. >> affirming the asian american pacific islanders. it about register and honoring the path for future generations about celebrating culture. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month empowering the leaders up in the administrator's office and about my daughter if helps the future of the apa heritage and friends and family. >> about family. >> we're honoring the irldz that came before us and findings your roots and about culture insuring about the asian-american journey and all we're achieved and celebrate asian-american it means embarrassing the differences. it is about imaging. >> it is about representing as public servant in san francisco. >> about recommending the philippine generations and about how memory came for us less celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and writing our own history for the future. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage >> who doesn't love cable cars? charging emissions and we're free which we're proud of you know, it's not much free left in the world

. >> asian american pacific islanders may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month about san francisco the asian-american about the history and curtain or encouragement. >> about fun and family and food. >> about all of us celebrating each other together after celebrating the cultural tradition a our future. >> showing you the regular things like the families and connecting the japanese heritage and my heritage in hawaii and other asians around the city and world and growing up with the bay area. >> asian american pacific islanders it about showcasing the apa heritage culture contributions and full staves of music and the great diversity within the community i'm not a asian-american but have a great communication and about celebrating the stories of blood lines of apa heritage and the difficult challenges creating opportunity and building a new. >> let's celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and victorville our writing our future for the future may is asian american & pacific islander heritage >> [music] art withelders exhibiting senior art work ac

. >> affirming the asian american pacific islanders. the apa heritage and friends and family. >> about family. >> we're honoring the irldz that came before us and findings your roots and about culture insuring about the asian-american journey and all we're achieved and celebrate asian-american it means embarrassing the differences. it is about imaging. >> it is about representing as public servant in san francisco. >> about recommending the philippine generations and about how memory came for us less celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and writing our own history for the future. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage >> hi my name is dochai i'm an american cambodian singer from southern california. this song is bongchoy, which translates to "i am 16." ♪ [singing in native language] ♪ ♪ they tried to stop us, they tried to rob us ♪ ♪ we survived ♪ ♪ [singing in native language] ♪ la la la la la la la ♪ ♪ can i love you can i love you ♪ ♪ were you listening or whistling, our energy is chemistry a

. >> affirming the asian american pacific islanders. it about register and honoring the path for future generations about celebrating culture. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month empowering the leaders up in the administrator's office and about my daughter if helps the future of the apa heritage and friends and family. >> about family. >> we're honoring the irldz that came before us and findings your roots and about culture insuring about the asian-american journey and all we're achieved and celebrate asian-american it means embarrassing the differences. it is about imaging. >> it is about representing as public servant in san francisco. >> about recommending the philippine generations and about how memory came for us less celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and writing our own history for the future. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage good morning. this is the fire commission regular meeting may 10th 2023 the time is 901. this meeting is being held in person . member

pacific islander communities. here in san francisco, if you didn't know more than one third of the population is of asian american and pacific islander descent. there are a lot of us we continue to show the nation how to properly celebrate asian american and pacific islander heritage month our city celebrations, which include a public awareness campaign, you may have seen some of the images out front and on the plaza. these are the collective efforts of the members of the a heritage celebration committee in partnership with the apa heritage foundation. it's a non profit organization dedicated to securing the sponsorship and resources. to support this celebration. and at this time, please welcome claudia. in chiang. she was the president of the a. p, a heritage foundation and coordinator of this community celebration. she is here to give her greetings on behalf of the a p, a heritage celebration team, claudia. okay. thank you. this is all yours. thank you for you. happy api heritage meant everyone. thank you for joining us for this celebration this evening, and events like this take more than a village. and. just t

. >> asian american pacific islanders may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month about sans like the families and connecting the japanese heritage and my heritage in hawaii and other asians around the city and world and growing up with the bay area. >> asian american pacific islanders it about showcasing the apa heritage culture contributions and full staves of music and the great diversity within the community i'm not a asian-american but have a great communication and about celebrating the stories of blood lines of apa heritage and the difficult challenges creating opportunity and building a new. >> let's celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and victorville our writing our future for the future may is asian american & pacific islander heritage >> hello happy asian-american pacific islander month. my name is milet and i'm with parangal. we're a dance company out of california. the term parangal means tribute and this means tribute not only to our heritage but the indigenous people of the philippines. >> hi my name is kim. >> i'm jake dominguez.

the opportunity to talk about our landmark report, how civil rights can protect asian americans and pacific islandersgainst racism. kristen: tell me why it was commissioned, what were you trying to find out? >> about the experiences asian americans have with discrimination in everyday settings. for a long time, for five point five years, i was a civil rights attorney with the u.s. department of education and office for civil. during my time, i saw very few complaints from asian americans or pacific islanders pyramid are the communities not facing this termination or they do not -- or do they not know how to report? that's why we decided to make this survey. what we found was that about half of all asian americans and pacific islanders have experienced a civil rights violation. really millions of us ave been unfairly fired, bullied at school, simply because of who we are. this type of discrimination is incredibly harmful. those of us who have experienced discrimination report feeling stressed, anxiety, and depression and some of us have been forced to leave our jobs, switch schools, change commutes, a

representative -- conversation on how to counter hate and discrimination against asian americans and pacific islanders and its intersections with foreign policy. the ambassador serves as cochair of the white house initiative on asian americans, native hawaiians, and pacific islanders. >> good afternoon, thank you so much for joining us either here in person or online. i am the director of the diversity and leadership international affairs project here. our program is to help for all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at the center. since its inception in 2017 the program has been dedicated to elevating diverse voices and perspectives. csi believes i diverse workforce leads to more ideas, innovation and more robust policy solutions. we strive to be a thought leader within the national security space, all all supporting our internal initiatives within our company including our very own employee resource groups or erg's who have worked very hard to make today's event happen. we support seven employee led voluntary erg's in order to foster a sense of belonging, inspire conversation and create a safe

she is also cochair of the white house initiative on asian americans, native hawaiians and pull his -- pacific islanders. and president biden's advisory commission on asian americans, native hawaiians and pacific islanders. prior to being the rep, she spent most of her career in public service focusing on international economic policy monitoring and enforcement. she previously served as chief trade council and trade subcommittee staff director for the house ways and means could in the united states congress, in this capacity ambassador ty played a pivotal role in shaping u.s. trade law, and negotiation strategies, and bilateral and multilateral agreements including the recently renegotiated united states and mexico canada agreement. she is an experienced wto litigator, she previously developed and tried cases for the office of the united states trade representative and eventually becoming the chief trade council for china trade enforcement. before federal service she practiced law in the private sector, clerked for district judges and taught english in china. she earned a bachelor of arts degree in hist

native music] >> para la familia, we want to say happy asian pacific islanders month, and we also want to say maluai!television. >> asian american pacific islanders may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month about san francisco the asian-american about the history and curtain or encouragement. >> about fun and family and food. >> about all of us celebrating each other together after celebrating the cultural tradition a our future. >> showing you the regular things like the families and connecting the japanese heritage and my heritage in hawaii and other asians around the city and world and growing up with the bay area. >> asian american pacific islanders it about showcasing the apa heritage culture contributions and full staves of music and the great diversity within the community i'm not a asian-american but have a great communication and about celebrating the stories of blood lines of apa heritage and the difficult challenges creating opportunity and building a new. >> let's celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and victorville our writing our future for the future may is asian american

also as asian american pacific islander heritage month wraps up, our media partner has a story that may work itself into your summer road trip to monterey. it turns out there's plenty of chinese american history, including what a burned down fishing village can teach us. seismic, if not surprising news from the warriors, the longtime president and general manager bob myers stepping down after leading the team to four championships. this one from his news conference. >> thank you for your support, passion, understanding that we were human, we try harder than you can even imagine to give you what you deserve. i have woken up at 3:00 in the morning way too many times for a job. as you all may know, it is more than a job. that is why you love it. >> joining us to talk about the end of an era, larry beil. thank you for coming. >> my pleasure. i'm sad. everybody is has ever dealt with bob myers feels like it is a tremendous loss. what is really important to understand is what he said, i've had to wake up at 3:00 in the morning far too many times. we don't ever see that. there are so many fire

i am proud to be a part of that as an asian american pacific islander women of color. i think is important that our perspectives are heard, but more portly havoc we keep that door open and make sure others followers. >> what you think your ancestors would say to you is now a member of congress? rep. tokuda: don't screw up. i think definitely there would be private, but i have always been raised with humility and response billy, that was something that was imparted on me over and over again, growing up. it is not about you. it is about how we make sure that you do goodbye -- by your family, by your community and by others. that is a huge response ability that we all bear, but also think ability part is very important. i think back to my 12 years in the hawaii state senate, people asked me what was the most important thing. it was to be humble. there are so many opportunities to be full of yourself, so many opportunities to think it is just about you. you make the decision. really it is not. it's is not about you. those are some of the final words i stated when i left, a

i rise in celebration of asian american, native hawaiian and pacific islander month. as a fourth generation hawaiian american, i believe this month is not only to recognize contributions but it is deeply personal to me as i think about the future we want to build for the next generation. ms. to cue da: -- ms. tokuda: we are a diverse diaspora, we are in every state across the country, and while we have made great progress, we have seen an unprecedented rise in xenophobia, and violence nationwide. we will not let these fofers hate hold us down. the stories of aanhpi people in our country are of grit, perseverance and courage. they are stories that continue today through the tireless advocacy of those fighting to defend our civil rights and democracy and through hardworking men and women keeping the american dream alive. i urge my colleagues to join me in celebrating asian american, pacific islanders and native hawaiian heritage month and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina seek recognition? ms. foxx: i ask una

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for asian pacific and asian and asian american and pacific islander heritage, mom, so mouthful um, but today we also take a moment to really honor a number of organizations , the 30 40 and 50 years of existence, and i don't know if you did that on purpose, claudine. but um, the asian pacific fund for supporting community through philanthropy and making sure those investments get made in asian organizations. the asian island . i mean, the angel island immigration station foundation for 40 years of protecting the stories and the history and the heritage of the asian community in the bay area, the japanese cultural and community center of northern california one that is absolutely my favorite because of the work that they have done with me and partnership over the years even before i was a supervisor on the board of supervisors collaboration that took place between this center and the african american art and culture complex. those cross cultural relationship building opportunities were always central in my life in the western addition community and so they are celebrating 50 years , so a

great asian american pacific islander heritage month.e are putting a squat light on a member of the warriors organization who is an integral part to the team's incredible success. always a is the team's vice president of ticketing who has helped the warriors sell out more than 400 straight games. always a is a first generation filipina american who helped transform the warriors filipino heritage night int she's been with the warriors now for 14 years after starting there as an intern with the organization . she also serves as the warriors diversity equity and inclusion council. defined and a space and a platform for us to celebrate culture in this way has been so near and dear to me . i mean, it's an opportunity. i'm so grateful for always a also says her love of basketball came from her father, who grew up a fan of the current warriors opponent, the los angeles lakers . she credits her family's love of sports and love of basketball for sparking her career with the warriors bar has a new state of the art tool, which is expected to help i

says when she arrived on campus, she realized there was no dedicated space for the asian american pacific. islanderty. 34% of students identify as a p i. so she and other student advocates work to open the center for asian american pacific islander student empowerment last year. i just felt like a contradiction that i as an asian american student and walking around campus going to classes on the same grounds that you know, my people that just look like me were processed and incarceratedg center for internment camps during world war two. zhuang was also instrumental in promoting a day of remembrance for those sent to internment camps, as well as a mural and monument to represent a p i heritage on campus. we have professors. we have mentors. we have students that are passionate about social justice, passionate about change and passionate about empowering our students to elevate their voice to the next level, and i think that's like my journey is a testament to that. nina graduated on wednesday with a degree in nutrition and food science and says that she will take the next year off to work and then a

. >> asian american pacific islanders may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month about san francisco the asian-american about the history and curtain or encouragement. >> about fun and family and food. >> about all of us celebrating each other together after celebrating the cultural tradition a our future. >> showing you the regular things like the families and connecting the japanese heritage and my heritage in hawaii and other asians around the city and world and growing up with the bay area. >> asian american pacific islanders it about showcasing the apa heritage culture contributions and full staves of music and the great diversity within the community i'm not a asian-american but have a great communication and about celebrating the stories of blood lines of apa heritage and the difficult challenges creating opportunity and building a new. >> let's celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and victorville our writing our future for the future may is asian american & pacific islander heritage everyone. and welcome to san francisco's 19th annual ap

for asian pacific and asian and asian american and pacific islander heritage, mom, so mouthful um, but today we also take a moment to really honor a number of organizations , the 30 40 and 50 years of existence, and i don't know if you did that on purpose, claudine. but um, the asian pacific fund for supporting community through philanthropy and making sure those investments get made in asian organizations. the asian island . i mean, the angel island immigration station foundation for 40 years of protecting the stories and the history and the heritage of the asian community in the bay area, the japanese cultural and community center of northern california one that is absolutely my favorite because of the work that they have done with me and partnership over the years even before i was a supervisor on the board of supervisors collaboration that took place between this center and the african american art and culture complex. those cross cultural relationship building opportunities were always central in my life in the western addition community and so they are celebrating 50 years , so a

says when she arrived on campus, she realized there was no dedicated space for the asian american pacific. islanderty. 34% of students identify as a p i. so she and other student advocates work to open the center for asian american pacific islander student empowerment last year. i just felt like a contradiction that i as an asian american student and walking around campus going to classes on the same grounds that you know my people that just look like me were processed in incarcerated state was used as a processing center for internment camps during world war two. zhuang was also instrumental and promoting a day of remembrance for those sent to internment camps, as well as a mural and monument to represent a p i heritage on campus. we have professors we have mentors, we have students that are passionate about social justice, passionate about change and passionate about empowering our students. to elevate their voice to the next level, and i think that's like my journey is a testament to that. nina graduated on wednesday with a degree in nutrition and food science and says that she will take the nex

as an asian american, pacific island woman of color. i think it's really important that our perspectives are here but more importantly, how are we not gonna keep the door open and make sure others follow us as well? >> what do you think your ancestors would say to you as now a member of congress? >> don't screw up. just kidding. i think definitely there would be pride but first and foremost, as we've always been raised, humility and responsibility. that was definitely something that was imparted on me over and over again growing up. it's not about you. it's how are you gonna make sure you do good by your family, by your community, by others. that's a huge responsibility i think that we all bear. but also, humility part is very important. i think back to my 12 years even in the hawaii state senate. if people ask me as i take away, what was the most important thing. it was to be humble. so many opportunities to be full of yourself. so many opportunities to think that is just about you. then you make the decision. but really, it's not. it'

this is asian american pacific islander heritage month and tonight we are going to take a look at a nonprofitan francisco. we will introduce you to pacific american community center and how it is helping the next generation. >> we are about to go out. stay with your group. the number two role is not count as trash, you have to pick it up. >> are going to go and i out troops. >> were going to keep the community clean. >> when you're able to do these things like clean up you realize this is a lot of trash in our community. this is affecting us in the future, not only the environment but our health. >> monolingual chinese immigrants in 1999. many purchase their own homes here because it was still one of the most affordable places in san francisco. my family lives in one house, there might be two or three families in one house. many were victims of violence so that is why they formed asian pacific american community center to try to help each other and to try to get assistance from government. they were very successful at doing that. >> helps youth and seniors make their way. >> all of our kids a

wanted to extend that form of community care through art to other neighborhoods, other asian american pacific island neighborhoods. and so we found this name cut fruit, which is a very common practice across asian and pacific islander household. and you'll see that across the world where people prepare fresh cut fruit, further loved ones and to us that really evoked a sense of community care that we wanted to. um, we wanted to show through our organization . so you you do you still help with the communities, the businesses that are in chinatown that were hurt as well. and how are you doing that? and how is your organization evolved since then. so some of our programs, one of them, which is the community prosperity program. we are code designing merchandise with small businesses in chinatowns and little side icons across the bay area, and i'm actually representing one of them is, um, this is green fish seafood in oakland, chinatown. and so we code create merch, and we also help to market and sell . and then we provide all the profits to the small businesses as another form of revenue for that's inter

. >> affirming the asian american pacific islanders. it about register and honoring the path for future generations about celebrating culture. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month empowering the leaders up in the administrator's office and about my daughter if helps the future of the apa heritage and friends and family. >> about family. >> we're honoring the irldz that came before us and findings your roots and about culture insuring about the asian-american journey and all we're achieved and celebrate asian-american it means embarrassing the differences. it is about imaging. >> it is about representing as public servant in san francisco. >> about recommending the philippine generations and about how memory came for us less celebrate may is asian american & pacific islander heritage month and writing our own history for the future. >> may is asian american & pacific islander heritage ryoner seats so wes so wes so wes so wy name is davids davids da chu. ir to be the firste firste firste n city attorneyttorneyttorney

their history. >> parents with kids come and play games, learning the history of asian american and pacific islander many people come up and say it's exciting. >> it's important that chinatown was chosen to host the event and it's never solely chinese american descent. join us tonight for our special celebrating asian american and pacific islander. >>> the free medical care to patients in need. >>> the first ever ronald mcdonald house in oakland. > you can now access nbc bay area news whenever you want on roku, amazon fire tv, samsung tv roku, amazon fire tv, samsung tv plus or xumo, watch - tlife is uncertain. it's okay to feel stressed, anxious, worried, or frustrated. calhope can help. access calhope's free and secure mental health resources today. call our warm line at 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org. hi, i'm totodd. i'm a a veteran ofof 23 year. i servrved three o overseas to. i lolove to giveve back toto the commumunity. i i offer whatat i can whwhen i can.. i started d noticing my memorory was slipipping. i saw w a prevagenen commercl and d i did someme research h . i i started tatak

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i am proud to be a part of that as an asian american pacific islander women of color. i think is important that our perspectives are heard, but more portly havoc we keep that door open and make sure others followers. >> what you think your ancestors would say to you is now a member of congress? rep. tokuda: don't screw up. i think definitely there would be private, but i have always been raised with humility and response billy, that was something that was imparted on me over and over again, growing up. it is not about you. it is about how we make sure that you do goodbye -- by your family, by your community and by others. that is a huge response ability that we all bear, but also think ability part is very important. i think back to my 12 years in the hawaii state senate, people asked me what was the most important thing. as

perspectives we bring america to this building and i'm really proud to be part of that as an asian american pacific islander woman of color. i think it is important that our perspectives are here but how aree we going to keep the door open and make sure others follow us? >> what do you think your ancestors would say to you as a memberer of congress now? >> don't screw up. no, i'm just kidding. i think definitely pride but first andnd foremost as we've always been raised, humility and responsibility is definitely something that was imparted on me over and over again growing up. it's not about you. it's how did you make sure to do good by your family and community and others and that's a huge responsibility that i think weil all bear but also humility is important in my 12 years even in the senate people ask me what was the most important thing itha was to be humble. there are so many opportunities to be

as an asian american, pacific island woman of color. i think it's really important that our perspectives are here but more importantly, how are we not gonna keep the door open and make sure others follow us as well? >> what do you think your ancestors would say to you as now a member of congress? >> don't screw up. just kidding. i think definitely there would be pride but first and foremost, as we've always been raised, humility and responsibility. that was definitely something that was imparted on me over and over again growing up. it's not about you. it's how are you gonna make sure you do good by your family, by your community, by others. that's a huge responsibility i think that we all

. >> hello happy asian-american pacific islander month. my name is milet and i'm with parangal.nces from yacan and dance called tamsac. >> we're playing for a tomahi learned from of the aharsa family. >> and the tumachic and the showing movement from the arms, are all learned from the hadas families salma, thank you. >> salamas. [music] >> hello i'm jonathan mercado and we're going to be be dancing up next, from the southern part of the philippines. our culture are salmonal with influences of work from papa laqid and mahala family. it's a festival dance done mainly for celebrations like weddings, birthdays, so but the true, the true root is precolonial prehis lamic. it will be one on the phone and one on playing the tambul. and those are traditional used for sagan in calina. >> hello again, i'm milet and this next dance you will see is from the taboli people, south cotobato in southern philippines. the dance is tal malatic and it's during the festival called moony moon. the ladies will be performing traditional taboli movement and the men will be performing a warrior dance. >> f