Asian American and Pacific Islander Issues, People and Events
Celebrate APA Heritage Month by joining us for a (H)API Hour event with the Coalition of Asian American Government Employees (CAAGE) on Thursday, May 3rd from 5:30-8 pm at the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) on 965 Clay Street (cross street Powell). A $10 voluntary donation at the door will support CHSA. Please RSVP [...]
The Korean American Coalition, the Mirae Foundation and the Southern California Korean College Student Association announced today (press release) the creation of a “Virginia Tech Memorial Fund” to support those affected by the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech. The groups extended their “most heartfelt sympathies to the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy, and does [...]
WORLD PREMIERE After the War by Philip Kan Gotanda Directed by Carey Perloff Fillmore Street. San Francisco. 1946. A place to call home? When more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II, San Francisco’s bustling Japantown suddenly became an urban ghost town. African Americans from the neighboring Fillmore [...]