ARE YOU AN ASIAN-PACIFIC ISLANDER?

BP MARKOWITZ TO CELEBRATE ASIAN PACIFIC-ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AT BOROUGH HALL

THURSDAY, MAY 27

BOROUGH HALL COURTROOM AND ROTUNDA

209 JORALEMON ST.

BETWEEN COURT AND ADAMS STREETS

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN

On Thursday, May 27, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and the Asian American Heritage Committee will host an evening of celebration to mark Asian Pacific-Islander Heritage Month. Brooklyn is home to one of the largest and fastest-growing Asian American communities in the country.

Several distinguished members of Brooklyn's Asian American community will be honored at the event, including Elizabeth R. OuYang, civil rights attorney (Humanitarian Award); Dae Kun Yoo, board member, Korean American Association of New York (Business Award); Amy Chan, president, Fook Funeral Group (Community Leadership Award); and Tony Wu, principal, P.S. 170 (Education Award).  

The presentation of honors in the Courtroom will be followed by a reception in the Rotunda.