AACC Lunar New Year Celebration

The Asian American Coalition of Chicago (AACC) is an organization whose mission is to unite the Asian Americans into a significant force for strengthening the Asian American Community in the United States, understanding the Asian cultural values and recognizing the importance of Asian Americans to the American democracy and economy

Founded in 1983the Coalition celebrates approximately 16 different cultures. Over the years the Coalition has included representatives of the Bangladeshi, Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian, Nepalese, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Thai and Vietnamese communities

An event held on this grand of a scale only once a year the Asian American Coalition of Chicago's Lunar New Year Celebration is largest celebration of its type in the Midwest. Every year a different Asian community takes turn playing host. This year the Vietnamese American community hosted the event. The President of the AACC Board of Directors is Dr. Hguyen Trung Hieu.

About AACC

According to the 2010 U.S. Census the Asian Pacific American population in Illinois numbers approximately 586934or 4.6% of the statewide population. Approximately 92304 Asian Pacific Americans reside in DuPage County comprising 10.1% of DuPage County's population with the bulk of the other 322672 residents of Cook County comprising 6.2% of Cook County's population. The 2010 Census shows that Asian Pacific Americans reside in Chicago in communities including West Rogers Park, Albany Park, UptownArmour Square and Bridge port in suburban Cook County in communities including Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Skokie, Niles and Morton Grove and in suburban DuPage County in communities like Oak Brook and Naperville.

In the past 10 years the Asian population in Illinois jumped 38.6 percent. In the Northwest suburbs Asians now make up 12.7 percent of the population. They make up 10.1 percent of the population in DuPage County and 6.3 percent of the population in Lake County. These are the 10 Illinois suburbs with the biggest percentage Asian population: South Barrington: 26.6%Oak Brook: 23.2%Hoffman Estates: 22.7%Glendale Heights: 22.1% Schaumburg: 19.8%Vernon Hills: 19.3%Buffalo Grove: 16.0%Hanover Park: 15.2%Streamwood: 15.0% and Naperville: 14.9%. (Source: U.S. 2010 Census).

Dr. Nguyen Hieu, AACC Board President

Doug Nguyen, AACC Chair

Traditional dances

 

Opening ceremony

Introduction by Dr. Hieu

Lion Dance