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Dear Mohinderjit:
Sut Siri Akal (a universal Sikh greeting: Lord's Truth is Eternal).
Please accept congratulations from your many friends in Sikh American and Asian American community in
Indiana on being awarded the "Pan Asian American Ping Tom Memorial Award" at the annual Asian American
Coalition of Chicago's 24th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration on March 3, 2007. This is great news for
all of us to know that the work, dedication, and service of one of our own is being recognized by the Asian
American Coalition in the Chicagoland at this glittering gala. We thank you and celebrate your success.
We cannot be with you to witness this landmark moment for you and your family but we are with you in spirit
with our excitement and joy over your personal achievement and the many successes of the Asian American
community to create a place for itself and for its vision to mainstream the talents, energy, and investment
of the new immigrant Asian communities in many profound and significant ways guided by talented leaders and
the network of support. We are proud of your commitment to this lofty vision and for leading the Sikh
Americans, and being an example for other, to step forward and be partners for the cause of One America with
its many faces, cultural textures, ideals and dreams.
Please extend our congratulations to Mrs. Saini, your children, the Sikh American community and your legions
of admirers and friends in the USA and beyond.
I am proud to let you know that I am sharing this communication and the accompanying article/press release
with the leadership of the Sikh American community, Asian American community, and with some influential and
enlightened leaders that are engaged in organizing a conference in Indianapolis to highlight the growing and
diverse multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-faith immigrant communities in the Hoosier State. Ms. Juana
Watson, Senior Liaison in the Office of the Governor of the State of Indiana is the principal organizer and
coordinator of this Initiative. I believe there are many ideas in the attached document that may be of
interest to us as we look towards this conference in late 2007 or early 2008. I wish some of us were able to
attend this colorful evening and get some helpful ideas for our efforts here.
With regards and best wishes for your continued success and service to the nation.
Kanwal Prakash "KP" Singh
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
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NRI Chicago Engineer receive prestigious
"PAN ASIAN AMERICAN PING TOM MEMORIAL"
award
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Mohinder Jeet Singh Saini, Co-Founder, Past President and Managing Director of the Punjabi Cultural Society
of Chicago received the prestigious ‘PAN ASIAN AMERICAN PING TOM MEMORIAL AWARD’ for year 2007 from Lind Yu,
Co-Anchor and Reporter, ABC 7 News in a function organized at HYATT REGENCY O’HARE-CHINESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY
on March 3rd of this year.
Apart from holding the above-mentioned seat of honor, Saini is also holding numerous other community
leaderships. Saini has served on the Program Committee of the Asian American Coalition of Chicago from 1987
to present, serving as Program Committee Chair in 1995 and 2003.
Chinese American Community was hosting the function and Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago (PCS), Sikh
American Heritage Organization (SAHO), and many other Asian American community organizations and
institutions were the co-sponsor.
Leonard M. Louie, 2007 Chair of the Asian American Coalition of Chicago said, "Our goal is to further
coalesce the Asian Pacific American community towards becoming a more vocal group, as we continue to grow in
political empowerment."
Rajinder Singh Mago from Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago expressed his views also saying, "A persistently
united voice is much more powerful and very hard to ignore for too long."
The latest Census sets the number of the Asian American population in Illinois at approx. 428,213, or 3.4%
of the whole. This function is the single largest annual event organized at the behalf of Asian American
community of Chicago.
The Guest Speaker was Ms. Laureen Ong, president of the National Geographic Channel.
Artists from Asian American community performed a special dance on the theme of ‘Our Silk Road’ especially
choreographed by Marc Rita. ‘Balle Bhangra Team’ from University of Chicago also participated and performed.
The team has also participated in PCS Bhangra and Giddha Competition 2006.
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The following nine people have been named the 2007 Community Service Award Recipients:
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Onkar Singh Sangha, Supervisor, Customer Service, United States Post Office, Oak Park, Illinois;
Member, Board of Governors, Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago, Indian American Community Awardee;
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Nadia M. Akhtar, Chief Operating Officer, RNA Corporation, Blue Island, Illinois; Active in the
community with Bolingbrook Islamic Center, Association Pakistani Americans Bolingbrook and
Pak-American Medical Center in Chicago, Pakistani American Community Awardee;
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Duc Huang, Chinese American Community Awardee;
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Francis L. Mon, Filipino American Community Awardee;
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Astrid S. Haryati, Indonesian American Community Awardee;
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Tsune Nakagawa, Japanese American Community Awardee;
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Dr. Young K. Kang, Korean American Community Awardee;
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Manoch Bhudvanbhen, Thai American Community Awardee;
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No Van Vo, Vietnamese American Community Awardee.
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The following students have been named the 2007 Youth Who Excels honorees:
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Kevindeep Singh Atwal, College Freshman, Northwestern University, Evanston, Indian American
Community Youth Awardee;
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Saba Rashid, College Freshman, Benedictine University, Lisle, Pakistani American Community Youth
Awardee;
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Jennifer Chui, Chinese American Community Youth Awardee;
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Kristina A. Mascarenas, Filipino American Community Youth Awardee;
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Putria Aulia Kusumo, Indonesian American Community Youth Awardee;
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Patrick G. Lee, Korean American Community Youth Awardee;
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Bing Moraras, Thai American Community Youth Awardee; and
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Anhdao Vu, Vietnamese American Community Youth Awardee.
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Websites:
Punjabi Cultural Society of Chicago – pcschicago.org
Asian American Coalition, Chicago –aacchicago.org
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