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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Asian PaciFc American History Month Proclamation <br />WHEREAS, Asian Pacific Americans constitute a large and growing portion of the United <br />States, North Carolina and Orange County population with the Triangle as a gateway for Asian <br />American emigration and immigration; and <br />WHEREAS, Asian Pacific Americans played important roles in the Civil Rights Movement, <br />the Labor Movement, the Women's Suffrage Movement and every other movement for <br />progressive social change; and <br />WHEREAS, Asian Pacific Americans across the United States went to bed hungry, lost <br />land to the tax collector, worked to exhaustion and ill-health, faced pain and relocation, blasted <br />the tunnels for the railroad, stooped over the short-handled hoe, and fought for a democracy <br />that did not include them; and <br />WHEREAS, Asian Pacific Americans from the Philippines in the Triangle area were part of <br />the first identified and subordinated migrant farm workers in North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, Asian Pacific American experiences and contributions are systematically <br />excluded from the history of our nation and state; and <br />WHEREAS, the Orange County Human Rights and Relations Commission and Department <br />were instrumental in the development and creation of the first Pan-Asian advocacy organization <br />in the State; and <br />WHEREAS, without regard to their education or economic status, Asian Americans <br />continue to be denied equal opportunity in employment, housing and public accommodations; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, despite the many generations Asian Americans have been citizens of the <br />United States and without recognition of their accomplishments or sacrifices far this country, <br />they continue to be viewed as perpetual foreigners; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, We, The Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, <br />do hereby proclaim May 2005 as "ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH" in <br />Orange County and challenge our citizens to celebrate multiculturalism in our County by <br />encouraging citizens to embrace our diversity. <br />THISTHEI9THDAYOFAPRIL, 2005. <br />Moses Carey, 7r., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />