issue: AAPI

NOW Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month 

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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month — an annual celebration of the vital contributions that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to our country.  May was chosen to commemorate two historic events: the May 7, 1843 arrival of America’s first Japanese immigrant — a 14-year-old fisherman named Manjiro — and the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869 — built largely by the labor of Chinese immigrants.  Today, the AAPI community is the fastest growing racial and ethnic group in the United Read more …

NOW Celebrates AAPI Heritage Month

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Statement by National NOW Vice President Bear Atwood  May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, honoring the histories of people from across the Asian continent and the islands of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.   The Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC)—a group that promotes the interests of AAPI workers in the federal Read more …

Honoring Heroes, Calling for Action During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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WASHINGTON – It is more important than ever to recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and to honor the fierce Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) feminists who have been at the forefront of intersectional feminism and racial and social justice movements for decades.    We recognize suffrage leader Dr. S.K. Chan as well as Patsy Mink who in 1965 became the first Asian American woman and first woman of color to serve in the U.S. Read more …