Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival
asian pacific american heritage festival hosted coalition asian pacific american new york city one largest outdoors celebration asian pacific american heritage month united state year may festival offer music performance art food history corporate outreach first festival grew civil right movement era president jimmy carter signed proclamation declare first week may asian american heritage week proclamation later extended asian pacific american heritage month entire month may festival continued every year celebrate diverse culture asian american contribution american society become large take coalition year put together number notable asian american performer performed festival including regie cabico george gee orchestra terry watada