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By Aurora de Peralta Photos credit: Will Kim On the warm spring evening of May 6, 2014, many of the AAPI community’s most influential members gathered for the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) 20th annual Gala Awards Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The founder of APAICS, the Honorable Norman Y. Mineta, was present to celebrate the …

Compiled by Mary Tablante 1. Malala Releases Memoir; Visits White House Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person ever to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work advocating for girls’ and women’s education, released her memoir, I Am Malala, on Oct. 8. The release date marks one year after a Taliban gunman shot Yousafzai when she was riding a …