Art by Rosey Morearty, 2021 Racial Justice Poster Art Contest winner. AANHPI celebration represented by national flowers of Asia - including sampaguita (Philippines), cherry blossom and chrysanthemum (Japan), lotus (India and Vietnam), tagimaucia (Fiji), orchid (Hong Kong), peony (China), and frangipani (Laos).This banner will be displayed across Laurel Street in San Carlos, CA from May 1 -7, 2023
AANHPI Heritage Event
Saturday, May 13 from 2-5PM @ San Carlos Youth Center
Join the all-ages celebration featuring demonstrations, performances and crafts!
Let us know you are coming by signing up at this link.
Come see Jojo and have your name written in Chinese Calligraphy. She will be at the event for 2 hours providing free translations and creating this beautiful traditional art for the community.
Performances:
American Chinese Youth Performing Art Foundation
Demonstration by the San Carlos Tai Chi group
Bharatanatyam by South Indian Music and Dance School - Sahana James and Diya Kelath
Indian Dance Medly by local residents - Aparna Ramakrishnan, Betsy Philip, Preeti Chinnan, Sahana Shah, Sheila Brar and Vidaya Hariharan
ZiRu Dance to present an excerpt from “VANTAGE”
Haopinaka Hula Dance will bring the spirit of aloha
MC’d by Shiv Jayaraman - tech investor and standup comic
Activities & Crafts:
Chinese Calligraphy by Jojo Liu - Jojo’s Calligraphy
Origami Craft table will be led by the Arundel Elementary, Brownie Girl Scouts Troop 62821.
Clay Craft table will be led by the San Carlos Lions Club.
Other Community Participants:
Portrait of San Carlos Community
Asian american, native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month
In celebration of AANHPI Heritage month, we asked some of our community members to share their stories and answer this question. See their responses.
Amplify.
AANHPI Voices
@stopaapihate @asianamericancollective @advancing_justice_atl @aaajalc @apen4ej @hateisavirus @unapologeticallyasian @amandangocnguyen @aapiprogressiveaction @michellekimkim @drsherrycwang @beyonkz @asianaf @asians4antiracism @asians4blklives @dearasianamericans @cathyparkhong @asiansformentalhealth @teachandtransform @asianlitforkids @goldhouseco
AAPI K-12 History Initiative
Did you know that Illinois, New Jersey , Connecticut and Rhode Island have passed legislation to add AAPI History to K-12? Please help make California the next state to do so. https://www.apapa.org/k12#/1/
