VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF GUAM JOINS PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL TO DISCUSS KEY POLICY ISSUES FOR THE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY
On Saturday, June 27 at 3 PM ET, former Vice President Joe Biden and Eddie Baza Calvo, Trump campaign surrogate and Former Governor of Guam will join Congresswoman Judy Chu, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) organizers and community leaders for a presidential town hall about the policy issues important to the AANHPI community. The Trump and Biden campaigns will address key topics related to health care, discrimination, and racism in America, immigration, and safeguarding the economy during the pandemic in two separate, moderated discussions. Amna Nawaz, PBS NewsHour senior national correspondent, and Vicky Nguyen, NBC News Investigative & Consumer Correspondent will moderate.
In presidential battleground states and in state and local races across the country, AANHPI voters are poised to play a pivotal role in the 2020 elections. Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic population in the country, with the electorate expected to double between 2015 and 2040, from 5.9 million eligible voters to 12.2 million. The town hall is co-produced by the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and is organized by Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote), a nonpartisan voter mobilization organization, and is the keystone event of APIAVote’s annual National AAPI Leadership Summit. It is the fourth presidential town hall the group has hosted and provides a rare opportunity for candidates to speak directly to the AANHPI community about the issues that impact them.
Who
- Joe Biden, former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee
- Eddie Baza Calvo, Trump campaign surrogate and Former Governor of Guam
- Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), Chair, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
- Amna Nawaz, PBS NewsHour senior national correspondent and primary substitute anchor (moderator)
- Vicky Nguyen, NBC News Investigative & Consumer Correspondent (moderator)
How to stream
The event will be available to stream online via APIAVote’s Facebook page, on NBCNews.com, NBC Asian America, and on NBC News’ Facebook and Twitter accounts, on the PBS Newshour’s Facebook, and the WORLD Channel’s Facebook Live account.
We will also have simultaneous interpretation
Why Tune In?
Asian Americans are the nation’s fastest-growing population. It is imperative that we show the power of our communities and actively shape our democracy. Since 2008, the Presidential Town Hall has served as a forum for AAPIs to push for AAPI issues to be addressed and is one of the few spaces geared specifically for candidates to speak directly to AAPIs, about AAPIs.
WHEN: Saturday, June 27th at 3 PM ET.
WHERE: Online on Facebook
Visit apiavote.org/townhall for more information.