DEI Coffee Convo: Celebrating our AAPI Communities at Stanford Earth
In May, we recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States. Join us in honoring the multiple generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have and continue enriching this country in this Stanford Earth Coffee Convo.
We will raffle 2 books: Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner and Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri, as well as two movie theater tickets to the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Coffee, boba tea, mango lassis, and ube donuts will be served! See you at the Mitchell Patio as usual.
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants. However, a rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, and Easter Island).
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You can also read What does it mean to be Asian American in the geosciences? To learn more about the Asian American and Pacific Islander members in the Stanford Earth Community.
Explore a timeline created by the Okada House for an introduction to the rich history of the API Community at Stanford.
The Stanford University Libraries will highlight its in-person and virtual Rise Up for Asian American and Pacific Islanders exhibit focused on the history of systemic racism against the AAPI community and created in response to the increase in AAPI hate crimes throughout the United States.