Elena Ong
Elena Ong is a Public Policy & Public Affairs Leader recognized by Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in California and Who's Who in Health Care for improving the health and economic well-being of all Californians and all Americans. She is a Public Affairs Consultant, a Political Leader, a Public Speaker, an Author on Gender & Politics, and a past Commissioner on the California Commission for Women. She serves as the Diversity Chair of NWPC CA, past Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party Women's Caucus, Member of the 2008 Democratic National Convention Rules Committee and the National Women Leaders for Obama for President.
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May 11, 2009
For Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders, the National Day of Service more than one day, it's the First 100 Days, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and each and everyday thereafter. Sign up and get involved. Visit www.apamsa.org!
February 06, 2009
HOPE.
Every day, 6,000 men, women and children's lives hang in the balance.
They have one HOPE.
They HOPE to LIVE.
Without YOU, they may not get that opportunity, because they have life-threatening blood-related diseases that can only be cured with a bone marrow transplant.
YOU coul...
January 23, 2009
January 19, 2009 was the Presidential Inaugural Committee's National Day of Service, and on this day, Americans, in DC, and throughout the nation, rose to the call for action. Americans of every color, were noble. Americans of every color, were selfless.
Americans of every color renewed their p...
December 18, 2008
In 1776, our nation was founded on the principles Thomas Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence – "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that men are created equal." It was a time when slaves and women were not treated as equals. Slaves were counted as 3/5, and persons of color a...
November 04, 2008
Presidential Election Day 2008. It is unlike any other presidential election in US history.
In 2000, 105 Million Americans voted. In 2004, 120 Million Americans voted. In 2008, 135+ Million Americans will vote.
But this election is not just about record turnout. This election is about...
February 21, 2008
On President's Day 2008, Americans and Leaders throughout the World, were asking "Which Presidential Candidate should lead America on President's Day 2009?"
For the majority of the nation's Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the answer is Hillary Clinton.
But that answer didn't begin in 20...
February 06, 2008
Hillary's California Gold: AAPIs delivered 75% of the AAPI Vote & Latinos delivered 69% of the Latino Vote.
December 23, 2007
ACCORDING TO THE FIELD POLL'S "Survey of Likely Voters in California's February 5, 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary" (conducted December 10-17, 2007), HILLARY CLINTON IS CALIFORIA'S DEMOCRATIC FRONTRUNNER.
HILLARY CLINTON IS CALIFORNIA'S #1 CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT.
Hillary Clinton is the #1 c...
December 23, 2007
Elena Ong
December 22, 2007
According to The Field Poll's Survey of Likely Voters in California's February 5, 2008 Democratic Presidential Primary, conducted December 10-17, 2007, Hillary Clinton is California's Democratic Frontrunner.
Hillary Clinton is California's #1 Choice for President....
August 25, 2007
From the August 19, 2007 Democratic Presidential Debate:
"When I was growing up I didn't think I would run for president, but I could not be standing here without the women's movement, without generations of women who broke down barriers, the civil rights movement that gave women and people of co...
January 08, 2007
On November 7, 2006, California scored a "Win-Win" when two of Califoria's political stars broke the marble ceiling. Both women secured the #3 spot in political office. At the national level, Pelosi will be 2 heartbeats from the Presidency, and at the state level, Bowen will be 2 heartbeats away f...
December 20, 2006
ON NOVEMBER 7, 2006, 68 MILLION AMERICANS VOTED, AND AS THEY CAST THEIR VOTES, AMERICA’S MAJORITY SHIFTED THE BALANCE OF POWER.
AMERICA’S MAJORITY VOTED AND WOMEN WON.
In 2007, the largest of number of women in U.S. history will hold elected office. Women picked up the #3 seat in America: ...
November 16, 2006
From New York to Hawaii, from sea to shining sea, "A Blue Tsunami" of electoral victories swept across the America on November 7, 2006.
In "The First 100 Hours" of the November 7 election, voters across America confirmed what we already knew in our hearts and minds… that Americans want "A Ne...
October 05, 2006
On September 10, 2006, activists across the nation pledged to recruit 1 million Latino voters. Some say impossible. I say it can be done, because it has been done.
The New Millennium marked a “New Awakening” in American politics. In just one presidential cycle (between 2000 to 2004), our nat...
December 02, 2005
The "magic" of hope. The "magic" of dreams.
You had to be there and I’m glad that I was.
Fifth graders and high school students of a different races, ethnicities and genders.
I watched children’s faces light up with excitement and hope. I watched children's eyes sparkle with wonderment as ...