A Thanksgiving Get-together: Dinner-Discussion-Music

Date: November 27, 1999, Saturday – 6:30 to 12:00 p.m.

Place: Quality Suites Shady Grove, 3 Research Court, Rockville, Maryland, 20850.

Panel Discussion: Issues and challenges facing the 1st generation Pakistani-Americans

• What are the major community issues facing Pakistani-Americans?
• Are we failing our first American generation?
• Are we organized as a community? What are we doing collectively, and what is missing?
• What can we do additionally to further our community? What are some new possibilities, for example, social nets, support groups, volunteerism, political activism?

• How can we build community support for our new generation for advancing in education, professions, businesses and careers by, for example, building professional and mentoring nets?
• How can we build strong new families and strengthen existing one?