uscitizenpod: Three Citizenship Questions for Mother's Day Ann Reeves Jarvis was a peace activist who took care of wounded soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. After the war, she hosted Mother's Day Friendship picnics for the women on both sides of the war. She also created Mother's Day Work Clubs to address public health issues. After Ann Reeves Jarvis died, her daughter, Anna Jarvis, wanted to honor her mother by continuing the work that her mother had started. Anna Jarvis started a petition to set aside one day every year to honor all mothers. She said that a mother is "the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world." In 1908, Anna Jarvis sent a petition to Congress to make Mother's Day a national holiday. Although Congress rejected the petition, many states and cities adopted the idea. In 1914, Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation designating Mother's Day, held on the second Sunday in May, as a national holiday to honor mothers. Name one problem that led to the Civil War.
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Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) AsianPacificHeritage.gov: May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. 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). American English @ State: Asian Pacific Heritage Month(pdf) Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Vote APIAVote is a national nonpartisan organization that works with partners to mobilize Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in electoral and civic participation. resources and voting rights videos DOD: Steven Calvery - National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Steven Calvery, Director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, reflects on his career, family and culture. For more on the Department of Defense, visit: defense.gov CCSF: Best, OK, and Worst Citizenship Interview Strategies 50+ videos of mock interviews and interview strategies. janmdotorg: I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story (video) Video produced by JANM's 2013 Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Interns, and the Watase Media Arts Center, to promote the Smithsonian's traveling exhibition, "I Want The Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story," currently on display at the Japanese American National Museum. KQED: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month playlist Asian Pacific Americans celebrate their heritage in the San Francisco Bay Area. LOC: South Pacific Islands Archive The South Pacific Islands Web Archive covers the following twenty islands/countries: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. LOC: Samoan Culture (video) Rep. Aumua Amata, American Samoa's third Member of Congress and the first woman elected to the House American Samoa, discussed Samoan culture and history. Also generations of Samoan culture were illustrated by items found in a variety of Library VOANews: Growing Asian-American Community Could Influence US Elections(video) The growing number of Asian-American voters in the United States doesn’t necessarily translate into political clout in U.S. elections. Many who are eligible to vote sit on the sidelines. One organization wants to remove some barriers it says are in the way of getting Asian-Americans to vote. VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports.
A Brief Glimpse: Asian American Pacific Islander National Historic Landmark Theme Study - This is the introductory essay of Finding a Path Forward: Asian American/Pacific Islander National Historic Landmarks Theme Study, which will be published in its entirety later in 2016.
Find Your Place: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders [PDF 2.1 MB] This 18-page booklet examines the enduring and influential presence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—from the earliest settlement of the country to the economic development of the West to the desegregation of public schools in the 20th century and political influence in the 21st. A core essay traces their impact on the American landscape, followed by the stories of seven signature places commemorating the legacy. A concluding section illustrates how this heritage is preserved today, transcending “bricks and mortar” preservation to include a celebration of collective experience.
Historic Preservation from the Ground Up: The Harada House [PDF 3.9 MB] uses a house in Riverside, California as a case study in how a community can participate in local preservation. The Harada House has become a landmark in the fight for Asian American civil rights. Despite its significance, the road to its preservation was a long and contentious one.
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