PRESERVATION PATHWAYS

Preservation Pathways is the primary vehicle through which we deliver educational activities, technical services, and strategic support to Asian and Pacific Islander American communities to reach their historic preservation goals. Whether you are mapping your cultural heritage, navigating the historic designation process, restoring a building or site, or advocating for your neighborhood – we will meet you where are to guide you toward success.

WHICH ROUTE WILL YOU TAKE?

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WHICH ROUTE WILL YOU TAKE? ~

Mapping Cultural Heritage on HistoryPin: East at Main Street

This hands-on workshop features HistoryPin: East at Main Street, a cultural mapping project that crowdsources photos, video, audio, and memories and tags them to historic site locations to form cultural heritage narratives for local APIA communities.

Exploring the Place-Based Histories of Asian & Pacific Islander Americans

As a presentation or a tour, we work with local communities to develop to execute an education program centering on local and regional APIA history and historic sites (ie. “Asian American Histories of Ohio” or “Asian American Neighborhoods of Los Angeles”).

Navigating Historic Designation on Local, State, & National Registers

As an educational workshop or a series of strategic and working meetings, we present the differences between levels of historic designation and guide communities through the nomination process for listing their building, site, or neighborhood.

Action in Place: Strategic Planning & Advocacy Activities

As an educational workshop or a series of strategic and working meetings, we support community groups and local organizations on a specific place-saving cause, from fundraising to redevelopment planning, and grassroots advocacy to creative place-making.

Preservation on Big Screen & Mixed Media Approaches

Featuring film, literature, art, and other related media, we host community events with guided discussions and guest speakers to educate and advocate with the community to better engage with a historic preservation cause (ie. “Big Fight in Little Chinatown” directed by Karen Cho).

Chart Your Own Course!

We are always open to finding new ways to empower communities to celebrate their Asian and Pacific Islander American history through a place-based approach. To that end, we offer our entire knowledge base and skillset to meet that destination.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

A bit of both and more! The program was developed to provide a customizable but structured access to our collective historic preservation knowledge, resources, and strategies to communities with Asian and Pacific Islander American place-based causes. Outcomes have included presentations, workshops, tours, film screenings, strategic planning sessions, working meetings, community events, and town halls. All Preservation Pathways convenings must include an aspect of public engagement or benefit.
To see if this program is right for your organization or cause, you can submit an INQUIRY FORM or email info@apiahip.org to get started. We will follow up by requesting more information or setting up an introduction meeting.

We work best with organizations or community groups that:
- Represents a local community that centers or meaningfully includes Asian and Pacific Islander American voices and histories
- Relates to our mission of protecting historic places and cultural resources significant to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
- Articulates the vision or need for APIAHiP's educational, technical, or strategic involvement in their cause
- Demonstrates their public reach or member following (ie. can promote for local attendance of the public event)
- Demonstrates the ability to host APIAHiP for the in-person convening or event (ie. meeting space, workshop venue, equipment & supplies, etc.)
We are launching Preservation Pathways by bringing the program free of charge to five communities in 2025, thanks to support from the Mellon Foundation, Shift Collective (HistoryPin), and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Host organizations and groups must submit an INQUIRY FORM and be selected based on the Eligibility & Requirements listed above, and priority will be given to applicants who address our gaps outside of CA, WA, and DC regions and with Pacific Islander, South Asian, and South East Asian American communities.

To cover staff time, travel , venue, equipment, and/or supply expenses, the typical program fee ranges from $1,000-$10,000. We work with local host organizations or community groups to develop a tailored package, which can include co-fundraising (ie. applying for a grant or sponsorship).
You can get started by emailing info@apiahip.org
We believe that in-person convenings are not the most effective way to share information about and take action for historic places, but it is also a cultural imperative when working with Asian and Pacific Islander American communities. Therefore, Preservation Pathways must result in at least one in-person convening or public event.
However, program development and coordination, and even some working meetings will inevitably be held online (Zoom), leading up to the in-person activities. We can still offer hybrid and recorded engagement with the program as needed.
We plan to offer this program indefinitely as a flagship service of APIAHiP.
Program development for each community can range from one month to a year. For example, we can bring a HistoryPin workshop to a community that's ready to host us within a few months notice, whereas an urgent or ongoing advocacy campaign may require multiple meetings over the course of a year.
Then, in-person convenings are typically 1-2 days in the host city, including a 1-3 hour public event or activity.
You can get started by emailing info@apiahip.org