Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration

Time

Event

11:00am

Mak Fai Lion Dance

11:15am

Opening Remarks:

·        Hosts: Shari Leid, John Chen, Dr. Jerry Nguyen

·        Jim LaRoche & Taylor Ahana – Native Land Acknowledgement

Welcoming Remarks:

·        Michael Itti, Co-Chairperson, Asian Pacific Directors Coalition

11:30am

Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team

11:45am

Seattle Kokon Taiko

12:00pm

Seattle Lataki Group

12:15pm

Huayin Performing Arts Group

12:30pm

Kahoot Trivia

12:45pm

Kinnaly                                                           

1:00pm

Apex Diabolo

1:15pm

Hula O Lehualani

1:30pm

Beatbox Panda

1:45pm

Book Reading by Kelly Goto – Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience

2:00pm

Alan Sugiyama Hum Bow Eating Contest

2:30pm

JunHong’s Kung Fu Club

2:45pm

The Kompany

3:00 pm

Sabyu

3:15pm

Lincoln High School Vietnamese Student Group

3:30 pm

Khmer Amarak Performing Arts

3:45 pm

Aakriti Dance Academy

4:00pm

Kahoot Trivia

4:15pm

Nance of Guma' Gela'

4:30pm

Sayaw (FASA sa UW)

4:45pm

Te Fare O Tamatoa

5:00pm

Closing Remarks

Time

Event

12:00pm

She Marches in Chinatown (released in 2023) is directed by Della Chen.

In 1952, Asian American girls had no extra-curricular activities until Ruby Chow created the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team, the only one of its kind in the world. Despite gentrification, Title IX, and a global pandemic, seventy years later the drill team continues to define, represent and celebrate the evolving Asian American experience of its dedicated multigenerational participants.

This 31 minute film is now available with lesson plans for education institutions, to teach young students about the value of tradition, culture and break the stereotypes of Asian American females.