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SUBJ/ASIAN/PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH - MAY 2000//
POC/MS MARGO SHORTER/693-0240//
 
RMKS/1.  TO HONOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS AND
TO RECOGNIZE THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR NATION, THE CONGRESS, BY
PUBLIC LAW 102-450, HAS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MAY AS ASIAN/PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
 
2.  ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY TO OUR
NAVY-MARINE CORPS TEAM BOTH IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT, ENRICHING
OUR PROUD TRADITION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ENDOWING OUR NAVY WITH
ENERGY AND VISION.  THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY'S CORE VALUES OF
HONOR, COURAGE, AND COMMITMENT HAVE BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY EMBRACED BY
ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS WHO PROUDLY SERVE ON ACTIVE DUTY, IN THE
RESERVES, AND AS DON CIVILIANS.
 
3.  THIS YEAR'S THEME, "VOICES FOR THE MILLENNIUM", ACTUALLY PRESENTS
US WITH TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES.  THE FIRST CHALLENGE IS FOR
ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS.  IT IS THE AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY OF SHARING
THEIR VOICES WITH OTHERS.  THE VOICES OF ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS
CONTAIN COURAGE AND WISDOM PASSED DOWN FROM GENERATIONS GONE BY.
THESE TRAITS COMBINED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND ENERGY OF TODAY'S
ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICANS MAKE THEM AN INTEGRAL VOICE OF OUR ONE
AMERICA.  THE SECOND CHALLENGE BELONGS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
WE MUST CHALLENGE OURSELVES TO LISTEN.  LISTENING LEADS TO
UNDERSTANDING AND UNDERSTANDING LEADS TO GROWTH.  LET US CONTINUE TO
GROW - SHARING IN THE MANY BLESSINGS THIS BRIGHT NEW MILLENNIUM HAS
TO OFFER.
 
4.  I ENCOURAGE THE WIDEST PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS COMMUNITY IN RECOGNIZING THIS SPECIAL
OBSERVANCE.  YOUR SUPPORT IS SOLICITED IN HOSTING PROGRAMS, SETTING
UP EXHIBITS, AND CONDUCTING APPROPRIATE OBSERVANCES.
 
5.  FOR DIRECT ASSISTANCE AND MORE INFORMATION ON SPECIAL OBSERVANCES
OF ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENTS, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
 
6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE RICHARD DANZIG, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
 
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