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Press Releases

• 2/3/05 A First Time Gathering of the Commonwealth's Asian & Pacific Groups in Richmond to Meet Legislators & State Officials and Be Recognized
• 4/22/04 CAPAVA to Host Virginia Asian Advisory Board's Public Forum in Northern Virginia During Asian Heritage Month
• 12/4/03 CAPAVA is pleased with the first meeting of the Virginia Asian Advisory Board
• 6/18/03 Formation of a Virginia-Wide Pan-Asian Organization: The Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans of Virginia (CAPAVA) (HTML / PDF)

News Articles

• 4/01/06 Giving APAs Their Rightful Place: A Leader Emerges
• 9/25/05 Panel: Education, Voting Among Issues of Concern for VA Asians
• 08/05/05 VA APAs Flex Muscle with 2005 Candidates' Forum
• 06/09/05 Virginia's Exit Poll Survey Profiles Asian Americans; Report Highlights June 9 Event
• 02/04/05 Asian-Americans in VA Seek More Political Clout (Richmond Times Dispatch)
• 5/16/04 VA Asian-Americans seek political clout
• 11/09/03 Winners Tip Hats to Immigrants
• 11/03 The Pinoy Vote
• 12/05/02 Vietnamese Americans beginning to flex political muscle
• 11/02 Ethnic Voters Gear Up For November 2002 Elections

Community News

• 11/04/03 Ilryong Moon, a Korean American, won election as one of three at-large members of the Fairfax County School Board in November 2003, receiving a total of 79,047 votes. He previously won election and served as Fairfax County School Board Member representing Braddock District 1995-1999. He lost re-election as School Board member and then served as Fairfax County Planning Commissioner (At-Large) 2000-2003. Mr. Moon is a partner of the law firm of Moon, Park & Associates. He received a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from William & Mary Law School.

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Gov. Mark Warner's APA Reception
APA Leaders taking a picture