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Malala Yousafzai and more nominate those who are making history in our world.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates the contributions of one of the fastest-growing groups of people living in the United States. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders contain multitudes. They are a global community with a homegrown and unique perspective on America.
Their diversity expands continents and demographics. The hopes and dreams of the AAPI community are America at its finest, and its people and traditions are those that are tightly stitched into the fabric of the nation. The American dream is alive and well within the AAPI community, and we ve gathered so many of those dreams here throughout this inspiring list of individuals.
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The first time I attended New York Fashion Week was in 2017. As I arrived in the city that never sleeps, it quickly became evident as to why people call it that: there simply isn’t time to sleep when you’re navigating accessibility barriers. I went from fashion show to fashion show, where every time the people at the door were rarely informed on how a wheelchair user like myself could enter the building. At one point, my personal assistant had to throw me over her shoulder and drag my chair up the steps behind her not the entrance I had always dreamed of, but it got me thinking: in an industry that celebrates diversity, why wasn’t there anyone around that looked like me?
Watch The Beauty of Being Deaf By Chella Man
For those who don t know Chella Man, he is a 22-year-old artist, activist, author, and actor who identifies as Deaf, trans, Jewish, and Chinese. He recently collaborated and executive produced
Trans in Trumpland, a four-part docuseries that sheds light on the Trump administration s harmful effect on the trans community and he has announced his first book,
Continuum, to be released in June. The list of what he is working on to push for representation in our country goes on, and you should absolutely be following his endeavors. His latest project comes during National Deaf History Month a jewelry collection he worked on with genderless, Asian-led brand Private Policy, with designers Siying Qu and Haoran Li at the helm. (This is not Chella Man s first foray into fashion as he also collaborated with Opening Ceremony on an inclusive clothing line in 2019.)