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Dignitaries such as U.S. Rep. [[Nydia Velazquez]], State Assembly Speaker [[Sheldon Silver]], Comptroller [[John Liu]], State Senator [[Daniel Squadron]] and City Council member [[Margaret Chin]] came to Chinatown March 2012, to help [[Asian Americans for Equality]] celebrate its 38th anniversary. A fundraiser for more than one-thousand supporters was held at the Jing Fong restaurant on Elizabeth Street.<ref>[http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2012/03/aafe-celebrates-38-years-honors-san-francisco-mayor.html#more-57148, The Lo-Down, AAFE Celebrates 38 Years, Honors San Francisco Mayor, By Ed Litvak in Politics on March 26, 2012 12:15 pm ]</ref> | Dignitaries such as U.S. Rep. [[Nydia Velazquez]], State Assembly Speaker [[Sheldon Silver]], Comptroller [[John Liu]], State Senator [[Daniel Squadron]] and City Council member [[Margaret Chin]] came to Chinatown March 2012, to help [[Asian Americans for Equality]] celebrate its 38th anniversary. A fundraiser for more than one-thousand supporters was held at the Jing Fong restaurant on Elizabeth Street.<ref>[http://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/2012/03/aafe-celebrates-38-years-honors-san-francisco-mayor.html#more-57148, The Lo-Down, AAFE Celebrates 38 Years, Honors San Francisco Mayor, By Ed Litvak in Politics on March 26, 2012 12:15 pm ]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:17, 23 March 2013
Sheldon Silver
Asian Americans for Equality, 37th Anniversary
In March 2011, hundreds of supporters came to the Jing Fong Restaurant in Chinatown to help the prominent advocacy and housing organization, Asian Americans for Equality, celebrate its 37th anniversary. Dignitaries such as Rep. Anthony Weiner and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver addressed hundreds of invited guests as they feasted on platters bursting with lobster, whole fish and roast chicken.
Silver presented a special award to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, who last year became the first Asian woman to be elected chief executive of a major American city.[1]
Asian Americans for Equality, 38th Anniversary
Dignitaries such as U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Comptroller John Liu, State Senator Daniel Squadron and City Council member Margaret Chin came to Chinatown March 2012, to help Asian Americans for Equality celebrate its 38th anniversary. A fundraiser for more than one-thousand supporters was held at the Jing Fong restaurant on Elizabeth Street.[2]