Great Park Board, City Council members and community partners
South Coast Chinese Cultural Center is honored to take the lead in establishing an Asian American History museum at Great Park. The groundbreaking ceremony of the Great Park Cultural Terrace was held on May 7. At the groundbreaking ceremony, Yulan Chung, CEO of the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, attended on behalf of the Asian History Museum Steering Committee, thanked the Great Park Board and Irvine City Council for their support of the Asian American History Museum proposal. She envisions the cultural terrace can become a national model of multicultural integration and hopes to see more cultural museums in the future.
Great Park Board, City Council members and community partners
When the official designation of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month was signed into law, it's largely based on two reasons to choose the month of May: (1) to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and (2) to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants. Yulan Chung said, " This is a wonderful gift that the City of Irvine gave to Asian American communities during Asian American Heritage Month".
Great Park Board, City Council members and community partners
由南海岸中華文化中心所引領籌備中的「亞裔歷史博物館」(Asian American History Museum) 很榮幸成為爾灣大公園文化園區 (Great Park Cultural Terrace) 的成員。在5月7日文化園區破土奠基典禮儀式上，南海岸中華文化中心執行長鍾幼蘭女士代表亞裔歷史博物館籌備委員會出席，她致詞時十分感謝爾灣市府團隊對亞裔歷史博物館提案的支持，「亞裔歷史博物館」將成為大公園文化園區裡的重要成員，並希望未來能有更多不同的文化博物館進駐，文化園區也將成為多元文化融合的新模式，此一歷史性的時刻非常激動人心。
Yulan Chung, CEO of the South Coast Chinese Cultural Center
鍾執行長表示，亞裔傳統月選擇五月主要(1) 紀念1843年5月7日第一個日本人移民到美國，（2）紀念1869年5月10日由無數華工所完成橫貫美國大陸的鐵路竣工，而這個籌建中的「亞裔歷史博物館」無疑是爾灣市府團隊在亞裔傳統月給亞裔居民最好的禮物。