
Asian American Stories Los Angeles- AAPI LA
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Los Angeles Mayor's Office presents:
Asian American Stories by Asian American
Pacific Islanders in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Region is proud to commemorate this month by inviting all to attend free events that honor the AAPI community through art, music, food, discussions, awards, and much more. Please join us for a month long opportunity to connect and celebrate!
All are invited to attend AAPI LA Market at Smorgasburg on Sunday, May 7. Savor some of the best food and drinks AAPI owned businesses have to offer. You’ll not want to miss this once-a-year event!
API makes up approximately 16% of the City’s population
As of 2010, Los Angeles County had the largest populations of Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indonesian, Korean, Sri Lankan, and Thai people outside of their respective home countries anywhere in the world. The City of Los Angeles specifically, had the highest numeric Asian population in all of Los Angeles County.
Historically they have been widely divided by dialect and origins, making it difficult for many to unite through an existing platform and stand up to hate crimes and other injustices.
AAPIs ore often left out of many DEI conversations, programs, and initiatives.
East Asian American white-collar professionals are the least likely group to be promoted from individual contributor roles into management — less likely than any other race, including blacks and Hispanics.
Asian American communities to have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and overrepresented in business sectors that have been hardest hit by COVID-19.
Pandemic has exacerbated anti-Asian xenophobia and racism, which have historically acted as barriers to equity.
Korean businesses were heavily targeted during the Los Angeles 92’ riots, negatively impacting the community for years since.
AAPI LA was created to address the unique challenges faced by the AAPI community, including the rapid rise of hate crimes, the unprecedented impact of the pandemic on AAPI businesses, inaccessibility to services due to language barriers, and the lack of AAPI inclusion in industries and conversations around equity and diversity. AAPI LA is tackling these challenges by bringing together nonprofit and for-profit organizations that support or provide services to the AAPI community under one umbrella. Together, these organizations collaborate to help amplify their voices, work, and assistance to the AAPI community.
The overarching goal, however, is to support a community that has been historically misrepresented, disregarded, and often referred to as the “invisible minority.” This is a path towards providing a voice to a frustrated community that has long been divided by language barriers and cultural differences.
Comprised of Los Angeles Area Organizations that support and/or advocate for the AAPI community. Together they:
Andy Wang has written regularly about restaurants and bars for Food & Wine, Los Angeles Magazine and Robb Report. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, New York Magazine, Zagat Stories, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Yahoo Travel, Observer, Taste, Ocean Drive and many other publications. He is co-founder of the Dumpling Mafia NFT and co-host of LA Food Gang on Clubhouse. Andy was previously the real estate and travel editor at the New York Post. A former dot-com entrepreneur, he wrote the first New York Times stories about both Google and blogs.
May 3 is officially AAPI LA Day every year in the City of Los Angeles! Thank you to Councilmember John Lee for championing this proclamation!
Asian Pacific Community Fund (APCF) is honored to be AAPI-LA’s fiscal partner to support our joint vision of providing a greater voice for the L.A. Area AAPI Community.
Together we can build a healthier and stronger AAPI community.
To donate, please make a check payable to “APCF” with memo “AAPI-LA”.
Asian Pacific Community Fund
1145 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 105
Los Angeles, CA 90017