Throughout May, the White Sox proudly celebrated Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and invited fans to join in recognizing the contributions of AAPI communities across Chicagoland and beyond. Marking this special occasion, the organization held AAPI Heritage Night earlier this week at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Festivities began before the game with a performance of a traditional Lion Dance by the John Charles Haines Elementary School dance team outside Gate 5. Fans also enjoyed exploring the BMO Local Business Hub, which featured several AAPI-owned local businesses. The hub offered the local diverse businesses an opportunity to showcase a variety of goods ranging from Filipino-inspired stickers, greeting cards, and keychains from Magayon Chicago, or innovative boba creations from Amber Agave.
To help celebrate the evening, the White Sox welcomed an influential leader in the AAPI community, Josina Morita, Cook County Board Commissioner for the 13th District, who threw a ceremonial first pitch. Commissioner Morita made history as the first Asian American woman to be elected to serve on the Cook County Board.
Helping to capture the visual experience of the gameday, Jarvis Kim, a Chicago-based, Korean American photographer, was selected as the featured White Sox Game Changers photographer, presented by Saint Xavier University and Modelo Especial. The Game Changers photographer series looks to promote representation and diversity through baseball. Kim is a versatile artist whose body of work spans photography, videography, digital collages, and physical installations.
Learn more about upcoming celebrations, including Pride at the Park, presented by Vizzy, at whitesox.com/promos, or sign up for the latest Baseball for All Bulletin at whitesox.com.
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