Tag: Pacific

As I read this interesting article about finding this lost land mass in the Pacific Ocean some out-of-the-realm thinkers might believe it’s the lost land of MU. Of coerce by saying that silly comment I’m going in a different direction and they certainly never mentioned that in the a...

Each May, our employee resource group, Asians@, leads a month-long series of celebrations of culture, traditions, and history for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. This year’s theme was, “I AM _____,“ which showcased the vibrant diversity and unique experie...

For the past seven years, Utah has celebrated Pacific Island Heritage Month every August. The goal is to educate the community-at-large about Pacific Island culture, bring positivity to Pacific Island youth, and preserve and showcase traditions. It’s also a chance to honor the pioneers who tra...

One month has passed. Another has begun. Yet, there are things to be learned from the past, while acting in the present. What a pleasurable month May has been with the celebration of Asian-American/Pacific-Islander/Native Hawaiian Month! On a personal level, the month was the beginning of one jou...

The “year of the rabbit” in 2023 began with multiple acts of gun violence impacting California’s Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Two mass shootings, first in Monterrey Park on lunar new year’s eve and then in Half Moon Bay have left people searching for answers. Traum...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time to honor and elevate this community’s historical and cultural impacts on the United States. Although everyone should educate themselves about the AAPI community, libraries use this time to provide essential resources to local pa...

Discrimination abounds when first-world citizens try to figure out what’s what when it comes to geographic ethnicities. Filipinos are Pacific Islanders because the Philippine Islands are literally Islands in the Pacific Ocean. If Filipinos were born or immigrated in a country, such as American...

Wildlife are getting ready too — here and there, wherever the herring spawn. Many will come to the coastline and beaches to gorge on the massive schools of fish and their eggs in the shallow waters. Eagles will gather in huge numbers in the trees near the shore. Seals and sea lions will div...

Discrimination abounds when first-world citizens try to figure out what’s what when it comes to geographic ethnicities. Filipinos are Pacific Islanders because the Philippine Islands are literally Islands in the Pacific Ocean. If Filipinos were born or immigrated in a country, such as American...

Kris Fowler’s life path was changing in 2016. Nothing bad, just…changing. Kris was 34 years old and he had not only recently gone through a divorce- an amicable one- but he left his job when the company moved out of state. Where would Kris go from here? He wasn’t very ups...