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Livingston AAPI Month donation 2022

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Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander ("AAPI") Heritage Month with Livingston Multicultural Parents Association (LMPA) by donating AAPI-themed books to school libraries in Livingston!
 
Last year, feeling the urge to dispel stereotypes and prejudices held towards the AAPI community, LMPA launched a successful campaign to donate books and funds to our local elementary schools and public library.
 
 
This year, we want to start the AAPI month by acknowledging our community the tremendous effort our local high school students put into making New Jersey the second state to require schools to integrate AAPI history into the curriculum. Livingston AAPI Youth Alliance (LAYA) has contributed significantly as the first and only high school organization in advocating a statewide AAPI curriculum Bill.
 
 
 
We are still in the middle of a pandemic; whether you are one of the AAPI community or not, it affects your life. During 2020 and leading into 2021, the AAPI community has experienced a 1,900% increase in anti-Asian sentiment hate crimes in New York alone. From March 19, 2020, to December 31, 2021, 10,905 hate incidents against Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) persons were reported. Those numbers are certainly not what we feel comfortable presenting to our young generations.
 
Making diversity of literature in the classroom and libraries can help our kids see from all perspectives and enrich their own viewpoints. Through our campaign of donations, we are planting seeds in those little hearts, hoping we can find a forest of empathetic and highly self-aware young adults one day. We will not be surprised to see some future leaders and advocates whose voices will be heard. They are our hopes that can shift the world and make changes just as our LAYA members.
 
 
LMPA is raising funds to purchase AAPI-themed books and books related to mental health for youth to donate to all local elementary schools in honor of the AAPI Heritage Month. Our goal is to raise $3,000 to purchase books with the choice of the schools to complete our recommended book list.
 
Our fundraiser will start today till May 10. You can also join us on Facebook for further updates: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802200314013953/
 
We are all ears if you have any suggestions or recommendations about book choices or other matters. We appreciate your attention, support and generosity.
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Donations 

  • shilpa Kulkarni
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
  • Zhenhua Hu
    • $30 
    • 2 yrs
  • Global Leaders Academy
    • $340 
    • 2 yrs
  • Liyan Pang
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
  • Weina Liu
    • $20 
    • 2 yrs
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Livingston Multicultural Parents Association
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Livingston, NJ
LM PA
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