Can you believe we’re already three weeks into May? Time sure flies in quarantine, but the online APAHM celebrations aren’t over yet. If you’re missing your typical opportunities to express…
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Los Angeles Honors Two APA Community Pioneers In Celebration Of APAHM
…host to one of the largest annual APAHM celebrations in the country, which officially began in 1949. This year’s month kicked off with the designation of May 2 as Fresh…
5 New Activities To Celebrate APAHM This Week
…check out these fun new activities to keep the APAHM party going. You can join in these five festivities remotely, but make sure to bring your friends and family along…
Bigger And Even Better: Here’s 7 More APAHM Festivities Coming Your Way
The Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrations are still in full force. This upcoming week is an especially busy one, as there will be a variety of new shows…
APAHM 2018: Thai CDC’s Chanchanit Martorell Says Her Work is Never Done
In 1995, the Los Angeles Times wrote about a young activist working to help 72 Thai nationals who were being held against their will inside a garment factory in El…
Q&A: Catching Up With Giraffage [APAHM Remix]
To celebrate APAHM and the launch of our new name Character Media, we’ll be sitting down with notable Asian American creatives working in entertainment for a series of Q&As during…
Celebrating APAHM: Eighth Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration
…Center and Little Saigon districts and produced by AsianWeek Foundation, the city’s largest APAHM celebration was a festive and extremely well-rounded event to bring together Asian Pacific American communities and…
‘Fresh Off The Boat Day’ In Los Angeles Kicks Off APAHM
…only its second of Asian Pacific descent, and APAHM co-chair — said the story of the Huang family was a reflection of his own immigrant parents, and their dedication to…
APAHM 2018: Mia Yamamoto On Her Unending Fight for the Poor and Marginalized
For Mia Yamamoto, courage is telling the truth. Her life serves as testament. Born in a Japanese internment camp in Poston, Arizona, Yamamoto — born Michael — combated racial and…
APAHM 2018: Doreena Wong On a Lifetime in Civil Rights Advocacy
An activist and community organizer for over 40 years, Doreena Wong knows a thing or two about what it takes to fight injustice. “You have to feel good about yourself…
APAHM 2018: LAPD Supervisor Pilot Sgt. Janet Kim is Living Her Dream
In 1998, Janet Kim entered the Los Angeles Police Department’s academy, eager to begin a career in law enforcement. Prompted by her drill instructor on her dream job in the…
APAHM 2018: Milck, the Voice Behind ‘Quiet’ Anthem, On the Power of Speaking Up
The day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, millions of women flooded streets across America carrying signs of empowerment and protest against the bigotry and discrimination they had heard…
APAHM 2018: ACLU Jails Monitor Esther Lim Pushes for Criminal Justice System Reform
Esther Lim says she can’t forget the kids she met in juvenile correction facilities in which, as a grad student, she worked as an intern interested in pursuing criminal justice…
APAHM 2018: CADRE Executive Director Maisie Chin Says She ‘Will Not Be Used’
More than two decades ago, Maisie Chin was working on an initiative with South Los Angeles schools to get more kids into college when a white teacher pulled her aside…
APAHM 2018: Workers’ Rights Advocate Aquilina Soriano-Versoza On Community Empowerment
Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, who’s dedicated her social justice career to bettering the lives of low-wage domestic workers and immigrants in the Filipino community, was once angry. She was angry seeing marginalized…
