Asian American History Project

 

Fairfax County
Asian American History Project

 Mission Statement

The Asian American History Project will involve Fairfax County residents in the researching, recording, preservation, writing and promotion of history regarding the experiences of Asian American groups that have chosen Fairfax County as their home.  The stories will provide information of how, why and when different Asian immigrant groups came to the U.S. and to Fairfax County, where they have settled and what their experiences and contributions have been to the Fairfax County community.

Products of the project may include articles, a book, a video and a web presence.

The target date for publication of a book is May of 2010 to coincide with Asian American Heritage Month in Fairfax County.

 

This project is sponsored by Braddock District Supervisor Sharon Bulova, and was originiated, and is being run, by Cora Foley.  If you have any questions regarding the project, Cora can be reached at corazonfoley@fanhs-nova.org.  Also see the interview she granted to the Washington Examiner: http://wwww.examiner.com/a-1165743~The_3_minute_interview__Cora_Foley.html

In addition, there was a great article in the Chronicle Newspapers on March 12, 2008!
http://www.chroniclenewspapers.com/articles/2008/03/12/chronicle/news/news06.txt

If you have any questions about the meeting dates and locations, please call the Braddock District Office at 703-425-9300, and ask to speak to Christina Fullmer.

 

DATES FOR NEXT MEETINGS 

• ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROJECT
  May 14, Wednesday 7:30 PM in KPL Meeting Room
  Training for volunteers for oral history interviews and research and POTLUCK!!
  
  
• ASIAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROJECT
  July 16^th Wednesday, 7:30 PM in Braddock Hall

Below: some of our task force members at the Immigration Library in DC, learning research techniques.

Thanks to Terry Sam for the photo.