Celebrations kick off this Sunday, May 15.
This weekend , New York City is in full parade musical mode . On Saturday , the Big Apple will be home toits first ever Japan Parade , while on Sunday , May 15 , the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Parade will debut its first yearly looping .
Beginning on 6th Avenue and West 44th Street , the AAPI Heritage Parade will kick off at 10:45 am and wreathe its manner north for 10 blocks on sixth Avenue .
In honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month , the case is also target at keep diverseness in culture after the uptick in slipstream - based hate crimes during the pandemic . In 2021 alone , violence and hate law-breaking targeting Asian communities have increase by 343 % , theNew York Police Department statisticsshow .
Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy of the Library of Congress
" Asiatic American Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrates New Yorkers who impart to the rich culture that give New York the expectant urban center in the worldly concern , " Mayor Eric Adams said in an official parade announcement . " As we work to combat a capitulum in hatred crimes , it is of import to support and elate our AAPI brothers and sisters . "
start out this class , AAPI acculturation will be honour and celebrate on a regular basis in NYC together with many other communities and inheritance .
" When I first came to New York City , working as a drug trafficker in Manhattan , I think of being stunned at the Puerto Rican Day Parade , the St. Patrick ’s Day Parade , and the Columbus Day Parade , " John Park , founder of the Korean American Community Empowerment Council , tell in an prescribed statement . " I never dream I would one twenty-four hour period lead Korean New Yorkers down Sixth Avenue for the first Asian Pacific American Heritage Parade . "
It ’s a historic event for the whole residential area . " This parade signifies a historic moment where Asian , South Asian , and Pacific Islander Americans all come together at the nerve of our diverse metropolis to keep civilisation and tradition while magnify our part in unity , " Dr. Bindu Babu , event co - president of the Asiatic American and Pacific Islander Cultural and Heritage , said in an prescribed statement .
