May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! The term Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Pacific Islander and Asian Americans of all ethnicities and cultures come together to celebrate their heritage through many activities such as dancing, sharing traditional meals, and observing and appreciating their rich history.
Read on to find some events, links, and resources you can use to celebrate the AAPI community this month and every month in your library! And meet your Asian and Pacific Islander colleagues!
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Events & Professional Development for Libraries
- Click the program title for details and registration info
| Events/Program Title | Date/Time/Location | Sponsored by |
| MentorNJ API Meetup | Friday, May 17 @ 10am via Zoom | MentorNJ |
Resources & Book Lists
| What | Link | Information |
| Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2024 | Webpage | Facts for Features on the US Census Bureau |
| The Asian American Education Project Ongoing Workshops for Educators |
Website | The Asian American Education Project offers free, ongoing virtual workshops that showcase its curriculum with the intent of helping educators more easily adapt all or part of the curriculum into their existing practice. |
| Booklists: AAPI Literature Books and Curriculum Resources Books | GoogleDoc | This resources curated and provided by Make Us Visible NJ Find links to the lists on this Google Doc. |
| K-12 AAPI Curriculum Resources | GoogleDoc | This resource curated and provided by Make Us Visible NJ Find links to the resources on this Google Doc. |
| Researching 19th Century Chinese Immigrants to the United States | Webpage | This resource curated and provided by the New Jersey State Library. |
| Free Professional Development Workshops & Toolkits | Webpage | The Asian American Education Project |
| Asian Americans | Film Series | Streaming service provided by PBS |
| Asian/Pacific Heritage Month | Website | This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. |
| The APA Heritage Foundation's 2024 Celebration Guide | Website | The celebration theme this year is Forging Community Bonds. Explore Asian American & Pacific Islander films, foods, and culture through a wide range of activities, events, and programs in the month of May. The APA Heritage Foundation works with their Official Celebration Partners the Asian Art Museum, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) and the San Francisco Public Library to compile an online Celebration Guide with a list of events taking place in May. |
Infographics & Visualizations
| From LibraryLinkNJ for Any Libraries to Use! Flyers in PDF |
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From US Census Bureau
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