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LGBT/Pride Week

June is LGBT pride month. We have a variety of queer AAPI's, friends, families and allies posting about their experiences. Thanks to Be DeGuzman, one of APAP's 2009 Unsung Heroes, for coordinating this special week of posts.

To help with our upcoming hate crimes/Vincent Chin week (June 21) or Pacific Islander week (Aug), please let us know. If you have a topic you or your agency would like to coordinate, email us.

Items tagged: detroit

Does discrimination have to play a part in keeping America safe?

(From the Restore Fairness blog) In a response to the December 25th bomb attempt on Northwest flight 253 to Detroit, the Transportation Security Administration announced a new screening policy that requires “enhanced screening” of passengers flying into the United States from 14 countries considered either “state sponsors of terror” or “countries of interest”


The life of an 88 year old Chinese American man tells us more about immigration than we can imagine

From the Restore Fairness blog:

Even as we skirt the issue of immigration, our museums and movies are seeing to it’s life and soul. A network of 13 U.S. museums has hit upon a unique idea - to craft a new vision of immigration in locations connected to history by understanding how previous generations have faced and tackled these issues before us.


CNN Segment on Vincent Chin (w/ Shout Out to Vincent Who?)


Asian Americans in Michigan, Come to the First APAP Meeting

Inaugural Meeting of Asian Pacific Americans for Progress - Michigan with special guest Hon. State Sen Hansen Clarke Feb. 14, 2009 5 - 7 pm Venue: 43769 Sweetwood Dr, Sterling Heights, MI 48314 (home of Bazil Thomas) Time: Feb 14, Saturday, 5pm to 7pm Please mark your calendar and attend. Feel free to call Bazil Thomas if you have any questions. Cell # 586 770 9180.