PAAC Region 9

10/06/2024

SF PAAC workshop 9/28/24

12/09/2020

Lunar New Year 2019

05/11/2017

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05/11/2017

May 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.

2017 Theme: "Unite Our Voices by Speaking Together"

SF PAAC starts off Asian/Pacific American heritage month with an informal family friendly picnic held at Fremont, CA on May 6th, 2017. We celebrated with our coworkers, friends, and family to honor the hardship of Asian immigrants and ancestors from the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, to opportunity-limiting laws like the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Immigration Act of 1924, to the interment camp of Japanese American during WWII. Even today, South Asian Americans, especially those who are Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh, are targets of suspicion and violence.

Not only did we recognize our past struggle, but we also came together to celebrate each other on our achievements. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have helped build, defend, and strengthen our Nation--as farm workers and railroad laborers, as entrepreneurs and scientists, as artists, activists, and leaders of government. They have gone beyond, embodying the soaring aspirations of the American spirit.

For more info: http://asianpacificheritage.gov/

Pacific Asian Advisory Council

02/16/2017

Chinese New Year, also known as the "Spring Festival" in modern Mainland China.

The New Year festival is centuries old and gains significance because of several myths and customs. Traditionally, the festival was a time to honor deities as well as ancestors. Chinese New Year is celebrated in countries and territories with significant Chinese populations, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mauritius and Australia,and the Philippines. Chinese New Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had influence on the lunar new year celebrations of its geographic neighbors.

SF PAAC celebrates Chinese New Year at M.Y.China with celebrity Chef Yan Can Cook!