Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Each year, the month of May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Third Space has listed here a host of resources and activities to honor the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to the history and culture of the grand ol' USA. In light of the recent rise of anti-Asian hate crimes, it is even more important that we raise the profile of Asian Americans as true Americans in this "single garment of destiny."

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Far East Deep South Premieres on World Channel/PBS on May 4th

Congrats to Baldwin and Larissa. Their documentary which we screened twice in 2020 has made it to public television for APA Heritage Month. It aired on May 4th on the WORLD Channel series “America ReFramed,” a PBS affiliate channel. They also held an After-Party on their Facebook page after the program. The film will also be available for streaming on WORLDchannel.org, PBS.org, and the PBS Video app throughout May in honor of Asian Pacific  American Heritage Month. Check out their FAQ page here and a very positive review in the Boston Globe here (make sure to click on "Read Full Article").

APA Heritage Month Resources

More New Stuff (6/1)
APA Heritage Month is over but here's more new stuff of interest.

• The CHSA (Chinese Historical Society of America) sponsored an excellent talk by the new president of Queens College, Frank Wu on "“How Do Chinese Americans Fit In? The Outlook for Civil Rights” on May 22nd. View the video above including his comments about the "Myth of the Model Minority!"
• Thanks to MOCA here is a free children's booklet about MOCA AA Hero Maya Lin. Lin is a world-famous artist, sculptor, and architect. Read on to learn more about her life and work! Best for grades 4-6. Click here.
• Vincent Who? documentary. Do you know who Vincent Chin is? If not, check out this film about an important person and event in Asian American history. Click here.
  

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New Stuff (5/18)

• The NBC Today Show Features Asian issues, lifestyles, cooking and more.
• Asian Boss Girl founders featured on the Today Show.
• Last Friday, I attended the APAICS-PPALM
  Military Appreciation Event, an annual program in honor of all AAPI veterans from all branches of military service. Check out the video recording here. The national director of the Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition Project, Ed Gor, gave a quite emotional speech dedicating the project to a childhood friend who died in combat in Vietnam at the age of 22. Check out his speech in this 5-minute portion here. Here's a pdf of the program.
  
• I also attended last Saturday the CACA program "Challenges and Experiences of Chinese American Veterans." Check out the recording here.  I was particularly impressed with the speech of Major General Suzanne Vares-Lum. Check out her comments here.
• For the Kids! Check out these coloring sheets of "Awesome Asian Americans."

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• The 5-part 2019 PBS documentary Asian Americans is now streaming for free online all month: https://www.pbs.org/weta/asian-americans/
• The Chinese Historical Society of America list of events this month.
• The Museum of the Chinese in America (MOCA): https://www.mocanyc.org
• The US government sponsored APA Heritage Month website: https://asianpacificheritage.gov
• More PBS content for the month of May.
  https://www.pbs.org/specials/asian-pacific-american-heritage-month/