The Fil Am float, representing the Filipino American Association of Portland & Vicinity, Inc., passes by in the Fred Meyer Junior Parade, one several events in Portland, Oregon's, annual Rose Festival
In the collections at the Library of Congress (https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.51295)
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
- Official WebsiteMay is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.
How to Celebrate!
- 12 Ways to Celebrate Asian Pacific American Histroy MonthCelebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month by exploring the history, arts, and culture of Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States
- Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month ResourcesList of K-12 curriculum and other resources to bring Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month to your classrooms.
- Three Ways to Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as QPOCAs QPOC, we must celebrate one another, but learn how to do so in positive and healthy ways, which is directly antithetical to America, a country that often programs us to believe that we must earn our respect, our humanity, our basic necessities, rather than acknowledging our basic rights and humanity from the beginning. AAPI queer communities have a lot to give, a lot to love, cherish and celebrate, so here are three ways you can celebrate being AAPI!
