On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Center City East Neighborhood Team will have a special canvass kick-off with Congressman Mike Honda, Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, at 11 a.m.  in the Center City East Field Office at 115 N. 9th Street (map).  Mike Honda has represented the 15th Congressional District of California since 2001.  He is Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and a member of the Appropriations Committee, and in January, 2007, he was named House Democratic Senior Whip.