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From YouTube: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration
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Martin J. Walsh joins Chinatown neighborhood liaison Danchen Xu to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and mark the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
A
A
Today
we
come
together
to
celebrate
Asian
Pacific
American,
Heritage
Month,
with
performances
activities
and
delicious
food.
I
hope
some
of
you
are
hungry
already.
I
want
to
thank
the
many
people
who
made
this
event
possible.
This
includes
mayor
wash
Clapham,
mayor's
liaison
to
Vietnamese
community,
the
mayor's
office
of
Neighborhood
Services,
the
mayor's
office
of
immigrant
advancement,
PCY
F,
Quincy,
Center,
Chinatown,
Main,
Street
property
management
and
special
events
and
the
office
of
arts
and
culture.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
tireless
support.
A
But
before
we
start
today's
event,
I
want
to
bring
our
attention
to
the
past.
The
first
major
wave
of
Asian
immigrants
arrived
in
the
United
States
over
150
years
ago
and
started
settling
and
Massachusetts
shortly
after
that,
these
brave
immigrants,
some
of
them
our
ancestors,
decided
to
come
to
a
new
world
where
they
could
pursue
new
hopes
and
dreams
for
themselves
and
their
families
were
contributing
to
the
growth
of
a
young
country,
but
they
often
suffered
great
difficulties
and
in
Justices
some
mandated
by
law.
A
It
is
safe
to
say
that
their
sacrifices
helped
build
this
nation.
One
example
of
this
is
with
the
building
of
the
Transcontinental
Railroad.
Throughout
the
event,
please
pay
attention
to
the
seven
traveling
banners
behind
you,
which
will
highlight
the
Asian
transcontinental
railroad
workers.
These
banners
will
be
introduced
in
just
a
few
minutes
by
a
few
of
our
community
members.
So
will
today's
event
is
an
opportunity
to
celebrate
our
present
and
look
forward
to
the
future.
It
is
also
an
important
opportunity
to
learn
from
and
pay
respect
to
our
past.
A
This
is
going
to
be
a
long
list,
but
I
hope
that
gives
you
a
sneak
peek
of
how
thriving
our
communities
and
home
restaurant
ballet
bakery.
Boston
University
Bhangra
Chinese,
American
citizens,
Alliance
Chinese,
American,
Heritage,
Foundation,
Chinatown,
Business,
Association
Chinese,
consolidated
Benevolent,
Association
of
New
England
Chinese,
Historical,
Society
of
New,
England,
great
taste,
restaurant
Josiah,
Quincy,
Orchestra
program,
New,
England,
haka,
family
Association,
New,
England,
confidence,
Association,
painting,
Malaysian
cuisine,
Saigon,
one
restaurant.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Good
morning,
everybody
I
am
very
happy
to
be
here
with
Jess
today
at
City
Hall,
on
behalf
of
the
CC
ba
and
Chesney,
to
celebrate
Boston
City
Hall's
kickoff
of
Asian
Pacific
American,
Heritage
Month.
Some
of
you
may
not
know,
but
one
of
the
reasons
May
was
chosen
as
the
month
to
celebrate
the
history
and
contributions
of
the
AAPI
community
was
because
it
also
marks
the
anniversary
of
the
completion
of
the
Transcontinental
Railroad
on
May
10
1869.
B
This
year
marks
the
150th
anniversary
of
the
railroads
completion
and
C
CBA,
along
with
Chesney
CAC.
A
and
CHF
have
brought
to
New
England,
an
exhibit
by
the
Chinese
railroad
workers
in
North
America
project
at
Stanford
University,
and
the
title
of
the
exhibit
is
the
Chinese
and
the
iron
road
building
the
Transcontinental,
which
highlights
the
contribution
of
Chinese
workers
to
the
completion
of
the
railroad.
B
The
exhibit
is
undisplaced
City
Hall
today,
just
right
behind
you
and
we
back
for
further
display
at
the
end
of
the
week
from
May
10th
until
May
17th
and
after
that
it
will
be
on
display
at
various
different
locations
throughout
the
Greater
Boston
area.
If
you're
interested
in
the
schedule,
I
encourage
you
to
visit
our
facebook
page,
which
is
facebook.com
backslash
CCP,
a
Boston
I
think
these
exhibits
are
very
important,
because
the
past
is
informative
as
how
to
improve
the
future
and
I
encourage
everybody
to
take
a
look
at
them.
B
B
C
D
C
C
C
A
Thank
you,
as
promised
our
students
from
Josiah
Quincy
Orchestra
program
we're
bringing
two
pieces
to
you
and,
at
the
same
time,
I
want
to
make
the
announcement
that
our
dear
office
of
Neighborhood,
Services
coworkers,
are
at
the
other
end
of
this
venue
that
they
will
be
serving
some
cuisines
that
are
donated
by
local
businesses
and
organizations
and
without
further
ado,
I
want
to
introduce
Chris
shoulder
who's.
The
executive
director
of
Josiah
Quincy
Orchestra
program,
to
say
a
few
words.
E
Thank
you
Dan
for
inviting
us
here.
Thank
you,
the
city
of
Boston
and
mayor
Marty
Walsh,
for
the
invitation
to
be
here
today.
Josiah
Quincy
Orchestra
program
is
a
proud
partner
of
Boston
Public
Schools
working
with
over
200
students,
50
of
which
are
in
the
special
needs
program
and
our
program.
Today
we
have
today
we
have
our
our
Sebelius
Orchestra,
which
is
our
intermediate
ensemble
performing
two
selections
for
you.
E
The
work
that
we
do
in
the
Boston
community
is
centered
around
music
proficiency,
developing
that
in
young
children,
but
also
social,
emotional
learning
and
developing
the
executive
function
through
our
process.
So
we're
very
excited
to
present
two
pieces
for
you
today.
Thank
you
so
much
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
A
F
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
great
introduction
how
about
another
round
of
applause
for
our
young
performers
after
Josiah
Quincy
school?
Some
great
musicians
here
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
a
couple
of
people.
I
want
to
thank
Jen
Chen
for
helping
us
coordinate
today.
I
want
to
inquire
for
helping
us
coordinate
today.
I
want
to
thank
to
Josiah
Quincy
elementary
school
and
the
orchestra
program.
We
should
give
them
another
round
of
applause.
They
do
amazing
work.
F
F
I
want
to
thank
also
to
all
of
you
for
joining
us
kicking
off
Asia,
Pacific,
American,
Heritage
Month
and
we're
joined
by
City
Council
Eddie,
Flynn
who's
gonna
come
up
here
in
a
few
minutes,
and
many
members
of
my
administration
in
different
parts
of
the
city
I
want
to
thank
the
many
different
many
Asian
American
employees
who
work
for
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
over
800
people
that
work
on
all
the
different
city
departments.
F
F
Boston
is
proud
to
have
a
strong
Asian
community
and
throughout
the
years
the
Asian
immigrants
have
come
from
Boston
to
America,
to
seek
opportunities
for
a
better
life,
actually
come
from
other
countries
to
Boston
to
seek
opportunity
in
a
better
way
of
life
from
the
in
another
way
of
life.
But
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
F
Your
contributions
and
the
contributions,
the
Asian
community,
has
been
enormous
and
touch
every
facet
of
life
from
business
to
onsen,
culture
to
government
and
so
much
more
Asian
immigrants
have
helped
build
a
Boston
that
we
know
today
and
all
immigrants
have
helped
us
build
our
city
and
that's
what
we
love
the
immigrant
community
in
the
city
of
Boston
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
May
10th
Mike's
150
anniversary
since
the
the
accomplishment
of
building
will
the
our
country's
biggest
and
most
impressive
accomplishment,
the
Transcontinental
Railroad.
F
When
the
railroad
opened
in
1869,
it
made
it
possible
to
cross
the
continent
by
rail
for
the
first
time
ever.
City
Hall
is
going
to
be
lit
up
in
red
on
May
10th.
To
commemorate
this.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
Tens
of
thousands
of
Chinese
workers
were
brought
to
this
u.s.
to
help
build
that
railroad.
They
enjoyed
many
hardships,
including
unsafe
work
conditions,
unfair
labor
practices
and
severe
discrimination.
F
They
took
a
stand
against
these
industrious
injustice
staging
one
of
the
biggest
labor
strikes
in
that
era,
even
though
it
was
unsuccessful.
They
inspired
the
future
of
workers
in
our
country
and
in
our
world.
For
too
long,
the
contributions
of
the
Chinese
and
Asian
immigrants
have
been
ignored
and
forgotten
in
our
history
books.
We
must
always
remember
and
always
celebrate
their
mark
on
our
history,
as
well
as
their
continued
impact
in
our
city.
That's
why
we
are
committed
to
doing
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
F
We
understand
that
we
wouldn't
be
the
city
today,
if
it
weren't
for
our
immigrants.
The
same
goes
for
many
communities
that
impact
of
the
city
and
our
countries
in
monumental
ways.
We
recognize.
We
remember,
we
celebrate
our
immigrant
heritage.
We
continue
to
learn
from
our
past
to
pave
a
way
for
the
future,
and
we
pledge
to
always
be
a
welcoming
city,
no
matter
who,
who
you
are
or
where
you
come
from
again.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming
here
today.
F
I
hope
you
check
out
the
Transcontinental
Railroad
panel,
exhibit
here
in
the
Mazzini
you'll,
see
a
lot
of
different
information
over
there.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
organizations,
particularly
from
Chinatown
that
came
here
today,
and
all
the
different
folks.
I
also
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
city
councilor,
Tim,
McCarthy,
CCI,
Thank,
You,
Council
McConnell.
Even
being
here,
Connie
Wong
from
the
Boston
Fire
Department
is
here:
Thank
You
Connie.
F
We
have
so
many
folks
here,
representatives
from
different
areas,
and
now
it's
my
great
honor
to
introduce
you
a
city
councilor
who
is
wrapping
up
his
first
term.
He
represents
Chinatown.
He
does
an
amazing
job,
making
other
constituencies
in
his
district
and
representative,
particularly
the
Chinatown
constituency.
He
probably
calls
me
the
most
of
anybody
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
what's
supposed
to
be
doing
in
Chinatown
city,
council,
Eddie,
Flynn.
G
G
The
Chinese
and
Asian
Americans
and
Pacific
Islanders
have
made
an
enormous
contribution
to
our
city
and
to
our
country.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
the
Transcontinental
Railroad
was
built
by
Chinese,
not
only
that
they
came
back
to
the
back
to
Boston
a
great
urban
centers.
They
served
our
military
in
the
United,
States
military
and
helped
build
our
great
cities,
and
they
were
often
treated
very
unfairly
by
the
people
here.
G
They
were
often
discriminated
against,
but
we're
so
proud
that
we
have
a
mayor
that
treats
our
immigrant
community
with
fairness
with
respect
and
with
dignity
and
compassion,
and
that's
what
Boston
is
all
about
making
sure
that
everybody
has
a
voice
and
I'm
so
honored
and
so
proud
to
represent
the
Chinese
community
here
in
Boston,
and
please
know
whatever
I
can
do
to
be
helpful.
We
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
don
chen
who's,
an
excellent
leader
also
in
Chinatown
working
closely
with
the
mayor
and
the
mayor.
G
And
I'm
also
proud
to
have
on
my
staff
too
young
woman
that
speak
Cantonese
and
Mandarin
fluently
so
anytime.
There's
any
issue
at
all.
Please
come
to
me:
please
come
to
Don
Chen
and
we'll
try
our
best
to
make
sure
that
you
get
the
city
services
that
you
need
again
I'm
very
proud
to
represent
this
neighborhood
and
I'm,
also
proud
of
the
work
of
Mayor
Walsh
and
his
administration,
making
sure
our
immigrant
community
is
treated
fairly
treated
with
respect
and
dignity.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
Thank
you,
keep
it
going
for
Eddie
Flynn
everybody
and
to
our
great
mayor,
Marty
Walsh,
who
gets
up
every
day
to
really
build
a
better,
thriving
city
that
moves
forward.
That's
really
advancing
for
everybody.
My
name
is
Matt
O'malley
I'm,
proud
to
be
the
district
6
city.
Councilor
I
primarily
represent
the
neighborhoods
of
Jamaica
Plain
West
Roxbury
a
little
bit
of
Rawls
until
the
back
of
Mission
Hill
and
a
little
bit
of
Roxbury
and
I.
H
Just
really
wanted
to
come
down
today
to
show
my
support
for
the
asian-american
community,
one
of
the
best
communities
in
our
incredible
city,
I'm
so
proud
to
live
in
and
represent
this
district
in
our
city,
a
place
that
really
is
making
sure
that
we
move
forward
for
everybody
so
delighted
to
be
with
each
and
every
one
of
you.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
say
hello
and
it's
great
to
be
here
as
we
celebrate
asian-americans
in
Boston
in
the
Commonwealth
and
beyond,
thanks
so
much.
A
Thank
You
counselor
Thank,
You,
councilman,
O'malley
and
counselor
excellent
Thank
You
mayor
wash
to
make
today's
event
possible.
Now,
as
many
of
you
know,
we
have
lots
of
residents
in
Chinatown
and
all
the
other
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
Boston.
At
the
same
time,
Boston
is
also
well
known
as
a
town
of
colleges.
Today
we
had
the
honor
to
introduce
the
Boston
University
banger
advanced
group
to
perform
for
us.
Let's
give
them
a
warm
welcome.
Thank
you.