Clinton, Obama, McCain to Address Thousands of Asian Americans at Town Hall Forum Today

With Thousands Of Asian American Voters Gathered And Logged In, Presidential Candidates To Make Their Pitch

IRVINE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will address thousands of Asian American voters by satellite and teleconference on Saturday. More than 2000 Asian American leaders and activists will gather across the country to discuss solutions to problems facing their community with all the major presidential candidates. Participants plan to gather in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan, Colorado, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, Massachusetts and throughout California.

The presidential town hall, sponsored by APIAVote, is historic for Asian Americans who represent the fastest growing minority group in the U.S. Studies show that almost one in five US-born Asian-American voters have donated to a political campaign, larger than any other racial community. More importantly, as a bloc, their votes could make a decisive impact on nearly one in four congressional races this year.

APIAVOTE PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008

*All Times Pacific*

4 p.m. Sen. Hillary Clinton addresses thousands of Asian American
voters and answers questions via satellite. Sen. Clinton will
be introduced by Calif. State Controller John Chiang.

4:30 p.m. Sen. John McCain addresses thousands of Asian American voters
and answers questions by teleconference. Sen. McCain will be
introduced by Calif. State Assemblyman Van Tran.

5 p.m. Sen. Barack Obama addresses thousands of Asian American voters
and answers questions by teleconference. Sen. Obama will be
introduced by Rep. Xavier Becerra.

**NOTE: The event will stream live on http://www.imdiversity.com/townhall.asp and
town hall and local events across the country, please visit www.apiavote.org

or http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5321/t/1874/event/distributedEvent.jsp?dis

tributed_event_KEY=13 (Due to length of URL, please copy and paste into your

browser).**

Public events are scheduled in the following locations:

--Berkeley, Calif.
--Irvine, Calif.
--Santa Barbara, Calif.
--Denver, Colo.
--North Miami, Fla.
--Chicago, Ill.
--Boston, Mass.
--Southfield, Mich.
--Edison, N.J.
--Columbus, Ohio
--Philadelphia, Pa.
--Houston, Texas

CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri, 978-884-8626
Naomi Tacuyan, 202-460-2644

Source: APIAVote

CONTACT: Toby Chaudhuri, +1-978-884-8626, or Naomi Tacuyan,
+1-202-460-2644, both for APIAVote

Web site: http://www.imdiversity.com/townhall.asp
http://www.apiavote.org/
http://www.passionfortruthtv.com/

2008-05-17 13:52:20 0364459 PRNEWSWIRE