February 11, 2005

Los Angeles Mayoral Candidates Debate
Annenberg Auditorium, 2:00 pm
The USC Asian Pacific American Student Services office, New California Media, Asian Pacific American Policy and Planning Council, and USC Annenberg present a forum for major candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles. The event will focus on issues of interest to the Asian Pacific American community and will be covered by local ethnic media. Confirmed candidates include councilmembers Antonio Villaraigosa and Bernard Parks as well as State Senator Richard Alarcon. Media panelists are Jose Luis Sierra, Assistant Managing Editor/News of La Opinion and Robert Wheaton, editor of Carib Press (the only newspaper to cover the Caribbean community in Southern California). Community Organization panelists are Angelica Salas, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of LA (CHIRLA); and Hamid Khan, A3PCON/South Asian Network. Moderators are Tritia Toyota and Janet Choi (KTLA).


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