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Asian American Stories Video Contest

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Still have time!

Our Judges

Joel Wong

Contest Co-Chair
Chair, Judges
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Mayor Lisa Gilmor

Mayor of Santa Clara
4th Generation Santa Claran
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Don Orozco

Host of Radyo Agila Sa Amerika
Journalist, with Filipino publications in CA and TX
Director, Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley

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Mattie Scariot

Director of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival
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Sandy Close

Founder, Ethic Media Services
Founder, New America Media Winner, MacArthur Fellows Program
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Beverly Molina

Santa Clara Firefighter
Author, Brave and Awake
Youth Leadership Facilitator
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Mayor Carmen Montano

Mayor of Milpitas
Teacher
Awarded Milpitas Citizen of The Year
Awarded CA Assembly Community Heroes

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Tony Shyu

Hollywood award-winning TV and film Director
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Kansen Chu

Former Assembly Member of the State of California

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Piyush Malik

Startup executive, entrepreneur, board advisor
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Chris Norwood

President of the Governing Board of Milpitas Unified School District
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David Mosby

CEO of e2i Academy, Speaker and Author
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Elplpidio Estioko

Educator, public relations (PR) professional, author, award-winning journalist
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Richard Flanders

Rotary District 5170 Governor,
Attorney
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David Louie

Principal. Pacific Place Media
Past Editor and Reporter. ABC-owned KGO-TV
Past Board Member and Trustee, Radio Television Digital News Association
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There will be two groups of participants:

A grand total of $19,000 in prizes will be awarded.*

Contestants are required to submit, in English,

The theme should focus on
“All Of Us Belong Right Here.”

• Submissions are accepted now
until January 15th, 2024.

Video Essay Contest open to all: journalists, influencers, students, event organizers, civic organizations welcome.

*Winners will receive $5,000 funding to submit expanded video longer than 1 minute

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