YOU’RE INVITED — Please join the The White House and White House Initiative on AA and NHPIs on May 13, 2024, for a historic, community-wide celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium.

RSVP here: eventbrite.com/e/lasting-lega…

Federal agencies will now be required to give Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders several options under their race category, an updated White House directive says nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

🚨NEWS: Today, Office of Management and Budget published updated government-wide standards on the collection of federal race and ethnicity data for the first time since 1997.

Here's why this matters for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities 🧵

whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-r…

Thank you to the White House Initiative on AA and NHPIs for inviting OPM Director Kiran Ahuja to participate!

🎓 Today, we're announcing a major step in our efforts to put the promise of higher education in reach for more Americans and advance educational equity for our diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

Vice President Kamala Harris marked the three-year anniversary of the Atlanta-area spa shootings, in which eight people were killed, paying tribute to the victims of the “hate-fueled gun violence.” Six of the victims were Asian women. nbcnews.com/news/asian-ame…

Earlier this month, nearly 600 federal employees from across the nation gathered to connect, learn, and celebrate community at the Biden-Harris Administration's second annual conference focused on AA and NHPI leadership development and public service.

📷 James Ton for White House Initiative on AA and NHPIs

On this day 2021, 8 people were shot and killed while working at spas in Atlanta.

Nobody should have to go to work wondering if they are going to make it home. I carry the stories of these women with me and recommit to keep all workers safe from senseless violence at work.

Today, Deputy Assistant to the President and Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Senior Liaison Erika L. Moritsugu traveled to Georgia and delivered a letter from Vice President Kamala Harris to community members honoring the eight lives tragically lost in the 2021 Atlanta spa murders.

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, who serve as co-chairs of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, issue joint statement today — the 3rd anniversary of Atlanta spa