Celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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May is officially designated as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month to celebrate the achievements and contributions of people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in the U.S. Asian American/Pacific Islander or AAPI is a broad term that 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).
If you are on campus, stop by the Library to check out a book from our AAPI Heritage book display (located on the first floor by the entrance). You can also check out a book virtually through our AAPI Heritage Month Ebookshelf: fitchburgstate.libguides.com/AAPIHeritageEbookshelf