
Event Details
Date: Saturday, October 25, 2014
Time:
5:00 PM cocktail reception
6:30 PM dinner & program
Location: Cicada Restaurant
617 S. Olive Street
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Valet parking available
ADA accessible
Attire:
Black-tie optional
Featuring Silent Auction Items from:
Exciting silent auction items from: NBCUniversal, Warner Brothers, Disneyland, Lakers, Sanrio (Hello Kitty), Maison Akira, Roy’s Restaurant, Prince Hotel (Hawaii), CHI Nail Bar, Mishima foods, and more!

Special Guest
Lifetime Achievement Award
Former Secretary of Transportation
Norman Mineta
for his work in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Corporate Leadership Award
AT&T
for its work on innovative assistive technology

Sponsored by
Presenting Sponsor: $10,000
AT&T
Gold Sponsors: $5,000
Jeff and Nami Folick
Kaiser Permanente
NBCUniversal
Warner Brothers
Silver Sponsors: $2,500
Daphne Kwok
Los Angeles County
4th District Supervisor
Don Knabe
Sansei Legacy
Southern California Edison
Southern California
Gas Company
Table Sponsors: $1,500
Asian American Architects and Engineers, Johnna Cho, Gil & Suki Garcetti (Roth Family Foundation), Art & Jennie Hasegawa, Japanese American Bar Association, Korean American Bar Association, Linda Lau, Guy Leemhuis, Josh Morey, Angela Oh, Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, Wes Tanaka, Union Bank, Charlie Woo
Community Table Sponsors: $1,000
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | Los Angeles, Eco-Rapid Transit, Japanese American National Museum, Little Tokyo Service Center, Lisa Sugimoto, Project NEO, Rafu Shimpo Foundation, Special Service for Groups
Buy Tickets
or to pay by check, please mail one payable to
“Asians and Pacific Islanders with Disabilities of California”
c/o Kinaga Law Firm
617 South Olive Street, Suite 1210
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Please accompany with the check or email johnho.APIDC@gmail.com an indication of number of seats purchased, guest names, food requests (allergies, vegetarian, etc.), and physical accommodation requests.
Gala Committee Members
Subcommittee Chairs
Corporate Sponsorships
Bruce Ishimatsu
Gene Kanamori
Wendy Shiba
Community Partners
Rick Eng
Bryan Takeda
Silent Auction
June Kuramoto
Naomi Suenaka
Youth Committee
Raymond Kwong
Joanne Lee
Daphna Patel
Kevin Phung
Silkvia To
Wendy Anderson
Lily Baba
Paul Chang
Marissa Castro Salvatti
Johnna Cho
Deanna Chuang
Rick Eng
Jeri Okamoto Floyd
Art Hasegawa
Chester Hashizume
Herbert Hatanaka
John Ho
Traci Ishigo
Bruce Ishimatsu
Patricia Kinaga
Akiko Koh
June Kuehn
Alan Kumamoto
Joanne Kumamoto
June Kuramoto
Daphne Kwok
Linda Lau
Kelvin Lee
Guy Leemhuis
Jason Liang
John Khai Ly
Anne Manalili
Mark Matsui
Trisha Murakawa
John Nakaki
Shirley Nakaki
Becky Nguyen
Diana Nishiura
James Okazaki
Sandy Sakamoto
Wendy Shiba
Naomi Suenaka
Mike Suzuki
Nancy Takayama
Bryan Takeda
Lauren Takeda
Linda Wah
Nicole Wong
Peter Wong
Linda Yamauchi
Bryant Yang
Interest in Sponsorship or Participation
If you would like to be a sponsor, silent auction item donor, individual patron, or support the event in any other way, please first refer to this gala informational packet. Then, refer to any applicable documents below.
Corporate Sponsorship Letter
Silent Auction Letter
Silent Auction Form
For any inquiries, call 213.623.8588 or email info.APIDC@gmail.com.
APIDC is 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Thanks for your generous support!