Asian Pacific American Heritage Award

Mayor Gavin Newsom and the Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Committee invite the public to submit nominations for the 2010 Asian Pacific American Heritage Awards. This Awards program is part of the City’s official celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month during the month of May.

AWARDS CATEGORIES

AWARDS CRITERIA

In reviewing submitted nominations, the Awards Committee will review the distinct contributions each category’s nominees have made in one of the following areas:
  • Promoting APA culture and heritage
  • Strengthening unity within the APA community
  • Making a unique difference addressing an unmet need in the Asian Pacific American community
NOMINATION PROCESS
All nominations are to be submitted online and the nomination form is available at www.apasf.org. For more information, please contact Francis Tsang, Mayor Gavin Newsom’s APA Community Liaison, at francis.tsang@sfgov.org.

NOMINATION PERIOD: February 22 - March 26, 2010.

NOMINATION DEADLINE: March 26, 2010, 5 p.m. PST.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

The finalists will be notified during the first week of April and announced during the San Francisco Asian Pacific American Heritage Month kickoff press conference to be scheduled during the last week of April.

All finalists will be invited to the Awards Ceremony on Monday, May 3, 2010, at 5:30 p.m. at the Herbst Theatre. The winner in each category will be announced during the event and presented with the following awards:

All three Awards recipients will receive the APA Heritage Awards trophy, a Certificate of Recognition from the City and County of San Francisco as well as be featured on this website. The Community Impact Award recipient will receive a contribution of $1,000.00 from the APA Heritage Celebration Committee in support of its programs and services.