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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.
26 of the Best Photos From VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World
Why Global Citizens Should Care
The COVID-19 pandemic cannot end until all countries have access to lifesaving vaccine doses. VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World had an incredible impact, but there s still more work to do to end the pandemic for everyone, everywhere. World leaders, corporations, philanthropists, and Global Citizens must continue to demand vaccine equity. Join us by taking action here.
VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World just made history.
The first large-scale music event for a COVID-19 compliant audience composed of fully vaccinated frontline health care and essential workers aired globally Saturday night, helping mobilize $302 million from governments, corporations, and philanthropists to aid the fight against the coronavirus and secure more than 26 million vaccine doses for those in need.
By Heather Law and Harmeet Kaur, CNN
Updated 4:22 PM ET, Fri April 23, 2021
Top row, left to right: Madeline Park, Rohan Zhou-Lee and Bianca Mabute-Louie. Bottom row, left to right: Jackson Chiu, Eugene Lee Yang and Teresa Ting. (CNN)Asian Americans have had enough.
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, they ve seen friends, relatives and community members be harassed, threatened and violently assaulted.
Congress is now on track to pass legislation that would denounce discrimination against Asian Americans and expedite reviews of potential Covid-19-related hate crimes.
But some Asian Americans haven t waited for lawmakers to act, countering hate and racism against their communities in ways big and small.
Maybe you’ve never heard of ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a progressive form of arthritis that can cause parts of the spine to fuse, resulting in painful stiffness. But you just might recognize some prominent performers with AS who never allowed the condition to stop or define them.
Before we shine a light on four impressive AS stars and their string of accomplishments, it’s important to understand how challenging this autoimmune disorder, which affects 1.1 million Americans, can be.
“The hallmarks of AS, in addition to the joints, are inflammation of ligaments or tendons that attach to bones,” says Rochelle Rosian, M.D., a rheumatologist at Cleveland Clinic s Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases. “Often people can have recurrent Achilles’ tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, tennis elbows, as well as bowel inflammation, inflammatory eye disease, psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis.”