May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success.
Please visit the official page for the historic record in our National Archives:
https://asianpacificheritage.gov/
Most of us are aware of current news about Asian/Pacific American human rights offensive in current news. We have heard about the harm inflicted on Native Americans and African Americans by the US Government throughout our American history. Many of us are familiar with the Japanese Internment Camps that were often referenced during the imprisonment of immigrant children during the Trump’s Child Separation policy at the Border in 2019. These historic milestones of denial and refusal of rights for Asian/Pacific Americans during the same periods are historic events not found in many US History books. Please read and be informed:
https://time.com/5956943/aapi-history-milestones/
During our May Monthly Meeting on May 15, we will reference the following documentary during the program. We encourage everyone to watch it even if they are unable to attend the event.
Our America: Asian Voices, an ABC Documentary that gives a broad history of Asian Americans in the United States.
https://abc7.com/our-america-asian-voices-aapi-documentary-american-and-pacific-islander/10551148/
We are pleased to have two guests to share their experiences with our members as well:
Ping Li and Dr. Ching Ching Yap.
Additional resources on the subject:
- https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/03/18/update-elderly-chinese-woman-clobbered-attacker-talks-about-terrifying-san-francisco-assault/
- https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-exposing-our-racial-divides/609526/
- https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/wave-of-anti-asian-hate-could-last-beyond-covid-pandemic-georgia-shooting
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2021/04/13/white-supremacy-racial-violence-united-states
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/04/12/japanese-american-racial-solidarity
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/opinion/2021/04/01/anti-asian-violence-atlanta-spa-shootings
- https://www.yesmagazine.org/social-justice/2021/03/23/asian-women-violence-united-states-history
- https://www.npr.org/2021/03/20/979356675/how-asian-american-leaders-say-the-biden-administration-can-address-hate
Recommended Books:
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
- My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee (Pulitzer finalist)
- Land of Big Numbers’ by Te-Ping Chen
- ‘Unfinished’ by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- ‘Kink’ Edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell
- The Dating Plan’ by Sara Desai ( Good Beach, light read book)
- ‘Heart of Fire’ by Mazie K. Hirono
- ‘Crying in H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner
- ‘The Secret Talker’ by Geling Yan
- ‘Tokyo Ever After’ by Emiko Jean ( Young adult)
- ‘Impostor Syndrome’ by Kathy Wang
Organizations working to end Hate: