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Happy Heritage Month!

This month isn't just a mere calendar notation, it's a time to celebrate the vibrancy of our cultures, the resilience of our communities, and the countless contributions we've made to society. For too long, our communities and our stories were relegated to the margins. But in this month, we reclaim our space, our identities, our narratives, and our power!

The origins of this observance date back to 1978 when Asian American staffers and congressional members worked together to pass a resolution declaring the first ten days of May as Asian Pacific Heritage Week, commemorating the immigration of the first Japanese immigrants to the United States on May 7, 1843, and marking the completion of the transcontinental railroad by mostly Chinese laborers on May 10, 1869. In 1992, President George H.W. Bush extended the observance to the entire month, officially designating May as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

HAPPY ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH!!

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An update from the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.

THE WHITE HOUSE
President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits an area devastated by wildfires on Lahaina, Hawaiʻi on August 21, 2023. Photo courtesy of the White House.

UPDATE
On Monday, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden traveled to Maui to meet with emergency responders, survivors, community members, as well as federal, state, and local officials.
After surveying damage on Marine One in the morning, the President, First Lady, Governor Green, and members of Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation walked through Front Street in Lahaina to observe the damage and recovery from wildfires that started earlier this month. While there, the President met, thanked, and heard firsthand from a long line of first responders.
Later at the site, the President delivered remarks paying respects to the lives lost and reflected on the tragic, lasting impacts of the wildfires on survivors and the community.

President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden paid their respects at the sacred site of Mokuʻula and participated in a blessing ceremony with Native Hawaiian leaders. Photo courtesy of the White House.

During his remarks, the President affirmed the administration’s commitment to recovery, and announced that he was appointing FEMA Region 9 Administrator Bob Fenton as the Federal government’s “Chief Federal Response Coordinator” to oversee the long-term coordinated federal recovery as Hawaiʻi rebuilds. Mr. Fenton is one of the nation’s most experienced disaster response-and-recovery officials who has been on the ground in Hawaiʻi from the day the wildfires started.
After surveying the damage throughout Lahaina, President Biden made his way to Lahaina Civic Center where he joined a community event, and delivered heartfelt remarks to Lahaina survivors and those who lost their loved ones and homes.
The latest on the coordinated federal response:
• If you were impacted by the fires in Hawaiʻi, visit DisasterAssistance.gov, call 800-621-FEMA (3362) or download the FEMA App to register for federal assistance.
• You can also visit FEMA’s newly opened joint Disaster Recovery Center at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, located at 310 W. Ka’ahumanu Avenue, Kahului, Hawaiʻi, to speak personally with FEMA specialists, get assistance registering for disaster assistance, get in touch with voluntary organizations offering additional support services, and have access to other federal and state resources. The doors are open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. HST seven days a week.
• President Biden delivers remarks on the recovery efforts on Maui. Watch here.
• President Biden delivers remarks at a community engagement with families and community members impacted by wildfires. Watch here.
• The Biden-⁠Harris Administration’s latest actions to support communities impacted by the Maui wildfires. Read more.
• President Biden makes additional disaster assistance available to the State of Hawaiʻi. Read more.

“From stories of grief, we’ve seen so many stories of hope and heroism, of the Aloha spirit... to the people of Hawaiʻi, we’re with you for as long as it takes, I promise you.”
— PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

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Today! Let us help the hungry via the US Postal Service. Letter Carriers are collecting nonperishable foods. Details below. Thank you for helping!

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May 10 at 8:00 AM ·
We're partnering with the National Association of Letter Carriers to Stamp Out Hunger through non-perishable food donations to families in need. Just leave a filled bag by your mailbox on Saturday, May 13 and a carrier will pick up and deliver it at no cost to you https://www.nalc.org/community-service/food-drive

HAPPY AAPI HERITAGE MONTH!

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (as of 2009, officially changed from Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month) is observed in the United States during the month of May and recognizes the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States.

Background (from Wikipedia):
Main articles: History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans § History
The first Asians documented in the Americas arrived in 1587, when Filipinos landed in California; from 1898 to 1946, the Philippines was an American possession. The next group of Asians documented in what would be the United States were Indians in Jamestown, documented as early as 1635. In 1778, the first Chinese to reach what would be the United States, arrived in Hawaii. In 1788, the first Native Hawaiian arrived on the continental United States, in Oregon; in 1900, Hawaii was annexed by the United States. The next group of Asians documented in what would be the United States were Japanese, who arrived in Hawaii in 1806. In 1884, the first Koreans arrived in the United States. In 1898, Guam was ceded to the United States; beginning in the 1900s, Chamorros began to migrate to California and Hawaii. In 1904, what is now American Samoa was ceded to the United States; beginning in the 1920s, Samoans began to migrate to Hawaii and the continental United States, with the first Samoans documented in Hawaii in 1920. In 1912, the first Vietnamese was documented in the United States.