THE FIRST EVER GRAND RAPIDS THE FIRST EVER GRAND RAPIDS ASIAN FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE ON ASIAN FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 10 THIS YEAR AND A PART OF JUNE 10 THIS YEAR AND A PART OF SOMETHING THIS SPECIAL SO DUDE SOMETHING THIS SPECIAL SO DUDE WE BRING YOU A MINI DOCUMENTARY WE BRING YOU A MINI DOCUMENTARY OF WHAT WENT IN THE FIRST EVER OF WHAT WENT IN THE FIRST EVER ASIAN FESTIVAL AND A ASIAN FESTIVAL AND A CONVERSATION WITH THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COORDINATORS AND I'M MARIANO COORDINATORS AND I'M MARIANO AVILA HERE ON WGVU.

AVILA HERE ON WGVU.

♪ ♪ SUPPORT FOR MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE SUPPORT FOR MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE COMES FROM THE WK KELLOGG COMES FROM THE WK KELLOGG FOUNDATION A PARTNER WITH FOUNDATION A PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN COME COMMUNITIES WHERE CHILDREN COME FIRST.

FIRST.

♪ ♪ I'VE KNOWN HER FOR A FEW YEARS I'VE KNOWN HER FOR A FEW YEARS JUST THROUGH EVENTS AT JW JUST THROUGH EVENTS AT JW MARRIOTT AND THROUGH WORKING MARRIOTT AND THROUGH WORKING WITH WMAA MICHIGAN ASIAN WITH WMAA MICHIGAN ASIAN ASSOCIATION.

ASSOCIATION.

AND HE APPROACHED ME TO HELP AND HE APPROACHED ME TO HELP WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND WITH THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE ON WITH THE EXPERIENCE I HAVE ON THE MULTI CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN THE MULTI CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN HOLLAND HE WANTED TO DO A HOLLAND HE WANTED TO DO A SEGMENT FOR ASIAN AMERICAN IN SEGMENT FOR ASIAN AMERICAN IN OUR REGION.

OUR REGION.

I HAD PITCHED THE BUSINESS IDEA I HAD PITCHED THE BUSINESS IDEA FOR THE 5X5 FOR A CIVIL PINO POP FOR THE 5X5 FOR A CIVIL PINO POP UP AND ACE WHO IS THE CHAIR OF UP AND ACE WHO IS THE CHAIR OF OUR COMMITTEE HE ACTUALLY SAW OUR COMMITTEE HE ACTUALLY SAW THAT AND LIKED MY POST ABOUT IT.

THAT AND LIKED MY POST ABOUT IT.

>> HEY, IF WE ACTUALLY DO IN THE >> HEY, IF WE ACTUALLY DO IN THE FIRST YEAR THIS IS GOING TO FIRST YEAR THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN HAPPEN, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.

EVERY YEAR.

THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF ACTUALLY THERE IS A CHALLENGE OF ACTUALLY PUTTING IT IS THE MAIN THING SO PUTTING IT IS THE MAIN THING SO EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THE FOOD, EXCITED ABOUT SHARING THE FOOD, PERFORMANCES, HAVING SOMETHING PERFORMANCES, HAVING SOMETHING FOR MY SON, SO SELFISH MAN.

FOR MY SON, SO SELFISH MAN.

I WANT MY SON TO SEE HEY YOUR I WANT MY SON TO SEE HEY YOUR DAD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY DAD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY PHILIPPINE SONGS ON STAGE AND PHILIPPINE SONGS ON STAGE AND GET YOU TO HEAR IT AND SEE IT GET YOU TO HEAR IT AND SEE IT AND THINGS I'M VERY, VERY AND THINGS I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

EXCITED ABOUT.

THE ASIAN FESTIVAL IS A GREAT THE ASIAN FESTIVAL IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOSE GRAND RAPIDS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT RAPIDS TO ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES THAT MAKEUP ASIAN WHICH CULTURES THAT MAKEUP ASIAN WHICH IS YOU KNOW A HUGE PLACE AND IS YOU KNOW A HUGE PLACE AND PART OF THAT IS SORT OF THE PART OF THAT IS SORT OF THE BUBBLE T CRAZE THAT HAS TAKEN BUBBLE T CRAZE THAT HAS TAKEN OVER EAST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST OVER EAST ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SO WE ARE GOING DOWN ASIA AND SO WE ARE GOING DOWN THERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THERE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND HOPEFULLY GET WHAT WE HAVE AND HOPEFULLY GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE ASIAN PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE ASIAN CULTURE AND ASIAN FOOD AND CULTURE AND ASIAN FOOD AND EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON DOWN EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE.

THERE.

WE ARE BRINGING A SIGNATURE MIX WE ARE BRINGING A SIGNATURE MIX A STRAWBERRY FRUIT MIX SMOOTHIE A STRAWBERRY FRUIT MIX SMOOTHIE A TOP SELLER AND REALLY A TOP SELLER AND REALLY DELICIOUS AND MAKE YOU THAI TEA DELICIOUS AND MAKE YOU THAI TEA WHICH IS A SWEET ENDED AND WHICH IS A SWEET ENDED AND SPICED TEA ORANGE AND POPULAR SPICED TEA ORANGE AND POPULAR DRINK.

DRINK.

FIRST I'M MAKING AN SMOOTHIE FIRST I'M MAKING AN SMOOTHIE STRAWBERRY, MANGO AND PASSION STRAWBERRY, MANGO AND PASSION FRUITS AND THE CUSTOMERS FRUITS AND THE CUSTOMERS FAVORITE AND MINE AS WELL.

FAVORITE AND MINE AS WELL.

AND THIS IS OUR MANGO POPPING AND THIS IS OUR MANGO POPPING AND WE WILL BE BRINGING IT TO AND WE WILL BE BRINGING IT TO THE ASIAN FESTIVAL AND THAT GOES THE ASIAN FESTIVAL AND THAT GOES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRINK AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DRINK AND COMES UP THROUGH YOUR STRAW AS COMES UP THROUGH YOUR STRAW AS YOU DRINK IT.

YOU DRINK IT.

AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF AND THEN THE SECOND TYPE OF DRINK WE ARE BRINGING BESIDE THE DRINK WE ARE BRINGING BESIDE THE SMOOTHIES IS THE THAI TEA.

SMOOTHIES IS THE THAI TEA.

AND IF YOU SERVE IT JUST RIGHT AND IF YOU SERVE IT JUST RIGHT IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GRADIENT IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL GRADIENT OF COLOR AND THEN YOU MIX IT OF COLOR AND THEN YOU MIX IT TOGETHER INTO A REALLY NICE TOGETHER INTO A REALLY NICE SUNSET ORANGE.

SUNSET ORANGE.

THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

SO THE OTHER TWO TYPES OF DRINKS SO THE OTHER TWO TYPES OF DRINKS AND WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING TO AND WE WILL ALSO BE BRINGING TO OTHER FLAVORS OF SMOOTHIE AND OTHER FLAVORS OF SMOOTHIE AND LIGHT TEA AND ALSO PINEAPPLE.

LIGHT TEA AND ALSO PINEAPPLE.

>> MY NAME IS MSI THAO AND WE >> MY NAME IS MSI THAO AND WE ARE IN A CAFE DOWNTOWN GRAND ARE IN A CAFE DOWNTOWN GRAND RAPIDS AND I'M THE HONOR OF RAPIDS AND I'M THE HONOR OF WAANWAAN FOODS INSIDE THE WAANWAAN FOODS INSIDE THE RESTAURANT AND I GOT INVOLVED RESTAURANT AND I GOT INVOLVED WITH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK WITH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE I THINK EVER SINCE MY SISTER LIKED IT EVER SINCE MY SISTER LIKED IT AND I'M LIKE OH, WHAT WE HAVE IN AND I'M LIKE OH, WHAT WE HAVE IN GRAND RAPIDS?

GRAND RAPIDS?

AND SO I WENT ON AND I LOOKED AND SO I WENT ON AND I LOOKED AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN YET.

AND IT DIDN'T HAPPEN YET.

SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT TIME SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE A PART OF IT AND I REALLY TO BE A PART OF IT AND I REALLY JUMPED ON IT AND LIKE I WANT TO JUMPED ON IT AND LIKE I WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND HOW DO I BE A PART OF IT AND HOW DO I BECOME A PART OF IT AND THAT IS BECOME A PART OF IT AND THAT IS HOW IT GOT STARTED.

HOW IT GOT STARTED.

HONESTLY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HONESTLY WHEN I WAS TALKING TO ACE I FELT LIKE I WASN'T DOING ACE I FELT LIKE I WASN'T DOING ENOUGH.

ENOUGH.

IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY YOU IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY YOU WORK LONG HOURS, 10-12 HOURS SO WORK LONG HOURS, 10-12 HOURS SO IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO FIND TIME FOR MYSELF.

TIME FOR MYSELF.

BEING A PART OF THIS EVENT BEING A PART OF THIS EVENT ABFUNDING TO A NONPROFIT ABFUNDING TO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

ORGANIZATION.

NOT ONLY THAT IT'S ALSO A CHANCE NOT ONLY THAT IT'S ALSO A CHANCE FOR US TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE FOR US TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THE MINUTE IN I DIVERSITY THE MINUTE IN I DIVERSITY CULTURE WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND CULTURE WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS SO WE CONNECTED AND GAVE RAPIDS SO WE CONNECTED AND GAVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

>> ASIAN NIGHT OUT IS SOMETHING >> ASIAN NIGHT OUT IS SOMETHING THE JW MARRIOTT HAS PUT ON FOR A THE JW MARRIOTT HAS PUT ON FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND EVERYBODY FEW YEARS NOW AND EVERYBODY DRESS UP IN WHITE AND WE INVITE DRESS UP IN WHITE AND WE INVITE ASIANS, NON-ASIANS, EVERYONE TO ASIANS, NON-ASIANS, EVERYONE TO COME AND JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME COME AND JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME AND OVERLOOKS THE WATER AND IT'S AND OVERLOOKS THE WATER AND IT'S OUT ON THE DECK, JUST A PLACE OUT ON THE DECK, JUST A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO HANG OUT, DANCE.

FOR PEOPLE TO HANG OUT, DANCE.

NORMALLY THE DJ IS AT THE JW NORMALLY THE DJ IS AT THE JW MARRIOTT AND IT'S ONE OF THE MARRIOTT AND IT'S ONE OF THE EVENTS WE DO EVERY YEAR.

EVENTS WE DO EVERY YEAR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SO WE CAME AND SHE TOLD US A SO WE CAME AND SHE TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WENT INTO LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WENT INTO THE 3500 OF THESE, ALL THE OTHER THE 3500 OF THESE, ALL THE OTHER DECORATIONS INCLUDING THAT STAR.

DECORATIONS INCLUDING THAT STAR.

YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.

YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.

>> IT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO >> IT'S SOMETHING WE HAD TO FOLD.

FOLD.

IT TOOK A WHILE TO ACTUALLY IT TOOK A WHILE TO ACTUALLY FIGURE IT OUT, YEAH.

FIGURE IT OUT, YEAH.

>> SO YESTERDAY WE CAUGHT UP >> SO YESTERDAY WE CAUGHT UP WITH YOU AT THE ASIAN NIGHT OUT, WITH YOU AT THE ASIAN NIGHT OUT, IT WAS OVER AT 10:00.

IT WAS OVER AT 10:00.

YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO RELAX YOUR INSTRUCTIONS WERE TO RELAX BUT THEN YOU GUYS WENT BACK.

BUT THEN YOU GUYS WENT BACK.

>> YEAH, WE HONESTLY WE RUSHED >> YEAH, WE HONESTLY WE RUSHED BACK AND WE PROBABLY WENT UNTIL BACK AND WE PROBABLY WENT UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 2:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL EVERYTHING WAS ALL FINISHED, WE EVERYTHING WAS ALL FINISHED, WE GOT EVERYTHING PACKED IN THE VAN GOT EVERYTHING PACKED IN THE VAN AND DISTRIBUTED, ALL OF OUR AND DISTRIBUTED, ALL OF OUR DECORATIONS INTO WHOSE CAR AND DECORATIONS INTO WHOSE CAR AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT DECORATIONS AND I ALSO FIGURED DECORATIONS AND I ALSO FIGURED OUT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE WILL OUT HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS WE WILL BE NEEDING FOR ESPECIALLY THE BE NEEDING FOR ESPECIALLY THE LANTERNS AND HANGING UP THE LANTERNS AND HANGING UP THE LANTERNS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT LANTERNS WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT PART AND WE ARE STILL NOT EVEN PART AND WE ARE STILL NOT EVEN DONE WITH IT.

DONE WITH IT.

>> SO WHAT TIME DID YOU GET HERE >> SO WHAT TIME DID YOU GET HERE THIS MORNING?

THIS MORNING?

>> WE GOT HERE AROUND 5, 5:30.

>> WE GOT HERE AROUND 5, 5:30.

>> YOU WENT TO BED AT 2:00 OR >> YOU WENT TO BED AT 2:00 OR STOPPED WORKING AT 2:00?

STOPPED WORKING AT 2:00?

>> WE STOPPED WORKING AT 2:00 >> WE STOPPED WORKING AT 2:00 AND SOME OF US ACTUALLY PULLED AND SOME OF US ACTUALLY PULLED AN ALL NIGHTER.

AN ALL NIGHTER.

>> DOES THAT INCLUDE YOU?

>> DOES THAT INCLUDE YOU?

>> NO, I GOT LIKE ABOUT ONE TO >> NO, I GOT LIKE ABOUT ONE TO TWO HOURS OF SLEEP.

TWO HOURS OF SLEEP.

>> SO YOU ARE ALL RESTED UP.

>> SO YOU ARE ALL RESTED UP.

>> I COULD SAY THAT FOR NOW.

>> I COULD SAY THAT FOR NOW.

WITH THE ADDITION OF THE GENERAL WITH THE ADDITION OF THE GENERAL LIKE YOU SEE EVERYONE HERE LIKE YOU SEE EVERYONE HERE GETTING EXCITED SETTING UP AND GETTING EXCITED SETTING UP AND EVERYONE IS SUPER PUMPED AND I'M EVERYONE IS SUPER PUMPED AND I'M STARTING TO GET THE ENERGY FROM STARTING TO GET THE ENERGY FROM THEM AS WELL.

THEM AS WELL.

>> SO ACE THIS IS IT.

>> SO ACE THIS IS IT.

>> I'M SO EXCITED, LOOK AT THIS.

>> I'M SO EXCITED, LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S COMING TOGETHER.

IT'S COMING TOGETHER.

>> YOU HAD THIS IDEA, HOW LONG >> YOU HAD THIS IDEA, HOW LONG AGO?

AGO?

>> ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

>> ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO.

YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL THE WHOLE YOU KNOW, IT'S REAL THE WHOLE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER, THAT COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER, THAT IS MORE EXCITING AND IT'S SO IS MORE EXCITING AND IT'S SO EXCITING, LOOK AT THIS.

EXCITING, LOOK AT THIS.

I'M BLOWN AWAY.

I'M BLOWN AWAY.

>> 3500 CRANES AND I DON'T KNOW >> 3500 CRANES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THESE LANTERNS.

HOW MANY OF THESE LANTERNS.

WE JUST TALKED TO TRIZZY TRAN WE JUST TALKED TO TRIZZY TRAN ABOUT THAT.

ABOUT THAT.

THOSE GUYS THEY WORK SO HARD.

THOSE GUYS THEY WORK SO HARD.

THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.

THEY DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT.

I MEAN LOOK AT THIS, IT'S I MEAN LOOK AT THIS, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL.

>> HOW MANY VENDORS?

>> HOW MANY VENDORS?

>> WE HAVE TRYING TO REMEMBER >> WE HAVE TRYING TO REMEMBER LIKE 26 DIFFERENT VENDORS.

LIKE 26 DIFFERENT VENDORS.

>> HOW MANY ARE YOU GOING TO >> HOW MANY ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE?

HAVE?

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 20,000.

>> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE 20,000.

I CAN'T REMEMBER I CAN'T REMEMBER >> A LOT OF EGGS JUST LOOKING >> A LOT OF EGGS JUST LOOKING AT THE JAM PACKED SCHEDULE.

AT THE JAM PACKED SCHEDULE.

>> IT IS PACKED.

>> IT IS PACKED.

>> REALLY QUICK AND HAVE TO MAKE >> REALLY QUICK AND HAVE TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS ON BOARD.

SURE EVERYONE IS ON BOARD.

THAT IS A REALLY NICE T-SHIRT DO THAT IS A REALLY NICE T-SHIRT DO YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IS IN THE BACK?

BACK?

>> THAT IS IT.

>> THAT IS IT.

OKAY, SO 2017 GRAND RAPIDS ASIAN OKAY, SO 2017 GRAND RAPIDS ASIAN FESTIVAL SPONSORS AND WE HAVE FESTIVAL SPONSORS AND WE HAVE ALL THE SPONSORS THERE.

ALL THE SPONSORS THERE.

LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK AT THAT.

SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME SO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME LOVE BECAUSE YOU ARE AWESOME.

LOVE BECAUSE YOU ARE AWESOME.

>> VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

SO WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR SO WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTATION FOR TODAY?

TODAY?

THE SUN IS SHINING FOR YOU, THE SUN IS SHINING FOR YOU, EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE COOPERATING AND HAS NOT GOT TOO COOPERATING AND HAS NOT GOT TOO HOT YET.

HOT YET.

>> WE WILL ENJOY THE MOMENT AND >> WE WILL ENJOY THE MOMENT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT SO YOU SHOWED US HOW ALL RIGHT SO YOU SHOWED US HOW YOU MAKE THE ICE CREAM.

YOU MAKE THE ICE CREAM.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND NOW YOU ARE HERE AND YOU >> AND NOW YOU ARE HERE AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT.

ARE GOING TO MAKE IT.

>> HOW MANY DO YOU EXPECT TO >> HOW MANY DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE TODAY?

MAKE TODAY?

>> I DID NOT EXPECT TO MAKE A >> I DID NOT EXPECT TO MAKE A LOT AND I LOOKED AT THE WEATHER LOT AND I LOOKED AT THE WEATHER AND IT WAS NICE AND HAD TO GO TO AND IT WAS NICE AND HAD TO GO TO THE STORE FOR A LAST-MINUTE RUN THE STORE FOR A LAST-MINUTE RUN FOR MORE SUPPLIES AND EXPECTING FOR MORE SUPPLIES AND EXPECTING I DON'T KNOW MAYBE A FEW I DON'T KNOW MAYBE A FEW THOUSAND, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO THOUSAND, IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?

ASK FOR?

MAYBE A THOUSAND.

MAYBE A THOUSAND.

>> I MEAN THAT IS KIND OF WHAT >> I MEAN THAT IS KIND OF WHAT WE ARE HEARING FROM OTHER FOLKS WE ARE HEARING FROM OTHER FOLKS ASSUME A THOUSAND TO A FEW ASSUME A THOUSAND TO A FEW THOUSAND RANGE.

THOUSAND RANGE.

>> RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST >> RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY ARE DOING THIS EVENT TIME THEY ARE DOING THIS EVENT TOO SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO TOO SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT.

PREDICT.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

SO WITH ME I LOOKED AT THE SO WITH ME I LOOKED AT THE WEATHER BECAUSE IT'S A NICE DAY WEATHER BECAUSE IT'S A NICE DAY SO EVERYBODY WILL WANT ICE SO EVERYBODY WILL WANT ICE CREAM, RIGHT?

CREAM, RIGHT?

>> SO YOU MADE AN ICE CREAM >> SO YOU MADE AN ICE CREAM STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM FOR US WHEN STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM FOR US WHEN WE WERE AT YOUR RESTAURANT.

WE WERE AT YOUR RESTAURANT.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING TODAY, >> WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING TODAY, WHAT IS YOUR FULL MENU?

WHAT IS YOUR FULL MENU?

.

.

>> TODAY IT'S A VERY LIMITED >> TODAY IT'S A VERY LIMITED MENU AND WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE MENU AND WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE VIEWERS TO GO BACK IN THE VIEWERS TO GO BACK IN THE RESTAURANT AND DO IT THERE, TRY RESTAURANT AND DO IT THERE, TRY IT THERE BECAUSE I WILL BE ABLE IT THERE BECAUSE I WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER A BIGGER MENU BUT TODAY TO OFFER A BIGGER MENU BUT TODAY WE ARE OFFERING COOKING CREAM, WE ARE OFFERING COOKING CREAM, STRAWBERRY BANANA AND A DAIRY STRAWBERRY BANANA AND A DAIRY FREE VERSION TOO FOR OUR FRIENDS FREE VERSION TOO FOR OUR FRIENDS WHO CAN'T HAVE DAIRY.

WHO CAN'T HAVE DAIRY.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU >> ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY ASIDE LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY ASIDE FROM SELLING THOUSANDS OF ICE FROM SELLING THOUSANDS OF ICE CREAM TREATS?

CREAM TREATS?

>> I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHO I'M >> I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE WHO I'M FAMILIAR WITH.

FAMILIAR WITH.

I WORK IN THE RESTAURANT I WORK IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY SO I SEE AND HOPE A LOT INDUSTRY SO I SEE AND HOPE A LOT OF THE FAMILIAR FACES WILL BE OF THE FAMILIAR FACES WILL BE HERE TOO SO THEY CAN ENJOY WHAT HERE TOO SO THEY CAN ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS WE HAVE HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS BESIDES THE PIE RESTAURANT BESIDES THE PIE RESTAURANT ENVIRONMENT.

ENVIRONMENT.

>> SO I GUESS IS A DIFFERENT >> SO I GUESS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF QUESTION.

KIND OF QUESTION.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

>> YOU ARE GOING TO BE AROUND A >> YOU ARE GOING TO BE AROUND A LOT OF RESTAURANT PEERS.

LOT OF RESTAURANT PEERS.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> AND AROUND THE ASIAN >> AND AROUND THE ASIAN COMMUNITY BUT THIS IS KIND OF COMMUNITY BUT THIS IS KIND OF PUT ON BY THE ASIAN COMMUNITY PUT ON BY THE ASIAN COMMUNITY FOR EVERYONE.

FOR EVERYONE.

>> RIGHT.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO WHAT IS THE TEMPTATION?

>> SO WHAT IS THE TEMPTATION?

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT'S THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED SO WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?

SO WHAT ARE YOU FEELING?

>> HOW AM I FEELING ABOUT THIS >> HOW AM I FEELING ABOUT THIS EVENT?

EVENT?

I'M VERY EXCITED, VERY NERVOUS I'M VERY EXCITED, VERY NERVOUS AT THE SAME TIME.

AT THE SAME TIME.

I JUST HOPE THAT LIKE IF PEOPLE I JUST HOPE THAT LIKE IF PEOPLE HEAR THE MUSIC THAT WE ARE HEAR THE MUSIC THAT WE ARE PLAYING THEY WILL STOP BY AND PLAYING THEY WILL STOP BY AND SAY HEY WHAT IS GOING ON, CHECK SAY HEY WHAT IS GOING ON, CHECK IT OUT AND NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WE IT OUT AND NOT EVERYONE KNOWS WE ARE HERE AND IF THEY DO COME ARE HERE AND IF THEY DO COME CHECK US OUT BECAUSE IT'S A FREE CHECK US OUT BECAUSE IT'S A FREE EVENT.

EVENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, WELL ANYTHING YOU >> ALL RIGHT, WELL ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE.

WANT TO TELL PEOPLE.

>> COME OUT AND I HOPE YOU HAVE >> COME OUT AND I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN AND ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE HERE FUN AND ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE HERE FOR YOU AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

FOR YOU AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.

>> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY >> ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HOW ARE PREPARATIONS LOOKING >> HOW ARE PREPARATIONS LOOKING FOR TODAY?

FOR TODAY?

>> WONDERFUL AND WE DO IT RIGHT >> WONDERFUL AND WE DO IT RIGHT HERE.

HERE.

>> HOW MANY SMOOTHIES DO YOU >> HOW MANY SMOOTHIES DO YOU EXPECT TO MAKE TODAY?

EXPECT TO MAKE TODAY?

>> WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AT LEAST >> WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AT LEAST A THOUSAND.

A THOUSAND.

>> AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY >> AND DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS AS TO HOW MANY EXPECTATIONS AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP, DO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP, DO YOU KNOW?

YOU KNOW?

>> NO, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST >> NO, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR AND WE HAVE NO EXPERIENCE YEAR AND WE HAVE NO EXPERIENCE AND DURING THE ART FESTIVAL AND DURING THE ART FESTIVAL WHICH HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND WHICH HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND THERE WE DID FUNDRAISING FOR THERE WE DID FUNDRAISING FOR WMAAA WHICH IS WEST MICHIGAN WMAAA WHICH IS WEST MICHIGAN ASIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, A ASIAN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, A LONG NAME AND WE DID FUNDRAISING LONG NAME AND WE DID FUNDRAISING FOR THEM AND WE DID OVER 3,000 FOR THEM AND WE DID OVER 3,000 LAST WEEK FOR THREE DAYS.

LAST WEEK FOR THREE DAYS.

>> SO AT THE ART FESTIVAL YOU >> SO AT THE ART FESTIVAL YOU DID 2000SMOOTHIES.

DID 2000SMOOTHIES.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> AND TODAY YOU ARE THINKING OF >> AND TODAY YOU ARE THINKING OF A THOUSAND, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH A THOUSAND, DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH FOR THREE IN CASE YOU HIT THAT FOR THREE IN CASE YOU HIT THAT NUMBER?

NUMBER?

>> WE PREPARE FOR AT LEAST 2000.

>> WE PREPARE FOR AT LEAST 2000.

>> SO IF YOU HIT 2000 YOU RUN >> SO IF YOU HIT 2000 YOU RUN OUT.

OUT.

>> CORRECT.

>> CORRECT.

>> SO NOT TOO EARLY.

>> SO NOT TOO EARLY.

>> WITH A NICE DAY, IT'S A >> WITH A NICE DAY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THIS EVENT.

BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THIS EVENT.

>> AND IT'S HOT SO PEOPLE WILL >> AND IT'S HOT SO PEOPLE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DRINK.

BE LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DRINK.

>> DEFINITELY.

>> DEFINITELY.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY THIRSTY PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY THIRSTY AND IT'S REALLY HOT?

AND IT'S REALLY HOT?

>> OUR BELLA WHICH IS STRAWBERRY >> OUR BELLA WHICH IS STRAWBERRY MANGO AND PASSION FRUIT, THREE MANGO AND PASSION FRUIT, THREE FLAVORS COMBINED IS GOOD.

FLAVORS COMBINED IS GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MUCH.

♪ ♪ WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

.

.

>> ACTUALLY JUST SEEING ALL THE >> ACTUALLY JUST SEEING ALL THE COMMUNITIES THE ASIAN COMMUNITIES THE ASIAN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN GRAND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IN GRAND RAPIDS.

RAPIDS.

I'VE NOT BEEN IN GRAND RAPIDS I'VE NOT BEEN IN GRAND RAPIDS FOR THAT LONG.

FOR THAT LONG.

THIS IS 3 1/2 YEARS FOR ME SO THIS IS 3 1/2 YEARS FOR ME SO I'M STILL GETTING TO KNOW THE I'M STILL GETTING TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN GRAND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN GRAND RAPIDS SO THIS IS A GREAT PLACE RAPIDS SO THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO MEET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN ONE TO MEET A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE AND SEE THE EXCITING PLACE AND SEE THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING THINGS THAT THEY ARE DOING THERE.

THERE.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND THERE IS THE MIDDLE MEANING AND THERE IS THE MIDDLE MEANING LEAVE IT TO THE CREATOR AND THE LEAVE IT TO THE CREATOR AND THE WORDS ON THE SIDE MEANS FREEDOM.

WORDS ON THE SIDE MEANS FREEDOM.

THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS.

THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ IT STANDS FOR ASIAN COMMUNITY IT STANDS FOR ASIAN COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE AWARD.

EXCELLENCE AWARD.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO AND THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO SOMEONE VERY VERY WORTHY, HE IS SOMEONE VERY VERY WORTHY, HE IS THE PERSON THAT HAS A VISION TO THE PERSON THAT HAS A VISION TO PUT THIS WHOLE EVENT TOGETHER PUT THIS WHOLE EVENT TOGETHER ALTHOUGH WE HAD A GREAT TEAM AND ALTHOUGH WE HAD A GREAT TEAM AND GREAT COMMITTEE THAT HELPED HIM GREAT COMMITTEE THAT HELPED HIM BUT IT'S HIS VERSION TO BRING BUT IT'S HIS VERSION TO BRING ALL OF THE ASIANS TOGETHER AND ALL OF THE ASIANS TOGETHER AND THE COMMUNITY HERE.

THE COMMUNITY HERE.

I REALLY WANT TO GIVE THIS AWARD I REALLY WANT TO GIVE THIS AWARD TO ACE FOR HIS COMMITMENT, HIS TO ACE FOR HIS COMMITMENT, HIS PASSION, HIS DESIRE TO REALLY PASSION, HIS DESIRE TO REALLY MAKE THIS DAY HAPPEN FOR ALL OF MAKE THIS DAY HAPPEN FOR ALL OF US.

US.

>> I WANT TO SAY THIS WOULD NOT >> I WANT TO SAY THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR WONDERFUL COMMITTEE WITH THE WONDERFUL COMMITTEE WITH THE LEADERS AND KATIE AND CAVE AND I LEADERS AND KATIE AND CAVE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS EVENT AND ACE IS THE WINNER THIS EVENT AND ACE IS THE WINNER HERE SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK HERE SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS.

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♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK.

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BACK WE ARE IN THE WGVU STUDIOS BACK WE ARE IN THE WGVU STUDIOS AT THE PUBLIC BROADCAST CENTER AT THE PUBLIC BROADCAST CENTER AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIRST FESTIVAL AND WE HAVE ART FIRST FESTIVAL AND WE HAVE ART TEACHER AT THE CLASS CALL SCHOOL TEACHER AT THE CLASS CALL SCHOOL AND ENTREPRENEUR AND KATIE WHO AND ENTREPRENEUR AND KATIE WHO IS A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IS A MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST AT TRANSITIONS THERAPY THERAPIST AT TRANSITIONS THERAPY AND ACE MARASIGAN BRANCH MANAGER AND ACE MARASIGAN BRANCH MANAGER AT OLD NATIONAL BANK WELCOME AT OLD NATIONAL BANK WELCOME BACK.

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>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NOW YOU HAVE DONE THIS GREAT >> NOW YOU HAVE DONE THIS GREAT FESTIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IT FESTIVAL FOR THE FIRST TIME IT HAS EVER HAPPENED CAN YOU TELL HAS EVER HAPPENED CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF HOW IT WENT?

IMPRESSIONS OF HOW IT WENT?

WE WILL START HERE.

WE WILL START HERE.

>> I WAS RUNNING BEHIND STAGE A >> I WAS RUNNING BEHIND STAGE A LOT BUT EVERY TIME I WOULD PEEK LOT BUT EVERY TIME I WOULD PEEK OUT I WAS SURPRISED AT THE OUT I WAS SURPRISED AT THE DENSITY OF THE PEOPLE IN ROSA DENSITY OF THE PEOPLE IN ROSA PARK CIRCLE SO I WAS EXPECTING PARK CIRCLE SO I WAS EXPECTING THERE TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THERE TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND DEFINITELY SURPRISED AT HOW MANY DEFINITELY SURPRISED AT HOW MANY ACTUALLY CAME ALL AT ONCE AND WE ACTUALLY CAME ALL AT ONCE AND WE HAD A COUPLE HOURS THAT WERE A HAD A COUPLE HOURS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT OF A LULL BUT EVEN LITTLE BIT OF A LULL BUT EVEN THEN IT WAS PRETTY FULL SO VERY THEN IT WAS PRETTY FULL SO VERY PLEASED AT THE TURN OUT.

PLEASED AT THE TURN OUT.

>> DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OR THE >> DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OR THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER?

APPROXIMATE NUMBER?

>> IS IT'S HARD TO SAY.

>> IS IT'S HARD TO SAY.

TALKING TO THE CITY BASED ON TALKING TO THE CITY BASED ON LIKE IF YOU JUST MEASURE 2000 LIKE IF YOU JUST MEASURE 2000 PEOPLE EVERY TWO OR THREE HOURS PEOPLE EVERY TWO OR THREE HOURS AND WE WERE THERE FOR TEN HOURS AND WE WERE THERE FOR TEN HOURS I WOULD SAY IT'S APPROXIMATELY I WOULD SAY IT'S APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PEOPLE.

10,000 PEOPLE.

>> WOW.

>> WOW.

>> THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> THAT IS A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> UH-HUH.

>> SO WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE, >> SO WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THE MELTING POT OF CULTURES COMING MELTING POT OF CULTURES COMING TOGETHER AND VENDORS SELL THE TOGETHER AND VENDORS SELL THE FOOD THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE FOOD THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE FUN MAY BE IN A PERSON THAT FUN MAY BE IN A PERSON THAT LIVED HERE IN THE CITY ALL OF MY LIVED HERE IN THE CITY ALL OF MY LIFE TO FINALLY YOU KNOW HAVE LIFE TO FINALLY YOU KNOW HAVE THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

>> KATIE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?

>> KATIE YOUR IMPRESSIONS?

>> I THINK OVERWHELMED IS A GOOD >> I THINK OVERWHELMED IS A GOOD WORD.

WORD.

I WAS PROBABLY ON THE OUTSKIRTS I WAS PROBABLY ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF ROSA PARKS AND LOOKING AT IT OF ROSA PARKS AND LOOKING AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE A FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE A LOT OF THE TIME AND JUST SEEING LOT OF THE TIME AND JUST SEEING SO MANY PEOPLE THERE AND NOT SO MANY PEOPLE THERE AND NOT JUST PEOPLE BUT KIDS AND MIXED JUST PEOPLE BUT KIDS AND MIXED FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WHO HAD FAMILIES AND FAMILIES WHO HAD KIDS WHO WERE ADOPTED FROM OTHER KIDS WHO WERE ADOPTED FROM OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES COME AND WATCH ASIAN COUNTRIES COME AND WATCH THE KIDS EXPRESSIONS AND FACES THE KIDS EXPRESSIONS AND FACES AS THEY SOLVE A HUGE COMMUNITY AS THEY SOLVE A HUGE COMMUNITY THERE, I THINK THAT WAS VERY THERE, I THINK THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL TO ME, THERE ARE POWERFUL TO ME, THERE ARE MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL DAY WHERE I WAS ALMOST ABOUT TO DAY WHERE I WAS ALMOST ABOUT TO CRY BECAUSE I WAS SO HAPPY AND CRY BECAUSE I WAS SO HAPPY AND SO THRILLED WATCHING THESE SO THRILLED WATCHING THESE FAMILIES, WATCHING THESE KIDS FAMILIES, WATCHING THESE KIDS BUT ALSO FOR MYSELF AS THE BUT ALSO FOR MYSELF AS THE ORGANIZERS LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS ORGANIZERS LIKE OH, MY GOODNESS WHAT DID WE CREATE AND LOOK AT WHAT DID WE CREATE AND LOOK AT EVERYONE LOVES IT SO I WAS JUST EVERYONE LOVES IT SO I WAS JUST VERY OVERWHELMED THROUGHOUT THE VERY OVERWHELMED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

DAY.

>> AND ACE.

>> AND ACE.

>> JUST VERY HAPPY TO SEE SO >> JUST VERY HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND MANY PEOPLE COME TOGETHER AND ENJOY IT.

ENJOY IT.

I THINK THE COMMUNITY DEFINITELY I THINK THE COMMUNITY DEFINITELY WON THIS TIME.

WON THIS TIME.

WE WON, WE WERE US WE WERE WE WON, WE WERE US WE WERE CELEBRATING AND LEARNING ABOUT CELEBRATING AND LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES, PEOPLE WANT DIFFERENT CULTURES, PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW LIKE HOW CAN THEY TO KNOW LIKE HOW CAN THEY PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.

PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.

IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING AND I WAS IT WAS SO OVERWHELMING AND I WAS LOOKING AT MY WIFE AND LOOKING LOOKING AT MY WIFE AND LOOKING AT MY SON AND I SAW THE JOY IN AT MY SON AND I SAW THE JOY IN THEM SO THAT GAVE ME THAT THEM SO THAT GAVE ME THAT COMPLETE PROUD MOMENT LIKE WOW COMPLETE PROUD MOMENT LIKE WOW I'M JUST SO HAPPY.

I'M JUST SO HAPPY.

>> YOUR EXPECTATIONS, WERE THEY >> YOUR EXPECTATIONS, WERE THEY MET, WERE THEY EXCEEDED, WERE MET, WERE THEY EXCEEDED, WERE THEY ABOUT WHERE YOU THOUGHT?

THEY ABOUT WHERE YOU THOUGHT?

>> DEFINITELY EXCEEDED OUR >> DEFINITELY EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE WHEN WE EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE WE WHEN WE FIRST SET UP TALKING ABOUT THIS FIRST SET UP TALKING ABOUT THIS A THOUSAND OR TWO THOUSAND AT A THOUSAND OR TWO THOUSAND AT THE MOST WILL BE SHOWING UP.

THE MOST WILL BE SHOWING UP.

>> TOTAL.

>> TOTAL.

>> TOTAL.

>> TOTAL.

>> THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE >> THAT IS WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING.

EXPECTING.

AS A GROUP THERE.

AS A GROUP THERE.

>> WE HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE >> WE HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE SO THERE WAS NO MARKER FOR SO THERE WAS NO MARKER FOR ANYTHING.

ANYTHING.

I THINK AS TIME WENT BY AND I THINK AS TIME WENT BY AND PEOPLE WERE -- WE EXPERIENCED SO PEOPLE WERE -- WE EXPERIENCED SO MUCH EXCITEMENT FROM THE MUCH EXCITEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, MAYBE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, MAYBE A FEW MORE THOUSAND PEOPLE BUT A FEW MORE THOUSAND PEOPLE BUT NOT WHAT IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT NOT WHAT IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE.

TO BE.

I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT AT I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT AT ALL.

ALL.

>> I WAS MANAGING THE SOCIAL >> I WAS MANAGING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND I'VE DONE EVENTS IN MEDIA AND I'VE DONE EVENTS IN THE PAST AND I HAD A FEELING THE PAST AND I HAD A FEELING THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY BY JUST SEEING THE THE COMMUNITY BY JUST SEEING THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUPPORT WE WERE SOCIAL MEDIA AND SUPPORT WE WERE GETTING.

GETTING.

I WAS ON LINE WITH BUILDING AND I WAS ON LINE WITH BUILDING AND BUILDING AND THEN IF YOU BUILD BUILDING AND THEN IF YOU BUILD IT THEY WILL COME TYPE OF IT THEY WILL COME TYPE OF MENTALITY.

MENTALITY.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SUB THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT SUB CULTURES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO CULTURES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS SO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS SO HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE HUGE THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE HERE TO BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE HERE TO ORGANIZE THIS.

ORGANIZE THIS.

>> AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS >> AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO, RIGHT, IS DO MEDIA THAT YOU DO, RIGHT, IS DO MEDIA PROMOTIONS.

PROMOTIONS.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU THINK IT WENT >> SOUNDS LIKE YOU THINK IT WENT REALLY GOOD AND REALLY GOOD REALLY GOOD AND REALLY GOOD RESPONSE ON LINE.

RESPONSE ON LINE.

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> MOST DEFINITELY.

>> I WAS AWARE THERE WERE A >> I WAS AWARE THERE WERE A COUPLE OTHER EVENTS GOING ON THE COUPLE OTHER EVENTS GOING ON THE SAME DAY AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE SAME DAY AND DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE TURN OUT WAS GOING TO BE TURN OUT WAS GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY WITH LOOKING AT ESPECIALLY WITH LOOKING AT SOCIAL MEDIA I DON'T ALWAYS SOCIAL MEDIA I DON'T ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL NUMBERS FOR EVERYBODY SHOWING UP SO I KIND EVERYBODY SHOWING UP SO I KIND OF DO THE 25% OF THE PEOPLE WHO OF DO THE 25% OF THE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW UP SAID THEY WERE GOING TO SHOW UP WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND THE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE SOCIAL PEOPLE WHO DON'T USE SOCIAL MEDIA SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO MEDIA SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO GET A FEEL FOR IT AND ESPECIALLY GET A FEEL FOR IT AND ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHER KNOWING THAT THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT ALL THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT ALL THE WEEKENDS IN JUNE AND I WAS WEEKENDS IN JUNE AND I WAS AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT THINK AFRAID THAT THEY MIGHT THINK THAT THE ASIAN FESTIVAL AND THE THAT THE ASIAN FESTIVAL AND THE ARTS FESTIVAL LIKE THE SAME ARTS FESTIVAL LIKE THE SAME THING AND NOT JUST COME TO ONE THING AND NOT JUST COME TO ONE AND SAY OH, THAT IS JUST PART OF AND SAY OH, THAT IS JUST PART OF THE FESTIVAL BUT I THINK WE THE FESTIVAL BUT I THINK WE EVENTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET EVENTUALLY WERE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH WORD OUT AND THEY CAME TO ENOUGH WORD OUT AND THEY CAME TO PEOPLE WENT TO MULTIPLE EVENTS PEOPLE WENT TO MULTIPLE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND LIKE I THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AND LIKE I SAID VERY SURPRISED AND PLEASED SAID VERY SURPRISED AND PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT.

WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT.

>> SO SPEAKING OF ART I MEAN YOU >> SO SPEAKING OF ART I MEAN YOU TEACH ART AND THERE WERE A LOT TEACH ART AND THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS, WHAT ARE OF DIFFERENT ARTISTS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU?

OUT FOR YOU?

>> WELL, I ORIGINALLY HAD TO TRY >> WELL, I ORIGINALLY HAD TO TRY AND GET THE CALIGROPHY ARTIST AND GET THE CALIGROPHY ARTIST HERE FOR ME AND THAT IS A HERE FOR ME AND THAT IS A PERSONAL PASSION ESPECIALLY IN PERSONAL PASSION ESPECIALLY IN COLLEGE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR COLLEGE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR CULTURAL ART PIECES, YOU KNOW, CULTURAL ART PIECES, YOU KNOW, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY EDUCATION AND THIS HAS BEEN MY EDUCATION BUT OFTEN TIMES IT'S MOSTLY BUT OFTEN TIMES IT'S MOSTLY UCENTRIC HISTORY AND WANTED TO UCENTRIC HISTORY AND WANTED TO SHOWCASE ASIAN HEART HISTORY AND SHOWCASE ASIAN HEART HISTORY AND TO HAVE LOCAL ASIAN ARTISTS AND TO HAVE LOCAL ASIAN ARTISTS AND NOT BEING 10.2 WHAT ASIAN ART NOT BEING 10.2 WHAT ASIAN ART LOOKS LIKE AND NOT SCROLLS OR LOOKS LIKE AND NOT SCROLLS OR ANYTHING.

ANYTHING.

WE DID HAVE THOSE SORT OF WE DID HAVE THOSE SORT OF ARTIFACTS AS WELL BUT FOCUSED ON ARTIFACTS AS WELL BUT FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL ASIAN ARTISTS AND THE INDIVIDUAL ASIAN ARTISTS AND WHATEVER WORK THEY HAPPENED TO WHATEVER WORK THEY HAPPENED TO PRODUCE SO THAT WAS LIKE PRODUCE SO THAT WAS LIKE CONTEMPORARY WORK AND PERSONAL CONTEMPORARY WORK AND PERSONAL WORK AND THEN JUST I'VE HEARD A WORK AND THEN JUST I'VE HEARD A LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM LOT OF POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE I TALKED TO THAT REALLY PEOPLE I TALKED TO THAT REALLY ENJOYED THE FACT THAT WE HAD A ENJOYED THE FACT THAT WE HAD A VARIATION OF ART, SO YOU KNOW VARIATION OF ART, SO YOU KNOW DANCE PERFORMANCE OR LIKE THE DANCE PERFORMANCE OR LIKE THE PERFORMANCE ART, MUSIC, YOU PERFORMANCE ART, MUSIC, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE KNOW, WHAT I WANTED TO SHOWCASE IS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART IS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ART AND WHETHER IT WAS TRADITIONAL AND WHETHER IT WAS TRADITIONAL CULTURAL ART OR IF IT WAS JUST CULTURAL ART OR IF IT WAS JUST PART DONE BY AN ASIAN PERSON SO PART DONE BY AN ASIAN PERSON SO I THINK WE ACTUALLY WE DID I THINK WE ACTUALLY WE DID PRETTY WELL AND SUCCEEDED AS PRETTY WELL AND SUCCEEDED AS SHOWING THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO SHOWING THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO TRYING TO ADD MORE TO IT NEXT TRYING TO ADD MORE TO IT NEXT YEAR.

YEAR.

>> SO THAT GETS RIGHT INTO THE >> SO THAT GETS RIGHT INTO THE NEXT SECTION WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.

NEXT SECTION WHICH IS NEXT YEAR.

WHAT IS THERE FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT IS THERE FOR NEXT YEAR, WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS LEARNED, WHAT WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS LEARNED, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT AS ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT AS YOU LOOK AHEAD AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU LOOK AHEAD AND SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO GO TO NEXT YEAR SO YOU WANT TO GO TO NEXT YEAR SO WHO WANTS TO PICK THAT UP?

WHO WANTS TO PICK THAT UP?

>> WE DID A QUICK SURVEY AND A >> WE DID A QUICK SURVEY AND A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT WAS MORE EDUCATION.

WAS MORE EDUCATION.

PEOPLE I THINK ONE OF THE PEOPLE I THINK ONE OF THE FOUNDING THINGS WAS THAT PEOPLE FOUNDING THINGS WAS THAT PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW AND WERE NOT AWARE DID NOT KNOW AND WERE NOT AWARE OF THE DIVERSITY OF ALL THE OF THE DIVERSITY OF ALL THE ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH THE DANCES, ASIAN COUNTRIES WITH THE DANCES, MUSIC, FASHION, FOOD THAT WENT MUSIC, FASHION, FOOD THAT WENT ALONG AND SO THEY DID A GREAT ALONG AND SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB LEADING THE EDUCATIONAL JOB LEADING THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE AND PIECE BEFORE THE PERFORMANCE AND PEOPLE ENJOYED AND APPRECIATE IT PEOPLE ENJOYED AND APPRECIATE IT AND GOT RESPONSES ASKING FOR AND GOT RESPONSES ASKING FOR JUST MORE EDUCATIONAL JUST MORE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES SO THAT IS EXPERIENCES SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I HOPE DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.

WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.

>> SUCH AS WHAT WOULD BE ONE >> SUCH AS WHAT WOULD BE ONE THING?

THING?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> YOU JUST KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.

>> YOU JUST KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.

>> I JUST KNOW.

>> I JUST KNOW.

EVEN IN THE LITTLE THINGS WE DID EVEN IN THE LITTLE THINGS WE DID THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND PEOPLE THEY DID A GOOD JOB AND PEOPLE RESPONDED WELL TO THAT AS WELL RESPONDED WELL TO THAT AS WELL AND I'M LEARNING.

AND I'M LEARNING.

A LOT OF IT WAS JUST THAT OKAY A LOT OF IT WAS JUST THAT OKAY SO NOW WE KNOW IN MY MIND NOW WE SO NOW WE KNOW IN MY MIND NOW WE KNOW THERE IS A BUNCH OF KNOW THERE IS A BUNCH OF COUNTRIES THAT MAKEUP ASIA AND COUNTRIES THAT MAKEUP ASIA AND SO NOW WHAT DO YOU DO TO FURTHER SO NOW WHAT DO YOU DO TO FURTHER THAT EDUCATION SO THERE WAS A THAT EDUCATION SO THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT, OKAY, MAYBE WE COMMENT ABOUT, OKAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO DO GROUPS OF THIS IS NEED TO DO GROUPS OF THIS IS JAPAN, THIS IS KOREA AND INDIA JAPAN, THIS IS KOREA AND INDIA AND HAVE EDUCATIONAL THINGS, I'M AND HAVE EDUCATIONAL THINGS, I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

NOT REALLY SURE.

>> YOU GUYS DID HAVE A TON OF >> YOU GUYS DID HAVE A TON OF FLAGS AND YOU HAD A LOT OF THE FLAGS AND YOU HAD A LOT OF THE FLAGS SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FLAGS SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS LEARNED AND THINGS THAT YOU GUYS LEARNED AND THEY ARE LOOKING AHEAD.

THEY ARE LOOKING AHEAD.

AND IN THE SUMMERTIME THEY ARE AND IN THE SUMMERTIME THEY ARE BUSY AND PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T BUSY AND PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT THAT DAY OR MORE THAN MAKE IT THAT DAY OR MORE THAN ONE DAY.

ONE DAY.

>> YOU HAD A LOT OF ACTS AND >> YOU HAD A LOT OF ACTS AND THEY WERE KIND OF RAPID FIRE, DO THEY WERE KIND OF RAPID FIRE, DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT HOW MANY YOU REMEMBER ABOUT HOW MANY ACTS?

ACTS?

>> LIKE 20,000.

>> LIKE 20,000.

I THINK THE WHOLE FIRST YEAR YOU I THINK THE WHOLE FIRST YEAR YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE A SPLASH FOR ALWAYS HAVE TO MAKE A SPLASH FOR US TO GET NOTICE SO WE CAN US TO GET NOTICE SO WE CAN PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR LIKE WHAT PREPARE FOR NEXT YEAR LIKE WHAT KATIE WAS SAYING EDUCATIONAL KATIE WAS SAYING EDUCATIONAL PIECES BUT ALSO NOW WE CAN PIECES BUT ALSO NOW WE CAN INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE AND LOOKING INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE AND LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR MULTI IT'S A AT NEXT YEAR MULTI IT'S A POSSIBILITY AND LOOKING INTO POSSIBILITY AND LOOKING INTO THAT ONE FOR SURE.

THAT ONE FOR SURE.

>> WE HAVE IDEAS SCROLLING RIGHT >> WE HAVE IDEAS SCROLLING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE AFTER THE FESTIVAL NOW BECAUSE AFTER THE FESTIVAL WE ALL STARTED WRITING FOR NEXT WE ALL STARTED WRITING FOR NEXT YEAR.

YEAR.

SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE TOO SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS WERE TOO LONG, NOT ENOUGH FOOD VENDORS LONG, NOT ENOUGH FOOD VENDORS AND THOSE ARE GREAT PROBLEMS TO AND THOSE ARE GREAT PROBLEMS TO HAVE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

HAVE FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

>> SO NOT ENOUGH FOOD VENDORS IF >> SO NOT ENOUGH FOOD VENDORS IF I RECALL YOU HAD UP WARDS OF 20.

I RECALL YOU HAD UP WARDS OF 20.

>> NO.

>> NO.

>> WE HAD SEVEN.

>> WE HAD SEVEN.

>> THAT WAS IT.

>> THAT WAS IT.

>> FOOD VENDORS.

>> FOOD VENDORS.

>> WELL, AS FAR AS VENDORS WE >> WELL, AS FAR AS VENDORS WE HAVE 20 SOMETHING.

HAVE 20 SOMETHING.

>> I'M THINKING VENDORS IN >> I'M THINKING VENDORS IN GENERAL, PROBABLY SAID FOOD GENERAL, PROBABLY SAID FOOD VENDORS AND YOU HAD THE CAFE AND VENDORS AND YOU HAD THE CAFE AND YOU HAD ICE CREAM WHICH THAT WAS YOU HAD ICE CREAM WHICH THAT WAS DELICIOUS.

DELICIOUS.

>> ENJOYED IT.

>> ENJOYED IT.

>> WHICH OTHER ONES DID YOU GUYS >> WHICH OTHER ONES DID YOU GUYS HAVE?

HAVE?

>> INDIA AND MASADA AND WE HAVE >> INDIA AND MASADA AND WE HAVE FIRST WOK, VIETNAMESE METHODIST FIRST WOK, VIETNAMESE METHODIST CHURCH, ANGEL TIE AND A FOOD CHURCH, ANGEL TIE AND A FOOD TRUCK.

TRUCK.

>> SO THE LINES WERE TOO LONG, >> SO THE LINES WERE TOO LONG, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> UH-HUH.

>> THOSE ARE AVOIDABLE OF COURSE >> THOSE ARE AVOIDABLE OF COURSE WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE COMING DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.

COMING DOWN AT THE SAME TIME.

>> UH-HUH.

>> UH-HUH.

>> SO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER >> SO WHAT ARE SOME OTHER LESSONS AND YOU GUYS HAD A LESSONS AND YOU GUYS HAD A CONSULTANT COME IN BUT YOU DID CONSULTANT COME IN BUT YOU DID START FROM SCRATCH.

START FROM SCRATCH.

I MEAN YOU HAD NEVER DONE THIS.

I MEAN YOU HAD NEVER DONE THIS.

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF ITS THIS IS THE FIRST ONE OF ITS TYPE AND HAD YOU INTERVIEWED AND TYPE AND HAD YOU INTERVIEWED AND DONE FESTIVAL WORK BEFORE?

DONE FESTIVAL WORK BEFORE?

>> I HAVE NOT.

>> I HAVE NOT.

JUST GENERAL VOLUNTEERING AND JUST GENERAL VOLUNTEERING AND FACE PAINTING BUT NEVER ON THE FACE PAINTING BUT NEVER ON THE ORGANIZATION SIDE LIKE IN ORGANIZATION SIDE LIKE IN COLLEGE SOME SMALL EVENTS AND I COLLEGE SOME SMALL EVENTS AND I PARTICIPATED IN CONFERENCES THAT PARTICIPATED IN CONFERENCES THAT NEVER SOMETHING CITY WIDE.

NEVER SOMETHING CITY WIDE.

>> I'VE ORGANIZED STATEWIDE >> I'VE ORGANIZED STATEWIDE CONFERENCES BUT NOT LIKE THIS.

CONFERENCES BUT NOT LIKE THIS.

>> SO THIS WAS MORE WORK THAN >> SO THIS WAS MORE WORK THAN THE STATEWIDE CONFERENCES.

THE STATEWIDE CONFERENCES.

>> IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DO AN >> IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU DO AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES FOR A EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES FOR A BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS AND IT BUNCH OF PROFESSIONALS AND IT CAN BE A WHOLE COMMUNITY EVENT.

CAN BE A WHOLE COMMUNITY EVENT.

>> I'VE DONE A FEW WITH CHURCHES >> I'VE DONE A FEW WITH CHURCHES BUT SHE IS NOT HERE BUT HAVE BUT SHE IS NOT HERE BUT HAVE DONE A FEW IN HOLLAND BECAUSE DONE A FEW IN HOLLAND BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OOF THE COMMISSIONERS SHE IS ONE OOF THE COMMISSIONERS THERE SO SHE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE THERE SO SHE HAS THE KNOWLEDGE BASE ALSO TO HELP US OUT SO THAT BASE ALSO TO HELP US OUT SO THAT IS PRETTY WONDERFUL.

IS PRETTY WONDERFUL.

>> WELL, I MEAN, JUST GENERALLY >> WELL, I MEAN, JUST GENERALLY CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAVING PUT CONGRATULATIONS FOR HAVING PUT THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT IS IMPRESSIVE AND BECAUSE THAT IS IMPRESSIVE AND IT REALLY DID GO WELL.

IT REALLY DID GO WELL.

ON THE SAME LINE OF THINGS YOU ON THE SAME LINE OF THINGS YOU HAVE LEARNED WHAT ARE SOME OF HAVE LEARNED WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TWEAKS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING THE TWEAKS THAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO MAKE BEYOND JUST A FOOD TO MAKE BEYOND JUST A FOOD TRUCK?

TRUCK?

>> MAYBE ORGANIZATIONAL THINGS >> MAYBE ORGANIZATIONAL THINGS BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE BECAUSE NOW WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING OURSELVES INTO SO WE CAN GETTING OURSELVES INTO SO WE CAN MAKE THE DAY RUN SMOOTHER, NOT MAKE THE DAY RUN SMOOTHER, NOT THAT IT DIDN'T RUN SMOOTH BUT WE THAT IT DIDN'T RUN SMOOTH BUT WE CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE ON THAT.

CAN ALWAYS IMPROVE ON THAT.

I THINK AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE I THINK AGAIN GOING BACK TO THE RESULTS EVERYONE NOT EVERYONE RESULTS EVERYONE NOT EVERYONE BUT MOST PEOPLE WITH GENERAL BUT MOST PEOPLE WITH GENERAL FEEDBACK WERE SAYING WE WANT FEEDBACK WERE SAYING WE WANT MORE OF EVERYTHING, WE WANT MORE MORE OF EVERYTHING, WE WANT MORE FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, MORE TIME, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, MORE TIME, DAY, WE WANT MORE SPACE, WE JUST DAY, WE WANT MORE SPACE, WE JUST WANT MORE OF EVERYTHING.

WANT MORE OF EVERYTHING.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF ANY I CAN'T REALLY THINK OF ANY TWEAKS OTHER THAN JUST MAKE THE TWEAKS OTHER THAN JUST MAKE THE DAY RUN SMOOTHER.

DAY RUN SMOOTHER.

AND I DID GET SOME FEEDBACK.

AND I DID GET SOME FEEDBACK.

WE HAD RELEASED A SCHEDULE A WE HAD RELEASED A SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WE HAD LITTLE BIT LATER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED BUT THAT GOS ALONG ANTICIPATED BUT THAT GOS ALONG WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF GETTING IT A LOT ASPECTS OF GETTING IT A LOT SOONER OUT SO THAT EVERYONE IS SOONER OUT SO THAT EVERYONE IS KIND OF ANTICIPATING WHAT IS KIND OF ANTICIPATING WHAT IS HAPPENING AND SOME PEOPLE WANTED HAPPENING AND SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE A PARTICULAR PERFORMANCES TO SEE A PARTICULAR PERFORMANCES AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING FROM WORK OR IF THEY ARE COMING FROM WORK OR IF THEY ARE TRAVELING FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT TRAVELING FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT THEY KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO ANTICIPATE AND NOT TO JUST MAPPING EVERYTHING NOT TO JUST MAPPING EVERYTHING OUT LIKE WE HAD A FEW INSTANCES OUT LIKE WE HAD A FEW INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOT SURE WHERE WHERE PEOPLE WERE NOT SURE WHERE THE WORKSHOPS WERE.

THE WORKSHOPS WERE.

FOR ME I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT FOR ME I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT AS MUCH BECAUSE THE MUSEUM WAS AS MUCH BECAUSE THE MUSEUM WAS RIGHT THERE BUT IF YOU WERE NOT RIGHT THERE BUT IF YOU WERE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE SPACE YOU WON'T BE SURE EXACTLY WHERE TO WON'T BE SURE EXACTLY WHERE TO GO SO MORE SIGNAGE FOR LIKE ONE GO SO MORE SIGNAGE FOR LIKE ONE SIGN UP NEAR THE BUILDING.

SIGN UP NEAR THE BUILDING.

SO IT WAS LIKE THAT JUST FOR SO IT WAS LIKE THAT JUST FOR EASIER NAVIGATION AND THIS IS EASIER NAVIGATION AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WHAT I'M THINKING KIND OF LIKE WHAT I'M THINKING LOGISTICALLY AND PARKING BECAUSE LOGISTICALLY AND PARKING BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT DOWNTOWN FOR US, ALL IT'S RIGHT DOWNTOWN FOR US, ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AND WHOEVER IS THE PARTICIPANTS AND WHOEVER IS COMING.

COMING.

>> WILL YOU HAVE IT IN THE SAME >> WILL YOU HAVE IT IN THE SAME SPACE OR HAVE YOU OUTGROW IT?

SPACE OR HAVE YOU OUTGROW IT?

>> WE WILL HAVE IT IN THE SAME >> WE WILL HAVE IT IN THE SAME SPACE BECAUSE THE SPACE WAS SPACE BECAUSE THE SPACE WAS WONDERFUL AND IF SOMEONE IS WONDERFUL AND IF SOMEONE IS PERFORMING THEY JUST TURN AND PERFORMING THEY JUST TURN AND THE VISUAL PIECE IS THERE.

THE VISUAL PIECE IS THERE.

LOOKING AT THE SPACE THIS IS LOOKING AT THE SPACE THIS IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SPOT FOR DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SPOT FOR US.

US.

WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN OF WE ARE HOPING THAT WE CAN OF COURSE SOME OF THE STREETS AND COURSE SOME OF THE STREETS AND MAYBE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE MAYBE EXPANDED A LITTLE BIT MORE SO IT'S NOT TOO COMPACT.

SO IT'S NOT TOO COMPACT.

>> I THINK CENTRALIZING >> I THINK CENTRALIZING ENTERTAINMENT IS BENEFICIAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE PROGRAMMING AND THE THE PROGRAMMING AND THE ENTERTAINER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF ENTERTAINER BECAUSE INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FOCUSING ON A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STAGES WHERE YOU MIGHT BE STAGES WHERE YOU MIGHT BE CONFLICTED WHICH PERFORMANCE TO CONFLICTED WHICH PERFORMANCE TO LOOK FOR OR FOR THE PERFORMANCE LOOK FOR OR FOR THE PERFORMANCE TO YOU KNOW GET OUT SHRINED BY TO YOU KNOW GET OUT SHRINED BY ANOTHER ONE AT LEAST EVERYONE ANOTHER ONE AT LEAST EVERYONE GETS A SPOTLIGHT AT A VERY GETS A SPOTLIGHT AT A VERY SPECIFIC TIME AND YOU KNOW SPECIFIC TIME AND YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE OR THEY ARE SOMEONE FOR A WHILE OR THEY ARE SOMEONE THAT IS EMERGING AND GETTING THAT IS EMERGING AND GETTING THAT SPOTLIGHT.

THAT SPOTLIGHT.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY >> I WAS GOING TO SAY LOGISTICALLY KNOWING NOW THAT LOGISTICALLY KNOWING NOW THAT THE FOOD VENDORS WHERE WE NEED THE FOOD VENDORS WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE THEM JUST BECAUSE THE TO MOVE THEM JUST BECAUSE THE LINES WERE SO LONG AND THEY GOT LINES WERE SO LONG AND THEY GOT KIND OF CONFUSED AND AGAIN WE KIND OF CONFUSED AND AGAIN WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING AND COULD WERE NOT ANTICIPATING AND COULD NOT ANTICIPATE ALL THE PEOPLE NOT ANTICIPATE ALL THE PEOPLE THERE AND THE LINES WOULD DO THERE AND THE LINES WOULD DO THAT SO TO UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT SO TO UTILIZE THE SPACE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY.

MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY.

>> BECAUSE IT AN A FIRST TIME I >> BECAUSE IT AN A FIRST TIME I REMEMBER FROM OUR FIRST REMEMBER FROM OUR FIRST CONVERSATION ONE OF THE THINGS CONVERSATION ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP IS THIS IS A VERY THAT CAME UP IS THIS IS A VERY PRIVATE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW PRIVATE COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALLY THOUGHT PEOPLE HAVE NOT REALLY THOUGHT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE OF TO PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THAT PRIVACY.

THAT PRIVACY.

HOW DID YOU GUYS GO ABOUT HOW DID YOU GUYS GO ABOUT BRINGING OUT SO MANY PEOPLE?

BRINGING OUT SO MANY PEOPLE?

YOU HAD TONS OF ACTION AND TONS YOU HAD TONS OF ACTION AND TONS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND TONS OF OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND TONS OF SUPPORT AND THAT TAKES SOME SUPPORT AND THAT TAKES SOME PERSONAL INVESTMENT I GUESS, PERSONAL INVESTMENT I GUESS, SOCIAL, SO WHAT DID THAT TAKE?

SOCIAL, SO WHAT DID THAT TAKE?

>> WELL, THE COMMUNICATION WITH >> WELL, THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE LEADERS ALSO LIKE BRANCHING THE LEADERS ALSO LIKE BRANCHING OUT AND ALSO ASKING FOR HELP OUT AND ALSO ASKING FOR HELP FROM THE ASIAN LEADERS THAT WE FROM THE ASIAN LEADERS THAT WE HAVE LIKE BING AND MINI ASKING HAVE LIKE BING AND MINI ASKING FOR ADVICE HOW CAN WE REACH OUT FOR ADVICE HOW CAN WE REACH OUT TO MORE PEOPLE, HOW CAN WE JUST TO MORE PEOPLE, HOW CAN WE JUST COMMUNICATE THAT THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNICATE THAT THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE ARE I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WHEN THEY ARE PARTICIPATING BUT I FOUND OUT PARTICIPATING BUT I FOUND OUT LIKE THE MORE YOU TALK TO PEOPLE LIKE THE MORE YOU TALK TO PEOPLE IT'S EASIER TO SEE THE VISION IT'S EASIER TO SEE THE VISION THAT THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE THAT THIS IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS SO IT'S CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS SO IT'S EASIER AND MICHIGAN NEXT YEAR EASIER AND MICHIGAN NEXT YEAR WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TOO.

WOULD BE A LOT EASIER TOO.

>> THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING AND >> THEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING AND PROOF OF PERFORMANCES.

PROOF OF PERFORMANCES.

>> DURING THE PROCESS OF GETTING >> DURING THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT THERE, HANGING UP FLYERS, OUT THERE, HANGING UP FLYERS, SHAKING HANDS, MEETING PEOPLE, I SHAKING HANDS, MEETING PEOPLE, I WAS ABLE TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE IN WAS ABLE TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE IN OUR COMBHUNTY COMMUNITY AND AS OUR COMBHUNTY COMMUNITY AND AS WE ARE POSTING DIFFERENT ACTS WE WE ARE POSTING DIFFERENT ACTS WE HAD PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING HAD PEOPLE WHO ARE VOLUNTEERING THE MARSHAL ART STUDIO AND THE MARSHAL ART STUDIO AND PEOPLE WERE JUST SEEING AND THE PEOPLE WERE JUST SEEING AND THE ENERGY BEING CREATED ON SOCIAL ENERGY BEING CREATED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE PEOPLE WERE MEDIA AND THE PEOPLE WERE VOLUNTEERING SO THEY ARE IN THE VOLUNTEERING SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT THERE AND PROCESS OF GETTING OUT THERE AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SHAKING KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SHAKING HANDS AND WE ARE FINDING THE HANDS AND WE ARE FINDING THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE PARTAKING PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE PARTAKING IN THIS.

IN THIS.

>> SO WORD JUST GOT OUT KIND OF >> SO WORD JUST GOT OUT KIND OF AS YOU WERE GOING OTHER PEOPLE AS YOU WERE GOING OTHER PEOPLE WOULD TALK TO OTHER FOLKS AND WOULD TALK TO OTHER FOLKS AND THEY WOULD COME TO YOU.

THEY WOULD COME TO YOU.

>> UH-HUH.

>> UH-HUH.

>> HOW MANY DID YOU HAVE?

>> HOW MANY DID YOU HAVE?

>> WE HAD THOSE THAT SIGNED UP >> WE HAD THOSE THAT SIGNED UP ONLINE AND THEN WE HAD THOSE SO ONLINE AND THEN WE HAD THOSE SO I HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE SO I HAD A GOOD NUMBER OF THOSE SO IT WAS PROBABLY 60ISH AND THEN IT WAS PROBABLY 60ISH AND THEN WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAME BUT WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAME BUT DIDN'T SIGN UP ONLINE SO I DON'T DIDN'T SIGN UP ONLINE SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOSE WERE BECAUSE KNOW HOW MANY THOSE WERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE FROM BING AND SO I THOSE ARE FROM BING AND SO I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.

CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER.

>> THERE WERE A FEW.

>> THERE WERE A FEW.

>> THERE WAS A FEW.

>> THERE WAS A FEW.

>> YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE >> YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT FOR A GETTING THE COMMUNITY OUT FOR A SECOND.

SECOND.

>> AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT >> AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT THERE AND SHAKING GOING OUT THERE AND SHAKING HANDS AND EVERYTHING AND I THINK HANDS AND EVERYTHING AND I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT BY WERE ACTUALLY BROUGHT BY PARTICIPANTS AND ENTERTAINERS PARTICIPANTS AND ENTERTAINERS AND PERFORMERS BECAUSE FOR OUR AND PERFORMERS BECAUSE FOR OUR CONTACTS WE MADE A HUGE EFFORT CONTACTS WE MADE A HUGE EFFORT TO MAKE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO MAKE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THEY WILL PROBABLY COME BECAUSE THEY WILL PROBABLY COME BACK AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT BACK AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WITH THOSE YOU KNOW WITH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS FORMED THAT YOU RELATIONSHIPS FORMED THAT YOU KNOW ASIDES FROM THEM WANTING TO KNOW ASIDES FROM THEM WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTMENT PARTICIPATE IN THE INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE INVESTED IN PART OF THAT WE ARE INVESTED IN PART OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL SO THEN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL SO THEN YOU KNOW WHOEVER THEY ARE YOU KNOW WHOEVER THEY ARE RELATED TO OR THEIR FRIENDS THEN RELATED TO OR THEIR FRIENDS THEN FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND TRUST FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE AND TRUST THEY WANT TO COME TO AS WELL, SO THEY WANT TO COME TO AS WELL, SO A LOT OF THAT IS I THINK THEY A LOT OF THAT IS I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB FORMING THE DID A GOOD JOB FORMING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

>> COMING OUT OF IT YOU BUILT >> COMING OUT OF IT YOU BUILT COMMUNITY IN A SENSE OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY IN A SENSE OUT OF THIS EVENT.

EVENT.

WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU WHAT IS THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN FROM PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED OR SPONSORED OR PARTICIPATED OR SPONSORED OR SUPPORTED OR COME OUT TO BE A SUPPORTED OR COME OUT TO BE A VENDOR OR AN ACT, WHAT IS SOME VENDOR OR AN ACT, WHAT IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE HEARD?

HEARD?

I WILL ASK YOU ALL TO TEND TO I WILL ASK YOU ALL TO TEND TO THAT ONE.

THAT ONE.

>> I WILL START WITH THE GRAND >> I WILL START WITH THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASIAN RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASIAN PROGRAM THIS IS SOMETHING AND PROGRAM THIS IS SOMETHING AND THEY WERE SO THANKFUL THAT THEY THEY WERE SO THANKFUL THAT THEY WERE A PART OF IT AND SO THAT'S WERE A PART OF IT AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I ONE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED IS THIS WAS A LIFE RECEIVED IS THIS WAS A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE IS ONCE IN A CHANGING EXPERIENCE IS ONCE IN A LIFETIME BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY LIFETIME BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY SETTING HISTORY HERE AS THE SETTING HISTORY HERE AS THE FIRST EVER FESTIVAL AND SO SOME FIRST EVER FESTIVAL AND SO SOME OF THE FEEDBACKS WERE SO GLAD OF THE FEEDBACKS WERE SO GLAD YOU GUYS PUT THIS ON AND SO YOU GUYS PUT THIS ON AND SO THANKFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THANKFUL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GIVING OUR COMMUNITY A IS GIVING OUR COMMUNITY A PLATFORM AND SO THAT IS THE PLATFORM AND SO THAT IS THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED.

FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED.

>> AND SPECIFICALLY YOU ARE >> AND SPECIFICALLY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GRAND RAPIDS TALKING ABOUT THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO BUILT 3500 PAPER CRANES.

BUILT 3500 PAPER CRANES.

>> 4,000.

>> 4,000.

>> 4,000.

>> 4,000.

AND THE STARS.

AND THE STARS.

>> TO RESELL THEM AND THE REST >> TO RESELL THEM AND THE REST OF THE GUYS.

OF THE GUYS.

>> I LOOKED OUT AND WAS LIKE I >> I LOOKED OUT AND WAS LIKE I MIGHT CRY BECAUSE THIS IS MIGHT CRY BECAUSE THIS IS AMAZING.

AMAZING.

>> SO WHAT IS SOME OF THE >> SO WHAT IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK YOU ARE GETTING?

FEEDBACK YOU ARE GETTING?

>> I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO >> I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY BUT THE TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY BUT THE SURVEY WAS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, SURVEY WAS FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, FOR THE VENDORS.

FOR THE VENDORS.

I THINK A LOT OF WHAT I WAS I THINK A LOT OF WHAT I WAS NOTICING AND HEARING IS I KNOW NOTICING AND HEARING IS I KNOW WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ASIAN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE ASIAN COMMUNITY BUT THERE IS ALSO THE COMMUNITY BUT THERE IS ALSO THE FLAIR OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FLAIR OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASIAN AND PART OF THAT COMMUNITY ASIAN AND PART OF THAT COMMUNITY BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I WAS WITH BECAUSE A LOT OF WHAT I WAS WITH THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE WHO THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE WHO ADOPTED ASIAN CHILDREN WHO ARE ADOPTED ASIAN CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE ASIAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S SO ASIAN COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S SO SEPARATED.

SEPARATED.

WHICH IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC BUT WHICH IS A WHOLE OTHER TOPIC BUT WATCHING THAT AND HEARING AND WATCHING THAT AND HEARING AND SEEING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AS SEEING SOME OF THE FEEDBACK AS YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONNECT WITH, THIS IS WE CAN CONNECT WITH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW PARENTS OUT THERE ARE KNOW PARENTS OUT THERE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE KINDS OF LOOKING FOR THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO BE IN AN ASIAN KNOW HOW TO BE IN AN ASIAN COMMUNITY BUT THEY KNOW THAT COMMUNITY BUT THEY KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEIR KIDS SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEIR KIDS SO THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRIDGE THAT SO EVEN THOSE HOW TO BRIDGE THAT SO EVEN THOSE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME WHO AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME WHO HAD LIVED IN ASIA BUT WERE NOT HAD LIVED IN ASIA BUT WERE NOT NECESSARILY ASIAN WHO ADOPTED OR NECESSARILY ASIAN WHO ADOPTED OR WHO HAD A SPOUSE WHO WAS ASIAN WHO HAD A SPOUSE WHO WAS ASIAN AND NOT NECESSARILY ANY ONE IN AND NOT NECESSARILY ANY ONE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE KIND OF THE COMMUNITY, THEY ARE KIND OF ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF IT AND ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF IT AND HAVING THEM COME AND PARTICIPATE HAVING THEM COME AND PARTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ENJOY AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND ENJOY IT AND HAVE THAT EVER CONNECTING IT AND HAVE THAT EVER CONNECTING BRIDGE TO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.

BRIDGE TO THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT AGAIN IS REALLY I THINK THAT AGAIN IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL.

AS WELL.

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE AS A HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE AS A PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR YOU DID YOU PARTICULAR FOCUS FOR YOU DID YOU GET TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO YOU GET TO TALK TO FOLKS WHO YOU KNOW ARE IN THAT PREFERENTIAL KNOW ARE IN THAT PREFERENTIAL COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS THEIR COMMUNITY AND WHAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE?

RESPONSE?

>> WELL, JUST LIKE ALL THE >> WELL, JUST LIKE ALL THE RESPONSES THIS IS AWESOME, THIS RESPONSES THIS IS AWESOME, THIS IS WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR IS WONDERFUL, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS ON, BUT THERE IS PUTTING THIS ON, BUT THERE IS ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETING OF ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, MEETING OF THIS IS PART OF US BUT NOT ME SO THIS IS PART OF US BUT NOT ME SO THERE IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE EVENT BUT NECESSARILY THE EVENT BUT DEFINITELY A GOOD WAY TO EXPOSE, DEFINITELY A GOOD WAY TO EXPOSE, EDUCATE AND HELP THE IDENTITY EDUCATE AND HELP THE IDENTITY FORMATION.

FORMATION.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> POWERFUL FOR THAT ONE DAY >> POWERFUL FOR THAT ONE DAY THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT DOWN THE THAT WE ACTUALLY PUT DOWN THE WALLS OF OUR DIFFERENCES THAT WE WALLS OF OUR DIFFERENCES THAT WE ALL HAVE AND BE ABLE TO BUILD ALL HAVE AND BE ABLE TO BUILD BRIDGES AND AS A COLLABORATIVE A BRIDGES AND AS A COLLABORATIVE A LOT STRONGER AND THEN JUST LOT STRONGER AND THEN JUST HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH HAVING A LOT OF FUN WITH ENTERTAINMENT, WITH THE COACHES ENTERTAINMENT, WITH THE COACHES AND CELEBRATING THAT DIVERSITY AND CELEBRATING THAT DIVERSITY AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE GOT AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE GOT BETTER AS A CITY, GROWING AND BETTER AS A CITY, GROWING AND YOU KNOW AND THEN CREATING A YOU KNOW AND THEN CREATING A LEGACY FOR THOSE, FOR THE LEGACY FOR THOSE, FOR THE CHILDREN THAT DON'T FIT IN, YOU CHILDREN THAT DON'T FIT IN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE THE MINORITIES IN KNOW, THEY ARE THE MINORITIES IN CURRENT SCHOOLS AND HAVE CURRENT SCHOOLS AND HAVE SOMETHING TO BE A PART OF JUST SOMETHING TO BE A PART OF JUST MADE US PROUD THAT WE CREATED MADE US PROUD THAT WE CREATED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO LAST SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO LAST FOR A LONG TIME.

FOR A LONG TIME.

>> SO WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WAS >> SO WHAT KIND OF RESPONSE WAS THERE ON LINE COMING OUT OF IT?

THERE ON LINE COMING OUT OF IT?

>> OVERWHELMING BUT WE HAD SO >> OVERWHELMING BUT WE HAD SO MANY PICTURES THAT PEOPLE WERE MANY PICTURES THAT PEOPLE WERE POSTING AND FEELING DIFFERENT POSTING AND FEELING DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY YOU KNOW FROM PEOPLE EATING FOOD YOU KNOW FROM PEOPLE EATING FOOD AND PEOPLE WATCHING THE AND PEOPLE WATCHING THE DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT ACTS, DIFFERENT ENTERTAINMENT ACTS, PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE FRIENDS PEOPLE SUPPORTING THE FRIENDS WHEN THEY ARE IN THE FASHION WHEN THEY ARE IN THE FASHION SHOWS AND SEEING THE SHOWS AND SEEING THE OVERWHELMING PICTURES WE ARE OVERWHELMING PICTURES WE ARE GETTING ONLINE WAS GREAT.

GETTING ONLINE WAS GREAT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> EXCELLENT.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

HOW ABOUT YOU?

THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HEARD THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU HEARD FROM?

FROM?

>> ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK >> ONE THING THAT REALLY STRUCK ME IS YOU KNOW WE ALL CAME IN ME IS YOU KNOW WE ALL CAME IN WITH CERTAIN PURPOSE BUT THEN WITH CERTAIN PURPOSE BUT THEN ONCE WE STARTED REALLY DIGGING ONCE WE STARTED REALLY DIGGING INTO OUR WORK IT'S NOT THAT WE INTO OUR WORK IT'S NOT THAT WE LOST SIGHT OF THOSE PURPOSES BUT LOST SIGHT OF THOSE PURPOSES BUT THE -- WE KIND OF IN SOME WAYS THE -- WE KIND OF IN SOME WAYS KIND OF FORGOT EXACTLY WHAT WE KIND OF FORGOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING SO WHEN I STARTED WERE DOING SO WHEN I STARTED HEARING PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE HEARING PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE YOU KNOW I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU YOU KNOW I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU WROTE THAT PIECE ABOUT THIS OR WROTE THAT PIECE ABOUT THIS OR THAT, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THIS THAT, I'M SO GLAD YOU DID THIS BECAUSE NOW I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BECAUSE NOW I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SOMETHING I CAN RELATE TO.

SOMETHING I CAN RELATE TO.

EVEN THAT WAS MY PURPOSE WAS TO EVEN THAT WAS MY PURPOSE WAS TO BRING THAT OUT, IT WAS ALMOST BRING THAT OUT, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SURPRISE LIKE OH, WELL LIKE A SURPRISE LIKE OH, WELL I'M GLAD AND YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT I'M GLAD AND YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN THIS WHOLE PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF YOU KNOW THINGS DOING A LOT OF YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE WRITING LIKE I WROTE A LIKE WRITING LIKE I WROTE A PIECE FOR REPEDIAN AND WROTE MY PIECE FOR REPEDIAN AND WROTE MY PERSPECTIVE AS AN ORGANIZER AND PERSPECTIVE AS AN ORGANIZER AND WHY.

WHY.

PERSONALLY I'M INVESTED IN IT.

PERSONALLY I'M INVESTED IN IT.

AND GETTING RESPONSES FROM AND GETTING RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE SAYING THAT IS EXACTLY PEOPLE SAYING THAT IS EXACTLY HOW THEY FEEL IS REALLY POWERFUL HOW THEY FEEL IS REALLY POWERFUL FOR ME AND YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE FOR ME AND YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE I MET NEW FRIENDS IN THE I MET NEW FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY JUST AS A PERSON OF COMMUNITY JUST AS A PERSON OF ASIAN DECENT I DON'T KNOW OTHER ASIAN DECENT I DON'T KNOW OTHER ASIAN PEOPLE.

ASIAN PEOPLE.

THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF ASIAN THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF ASIAN PEOPLE OR EVEN PEOPLE OF COLOR PEOPLE OR EVEN PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THE PROGRAMS THAT I WENT TO IN THE PROGRAMS THAT I WENT TO SO IT LIKE REALLY NARROWED THE SO IT LIKE REALLY NARROWED THE COMMUNITIES THAT I KNEW SO THIS COMMUNITIES THAT I KNEW SO THIS IS HAS OPENED UP THE IS HAS OPENED UP THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MYSELF AND I OPPORTUNITIES FOR MYSELF AND I KNOW EVERYONE ELSE ON THE KNOW EVERYONE ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE OR ANYONE WHO IS COMMITTEE OR ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED REACHING OUT TO ALL THE INVOLVED REACHING OUT TO ALL THE OTHER SPACES AND PEOPLE SO, OTHER SPACES AND PEOPLE SO, YEAH, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT YEAH, I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM EVEN PEOPLE WHO FROM EVEN PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED AS VENDORS OR PARTICIPATED AS VENDORS OR ARTISTS OR ENTERTAINERS SAYING ARTISTS OR ENTERTAINERS SAYING THAT THIS GAVE THEM AN THAT THIS GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE WHAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY HAD TO OFFER AS PART OF THEY HAD TO OFFER AS PART OF ASIAN CALL CHEER SO IT'S A ASIAN CALL CHEER SO IT'S A REALLY NICE SURPRISE TO KIND OF REALLY NICE SURPRISE TO KIND OF GET BACK.

GET BACK.

>> CAN YOU GIVE ME THE CLIFF >> CAN YOU GIVE ME THE CLIFF NOTES VERSION OF YOUR ARTICLE IN NOTES VERSION OF YOUR ARTICLE IN THE REPEDIAN SAYING WHY IT IS THE REPEDIAN SAYING WHY IT IS THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

THAT THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO YOU?

>> WHAT DID I SAY?

>> WHAT DID I SAY?

BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ASIAN BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HERE, EVEN IN GENERAL COMMUNITY HERE, EVEN IN GENERAL IN THE U.S., WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY IN THE U.S., WE ARE NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE POPULATION IN THE U.S.

A HUGE POPULATION IN THE U.S.

BUT WE ARE GROWING QUICKLY, BUT BUT WE ARE GROWING QUICKLY, BUT THE COMMUNITY ISN'T ALWAYS THE COMMUNITY ISN'T ALWAYS VISIBLE IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE VISIBLE IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE UNDERSTOOD SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE UNDERSTOOD SO PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS ASIAN PACIFIC THAT THERE IS ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS HERE BUT THEY DON'T AMERICANS HERE BUT THEY DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT ASIAN CULTURES FOR ONE, WE ARE ASIAN CULTURES FOR ONE, WE ARE ALL KIND OF CATEGORIZED AS LIKE ALL KIND OF CATEGORIZED AS LIKE CHINESE AND ALMOST LIKE SAYING CHINESE AND ALMOST LIKE SAYING ALL HISPANICS ARE MEXICAN AND ALL HISPANICS ARE MEXICAN AND REAL GREEKS AND EVEN WITH THAT REAL GREEKS AND EVEN WITH THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ASIAN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ASIAN CULTURES OR THERE IS A CULTURES OR THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EAST, SOUTH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EAST, SOUTH ASIAN, AND THAT CAN INCLUDE ASIAN, AND THAT CAN INCLUDE PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND PARTS OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND OCEANA AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND OCEANA AND YOU KNOW IT'S TO TEACH GEOGRAPHY YOU KNOW IT'S TO TEACH GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURAL LESSONS SO THAT WAS AND CULTURAL LESSONS SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY BIG PUSHES, ONE OF MY BIG PUSHES, EDUCATIONALLY AS WELL SO THAT EDUCATIONALLY AS WELL SO THAT WAS PART OF WHAT MY ARTICLE WAS WAS PART OF WHAT MY ARTICLE WAS ABOUT IS IN THE WAY TO MAKE AT ABOUT IS IN THE WAY TO MAKE AT LEAST SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE LEAST SOME TYPE OF PRESENCE FIRST AND I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST AND I THINK THAT IS THE FIRST STEP IS BEING PRESENT AND FIRST STEP IS BEING PRESENT AND THEN YOU CAN JUST KEEP TAKING THEN YOU CAN JUST KEEP TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO SEE WHERE ELSE THE NEXT STEPS TO SEE WHERE ELSE IT CAN GO.

IT CAN GO.

>> BRIEFLY IN EACH CAMP TELL ME >> BRIEFLY IN EACH CAMP TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHAT IS NEXT FOR A LITTLE BIT WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU IN TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE YOU IN TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE NEXT ONE OR YOU KNOW GET NEXT ONE OR YOU KNOW GET TOGETHER AND EVALUATE WHAT YOU TOGETHER AND EVALUATE WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING, WHAT IS NEXT HAVE BEEN HEARING, WHAT IS NEXT FOR YOU?

FOR YOU?

>> DEFINITELY WE ARE SETTING UP >> DEFINITELY WE ARE SETTING UP OUR STRUCTURES SO IT WILL BE OUR STRUCTURES SO IT WILL BE SOMETHING WE PRODUCE EVERY YEAR, SOMETHING WE PRODUCE EVERY YEAR, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PASS AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PASS AND TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'M GOING I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'M GOING TO BE DOING THIS.

TO BE DOING THIS.

I MEAN I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART I MEAN I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF IT BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE OF IT BUT WE ALSO WANT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUNGER OPPORTUNITIES TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO JUST TAKE OVER AND GENERATION TO JUST TAKE OVER AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN BRING.

SEE WHAT THEY CAN BRING.

>> AND SO RIGHT NOW TRYING TO >> AND SO RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIND SOME ENTERTAINMENT ACTS FOR FIND SOME ENTERTAINMENT ACTS FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE ARE ALREADY NEXT YEAR AND WE ARE ALREADY HAVING SOME FUN CONVERSATIONS HAVING SOME FUN CONVERSATIONS AND IDEAS AND A WISH LIST OF AND IDEAS AND A WISH LIST OF SOME OF THE NAMES OUT THERE AND SOME OF THE NAMES OUT THERE AND TRYING TO LOCK DOWN BIG NAMES TRYING TO LOCK DOWN BIG NAMES THAT ARE COMING DOWN NEXT YEAR.

THAT ARE COMING DOWN NEXT YEAR.

>> WERE THERE ANY GAPS THAT YOU >> WERE THERE ANY GAPS THAT YOU SAW?

SAW?

>> THE JABERWAKIES WOULD BE >> THE JABERWAKIES WOULD BE COOL.

COOL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I THINK JUST BEING MORE >> I THINK JUST BEING MORE ORGANIZED AS A COMMITTEE, ORGANIZED AS A COMMITTEE, UNDERSTANDING NOW WHAT WE ARE UNDERSTANDING NOW WHAT WE ARE GETTING INTO, PUTTING SOME GETTING INTO, PUTTING SOME STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT WILL STRUCTURES IN PLACE THAT WILL HELP, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REACH HELP, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE REACH OUT TO ENTERTAINMENT ACTS OR OUT TO ENTERTAINMENT ACTS OR WHEN WE REACH OUT TO FOOD WHEN WE REACH OUT TO FOOD VENDORS OR SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE VENDORS OR SPONSORS THAT WE HAVE AN ENTIRE PACKET ALREADY TO GO AN ENTIRE PACKET ALREADY TO GO AND CONTRACTS ARE READY TO GO TO AND CONTRACTS ARE READY TO GO TO STREAMLINING EVERYTHING BUT THAT STREAMLINING EVERYTHING BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AS WE LOOK NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN WE CAN START FORWARD TO WHEN WE CAN START DOING THAT SO NOT YOU KNOW DOING THAT SO NOT YOU KNOW HODGEPODGE OF INFORMATION HERE HODGEPODGE OF INFORMATION HERE AND THERE.

AND THERE.

>> YOU PUT TOGETHER THE >> YOU PUT TOGETHER THE HODGEPODGE THAT CAME TOGETHER HODGEPODGE THAT CAME TOGETHER PRETTY NICELY.

PRETTY NICELY.

>> YES.

>> YES.

>> YOU ARE LOOKING AHEAD ON >> YOU ARE LOOKING AHEAD ON SAYING OKAY THIS IS WHERE I WANT SAYING OKAY THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO START FOR THE NEXT TIME.

TO START FOR THE NEXT TIME.

>> LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE EVENT >> LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE EVENT AS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BUILDING AS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY BUILDING A CURRICULUM, HOW CAN WE TEACH A CURRICULUM, HOW CAN WE TEACH ASIAN PACIFIC ON CULTURE BETTER ASIAN PACIFIC ON CULTURE BETTER AND ATTEND TO OUR COMMUNITY'S AND ATTEND TO OUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS SO IF THERE ARE GROUPS NEEDS SO IF THERE ARE GROUPS THAT DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY WERE THAT DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTED AND WHAT CAN WE NOT REPRESENTED AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO REPRESENT THEM AND DO IT DO TO REPRESENT THEM AND DO IT WELL AND SO WHO ELSE CAN WE WORK WELL AND SO WHO ELSE CAN WE WORK WITH AND HOW CAN WE WORK WITH WITH AND HOW CAN WE WORK WITH THEM BETTER AND YOU KNOW THEM BETTER AND YOU KNOW ATTRACTING THOSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE ATTRACTING THOSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS RESOURCES HERE IN GRAND RAPIDS OR MICHIGAN AND YOU KNOW JUST OR MICHIGAN AND YOU KNOW JUST TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD TO SEE HOW TRYING TO PLAN AHEAD TO SEE HOW WE CAN FILL ALL THOSE NEEDS.

WE CAN FILL ALL THOSE NEEDS.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> AND CELEBRATE.

>> AND CELEBRATE.

>> AND CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT'S A >> AND CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT'S A CELEBRATION AND I THANK EACH OF CELEBRATION AND I THANK EACH OF YOU JIMMY AND KATIE AND ACE FOR YOU JIMMY AND KATIE AND ACE FOR BEING HERE THAT IS ALL THE TIME BEING HERE THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU WE HAVE TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS IS MARIANO FOR WATCHING THIS IS MARIANO AVILA AND THIS IS MUTUALLY AVILA AND THIS IS MUTUALLY INCLUSIVE ON WGVU.

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