Path-breaking conference will discuss Hindu prayer incident, nuclear deal,
outsourcing, and 'Macaca' incident
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Indian American
Leadership Initiative (IALI) will host the first Indian American Democratic
Dialogue (Dialogue) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS) on Friday, August 3, and Saturday, August 4. This path-breaking
conference marks the first time that Indian-American Democratic elected
officials, candidates, political appointees, policymakers, consultants, and
fundraisers have gathered to discuss politics and policy. Among the
expected topic of discussions are the Hindu prayer incident, nuclear deal,
outsourcing, and "Macaca" slur from the United States Senate race in
Virginia.
Founded in 2001, IALI is a non-federal 527 that seeks to connect,
promote, and invest in Indian American Democrats. For more information,
visit http://www.ialeadership.com. The Indian-American community is one of
the fastest-growing, wealthiest, and best-educated immigrant groups in the
United States. There are 42,000 Indian-American physicians. Over fifteen
percent of Silicon Valley's start-up firms are owned by Indian-Americans.
And, Indian- Americans own half of the economy lodge sector and
thirty-seven percent of all hotels.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, August 3
8:45 a.m. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Rep.
Joseph Crowley (D-NY), and Rep. Nick Lampson deliver opening
remarks.
9:30 a.m. Sen. Harry Reid's national security advisor Rich Verma, USINPAC
founder Sanjay Puri; and House Committee on Foreign Affairs
staff member Manpreet Singh Anand discuss U.S.-India foreign
policy issues.
11 a.m. Long Beach City Council Member Suja Lowenthal, District of
Columbia Chief Technology Officer Vivek Kundra and Assistant to
the New York City Human Resource Commissioner Udai Tambar
discuss Indian American local issues.
12:15 p.m. Georgetown University Law Center professor Neal Katyal delivers
keynote address
1:30 p.m. House of Delegates Majority Leader Kumar Barve (D-MD) and State
Rep. Swati Dandekar (D-IA) discuss Indian Americans and state
legislative issues.
2:45 p.m. South Asian American Leaders for Tomorrow executive director
Deepa Iyer, National Federation of Indian-Americans President
Rajen Anand, Indian American Political Forum for Education
President Ravi Sakhuja, Association of American Physicians from
India Vice President Vinod Shah, and Immigration Voice Vice
President Sivakanth Mundru discuss Indian-American grassroots
mobilization efforts
4:15 p.m. New Jersey Transportation Secretary Kris Kolluri, Virginia.
Technology Secretary Aneesh Chopra, and former New York
Solicitor General Preeta Bansal discuss policy trends affecting
Indian Americans.
Saturday, August 4
9:30 a.m. DGA communications director Mona Mohib, DCCC Indo-American
Council Chair Ro Khanna, Indian-American Forum for Political
Education President-Elect Yogi Chugh and Campaign for America's
Future communications director Toby Chaudhuri discuss the
Indian American community and Democratic politics.
11 a.m. State Rep. Raj Goyle (D-KS), State Rep. Jay Goyal (D-OH), DGA
political director Raghu Devaguptapu, former Ohio Attorney
General candidate Subodh Chandra, former Georgia Secretary of
State candidate Shyam Reddy and former Arizona State Treasurer
candidate Rano Singh discuss running for state office.
1:30 p.m. India Abroad editor Aziz Haniffa, ABC Digital News Producer
Nitya Venkataraman, and Sepia Mutiny blogger Anna John discuss
media coverage of Indian American politics.
3 p.m. DNC Indo-American Leadership Council co-chair Shekar
Narasimhan, DNC At-Large Member Kamil Hasan, Hillary Clinton
for President fundraiser Reshma Saujani, John Kerry finance
committee member Samir Desai, and John Edwards for President
finance committee member Shi Shailendra discuss fundraising for
candidates and the Democratic Party.
4:45 p.m. KPMG Federal Relations director Priya Dayananda, Mammen Group
president Anil Mammen, Monument Group Principal Kathy Kulkarni,
Dewey Square Group Associate Anu Rangappa and The Bonner Group
Vice President Bhavna Pandit discuss policy issues facing
Indian Americans from the lobbyist and political consultant
perspective.
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Related links:
http://www.ialeadership.com
CONTACT:
Toby Chaudhuri, +1-978-884-8626, Jay
Chaudhuri, +1-919-423-5281, both of Indian American Leadership
Initiative
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