{"id":1043,"date":"2023-04-19T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/?page_id=1043"},"modified":"2025-11-12T20:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T20:16:27","slug":"asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/heritage-month-celebrations\/asian-american-pacific-islander-heritage-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage    Month 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Inserted by Dropdownizer plugin. Forces video embeds contained in dropdowns to have a size --><style>.dropdownizer__dropdown iframe { width: 100% !important; height: 100% !important; }<\/style>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2023<strong> <\/strong>Kick-off:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <strong>on Wednesday, April 19th at 5 p.m. in the CDF Quad (Rain location: Villard).<\/strong> There will be delicious food, interactive activities, and engaging performances and speeches from students and faculty members!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s AAPI Kick-off programming has been a collaboration between the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, Asian Students\u2019 Alliance, Chinese Student Community, Korean Students Association, Let\u2019s Nacho, Mountain &amp; Water, Portrait, South Asian Students\u2019 Alliance, Vassar Asian American Studies Working Group, First-Year Experience and Student Growth &amp; Engagement and Faculty members: Amy Chin and Ashanti Shih. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1123\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"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.\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2572-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1135\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"AAPI Month Kickoff displayed in colorful chalk writing on the sidewalk. Chalk flower artwork and letters written by Alysa Chen '23. \" class=\"wp-image-1135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2397-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1105\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Close up image of &quot;What does being AAPI mean to you?&quot; pink poster and The JVJ ALANA Center AAPIHM Kick off program. \" class=\"wp-image-1105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4145-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1142\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two students with their heads down; one student is looking at the pink &quot;What does being AAPI mean to you?&quot; poster, while the other student is writing on a post it.  \" class=\"wp-image-1142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2493-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1107\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Close up image of different Portrait magazines displayed on across a table.\" class=\"wp-image-1107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_41361-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"1136\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a row of students seated in white folding chairs facing the front stage and podium at the AAPI kick off. \" class=\"wp-image-1136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3478-220x147.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"1132\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A person standing at a podium speaking into a microphone in front of a group of people in front of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film.\" class=\"wp-image-1132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2547-220x147.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of History, Ashanti Shih, standing behind the white flower decorated podium, speaking into the mic during her faculty keynote addressing the audience. \" class=\"wp-image-1144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3380-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1143\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of American and Asian Studies, Amy Chin,  speaking into the mic, standing behind the flower decorated podium. \" class=\"wp-image-1143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3692-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1112\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"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. \" class=\"wp-image-1112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_4072-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1127\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Students writing on the letters layed out across the cement during Assistant Professor, Amy Chin's alphabet activity. \" class=\"wp-image-1127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3858-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1138\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Student, Gabrielle Smith '23 seated in a folding chair with her autistic guitar singing into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3611-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1134\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Student leader standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1118\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Katy Wu standing behind the flower decorated podium reciting a poem into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_3274-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"1133\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Let's Nacho, student dance group posing during their dance performance outside the CDF Quad. \" class=\"wp-image-1133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2860-220x147.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1129\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two student leaders standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2718-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1140\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2660-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Student leader standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2660-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2660-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2660-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2660-768x1152.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2650-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1130\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Two student leaders standing behind the flower decorated podium speaking into the mic. \" class=\"wp-image-1130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2591-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographer Credit: Stephen Han \u201923<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"1121\" src=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2423-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Students standing preparing meals in the ALANA Center Conference room in preparation for the AAPI Heritage Month Kick off. \" class=\"wp-image-1121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2423-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2423-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2423-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/offices.vassar.edu\/alana\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/05\/IMG_2423-768x1152.jpg 768w, 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