This story will be updated throughout March and April.
Michigan State University recognizes Asian Pacific Islander Desi American, or APIDA, Heritage Month each year to celebrate the group’s diverse identities, histories and cultures. APIDA Heritage Month is recognized nationally in May when most students are no longer on campus. MSU observes APIDA Heritage Month events this year between March 9 and April 14 while students are on campus and can connect with each other.
A centerpiece to this year’s APIDA celebrations is the award-winning Small Island Big Song musical performance at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. Small Island Big Song is a music and performing arts project that unites the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans through artistic collaboration. This project is a contemporary musical statement from a region that shares the ancient seafaring heritage and concerns for our changing waters.
The 2024 APIDA Heritage Month events are coordinated by the APIDA Heritage Month Committee, which consists of the Asian Pacific American Student Organization, or APASO, and APASO affiliate organizations, the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American/Asian Faculty and Staff Association, or APIDA/AFSA, and the Asian Pacific American Studies program, or APA Studies.
APIDA Heritage Month events
All events are listed in Eastern time.
Saturday, March 9
5 p.m. — 2024 Lunar New Year Banquet
Join MSU’s Chinese American Student Coalition at the Cadillac Room in Lansing for the 28th Annual Lunar New Year Banquet! Registration reached maximum capacity. Sign up for the waitlist.
Thursday, March 14
4 p.m. — Asian American Studies in K-12 education
With bills before the state legislature to expand history and ethnic studies education in Michigan public schools, this is an important moment to converse with teachers, curriculum experts and grassroots organizers to assess the importance of teaching Asian-Pacific American-related curriculum in public…
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