Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Posted by: Asian Culture Club on: May 5, 2011

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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Stressed? Need to be outdoors? Want to hear some awesome music? See some great performances?

Celebrate APAHM by going to any of these events! (In order of date):

1) 32nd Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Festival 2011
Union Square Park East 17th St. btwn Broadway and Park Ave.
Sunday, May 8th, 2011 12 PM – 6 PM
Official Website: http://www.capaonline.org/

2) ACS Talent Show (Students Only)
The Spence School
Friday, May 13th, 2011 5 PM – 7 PM
Contact me for more info.

3) Collegiate Asian American Conference
Collegiate School New York 260 West 78th Street
Saturday, May 21 · 9:30am – 3:00pm
Schedule is as follows:
9:30-10:00 Arrival
10:05-10:45 Opening speaker
10:50-12:00 Workshop #1
12:05-1:00 Lunch
1:05-2:20 Workshop #2
2:25-3:15 Closing Panel
There will be four workshops (more to be added based on attendance), and each will be offered twice (in each of the workshop slots above).

4) Japan Day Festival
Central Park Rumsey Playfield & Bandshell
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 11 AM
Official Website: http://www.japandaynyc.org/

5) Asian Pacific American Visionaries
Thursday, May 26th from 7-9:30pm

Webster Hall Grand Ballroom (125 E. 11th St.)
Innovate. Inspire. Rule. Come join TAP at this amazing event and hear Teddy Zee, Cung Le, Suchin Pak and Jenny Shimizu speak about their story and how they succeeded.
This is a FREE event. Sign up online by clicking here or by emailing tapny@tap-ny.org to attend with our group.

6) Passport to Taiwan: The Celebration of Taiwanese American Heritage Week in NYC
Union Square Park South (17th Street & Broadway)
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 12 PM – 5 PM
Official Website: http://p2tw.org/default.aspx

Come to as little as one or all!!!

Read below for more about Asian Pacific Heritage Month.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), officially proclaimed “Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month” by President Barack Obama,[1] is a celebration of the culture, traditions, and history of Asians Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Congress passed a joint Congressional Resolution in 1978 to commemorate Asian American Heritage Week during the first week of May. This date was chosen because two important anniversaries occurred during this time: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in America on May 7, 1843 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad (by many Chinese laborers) on May 10, 1869. In 1990 Congress voted to expand it from a week to a month long celebration and in May 1992, the month of May was permanently designated as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.” – Wikipedia

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