10月24日，洛杉矶加州大学亚太中心（UCLA Asian Pacific Center）在Royce Hall成功举办了一个别开生面的聚会，众多学者欢聚一堂，庆贺中心在周敏教授的带领下取得的丰硕成果，美华基金会资深顾问杨逸凡会长特别代表基金会参加了当天的活动。

After two and a half years, we are still combatting the lingering presence of the COVID-19 pandemic, and it seems sudden that the annual Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPI) Heritage Month is upon us once again. This year's AAPI Heritage Month may be a bit different from the ones past, in that it could be especially significant to the Asian American community. In recent years, incidents of discrimination against Asian Americans, especially Chinese Americans, have risen sharply.