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May
is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. As a
member of the Congressional
Asian Pacific American Caucus, I wanted to share some
links of interest to celebrate the accomplishments and
contributions of Asian Pacific Americans to Connecticut and
our nation.
Congressman
Larson spoke with college interns
from the Asian
Pacific
American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS).
Larson discussed a number of important current issues and his
experience as a Member of
Congress
with the students.
Asian
Pacific Groups in Connecticut
Council
on Southeast Asia Studies, Yale
University
Asian
American Studies Institute at the UConn
Asian
American Cultural Center at UConn
The
Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies at Wesleyan
University
Trinity
College Asian American Student Association
Asian
Family Services, Inc.
Connecticut
Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Pakistani
American Association of Connecticut
Sneha,
Inc., A Network for Women of South Asian Origin
Association
of Indians in Connecticut
More
Information
Smithsonian
Education - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Infoplease
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Library
of Congress Honors and Celebrates Asian/Pacific American
Heritage Month
U.S.
Census Bureau Facts for Features
PBS
Offers Special Programming for Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month
National
Council of Asian Pacific Americans
Bills
Cosponsored
H.RES.121
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge,
apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear
and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force’s
coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the
world as “comfort women”, during its colonial and
wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from
the 1930s through the duration of World War II.
H.R.
760-
Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 2007
H.R.1595
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Guam
World War II Loyalty Recognition Act
H.R.
4562
- Fourteenth Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Act
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