Print Amy Lu, WBAL-TV
A pop-up market in Baltimore City is celebrating the best of Asian American talent and entrepreneurship this month as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Month.
The event is also a cause for activism. Every weekend, a hub of business at Whitehall Market spotlight Asian American Pacific Islanders, or AAPI for short. I really want to express solidarity with the broader AAPI community, said vendor Priya Narasimhan. It s just nice to have some visibility for who we are that we re in the community, we re makers that you probably already know.
The visibility comes at a critical time this year in celebration and in protest.
A pop-up market in Baltimore City is celebrating the best of Asian American talent and entrepreneurship this month as part of Asian American Pacific Islander Month.The event is also a cause for activism. Every weekend, a hub of business at Whitehall Market spotlight Asian American Pacific Islanders, or AAPI for short. I really want to express solidarity with the broader AAPI community, said vendor Priya Narasimhan. It s just nice to have some visibility for who we are that we re in the community, we re makers that you probably already know. The visibility comes at a critical time this year in celebration and in protest. It d be tone deaf not to recognize the disturbing and dramatic increase in anti-Asian hate, said organizer Denis Sgouros.An increase in hate, but also population. Asian Americans are now the fastest-growing demographic in the nation, according to Pew Research. This is not only our way of showing that and expressing it, but it s also just our way of coming toge