Workshop Session 1

Redistricting 2011: Strategies for Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

This workshop will present an overview of recent developments expected to impact the 2011 redistricting process, in particular the ability of minority communities to have fair representation. The workshop will also examine what strategies are available to minority communities to protect against vote dilution, in light of recent United States Supreme Court voting rights decisions. Also, the workshop will look back at past redistrictings, including the 2001 redistricting in California, and examine how advocates should consider changing the strategies they used in 2001.

Speakers:

Daniel Ichinose
Project Director, Demographic Research, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Eugene Lee (Workshop Moderator)
Project Director, Voting Rights, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Catherine McCully
Chief of Census Redistricting Data Office, United States Census Bureau
Nancy Ramirez
Western Regional Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Leland Saito
Associate Professor of Sociology and American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California