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The AAPI’s Seeking Biblical Values and Social Justice Conference:

Date: October 12-13, 2012
Time: Friday = 6:30PM “Check-Ins/Registrations” / 7:00PM Program Start // Saturday = 8:00AM “Breakfast & Check-Ins” / 9:00AM Program Start
Location: Union Church of Los Angeles (Little Tokyo)
Cost:
- $25 (Group Rate - 5 or more)
- $25 (Students by October 10th)
- $30 (Early Bird by September 30th)
- $40 (By October 10th), registration includes a continental breakfast and lunch for Saturday
Sponsorship: Available ranging from $200 to $500 and up (includes two free admissions to the entire conference)

Highlights:

• Keynote Speaker: Rev. Jim Wallis, bestselling Christian author, renowned speaker, a champion of Christian social justice work for over 40 years and president of Sojourners.
• Response Panel: Ken Fong, senior pastor of Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles; Diane Ujiiye, community activist; Vaka Feletau, community activist; and James Kang, founding editor of SUBTLE magazine.
• Pastors’ Luncheon with Rev. Jim Wallis: A time for our special guest to hear from our AAPI leaders - limited to AAPI Pastors OR Non-Profit Leaders AND $55 registration required
• Musical Performance: Jason Chu, rapper and spoken word poet

Workshops Schedule (Saturday 10/13):

10:15 AM — WORKSHOP SESSION #1

• Are We Still a Family? Exploring How the Church Can Deal with LGBT Members – Rev. Ken Fong & Rev. Nori Ochi
• Is Ending Homelessness Just a Dream? How Faith Groups can End a Nightmarish Social Problem – Joel Roberts & Rev. Eliu Lafo
• 
Practicing Faithful Activism – Zach Hoover & Diane Ujiiye
• Race, Culture, and the Asian American Church – Rev. Kevin Doi & Rev. Erin Hamilton

1:00 PM — WORKSHOP SESSION #2

• Have I got a Proposition for You!  An Examination of the 2012 Statewide Ballot Initiatives – Rev. Misipouena Tagaloa & Lawrence Joe – Sanctuary Overflow Room
• The Motherless Church? AAPI Identity and Gender – Rev. Lynette Fuka & Rev. Young Lee Hertig
• Organizing for the Right to DREAM: AAPIs and the Immigrant Youth Movement –
• Stewart Kwoh, Anthony Ng, & Sophia Campos
• 
Race, Culture, and the Asian American Church – Rev. Kevin Doi & Rev. Erin Hamilton

2:30 PM — WORKSHOP SESSION #3

• 
Are We Still a Family? Exploring How the Church Can Deal with LGBT Members – Rev. Ken Fong & Rev. Nori Ochi
• The Budget is a Moral Document – Mark Tajima & Amy Phillips
• **This workshop will reserve time to address issues of healthcare.
• Gaga, Gangnam Style, and the Gospel: Justice in a Youtube Culture – Jason Chu
• Have I got a Proposition for You!  An Examination of the 2012 Statewide Ballot Initiatives – Rev. Misipouena Tagaloa & Lawrence Joe – Sanctuary Overflow Room

Conference Schedule

Friday (October 12)

• 1:00—3:30 PM Pastors’ Lunch with Rev. Wallis at Union Church
• 6:30 PM Doors Open and Registration/ Check-in Begins
• 7:00 PM Welcome—Bill Watanabe
• Keynote Address by Rev. Jim Wallis
• 8:00 PM AAPI Perspectives Response Panel (Diane Ujiiye, community activist, James Kang, editor of SUBTLE Magazine, Rev. Ken Fong, Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles, Vaka Faletau, community activist)
• 8:30 PM Q&A
• 9:00 PM Book Signing*

*Rev. Wallis’ books will be available for purchase by Cokesbury Books on Friday and Saturday (All titles will sell for $15)

• Rediscovering values: On Main Street, Wall Street, and Your Street [2010]
• God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It [2005]
• The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America [2008]

Saturday (October 13)

• 8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
• 9:00 AM Worship in song with Scott Kushigemachi
• 9:15 AM Keynote by Bill Watanabe and John Teter, “Faith Works”
• 10:15 AM Workshop #1 Session*
• 11:30 AM Lunch, Social Hall
• 12:15 PM Performance by Jason Chu, hip-hop artist
• 1:00 PM Workshop #2 Session*
• 2:30 PM Workshop #3 Session*
• 3:55 PM Closing Prayer

Asian & Pacific Islander Christians for Social Justice (API-CSJ), a network of API Christians from the Southern California area, is organizing and hosting this conference.

For more information on the conference, to get involved, or to become a sponsor of the event, contact the conference at apisjchristians@gmail.com.