“I’m proud our state could step in alongside the City of Seattle to help the Wing Luke Museum recover from the violence of hate,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. “The museum is a local treasure honoring Washington’s global diversity. I encourage folks to visit and learn more about the history and culture of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.”
Read MoreThe National Park Foundation (NPF) has again committed to making strategic investments in the park partner community including the Wing Luke Memorial Foundation.
Read MoreThis general operating grant will support the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific’s Creative Placemaking activities and its participation in Kresge’s Creative Practice cohort. The mission of the museum is to engage residents and the larger community with its history, art and cultures to advance racial and social equity within Seattle’s historic Chinatown and International District.
Read MoreAmerica’s Cultural Treasures is an initiative that honors the diversity of artistic expression and excellence in America and provides critical funding to organizations that have made a significant impact on its cultural landscape.
Read MoreEvery May, those in the United States honor the Asian American and Pacific Islander* (AAPI) individuals and communities who have enriched our nation’s history, contribute to its present flourishing, and work toward its future success. The month of May was chosen, and eventually formalized by President George H. W. Bush in 1992, to honor the month in which the first Japanese immigrant came to the United States in 1843, and the month in which the transcontinental railroad was completed, largely by Chinese immigrants, in 1869. At the Murdock Trust, AAPI Heritage Month gives us a chance to recognize the myriad and significant ways AAPI individuals and communities are working for the common good throughout the Pacific Northwest, through preserving history, providing culturally sensitive health care, offering beautiful cultural monuments, and so much more.
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