Virtual Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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Virtual Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1, 2020 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Landmark Center, Coalition of Asian American Leaders, and Ramsey County Historical Society invite you to a
Virtual Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and #MinneAsianStories
Join the Coalition of Asian American Leaders-Minnesota (CAAL-MN), Ramsey County Historical Society and Landmark Center
Friday, May 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Facebook live feed: facebook.com/caalminnesota/
Friday, May 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Facebook live feed: facebook.com/caalminnesota/
For more information on the event, see https://www.facebook.com/events/2746695485552507
Join us for a virtual celebration event on Facebook that features performances, speakers, and stories from six storytellers. Viewers will also have a chance to win our 2020 #MinneAsianStories graphic book of selected stories. This virtual celebration event features performances, speakers, and stories from six storytellers. Viewers will also have a chance to win our 2020 #MinneAsianStories graphic book of selected stories.
We are pleased to partner with CAAL-MN to bring another year of #MinneAsianStories, their award winning storytelling project that curates 31 stories, brings an exhibit and a book to all Minnesotans to learn about our Asian community.
So please join us on Friday, May 1, 2020 live on Facebook as we celebrate historical milestones, honor our community’s roots, and lift up the rich diversity of our people. This year’s 31 stories highlight the theme – “Power of Me” – and offer attendees the opportunity to consider what it means to live in a space, time, and communities where individuals are supported to be their most authentic and powerful selves.
Minnesota’s social, economic, political, and cultural fabrics have been enriched throughout history because of refugees and immigrants. This is no different in Minnesota’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population, where over 50% trace their presence here through an immigration stories. As we celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) throughout May, we especially note the significance of the 40th anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980 and the 55th anniversary of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965. Asian Minnesotans bring with their culture, talent, food, and hopes and dreams of making Minnesota home.
May was designated as Asian Pacific American History Month by Congress to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese people to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869.
You can participate and celebrate all month long with us by doing any of the following:
- Attend the May 1, 2020 Virtual Celebration from 6:00-7:00 PM!
- Subscribe to #MinneAsianStories and have one story emailed to you each day in May! Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/MAS2020Email
- Purchase a #MinneAsianStories Graphic Book!
