![Asian and Asian American communities have always been part of Spokaneâs history through our labor, art, food, organizing, and the strength of families who have built lives here across generations. Our stories, then and nowâ also carry the weight of exclusion, displacement, racism, incarceration, labor exploitation, genocide, transphobia, and the ongoing fight to be seen, heard, protected, and represented.That is why Asian American Heritage Month cannot only be about cultural celebration. It is also about truth-telling, civic participation, and collective action. It is a reminder that not only that representation matters, but that policy impacts our daily lives, and that our communities deserve to be part of the decision that shapes our health, safety, housing, education, environment, and future.Asian American Heritage Month is not a single event, and it is not confined to a single month. It is part of a larger movement to honor where we come from, celebrate who we are, build bridges across generations and communities, and organize toward a more just, healthy, and thriving cityâ a Spokane where weâAsians in diaspora and Asian Americans, along with documented and undocumented immigrants and refugeesâtruly belong.This proclamation belongs to our people, to those who came before us and cleared the way, to those among us who carry the work forward, and to those still to come who will inherit what we build today.Let this recognition carry the weight of what our communities have survived, the beauty of what we have created, and the promise of what we are still becoming, together, in this city, on this land, for all of us.Be the Bridge, remember that the strength of us is together!#aclspokane #spokane #asianamericanheritagemonth #proclamation #spokanecitycouncil]()
Asian and Asian American communities have always been part of Spokaneâs history through our labor, art, food, organizing, and the strength of families who have built lives here across generations. Our stories, then and nowâ also carry the weight of exclusion, displacement, racism, incarceration, labor exploitation, genocide, transphobia, and the ongoing fight to be seen, heard, protected, and represented.
That is why Asian American Heritage Month cannot only be about cultural celebration. It is also about truth-telling, civic participation, and collective action. It is a reminder that not only that representation matters, but that policy impacts our daily lives, and that our communities deserve to be part of the decision that shapes our health, safety, housing, education, environment, and future.
Asian American Heritage Month is not a single event, and it is not confined to a single month. It is part of a larger movement to honor where we come from, celebrate who we are, build bridges across generations and communities, and organize toward a more just, healthy, and thriving cityâ a Spokane where weâAsians in diaspora and Asian Americans, along with documented and undocumented immigrants and refugeesâtruly belong.
This proclamation belongs to our people, to those who came before us and cleared the way, to those among us who carry the work forward, and to those still to come who will inherit what we build today.
Let this recognition carry the weight of what our communities have survived, the beauty of what we have created, and the promise of what we are still becoming, together, in this city, on this land, for all of us.
Be the Bridge, remember that the strength of us is together!
#aclspokane #spokane #asianamericanheritagemonth #proclamation #spokanecitycouncil
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