AAAB supports and participates at the
Suffolk County Office of Minority Affairs Unity Day,
Cinema Arts Centre in Huntington, NY

Students from all walks of life celebrate Unity Day at the Cinema Arts Centre
in Huntington.

Featured Interviews: Steven Schrier, Executive Director, Suffolk Center for the Holocaust; Mel Guadalupe, Director, Suffolk County Office of Minority Affairs; Bruce Castellano, Human Rights Education, Adelphi University; Detective Lieutenant Gary Shapiro, C.O., Community Affairs, Nassau County Police; Roberta Richin, Executive Director, Council for Prejudice Reduction; Dionne Walker-Belgrave, Suffolk County Human Rights Commission. Source of this information from MyLITV.COM

 3rd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month Celebration

  To see more photos from the APAHM festival held at the Charles B Wang
Center at Stony Brook University, please click here.
Photos courtesy of Jimmy MiCourt Photography.

The 3rd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month festival opening ceremonies
was celebrated by a traditional loud and cheerful Lion Dance by the Shaolin Kung Fu



2nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month Celebration

Taiko Drums presentation during the 2nd Annual Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month held at the Wang Center

 

Suffolk County Executive’s Asian American Advisory Board Honors
7 Outstanding Individuals and 2 Charitable Organizations

The Suffolk County Executive’s Asian American Advisory Board honored seven outstanding individuals and two charitable organizations who have contributed to the Asian American Community from several Asian Pacific American nations including Honoree Edgar Lerias, M.D., FAAP from the Philippines and a resident of Suffolk County.  These honorees were recognized and received proclamations from the Suffolk County Chief Deputy Executive Christopher Kent,  Asian American Advisory Board Chair Ramon L. Villongco and  Jim Young, Ph.D., Emeritus Chair, during the Second Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration held last May 15, 2010 at Stony Brook University, Charles B. Wang Center. The festival was celebrated by over 1,300 participants who experienced many multi-cultural performances, martial arts expo, workshop, vendors, corporate sponsors, several food vendors and karaoke contests”.

 1st Annial Asian Pacific American Heritage
Month Celebration

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy with the outstanding contributor's to Asian American communities during the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration at the Wang Center.

Mr. Kyu Ho Park, Dr. Samuel Arronson receiving an award for Dr. Satoshi Ozaki, Director of BNL, Dr. Shoj Kimura, Brookhaven Town Supervisor, Mark Lesko, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Jim Young AAAB Chair, Suffolk County Legislator John Kennedy, Sunita Mukhi,  Director Wang Center,  Mrs. Vora received an award on behalf of Dr. Arvind Vora, Dr. Chung Chi Chou.

 
Asian American Advisory Board & Wellbrook Foundation donates check to the Muriel Gordon Foundation
for the Haiti Earthquake Victims

Chief Deputy County Executive Christopher Kent and Yves Michel, Commissioner of Workforce Housing
and Economic Development receives the check on behalf of Muriel Gordon Foundation from Ramon L. Villongco,MBA, Chairman of the Suffolk County Executive's Asian American Advisory Board presented during the 2nd Annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration on May 15, 2010 held at the Charles B Wang Center at Stony Brook University for the Haiti Earthquake Victims Relief Project.

Stand Up For The Homeless Project

2008 Unity Day - "Parade of Nations"

Mel Guadalupe, Director Suffolk County Office of Minority Affairs, representatives’ from different nations including Native American Indians, Puerto Rico, Japan, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, China and Philippines.  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy (center). Suffolk County Unity Day hosted by Steve Levy, Suffolk County Executive and the Office of Minority Affairs with its theme “Cultural Diversity In A Changing World” held on September 26, 2008 at the H.L. Dennison Building in Hauppauge, NY.



2008 TIMA/Community Health Fair at St. Hugh's
of Lincoln Church in Huntington, New York

Social Harmony Writing Contest Winners

 Social Harmony Writing Contest Winners with Jim Young, Ph.D. and
Dr. Chung Chi Chou, President of the Wellbrook Foundation, Inc.