ABOUT
US
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration
is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 51 organizations in the
Asian American community. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 committed to
developing the Voices of Asian America. All proceeds from the Celebration will be donated
to local and national charities.
The Third Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration will be held on Saturday, May 19, 2007, in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
The festival will be located in the downtown South of Market area in San Francisco, on Howard Street between 5th and 7th Streets. Fairgoers are encouraged to walk, bicycle or take public transportation to the 3rd Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration. Free valet bike parking will be provided by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. The nearest BART station is the Powell Street station located two blocks from Howard Street.
ASIAN
PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
In June 1977, Representatives Frank Horton of New York
and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a House resolution that called upon the President
to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian/Pacific Heritage Week. The following month, senators
Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both were passed.
On October
5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution designating
the annual celebration.
In May 1990, President George H. W. Bush designated the entire month
of May to be Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the
first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark
the anniversary of the completion of the mainly Chinese built transcontinental
railroad on May 10, 1869.
In 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued the first mayoral
proclamation for Asian Pacific Heritage month.
This year the AsianWeek Foundation, working with more than 50 other community groups representing over 525,000 members and associates in the San Francisco area, have come together to produce the Third Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration. A celebration of all Asian cultures, the goal of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration is to promote and foster Asian Pacific American identity by bringing together community, and encouraging the sharing of differences and appreciation of diversity.
CONTACT
INFORMATION
For booth information and general questions about the AHSC:
Alisa Tanphanich
Administrative Coordinator
alisat@awfoundation.com
(415) 321-5865
For Sponsorship opportunities:
Joyce Aldana
(415) 441-5239
joyce@baycrossings.com
For all Program,
Entertainment and Community Outreach opportunities:
Christine Padilla
cvpadilla@gmail.com
SNagamatsu@awfoundation.com
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