Every 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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