Key observance: ‘We Answered the Call’ recognizes service, sacrifices

May is Asian American Pacific Islander month. This year’s theme for AAPI is “We Answered the Call,” recognizing selfless service and sacrifice made by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute graphic)

May is Asian American Pacific Islander month. This year’s theme for AAPI is “We Answered the Call,” recognizing selfless service and sacrifice made by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute graphic)
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By Stacey Geiger
May 1, 2020
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To celebrate and recognize the influences made by Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and native Hawaiians, May is designated as Asian American Pacific Islander Month.

Celebrated every May, AAPI Month recognizes selfless service and sacrifices made by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. AAPI encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

This year’s theme for AAPI Month is “We Answered the Call.”

In June 1978, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate passed a joint resolution to recognize AAPIs, which was later signed by President Jimmy Carter on Oct. 5, 1978. AAPI was first declared as AAPI week and in 1992; Congress designated May as AAPI Heritage Month.

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Due to the current environment with COVID-19 and social distancing, AAPI will be celebrated virtually. Events will be held throughout the month and posted to the 88th Air Base Wing Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WPAFB.

For additional information or questions regarding AAPI Month, contact 1st Lt. Sophia Schwalbe, the 2019 AAPI Month Special Observance Committee lead, at sophia.schwalbe@afit.edu.

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