Member Spotlight: Kevin Shiinoki Embraces Diversity and Encourages Self-Reflection
President of the Hawaiian Collectors Association and a longtime agency owner shares his perspective on diversity and inclusion and reflects on Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.
5/14/2021 9:45 AM
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In ACA International’s member spotlight this week, Kevin Shiinoki, president of Guardian Capital Management Hawaii LLC and the Hawaiian Collectors Association, explains the diverse cultures that live in Hawaii and his perspective on Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM).
New trends in accounts receivable management (ARM) industry employment reflect an increasingly diverse workforce as more women and people from various racial and ethnic backgrounds have started jobs as bill collectors in recent years.
D65 celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 13, 2021
Evanston/Skokie School District 65 will celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month throughout the month of May “in solidarity” with AAPI community members, according to a Friday newsletter.
“There is certainly an increased need for continued learning, discussion, and action after an alarming rise in violence and hateful attacks directed at Asian Americans and immigrants since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,” District 65 superintendent Devon Horton said.
The district will take steps to become an anti-racist institution, Horton said, which includes teaching about diverse identities and accomplishments throughout class curriculums and across the school year.
Our View: Month marks Asian Americans role in history
The celebration also comes on the heels of U.S. Senate approval of a bill to combat hate crimes against Asian Americans.
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May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. The celebration originated in 1978, when Rep. Frank Horton of New York proposed the president proclaim the first 10 days in May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. Presidents passed annual proclamations until 1990, when Congress expanded the observance to a month.
May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
Updated: 10:35 AM CDT May 11, 2021 Shanon Maglente Product and Reviews Assistant Editor Video above: AAPI community panel in New Hampshire discusses discriminationEach May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. These 31 days acknowledge the accomplishments and contributions of the the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities to the United States and the world be it through their voices, skills, activism, food, fashion or music. The month of May marks two particularly significant events for AAPI community in the United States. On May 7, 1843, the first Japanese immigrant a 14-year-old boy named Manjiro arrived in America, and on May 10, 1869, the transcontinental railroad, which roughly 20,000 Chinese immigrants worked on, was completed. More than 100 years later in 1979, President Jimmy Carter signed the first presidential proclamation for Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. In 1992, Congress passed
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Dine and Drink Deals
Here are a few options from restaurants and bars as we work our way back toward normal.
Casa Vega in Sherman Oaks teams with The Chainsmokers for two new menu items available through the end of May a sparkling grapefruit margarita with JaJa Reposado ($13) and a Crispy Papas Tacos entree ($16.50) with potatoes, spinach-jalapeño pesto and crema served with Spanish rice and refried beans
. Profits from these items, which will be sold through the month, benefit back-of-house restaurant workers through
Filipino restaurant Sisig opened last month in Westlake, offering lumpia, BBQ pork, crisp pata (pork skin attached to tender meat) and, of course, sisig a dish made from pig’s head and chicken liver.