Asian & Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation
Forum 2020 in Honolulu, HI, at Hawai‘i Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall (East-West Center), taken by the late Corky Lee.
History in the making
APIAHiP was formed in the 2007 when Asian and Pacific Islander American leaders practicing historic preservation and heritage conservation noticed a lack of representation at state and national convenings in those fields. With this gap, those founding members developed an API Caucus at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s annual conference the same year.
In June 2010, the API Caucus developed and hosted the first Asian Pacific Islander American National Historic Preservation Forum in San Francisco, California. This Forum brought together for the first time Asian and Pacific Islander Americans across the United States and its territories to share various issues and approaches to recognizing, preserving, and celebrating the places that best tell the stories of not only our diaspora but also our shared heritage.
Forum 2018 in San Francisco, CA, at the Buchanan YMCA, Japantown.
OUR MISSION
APIAHiP is dedicated to protecting historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans through historic preservation and heritage conservation by:
creating an information-sharing network that can provide support for established and emerging historic preservation programs;
establishing educational programs for raising public awareness and impacting historic preservation policy on local, state, and national levels;
increasing public and private resources that enable “historic preservation” and “heritage conservation” practices to meaningfully include educational and community development activities that preserve, conserve, and protect tangible and intangible historic and cultural resources.
Forum 2016 in Stockton, CA, at the Bob Hope Theatre.
FORUM
APIAHiP develops and hosts the biennial National Asian & Pacific Islander American Historic Preservation Forum. We bring together individuals and organizations from across the country and its territories to discuss current issues, strategies, and innovations in preserving historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian & Pacific Islander Americans. We take pride in the ability and privilege to work with local communities and make every effort to leave a positive impact on the places we gather at.
