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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023 Kick-off:

All are welcomed to join the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center for an evening celebration to kick-off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on Wednesday, April 19th at 5 p.m. in the CDF Quad (Rain location: Villard). There will be delicious food, interactive activities, and engaging performances and speeches from students and faculty members!

This year’s AAPI Kick-off programming has been a collaboration between the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, Asian Students’ Alliance, Chinese Student Community, Korean Students Association, Let’s Nacho, Mountain & Water, Portrait, South Asian Students’ Alliance, Vassar Asian American Studies Working Group, First-Year Experience and Student Growth & Engagement and Faculty members: Amy Chin and Ashanti Shih.

Minkyo Han and Rabiah Aziz, ALANA Programming Interns standing at the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic addressing the audience during the opening of the AAPI Heritage Month Kick off.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
AAPI Month Kickoff displayed in colorful chalk writing on the sidewalk. Chalk flower artwork and letters written by Alysa Chen '23.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Close up image of "What does being AAPI mean to you?" pink poster and The JVJ ALANA Center AAPIHM Kick off program.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Two students with their heads down; one student is looking at the pink "What does being AAPI mean to you?" poster, while the other student is writing on a post it.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Close up image of different Portrait magazines displayed on across a table .
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Image of a row of students seated in white folding chairs facing the front stage and podium at the AAPI kick off.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Assistant Professor of History, Ashanti Shih, standing behind the white flower decorated podium, speaking into the mic during her faculty keynote addressing the audience.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Assistant Professor of American and Asian Studies, Amy Chin, speaking into the mic, standing behind the flower decorated podium.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Assistant Professor, Amy Chin's alphabet activity, beginning with letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G being highlighted in the image, laying across the cement marked up with student's writing.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Students writing on the letters layed out across the cement during Assistant Professor, Amy Chin's alphabet activity.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Student, Gabrielle Smith '23 seated in a folding chair with her autistic guitar singing into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Student leader standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Katy Wu standing behind the flower decorated podium reciting a poem into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Let's Nacho, student dance group posing during their dance performance outside the CDF Quad.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Two student leaders standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Student leader standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Student leader standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Two student leaders standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Students standing preparing meals in the ALANA Center Conference room in preparation for the AAPI Heritage Month Kick off.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23
Students lined up receiving food from ALANA interns during the AAPI Heritage Month Kick off outside in the CDF Quad.
Photographer Credit: Stephen Han ’23