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25 May 2013 | 1:02 pm
Pacific Islander Heritage MonthIndian Country Today Media NetworkSumpter pointed out a few Asian American and Pacific Islanders who stand out as leaders in our society, including the late U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, from Hawaii, a World War II hero and Medal of Honor recipient; Secretary of Veterans Affairs ...
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25 May 2013 | 6:02 am
Rear Admiral Delivers Speech for Asian American/Pacific Islander EventVentura County StarRear Adm. Vic Mercado speaks to an audience about the growth and importance of Asian culture during NSWC PHD's Asian American, Pacific Islander event, May 23. Rear Admiral Delivers Speech for Asian American/Pacific Islander Event. By Alyce ...
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25 May 2013 | 3:53 am
NY1Asian American Week 2013: Asian American NYPD Chief Works With New York ...NY1For more than three decades, Chief Thomas Chan has been a member of the police department, and he is currently the highest-ranking Asian American on the force. In his new role as the head of the NYPD's Community Affairs Bureau, he works to make New ...
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24 May 2013 | 9:24 pm
Asian-Pacific American Heritage MonthDVIDSTORII STATION, Okinawa, Japan - For those of us located in the Pacific Theater, Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month has particular significance as we witness examples of the 2013 theme, “Building Leadership: Embracing Cultural Values and Inclusion” ...Asian American Heritage Future Roots Festival ReturnsPatch.comall 2 news articles »
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24 May 2013 | 3:22 am
NY1Asian American Week 2013: Manhattan Organizers Work To Empower Filipino ...NY1The next report in NY1's Asian American Heritage Week profiles a Midtown-based group working to help Filipino domestic workers organize and better their lives. NY1's Jon Weinstein filed the following report. When Cecille Venzon came to the United ...
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22 May 2013 | 9:09 pm
PLoS Blogs (blog)First Asian American Exhibit Debuts at the SmithsonianNew America Media“[The exhibit is] a sweeping look at the Asian Pacific American story and how Asian Pacific Americans have shaped and been shaped by the course of American history,” said Lawrence-Ming Búi Davis, the exhibit's curator and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific ...Overcoming Asian American challengesSampanTeam Redstone celebrates Asian-American heritageTheredstonerocketCultural Comic Books for Educating Asian Americans about Hepatitis BPLoS Blogs (blog)Northwest Asian Weekly -Fort Leavenworth Lampall 9 news articles »
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17 May 2013 | 2:41 pm
New Video Demonstrates How to Cook Traditional Asian American and Pacific ...USDA.gov (press release)The cooking demonstration video is a collaborative effort between the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the First Lady's Let's Move! Initiative and the USDA to ensure that Asian American and Pacific Islander communities ...and more »
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14 May 2013 | 5:14 pm
College Admissions and the Asian-American ParentHuffington PostAs one guidance counselor lamented to me, Asian-American parents just don't show up for information sessions featuring lesser known or liberal arts colleges, regardless of the quality of the school. Yet when it comes to the big name schools, you can't ...
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1 May 2013 | 7:33 pm
NPR (blog)On Celebrating 'Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month'NPR (blog)Couldn't there be an argument for an East Asian-American Heritage Month? A South Asian-American Heritage Month? A Pacific Islander Heritage Month? You could break these hypothetical months down even more, but the point is that the term may actually ...Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Kickoff: Students Share What They ...AsianWeekAsian Pacific American Heritage Family Day is SundayRochester Democrat and ChronicleMacy's and American Airlines Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month ...Business Wire (press release)PR Newswire (press release) -PR Web (press release) -Asia Societyall 25 news articles »
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27 Apr 2013 | 3:53 pm
ABC News (blog)Asian-American Frat Under Fire for Blackface VideoABC News (blog)The Lambda Theta Delta Fraternity at the University of California, Irvine, has apologized after the release of a YouTube video featuring one of its members in blackface. The video depicts members of Lambda Theta Delta, an Asian-American fraternity, ...Asian-American fraternity under fire for blackface video89.3 KPCCall 38 news articles »
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