Honolulu City Council Adopts Resolution To Improve Race Data Collection - Honolulu Civil Beat
The resolution urges city and state agencies to the data to better guide policies and improve outreach. Reading time: 2 minutes.
The Honolulu City Council approved a resolution on Wednesday urging city and state agencies to disaggregate racial and ethnic data beyond the federal minimum level.
“We are simply recommending that all county and state agencies disaggregate racial and ethnic data relating to Asian and Pacific Islanders so that we can enforce civil rights laws to monitor equal access in health, housing, education and other areas,” Kia‘aina said. “And allow for the creation of policy to address underlying disparities in such areas.”
Jew’s great-grandfather, M.Y. Lee, played a key role in American history, helping to build the transcontinental railroad. To unite the eastern and western sections of the railroad, Central Pacific hired roughly 15,000 Chinese laborers who each shoveled 20 pounds of rock over 400 times a day to complete the Summit Tunnel at Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Despite their backbreaking labor, when the two great railroads were united at Promontory Point, Utah, M.Y. Lee and his compatriots were excluded from the historic ceremony commemorating the union of East and West.
When Jew witnessed the U.S. Bicentennial celebrations of 1976, she identified a lack of recognition for Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. She believes that not only should these communities understand their own heritage, but that all Americans should have an awareness of their contributions and histories in the U.S. Signed into law in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, the commemorative month honors the
FOX Business Susan Li discusses the history and accomplishments of the Asian American community in honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May marks the start of Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month and to highlight the milestones the community has achieved, FOX Business correspondent Susan Li acknowledged some of the unfortunate, yet rich, history each culture has overcome. The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community have come a long way, each with their own cultural distinctions, but all contributing to America s long, colorful history, Li told Fox & Friends.
Li reflected on some of the Asian histories, dating back to the 1800s when the first settlers on the Asia Pacific sailed across the oceans to find riches in the California Gold Rush.
How Native Hawaiians And Pacific Islanders Are Fighting To Be Seen During The Pandemic
Joseph Seia, of the Pacific Islander Community Association in Washington state, describes what it s like to fight for the Pasifika people, one of the highest-risk groups in the coronavirus pandemic.
Asian Americans Out Loud is a project highlighting Asian Americans who are leading the way forward in art and activism. You can read more by visiting our APAHM 2021 homepage.
Story By Carla Herreria Russo
Photography by Jovelle Tamayo
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders have faced disproportionately high rates of hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet their community leaders have had to fight for their struggles to be seen.
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