Team APG will be celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month May 23 at 10:30 at the APG Recreation Center (Building 3326). The theme of this year’s observance is “”Striving for Excellence in Leadership, Diversity, and Inclusion.” The guest speaker for this event will be Mr. Terry Shima, the Executive Director of the Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA), and veteran of the famous 10th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Entertainment will be provided by the Tepua Hio Hio Polynesian Entertainment INC, which will present cultural dance demonstrations. Dances will include hula with traditional conch shell blowing, Tahitian using the toere drum, and Maori with poi ball dancing. At the conclusion of the observance, there will be food sampling offered which will represent the different Asian Pacific cultures.

 Every Wednesday for the month of May there will be a cultural movie viewing from 1130-1300 hours that will be going on in two locations: For APG North, at the Recreation Center (BLDG 3326) in classroom 104. For Edgewood Area, at the 22nd CHEM BN (TE) classroom (E-BLDG 1942). Bring your lunch and expand your knowledge on the Asian Pacific American culture.

 Each week we will be sending out the following week’s movie list.  We look forward to your participation. 

POCs for these events are:

APG-North:

Tracy Marshall, CECOM – 443-861-4366

Jody Jackson, ATEC – 443-861-9258

SFC Laquita Wimbley, RDECOM – 410-652-2464

APG-South

MSG William Craine, 20th SUPCOM – 410-436-9786

SFC Ryan Cole, 20th SUPCOM – 410-436-0320

SFC Mavis West, PHC – 410-436-4583