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My name is Easten Law and I am proud to be a Chinese-American.  This is a video I made as a submission for the APIA White House Initiative Video Essay Project. Through teaching and service in both the United States and China, I have formed a passion for intercultural dialogue and a keen awareness of the importance of cultural identity.  As an educator and advocate, my goal is to train up others to...
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“My mind weaves past thoughts in a maze of laboured knots— then I really...”
– haiku by Sameen, by popular demand.
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“As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the month of May being permanently...”
– we can reflect on a number of dates that have defined Asian Pacific American communities in one way or another: 2012 marks 30 years since the controversial death of Chinese American Vincent Chin; 60 years since U.S. citizenship was granted to those born on the island of Guam; 60 years since the...
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Hello, May!
May marks the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, which was built primarily by Chinese immigrant labor.  While Asian Pacific Americans have been central to the American story, it took members of congress, Representatives Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California, and Hawai‘i...
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