Cortez Masto meets with local AAPI community; talks hate bill Jeff Gillan
Some of the leaders of the Las Vegas Asian American/Pacific Islander community sat around a table at the Service Employees International Union offices off Rancho Wednesday morning. They’re here for a dialogue with Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, about the hate the AAPI community has been experiencing in the wake of COVID-19: the China virus, as some call it, because of its origin.
At the end of this table sits Gloria Caoile, the president of the Asian Pacific America Labor Alliance. Later, outside, I ask her, “are you seeing things get better, are they staying the same, are they getting worse,” referring to the climate her community is facing.
Now accepting submissions for the annual art, video, and essay contest for K-12 students
Published February 8, 2021 •
Updated on March 20, 2021 at 4:25 pm
AACI and NBC Bay Area are hosting the Growing Up Asian in America (GUAA) art, essay, and video contest for K-12 students in the nine Bay Area counties. Founded by Lance Lew of NBC Bay Area and Asian Pacific Fund in 1995, the contest provides a unique platform for young artists to creatively explore and celebrate being both Asian or Pacific Islander and American and remains one of the largest youth celebrations of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the nation.