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Asian American Association president Kelly reads Milpitas Unified resolution recognizing Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Summary
Kelly, president of the Asian American Association, read Resolution 20 26.35 at the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education meeting on May 12, 2026; the board adopted the resolution recognizing May as National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The transcript does not include a vote tally.
Kelly, president of the Asian American Association, read Resolution 20 26.35 recognizing May as National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at a Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education meeting on May 12, 2026. "We are here to read Resolution 20 26.35," Kelly said, introducing the text for the board.
The resolution recounts the federal origins of the observance, noting 1977 introductions in the U.S. House and Senate by Norman Y. Mineta, Frank Horton, Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga, a 1978 joint resolution signed by President Jimmy Carter, and later extensions signed by President George H. W. Bush and codified in law by 1992. The reading also cites President Barack Obama's 2009 proclamation, which the text says acknowledged both hardships faced by Asian Pacific Americans and their contributions in fields including labor, agriculture, arts, science and technology.
The document lists a range of notable Asian Pacific Americans to illustrate those contributions, including Larry Itliong, Yuri Kochiyama, Amy Tan, Bruce Lee, Connie Chung, Dalip Singh Saund, Daniel Inouye, Gordon Hirabayashi, Hines Ward, Ichiro Suzuki, Kalpana Chawla, Michelle Kwan, Sri Srinivasan, Sunita Williams and Vera Wang. The reading explains that May was chosen to commemorate the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869, noting that many of the railroad workers were Chinese immigrants.
The resolution text records that the Milpitas Unified School District board "joins other communities and school districts in our nation in celebrating May as National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month." The transcript records that the resolution was "Passing adopted by the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education at a meeting held on 05/12/2026," but it does not include the names of movers or seconders, nor a vote tally in the provided text.
The reading concludes with a short, separate line referencing "Ilpedis High School" and urging celebration; that phrase appears in the transcript but is not further explained. No additional board action or next steps are recorded in the transcript.
