Rising Stars: Educating Asian American Women for Politics
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March 21-22, 2025 at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
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CAWP, together with a steering committee of Asian American women leaders, sponsors Rising Stars: Educating Asian American Women for Politics, a preconference session of the Ready to Run® Campaign Training for Women. Rising Stars participants attend a half-day session that targets issues of particular interest to Asian American women running for political office. Rising Stars participants then attend Ready to Run® to learn about the nuts and bolts of working on a campaign.
Ready to Run® offers a unique opportunity for potential women candidates to hear directly from prominent elected and appointed leaders, campaign consultants, and party officials about how to get Ready to Run. Topics covered include fundraising, navigating the political parties, working with the media, and developing a campaign plan. More details on Ready to Run®.
Rising Stars Steering Committee
(Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.)
| Azra Baig Member, South Brunswick Board of Education |
Arati Sadalge Kreibich, PhD Director, Democracy Organizing, New Jersey Working Families Alliance |
| Cecilia Xie Birge Former Mayor, Montgomery Township |
Rupande Mehta |
| Jannie Chung Councilwoman, Borough of Closte |
Thuy Anh Le Former Member, Hillsborough Township Board of Education |
| Ludi Hughes President and Founder, Asian American Chamber of Commerce |
Toral Patel |
| S. Nadia Hussain Co-Founder, Bangladeshi American Women's Development Initiative |
Cheryl Quinio-Blodgett Filipino American Political Action Committee |
| Tina Liu Jen Morris County Human Relations Commission and 80-20 Initiative of New Jersey |
Sapana Shah Councilwoman, Township of Edison |
| Khyati Y. Joshi Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Jean Trujillo Member, Hillsborough Township Board of Education |
| Uyen "Winn" Khuong Executive Director, Action Together New Jersey |