Mark your calendars for the 2026 National APIAHiP Forum as we convene in the neighboring cities of Denver and Aurora, Colorado—places where local and statewide efforts to Expanding the Narrative are reshaping how Asian and Pacific Islander American histories are understood, protected, and uplifted.

Colorado offers a powerful landscape for this work: from ongoing initiatives to remember Denver’s lost Chinatown and to reimagining the last remaining block of the Nihonmachi at Sakura Square, to Little Saigon’s recently designated Far East Center and Aurora’s vibrant Havana Street international business cooridor with Koreatown roots. The Forum will also reach beyond the metro area to sites like Amache National Historic Landmark, where the unjust incarceration of Japanese Americans can shape the nation’s public memory and policy.

Together, these cities—one the state capital, the other its most diverse—illustrate how local advocacy, statewide preservation leadership, and multigenerational community action can transform public understanding of place.

APIAHiP looks forward to marking Colorado’s 150th year and America’s 250th by advancing a historic preservation ethic that recognizes Asian and Pacific Islander peoples have long been part of these histories. At this Forum, we affirm that our Emerging Historic Places are, in truth, Centuries in the Making.