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LOS ANGELES—US Bank representatives took a tour of Historic Filipinotown and met with Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA) offi cials to discuss ways the Fortune 500 company can help the Filipino American community.
Richard K. Davis, Current Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of US Bank and a few of his partners, visited and spent a few hours at SIPA headquarters on Thursday, April 2, to see "up close the great things that are happening here in Historic Filipinotown."
Davis was in Los Angeles to speak at Greenlining’s 16th Annual Economic Summit at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels.
The Asian Journal caught up with Davis at SIPA and discussed the importance of the banking industry to reach out to ethnic communities.
AJ: Good afternoon Mr. Davis. Tell us what brings you out here today?
RD: I wanted to see some of the community activities that are supporting this great [Filipino] market. Historic Filipinotown is something that I have heard a lot about. [SIPA Executive Director] Joel [Jacinto] has spoken a great deal about it. Bob of Greenlining is also very supportive of this and he wanted us to see up close the great things that are happening here."
AJ: When I was listening in to the presentation a moment ago, you had mentioned how completely unaware you were of the potential of the Filipino community. Please elaborate on that.
RD: Well, it’s a joint responsibility. You guys [Filipinos] need to tell your story better and we need to listen better. Days like today really move those things together. We had a chance to come out and see it first hand, we had a chance to have our attention completely focus on what your mission is, and now, we’ll be much more focused on helping in the future."
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