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During Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we wanted to share suggestions for you and your family to learn about AAPI history, celebrate AAPI culture, and support AAPI entrepreneurs. Here are just a few of our recommendations!
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AAPI PANEL
In honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, Encounter’s Racial Justice Ministry invites you to a special panel discussion featuring a diverse group of Asian American members from Encounter Church. Together, they will reflect on their personal experiences growing up Asian in America, offering honest stories about identity, belonging, cultural tension, and resilience.
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This conversation will speak to all who seek to understand the unique challenges many Asian Americans face, including navigating the Black-White racial binary and finding their voice in today’s social and political climate.
Join us on Sunday, May 18 at 1:00PM in the Fireside Room for this important time of learning and listening. Lunch will be provided. Please note that child care is not available for this event.
LOCAL ACTIVITIES
READING
At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among My Ancestors and Refugee Neighbors by Russell Jeung. Jeung, a sociologist and co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate, shares how his Christian faith shaped his work with immigrant and marginalized communities, blending memoir with social reflection.
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The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural | Captivity Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Soong-Chan Rah. Rah challenges the dominance of white Western culture in American Christianity and calls for a justice-oriented faith that reflects global diversity and lament.
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Finding God in the City of Angels: Discovering the Soul of L.A. through the Stories of Its People by Ken Fong. Fong, a pastor and podcaster, explores multiethnic urban ministry and faith journeys in Los Angeles through narrative storytelling.
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Crossing the Divide: Discovering a Faith Strong Enough to Unite Our Differences by David M. Hoang. Hoang, a Vietnamese American pastor, reflects on racial division and unity in the church, drawing on personal and pastoral experience.
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Unsettling Truths (alongside Mark Charles)by Raymond Chang. Though not the main author, Chang’s work with the Asian American Christian Collaborative highlights theology informed by racial justice and reconciliation.
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Co-Author of Learning Our Names by Sabrina S. Chan. Asian American Christians on identity, relationships.
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Mental Health - A 6-week interactive Bible study & Migration by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun. Mental Health-Experiencing God’s care for our mind, body, and spirit. Migration- Experiencing God’s care for the immigrants.