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R 261742Z APR 00  ZYB MIN PSN 703745J26
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1//
 
TO NAVADMIN
 
UNCLAS  //N05354//
NAVADMIN 103/00
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/PERS-00J//
 
SUBJ/ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH - MAY 2000//
 
RMKS/1.  THE 21ST ANNUAL NATIONAL OBSERVANCE OF ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH WILL BE OBSERVED THROUGHOUT MAY 2000.  THIS
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE IS CELEBRATED ACROSS THE NATION IN RECOGNITION OF
THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY
WHICH HAS HELPED SHAPE OUR GREAT NATION.  AS APPROPRIATE AT THE
DAWN OF THE 21ST CENTURY, THE NATIONAL THEME IS "VOICES FOR THE
MILLENNIUM."
 
2.  IN ADDITION TO OVER 23,000 MEN AND WOMEN IN TODAY'S NAVY, THE
VOICES OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS CAN BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE NATION
- GOVERNMENT, COMMERCE, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND EVERY OTHER
INDUSTRY.  THEIR NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR
RICH AND DIVERSE AMERICAN HERITAGE.  IN RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING
THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, WE MUST ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND EMBRACE THE
FUTURE.  MORE THAN 11 MILLION ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS REPRESENT 4.1
PERCENT OF THE POPULATION TODAY.  IT IS PROJECTED THAT OVER 75
MILLION AMERICANS (13 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION) WILL TRACE THEIR
ROOTS TO ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLAND HERITAGE BY THE END OF THE 21ST
CENTURY.  THE MANY VOICES OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE
AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE AMERICAN FUTURE.
 
3.  ALL COMMANDS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CELEBRATE ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH THROUGH PROGRAMS, EXHIBITS, PUBLICATIONS, AND
PARTICIPATION IN MILITARY AND COMMUNITY EVENTS RECOGNIZING THE
DIVERSITY OF AMERICAN HERITAGE.  VISIT WEB SITE
WWW.BUPERS.NAVY.MIL/MENTOR FOR INFO ON CULTURAL HERITAGE MONTHS.
 
4.  RELEASED BY VADM N. R. RYAN, JR., N1.//
 
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