{"id":60581,"date":"2025-04-29T11:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.veritext.com\/?p=60581"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:51:10","slug":"aanhpi-heritage-month-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veritext.com\/aanhpi-heritage-month-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89__0 .avia-caption-title{\nfont-size:45px;\n}\n#top .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89__0 .avia-caption-content{\nfont-size:26px;\n}\n#top .avia-slideshow .av-slideshow-caption.av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89__0 .avia-caption-content p{\nfont-size:26px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-slideshow av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89 avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.6666666667%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-ldwmmviw-37459d067f68339ad10520f659aeed89__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-60598 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-60598\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.veritext.com\/images\/2025\/04\/iStock-2207029637-1500x430.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"430\" title='May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. 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A rather broad term, Asian\/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).<\/p>\n<p>Like most commemorative months, Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month originated with Congress. In 1977 Reps. Frank Horton of New York introduced House Joint Resolution 540 to proclaim the first ten days in May as Pacific\/Asian American Heritage Week. During the next decade, presidents passed annual proclamations for Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Week until 1992 when Congress annually designated May as Asian\/Pacific American Heritage Month.<\/p>\n<p>The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asianpacificheritage.gov\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2cyiz4m-83693f0a88e4da5e6a423c1f4a8116f7\">\n@keyframes av_boxShadowEffect_av-2cyiz4m-83693f0a88e4da5e6a423c1f4a8116f7-column {\n0%   { box-shadow:  0 0 0 0 ; opacity: 1; }\n100% { box-shadow:  0 0 10px 0 ; opacity: 1; }\n}\n.flex_column.av-2cyiz4m-83693f0a88e4da5e6a423c1f4a8116f7{\nwidth:49.25%;\nmargin-left:1.5%;\nborder-radius:5px 5px 5px 5px;\npadding:50px 50px 50px 50px;\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2cyiz4m-83693f0a88e4da5e6a423c1f4a8116f7 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-animated-generic left-to-right  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ma1ospdj-0dfbff9b59773a42d10beac62ab2ed47\">\n.avia-image-container.av-ma1ospdj-0dfbff9b59773a42d10beac62ab2ed47 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-ma1ospdj-0dfbff9b59773a42d10beac62ab2ed47 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-ma1ospdj-0dfbff9b59773a42d10beac62ab2ed47 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-20  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-60586 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-60586 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.veritext.com\/images\/2025\/04\/Flag-Philippines-300x150.webp\" alt='Philippine Flag 2025' title='Flag-Philippines'  height=\"150\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#0074c8;\nfont-size:25px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:25px;\npadding:0 10px 10px 10px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#0074c8;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-14lyzbq-69573ecaa48e9371ae1befd0030e1085 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote elegant-quote elegant-centered  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  ><span class=\"heading-wrap\">AH IN CANADA<\/span><\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-odjvx2-0cccaac3c538e7eeea928072df5cb552\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-odjvx2-0cccaac3c538e7eeea928072df5cb552 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-odjvx2-0cccaac3c538e7eeea928072df5cb552 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity for us to learn and celebrate the diverse cultures and history of the Asian communities in Canada. It is also an opportunity to acknowledge the many achievements and contributions of people of Asian origin who, throughout our history, have done so much to make Canada the country we know and love.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for Asian Heritage Month 2025 is &#8220;<mark class=\"QVRyCf\">Asian Canadian Legacy: We Contribute. We serve<\/mark>.&#8221; This theme recognizes the long-standing contributions and rich cultural heritage of Asian Canadians, highlighting their legacy of resilience, resistance, and achievement.<span class=\"pjBG2e\" data-cid=\"6ae1e17b-5504-40e0-bddd-9c91e6db9ce6\"><span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One Asian community that deserves recognition, acknowledgement, and our love today is the Filipino community, who right now are reeling from the tragedy that unfolded on April 26 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/vancouver-lapu-day-tragedy-victims-identified-in-memoriam\">Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe grief right now and the solidarity with the Filipino community is not just Vancouver, it\u2019s not just British Columbia, it\u2019s national, and it\u2019s even international,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a community that is suffering right now. 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He also organized alongside C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez and fellow Filipino labor leader, Larry Itliong. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1994\/06\/16\/obituaries\/philip-vera-cruz-89-helped-to-found-farm-worker-union.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-mx3liu-48d514cecb60439a31fca8732f2c0014 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue80a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"headline\" >Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Born in 1896, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was an American activist and\u00a0minister. She was a leader in the women\u2019s rights movement and campaigned for women\u2019s suffrage; and even led a parade of nearly 10,000 people through New York. She was the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD. in economics and was director of the First Chinese Baptist Church of New York City. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenshistory.org\/education-resources\/biographies\/mabel-ping-hua-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-mx3liu-4-5efab6700fb64374548d8f029dbc1753 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue80a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: KEW DOCK YIP\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"headline\" >KEW DOCK YIP<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The first lawyer of Chinese origin in Canada, Kew Yock Dip (also known as Yock Dip) was born into a large family in Vancouver in 1906.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/kew-dock-yip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"iconlist-timeline\"><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class='iconlist_icon av-mx3liu-4-1-58926be26baa5de160d0e4d8d5c296e5 avia-font-entypo-fontello avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-icon-char' data-av_icon='\ue80a' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/div><article class=\"article-icon-entry \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class=\"iconlist_content_wrap\"><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Icon: Tammy Duckworth\"><h4 class='av_iconlist_title iconlist_title  av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"headline\" >Tammy Duckworth<\/h4><\/header><div class='iconlist_content av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Tammy Duckworth is a U.S. Senator from Illinois, in addition to being the first Thai American woman elected to Congress, first person born in Thailand elected to Congress, first woman with a disability elected to Congress, first double amputee in the Senate, and first senator to give birth while in office. 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