Join us on Monday, May 15 for our next Courageous Conversations! Courageous Conversations are a space, either virtual or in person, for staff to gather for 30 minutes to have guided conversations, ask questions and learn about DEI topics. Meeting information can be found below. All meetings are from 11-11:30 am.
- May 15, June 12, June 26 (All bi-weekly meeting Zoom links can also be found on the CRAEA Master Google calendar.)
- Join the Zoom meeting: https://centralriversaea.zoom.us/j/6050295031
- Zoom ID: 605 029 5031
- Padlet: https://padlet.com/cvanbuskirk4/9kmkgeeklejy5sdx
- Meetings Overviews Google document
More information can be found on the “Courageous Conversations” page on our staff website. Please reach out to Gina Weekley, Coordinator of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, with any questions.
Did you know… May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month? The Everyday Inclusion App is offering a new badge challenge to complete by the end of the 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, as the majority of workers who laid those railroad tracks were Chinese immigrants.
- A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
- Some resources to learn more: Origins and history of AAPI Heritage Month | 22 Ideas To Celebrate AAPI Heritage Month (2023)