Somerset County Asian-American Heritage Month Celebration Committee
2003 Celebration Planning

Executive Summary

• Committee Organization
• Name: Somerset County Asian-American Heritage Month Celebration Committee
• Co-Chairs:       Upendra Chivukula, NJ State Assemblyman
                          Michael Hsing, Bridgewater Councilman
• Vice-Chair:      Tammy Hsing
• Treasurer:         ShaTing Lin
• Secretary:         Mei Huang
• Committee members: Above officers plus up to two representatives from each of the following sponsoring organizations

• Sponsors
• Somerset County Board of Chosen Freeholders
• Raritan Valley Community College
• New Jersey Chinese Cultural Studies Foundation
• Johnson & Johnson
• Aventis
• Ethicon
• Verizon
• The Hindu Temple and Cultural Society of USA

• Sponsoring Organizations
• 4-H Chinese School
• Friends of Nepal - NJ
• Garden State Sikh Association
• Huaxia Chinese School at Hillsborough
• Indian Association of Somerset County
• Murray Hill Chinese School
• Pakistani Americans of Somerset County
• Somerset County Cultural Diversity Coalition
• Taiwan Benevolent Association of NJ

• Date and Time
• Saturday, May 31, 2003
• 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Cultural displays, exhibits and activities (8 tables)
• 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Ethnical Asian dinner, buffet style (16 courses)
• 7:30 – 10:00 p.m. Cultural performances (dances, folk songs, martial arts, traditional musical instruments)

• Location
• Raritan Valley Community College - Grand Conference Room (180 seats for dinner & performance), at the Advanced Technology/Communication Center