Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), officially proclaimed "Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month" by President Barack Obama, 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.”
Akufuncture hosting a special event in Downtown LA ArtWalk, May 12, 2011. http://www.akufuncture.com
Japanese American
are American people of Japanese heritage. Japanese Americans have historically been among the three largest Asian American communities, but in recent decades have become the sixth largest group at roughly 1,204,205, including those of mixed-race or mixed-ethnicity...
in America on May 7, 1843 and the completion of the transcontinental railroad
First Transcontinental Railroad
The First Transcontinental Railroad was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska The First...
(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.”
Events
During APAHM, communities celebrate the achievements and contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans with community festivals, government-sponsored activities and educational activities for students.Akufuncture hosting a special event in Downtown LA ArtWalk, May 12, 2011. http://www.akufuncture.com
- 19th Annual SF Taiwanese American Cultural Festival, hosted by TAP-SF and the Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California (TAFNC), on May 14, 2011 San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
- 4th Annual National Queer & Asian Conference, hosted by Cal Q&A, April 30 - May 2, 2011, Berkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley, CaliforniaBerkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
- Asian Cultural Festival of San Diego Liberty Station: NTC Park in San Diego, California, May 1, 2011
- 2010 First Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in Penn State Altoona, April 1- April 30, Altoona, PA
- Asian Kaleidoscope Month, Presented by Asian American Student Union at University of Florida, Oct-Nov, in Gainesville, FloridaGainesville, FloridaGainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
- Seattle Chinatown ID Preservation & Development Authority Spring Roll: Party Down for Chinatown, May 24, 2010 at Union Station, Seattle
- Wing Luke Asian Museum celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month , Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
- Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, First weekend in May, New York, New York
- VC FILMFEST: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, May 3 – May 10, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
- Annual Pacific Rim Street Fest - May 17, 2009, Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
- Asian Pacific Islander FestivalFestál at Seattle CenterFestál at Seattle Center is a free series of annual ethnically-related festivals that take place on the grounds of Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington. A major cultural program of Seattle, these festivals aim to celebrate and connect the city to its varied ethnic and international community...
, May 6, Seattle, Washington
- The 2007 Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival Presented by CAPA, May 6, Union Square Park, New York, New York
- Silk Screen Asian American Film FestivalSilk Screen Asian American Film FestivalThe Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival is a week long film festival founded in 2006 by filmmaker and artist Harish Saluja and held every May during Asian American Heritage Month in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to show mostly recent films and music by artists with Asian ethnic origins, such as...
, May 9-18, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
- Asian Awareness Month, May 9, Florida State University - Union Ballroom, Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee, FloridaTallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
- National Asian Heritage Festival – Fiesta Asia, May 16, 2009, Washington D.C.
- Asian Heritage Street Celebration, May 16, 2009 in San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
- 2007 Asian Festival, May 19, Dallas, TexasDallas, TexasDallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, May 2-31, 2009 in Chinatown, Oakland, CaliforniaChinatown, Oakland, CaliforniaThe Chinatown neighborhood in Oakland, California, is a pan-Asian neighborhood which reflects Oakland's diverse Asian American community. It is frequently referred to as "Oakland Chinatown" in order to distinguish it from nearby San Francisco's Chinatown...
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration, Sponsored by Asian American Cultural Center at University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, May 2, 2010, 2-4p.m. in Urbana, Illinois.
See also
- Asian AmericanAsian AmericanAsian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
- Asian-Pacific American
- Pacific IslanderPacific IslanderPacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...
- List of commemorative days
External links
- President Obama proclaims the month Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, The American Presidency Project
- Origins of APA Heritage Month, A national celebration established in 1977, InfoPlease.com
- Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation & Development Authority in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
- Wing Luke Asian Museum, a Smithsonian Institution affiliate in Seattle, WashingtonSeattle, WashingtonSeattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
- "ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IPTV SERIES" "8ight degrees" produced by SuncasTV and ENERI Communications
- "Celebrate APA Heritage Month" at Asian-Nation.org
- 2006 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Proclamation by President George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
- A|P|A Histories at the Asian Pacific American History Collective
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival in New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
organized by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans - Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. Army by ARMY.MIL
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at IMdiversity.com
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at the Center for Asian American MediaCenter for Asian American MediaThe Center for Asian American Media was founded in 1980. The San Francisco-based organization, formerly known the National Asian American Telecommunications Association , has grown into the largest organization dedicated to the advancement of Asian Americans in independent media, specifically the...
- "Asian Pacific American Heritage Association" Organization in Houston, TX that plans APA Heritage Month Events and More
- "Ten Good Things to Do for APA Heritage Month" Suggestions for raising awareness
- "National Asian Heritage Festival-Fiesta Asia" in the Nation's Capital, Washington D.C. organized by Asia Heritage Foundation
- http://www.axawards.com/
- "Asian Coalition of Tallahassee" Tallahassee, FloridaTallahassee, FloridaTallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...