At the May 11 regular meeting of the Dover City Council, Mayor Robert Carrier read a proclamation celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander community and recognizing the month of May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, recognized each May since 1992.
“During AA NHPIs Heritage Month, we acknowledge AA NHPI persons have lived and worked in the United States for more than 200 years, and have made significant contributions to all facets of the United States such as economy, culture, education, politics, arts, law enforcement, military, literature, science, and technological developments despite institutional and systemic injustices designed to silence and cover up these achievements and contributions,” Mayor Carrier said, reading from the proclamation. “Diversity represents one of our greatest strengths, and by recognizing the contributions and accomplishments of AA NHPI persons, our City will put our values of inclusions into practice to build a brighter future for all our residents.”
In attendance were Cora Quisumbing-King, a Dover resident and member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Racial Equity and Inclusion, her husband, Walter, a member of the Energy Commission, and Luz Bay, a member of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Racial Equity and Inclusion.
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebrates Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. 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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