May 2025 National Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Village Builders, Aloha Leadership

AAPI Heritage Month

May 2025 National Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Village Builders, Aloha Leadership

Week Asian Nations to Celebrate Pacific Islander Nations to Celebrate Notes
2  Southeast Asia  Micronesia  
3  South Asia  Melanesia  
4  East Asia  Polynesia  
5  All  All  Use week 5 to celebrate all the nations 
  • Consider using this calendar, to equally recognize all our unique and numerous nations of Asia and the Pacific Islands.
  • In 2025, We truly need to be servant/Aloha leaders, help one another, develop relationships and build the Entire Village!!!
  • NPIEN members have enjoyed learning about many of the nations through music and dance. We have participated in Asian and Pacific Islander Month assemblies at schools, school districts, and county offices of education, where students and staff learn the music, dance, and language of one another. Our NPIEN Aloha Ukulele Ensemble to date, has learned music in Cambodian, Chamorro, Chinese, Fijian, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Rarotongan, Samoan, Tagalog, Tahitian, Thai, and Tokelauan, and we look forward to learning more languages and learning about the many cultures and histories.
  • By doing this we increase understanding and Aloha for one another as a school community. Involve your entire school village in these activities.

The Geographic Regions and Nations 

East Asia

Countries of East Asia: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan

South Asia

Countries of South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka

SouthEast Asia

Countries of Southeast Asia: Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Polynesia

Islands of Micronesia: Guam, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae), Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian, Rota), Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Islands, Palmyra Atoll, Wake Island)

Islands of Melanesia: Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu

Islands of Polynesia: Aotearoa (New Zealand), Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Kiribati (Line Islands, Phoenix Islands), Niue, Samoa, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna