May 2022-EDI Blog
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EDI SPOtlight
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) is an annual celebration of the history, cultural and societal contributions of Americans whose lineage can be traced to- or may themselves hail from the vast continent of Asia or the numerous Pacific Islands.
The quest to recognize Asian Americans and Pacific Islander contributions to the US began in 1977 when House Representative Frank Horton (R-New York) introduced a resolution that proposed proclaiming the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Week. This resolution did not pass. Later that year Senator Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) introduced a similar resolution which also did not pass. In 1978 Representative Horton, introduced another resolution, House Joint Resolution 1007. This resolution asked the president to proclaim the first ten days of May, beginning in 1979, as Asian Pacific American Heritage Week. This resolution passed with President Carter signing it into public law (Public Law 95-419) on October 5, 1978. From 1980 to 1990 each sitting president passed proclamations each year acknowledging Asian American and Pacific Islander week, however in 1990 Congress expanded the observation from one week to a month. And in 1992, President George H. W. Bush passed Public Law 102-540, making May the designated month of observation.
The month of May was chosen to observe Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month for a few reasons. It marks the day of the first Japanese immigrant coming into the U.S., a 14-year-old fisherman known as Manjiro, who arrived on May 7, 1843. And it recognizes Golden Spike Day, which was the day (May 10, 1869) that the transcontinental railroad, that had mostly been built through the efforts of Chinese immigrants, was completed.
This year’s theme for AAPI Month 2022 is “Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration”. The theme, selected by the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FACPAC), an organization which encourages federal and D.C. governments to prioritize the interest and development of Asian American, Native Hawaiians and Pacifica Islanders through leadership training, is the continuation of an Advancing Leaders series that began in 2021 and will run through 2024.
20221 AAPI Heritage Month theme was Advancing Leadership Through Purpose-Driven Service.
May was confirmed as Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) by President George H. Bush to honor the community’s history, contributions, and achievements. Efforts to develop and recognize Jewish American Heritage Week began in 1980, eventually with bi-partisan support of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D- FL) and the late Sen. Arlen Spector (D-PA) introduced a proclamation to declare that Jewish American Heritage week be expanded to a month was passed in 2006. In 2007 the Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM) Coalition is formed, bringing together several organizations and agencies whose goal is to highlight the continual achievements, resiliency, and culture of Jewish Americans.
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