some amazing programatic plans for this month. if you haven't been to cam fest, you are missing out big time. make sure you take advantage of the programs and the events. so many great act its, so many ways in which we can celebrate and uplift our a.p.a. community here in san francisco and with that, i'd like to introduce our city administrator car men chiu. >> thank you very much, mayor, for the warm welcome to everybody who is here today and of course to claudine and jay for hosting this event today. my name is carmen chiu. we've all had a difficult year dealing with not only the pandemic on our hands, but some of the racial violence and challenges we've seen not on here locally, in the bay area and in san francisco, but

across the country. i think it's worthwhile to note especially someone who has grown up here as an asian american woman that xenophobia and some of the challenges we are facing in our community is not something that's new. it's not something that just came about because of the pandemic. but it's something we've seen embedded within our history here in the united states. whether it was the people who were discriminated against when they came to work on the railroads or the chinese exclusion act among all of the other different discriminatory acts that we've seen, we've seen this play out through many different ways whether through legal action or the subtle ways where people are excluded or treated or always as a perpetual immigrant in this society. i have to say i'm very excited to be here to kick off our apa heritage month and the reason

is because this is an opportunity for us to take all of those challenges and that pain and that hurt and to turn it into something that is different and positive. to begin to turn the leaf on what we think our country should be to live up the ideals of making sure we have an inclusive community and inclusive society. i want to thank claudine and all of the folks because it's an opportunity for all of us to engage to remind everyone that asian american history is american history. that when we start to open up the conversations, we start to make ourselves vulnerable to talk about our hurts, our pains, our experiences. we start to build those connections and bridges between our communities to make sure what we are advancing where we are. so, again, i'm very excited to be here for that reason because let's not forget that we've always been a community of resilience. my parents, many people before

them who've immigrated with nothing, we've been a resilient community. we're going to get through this together and the way we start is by uplifting our voices, making our voices be heard and sharing all of those experiences that help to bring our communities together. thank you very much. with that, claudine. >> thank you, city administrator. so the mayor just now talked about we will have a kickoff celebration in japantown on saturday. of course, the event will be in compliance of san francisco's public health guidelines. at that event, every year following our tradition, we will be honoring some exceptional organizations for the significant milestones. we will be honoring this year the 60th anniversary of the san francisco soul. we will be honoring the san

francisco and also the national japanese american historical society for 40 years of contributions. this year, because we always talk about we are the san francisco bay region. we are also -- we give special recognition to two special organizations that have brought bay area compact. the national japanese chamber of commerce of northern california for being around for seventy years and, of course, world journal, one of the premier newspapers in the country and of course in san francisco bay area providing news and information to our chinese american community congratulating them on their 45th anniversary. so, hopefully all of you will be there when we celebrate all these milestones and, now, i would like to invite our celebration partners to tell you the highlight maybe just one or two of what your organization is offering in the month of may, maybe starting

with the largest asian american film festival in the country. and the director of the festival. >> thank you, claudine. hello everyone. i am the festival and exhibitions director at the center for asian american media. i want to thank claudine so much for letting cam participate in this wonderful month of celebrations and i'm surrounded by so many amazing people, it's quite it's the nation's largest film festival that celebrates asian american stories. we will be presenting over 100 diverse films, over 50 unique events. mostly virtual, but also at fort mason center, we will have

three wonderful evenings of screenings of films. half of those films are local films about our asian american communities. as everyone mentioned, there's a lot of anxiety in the world, there's a lot happening. and we wanted a festival that represents that moment. as we all know in this last year, media's so important. being able to connect. being able to have some levity to be inspired by films and stories is so important. so we do hope we can do a lot for our communities, not only let you all know about some talented creative folk, but hopefully to inspire people to heal communities. camfest.com is where a lot of our screenings and programs will happen. one of the great things is we have film makers from all around the world who will be participating being able to connect with you all. so once again, claudine, thank you so much.

i do hope this year, i know it's going to be fabulous, but in my brain, i'm thinking about next year. i'm thinking about my 40th anniversary festival and i dream of being back at the asian art museum opening night. i hope to see you all there this may, but then also next year as well. thank you. >> and, so we have our city librarian michael lambert. michael. >> thank you, claudine. and thank you, madam mayor, for your leadership in guiding us through this past year. i'm really excited that this is the 60th anniversary of the soul sister city committee. i was born in sol and i want to thank mayor breed for appointing me to be the first asian american city librarian in san francisco and the first asian american to lead any major urban library in the country. it's truly wonderful to be here at the asian art museum to celebrate the kickoff of asian

pacific american heritage month. this year's theme celebrates resilience and uplift voice social security really the perfect inspiration as we're on our way to recovery and healing. i want to thank the apa celebration partners and particularly claudine for your passion and ongoing commitment to celebrating our culture and heritage in san francisco. apa heritage month is all about celebrating community. honored to be one of the cultural institutions that helps to highlight the important contributions of our aapi community to the richness and vitality of san francisco. we have an incredible lineup of programming this year and i encourage everyone to visit the website. apaheritage.org and take advantage of some of these programs. we've got incredible authors. i saw chef martin yan is in the lineup. i'm excited to welcome our

community back inside the main library on monday and to our chinatown branch and a couple weeks after that. the books are back and we are well on our way to re-opening our library system and i so look forward to seeing everyone back in the stacks soon. thank you. >> jay, do we have anything to add for the museum? >> thank you, claudine. i would be delighted. claudine, with our mayor, commission administrator, and program sponsors and of course our media friends. thank you for spending this beautiful nevertheless windy museum. asian art celebrates asian american art in the heritage center and we're also playing a leading role in raising our collective voices in fighting against anti-asian racism and violence. so after this press conference,

i'll encourage you to all go to the other side of our museum to see the murals outside the museum. we really have turned the museum inside out. we express ourselves from our internal values to our external audience's engagement and these are the works by asian american women artists. very powerful in raising their voices through the voice of art and for this particular month, apa heritage month, we also celebrate connections amongst this very diverse community and their cross cultural impacts and those connections are beyond not only within the asian american api communities but also beyond with all diverse communities. so let me just highlight three programs. our content involves visual arts, of course, but also food, but also music. one program is called artist panel, environmental resilience

and asian pacific american leadership. the topic that transcends all boundaries. in the program, food at the table, afro asian art. asian art museum has been exploring very active partnerships and other museums of other communities all along. one of our strongest community partners. and we continue to explore the cross pollination and collaboration. the third program i'll just highlight is called "celebrating asian futures" in music conversation with venn and voo and friends with a wonderful american vietnamese asian artist. and asian american heritage every day. so come to enjoy the museum and also advise us to tell us how

we can do better. thank you very much. >> thank you, jay. so, apa heritage month is really a big community celebration. it's coming back together of our apa family. so i want to really thank many of the volunteers that have been able, that are coming together to make this happen that are not here today because everyone is working, but i just want to take this opportunity to acknowledge all the volunteers who serve on our committee and our board. we could have not brought this together without our sponsors. this is a big collaboration between our city, our government, and business communities. we have many sponsors with us this year and including but not limited to anthem blue cross, ramo and for many years the golden state warriors and, this year, we have three amazing

presenting sponsors. kaiser, amazon, and u.s. bank. two of the representatives are here today and i really want to thank them and maybe they have greetings to share with us and jane pang from u.s. bank is here. jane. >> good afternoon. on behalf of u.s. bank, i am so proud to be part of today's official kickoff. i'm jane pang, vice president and business making leader with u.s. bank. this past year has been an especially difficult one for our community. at u.s. bank, we have pledged to do our part to combat racism and anti-asian hate in the community. diversity, equity, and

inclusion are at the core of everything we do and we are committed to stand with you during apa month and beyond. just last month, u.s. bank helped deliver 3,000 personal safety kits to our customers and community groups. in chinatown and other asian american neighborhoods across the bay area. and, last week, our employees volunteered to help distribute meal vouchers to vulnerable seniors in chinatown. u.s. bank has also announced additional financial support to aapi organizations including our incredible partner here today, asian pacific american heritage foundation. our work and support of aapi communities is critically important and will continue. thank you. >> thank you, jane, and last but not least, i think apa heritage month, from amazon, sally kay.

>> thank you, claudine. and, thank you, mayor breed. and all the members of the apa heritage committee. i want to applaud you for many years of devotion to ensure the api community has been celebrated in san francisco. amazon is here today to celebrate asian pacific american heritage month along with our employees, our customers and our neighbors and friends throughout the city. it's wonderful to be here today with the optimism of spring and to gather together with a new hope. this last year, the tragic events that have happened have made this celebration even more important. and, with that in mind, amazon music which has a large number of employees here in san francisco has highlighted play lists, new music, short films and more to highlight visibility for api artists. at amazon, we stand in celebration and in solidarity with the api community and we are committed to help building

a country and a world where everyone is free from fear and can live with dignity. and amazon is committed to advancing social equity and justice throughout san francisco. thank you so much for having us. >> thank you, sally. and, thank you, mayor breed for your time and thank you all for coming and hope to see you all on saturday, may 1st in japantown. adjourned. >> shop & dine in the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do their shop & dine in the 49 with within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so where will you shop & dine in the 49 my name is jim woods i'm the

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