API AND NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL:
A Community Benefit for the Japanese American National Museum

Join us in celebration of Asian, Pacific Island, and Native American cultures through performance, documentary, and more!

A 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' day! No one will be turned away.

11 AM: Museum Opens
12 PM: Screening of "Bento to Mixed Plate: Plantation Roots"
12:30 PM” Japanese dance group LA Beat
1 PM: Filmmaker and Director of Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center, Kat High
1:30 PM: "Crossing the Rainbow Bridge: Our Story"
2 PM: CSU Northridge Asian American Studies professor, Allan Aquino
2:30 PM: Filipino Dance Performance by the Shining Son
3:00 PM: "Reaffirmation and Discovery: The First Pow-Wow on Hawaii"
3:30 PM: Kawalea Polynesian Dance Group from Eagle Rock
4:00 PM: Spoken Word by Miwa Lyric
4:30 PM: Screening of "Stand up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story"
5 PM: Museum Closes

Activities for the program include:

Films:
"From Bento to Mixed Plate"
"Reaffirmation and Discovery: The First Pow-Wow on Hawaii"
"Crossing the Rainbow Bridge: Our Story"
"Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story"

Performances:
Japanese dance group LA Beat
Kawalea Polynesian Dance Group from Eagle Rock
Spoken word artist Miwa Lyric

Lecturers:
CSU Northridge Asian American Studies professor, Allan Aquino
Filmmaker and Director of Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center, Kat High

Crafts:
Ruthie's Origami Corner
Lei making activity
Free food samples from Aloha Cafe (12pm to 2pm)

Community organizations will be tabling and speaking about their causes, their organizations, and about their future events.

Participating Community Organizations include:
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)
Chinatown Service Center (CSC)
Hecho de Mano
American Indian Community Council
AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA)
Haramokngna American Indian Cultural Center
Southern California Indian Center InterTribal Entertainment
Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC)
Filipino American Historical Society - Los Angeles (FANHS L.A.)

Other May 29 happenings:
Take a guided tour of COMMON GROUND: The Heart of Community with museum docents

See our temporary exhibits Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids by Kip Fulbeck and Textured Lives: Japanese Immigrant Clothing from the Plantations of Hawaii'