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.
WTJU May 14th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
May is designated Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. The Classics a Day team adopted that theme as well. For the month of May, the challenge is to post examples of classical music composed or performed by artists who share that heritage.
I limited myself to just posting Asian-American composers. And discovered a seemingly limitless number of composers to choose from both past and present.
Here are my picks for the second week of #ClassicsaDay #APAHM
05/10/21 Zhou Long – Postures Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
This Chinese composer writes, “I have been composing music seriously to achieve my goal of improving the understanding between peoples from various backgrounds.”
At the New York Botanical Garden, I was awed at the glorious lilac bush in the hills of daffodils. Hundreds of bees were dancing and humming within the bush, making me feel so small in a world so big. (Courtesy of Maddie Thompson)
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New York In all honesty, I didn t fully believe in diversity, equity and inclusion work before coming into my service year. Throughout my time at university, I didn t think about the demographics of the university s student body or staff. Every day, walking through campus, I saw people of all ethnicities, religions and backgrounds, all united with a coffee in one hand and textbooks in the other. I grew up in a predominantly white neighborhood in the suburbs of Connecticut, and moving to St. John s U
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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