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Who We Are
The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership was started to bring together diverse cultures to address civic and community engagement needs. Created by then city of Aurora Mayor Paul...
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Animals Out of Paper
What do animals, paper and tea have in common? Theatre Esprit Asia (TEA) presents the production by Rajiv Joseph, “Animals Out of Paper”: When a world-renowned origamist (Llana) opens her studio to a teenage prodigy (Suresh), a student of her boyfriend (Andy), she discovers that life and love can’t be folded neatly into a perfect design. A quirky and poignant comedy/drama by Rajiv Joseph, author of Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, that has been hailed as “pitch-perfect” by the NY Times. Performances run through June 5th Aurora Cultural Arts District Gallery Theatre 1400 Dallas St., Aurora, CO 80010. Buy tickets here… About www.theatre-esprit-asia.org… Questions? (720)...
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"Creating and maintaining a high quality of life for Aurora's Asian Pacific American communities for over 20 years"
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Our Mission
Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership
Vision: “Empower our inclusive community to create and maintain a high quality of life for Asian Pacific Americans”
Mission: The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership is…
a nonprofit organization working together with the community toward creating and maintaining a high quality of life for all Asian Pacific American residents and businesses of Aurora. Established in 1991 and currently operating as a program of Spirit of Aurora, a 501(c)(3) organization, the Partnership has initiated a variety of projects and events that have been consistent with its mission–providing business assistance, cultural awareness programs and educational services, with a goal to improve communication with all Aurora’s citizens while promoting the City’s diverse cultural interests.
About the Partnership
The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership was started in the late ’80s by then city of Aurora Mayor Paul Tauer. In the 1980s, the Asian/Pacific population exploded, notably along Colfax Avenue in Original Aurora. Mayor Tauer was interested in learning more about the Asian small businesses, especially Korean, Thai and Vietnamese, that were becoming more visible in the area at that time. He worked with the city to establish the Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership (the Partnership), a nonprofit organization, under Spirit of Aurora, collaborating with local residents and businesses to “create and maintain a high quality of life for Asian Pacific Americans.” The Partnership’s success with bringing together diverse cultures to address civic and community engagement needs has become a role model for other cities in the area. More…
ACUA is a valued sponsor of the Partnership.
Steering Committee
(l-r) Past Co-Chairs Jane Sarmiento (’10-’11), Sudhir Verma (’09-’10), Edith Pasion (’07-’08) — School supply drive for the refugees (2009)
The Aurora Asian/Pacific Community Partnership Steering Committee is an impressive group of leaders from the greater Asian Pacific American (APA) communities and the city of Aurora. The Steering Committee has an interest in the mission of the Partnership and in its success within Aurora, whether the interests be business-related, cultural, educational or simply to gain new friendships of like interests within the community. More…
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