attend a half-day session that targets issues of particular interest to Asian American women running for political office.  <em>Rising Stars</em> participants then attend Ready to Run™ to learn about the nuts and bolts of working on a campaign. <br />
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   Ready to Run<sup>®</sup> offers a unique opportunity for potential women candidates to hear directly from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, and party officials about how to get Ready to Run. Topics covered include fundraising, navigating the political parties, working with the media, and developing a campaign plan.<strong> </strong>More details on Ready to Run<sup>®</sup> can be found <a href="/education_training/ready_to_run/overview" style="font-size: 1em; color: rgb(0, 98, 109);">here</a>.</p>

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Rising Stars Steering Committee</h3>

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           <em>(Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.)</em></p>

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                   Azra Baig<br />
                   Member, South Brunswick Board of Education</p>

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                   Cecilia Xie Birge<br />
                   Former Mayor, Montgomery Township</p>

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Zainab Chaudary</p>

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                   Jannie Chung<br />
                   Councilwoman, Borough of Closter</p>

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                   Ludi Hughes<br />
                   President and Founder, Asian American Chamber of Commerce</p>

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                   S. Nadia Hussain<br />
                   Co-Founder, Bangladeshi American Women's Development Initiative</p>

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                   Tina Liu Jen<br />
                   Morris County Human Relations Commission and 80-20 Initiative of New Jersey</p>

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                   Khyati Y. Joshi<br />
                   Fairleigh Dickinson University</p>

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                   Uyen "Winn" Khuong<br />
                   Executive Director, Action Together New Jersey</p>

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Rupande Mehta</p>

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                   Thuy Anh Le<br />
                   Former Member, Hillsborough Township Board of Education</p>

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Toral Patel</p>

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                   Cheryl Quinio-Blodgett<br />
                   Filipino American Political Action Committee</p>

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                   Sapana Shah<br />
                   Councilwoman, Township of Edison</p>

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                   Jean Trujillo<br />
                   Member, Hillsborough Township Board of Education</p>
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Questions? </h3>

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               Contact Pooja Prabhakaran at (848) 932-8566 or <a href="mailto:pprabha@eagleton.rutgers.edu">pprabha@eagleton.rutgers.edu</a>.</p>
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