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Origins of APA Heritage Month
A Proclamation
By the President of the United States of America
U.S. Census Bureau
KQED/PBS
We're on the homestretch as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month winds down. There are still some activities, so check your local communities for events.
Watch a fast-moving 90-second hi-def video of the 4th Annual APA Heritage Month Celebration in San Francisco's Japantown. (The 23mb mov file opens in QuickTime and was originally shot in 1080i).
Featured links
"Field of Mirrors", a new anthology of Philippine American Writers. Readings May 24 and May 31, Bay Area.
Orange County Register publishes O.C. Asian Life during APA Heritage Month. AAJA member and former board member Rachanee Srisavasdi is involved with the project.
Asian Week: Emil Amok: Rick Quan Fired - Just in time for Asian American Heritage Month
Grade schoolers are known to bully Chinese immigrant classmates. Read the Sing Tao Daily article reprinted and translated in New America Media entitled Chinese American Students and the Communication Gap. In New York, the Asian American Student Advocacy Project will discuss harassment in school on May 23.
New America Media: What Happens to Asian American Identity When the 'Home Country' is Criticized?
Watch AAJA member and NBC news correspondent Jinah Kim's video about the importance of rice for Asians and Asian Americans. The piece aired on NBC Nightly News. See Jinah's video "anatomy of a television newscast."