The Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) unites over 120 community organizations with 25,000 attendees at New York CIty’s Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Festival - America’s longest running celebration of AAPI diversity and culture.
Inspired by the multicultural civil rights movements of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter signed a 1979 proclamation declaring the first week in May “Asian American Heritage Week.” The proclamation was later extended to “Asian Pacific American Heritage Month” by President George H. Bush.
CAPA was the organizer of the nation’s first Asian American Heritage festival right here in New York City!
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