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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month 2023

 
DANA DEROUCHEY
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month 2023
Published on Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:57 AM by DANA DEROUCHEY
 

Last Updated: May 22, 2023

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

We at Team AgLearn take this time each May to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and reconfirm the importance of ensuring equity and opportunity for the Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA and NHPIs) throughout the United States.

This heritage month originated in June 1977, when Representatives Frank Horton of New York and Norman Mineta of California called upon the President to proclaim the first 10 days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. In October 1978, President Jimmy Carter expanded the observance as an annual celebration; and, 12 years later President George H.W. Bush extended the week-long celebration to a month.  The official designation of May as AAPI Heritage Month was signed into law in 1992. The month of May was chosen to observe AAPI for several reasons, including to commemorate the first Japanese who came to the country in May of 1843, and to mark the May 1869 completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which involved the labor of many Chinese immigrants. The AANHPI community is made up of culturally and linguistically - diverse people, representing populations from many countries and islands.


Presidential Statements and Actions for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The information below is a portion of content quoted from President Biden's Proclamation on Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, 2023 External Link.

"During Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, our Nation celebrates the diversity of cultures, breadth of achievement, and remarkable contributions of these communities; of brave immigrants who, motivated by the promise of possibilities, picked up their lives and found new homes here; of native peoples who have stewarded these lands since time immemorial; and of community leaders shaping a brighter future for us all."

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