AAPI Heritage Celebration

Pauline Brody, president of OCA and former Xerox employee, embodies this spirit of continuity and creation. Born in Shanghai, her life began amid sweeping historical change. When her family fled Communist China, they joined a broader migration in search of stability, first in Hong Kong and later in Pakistan. There, as one of the only Chinese families in the region, Pauline learned early what it meant to stand out—but also what it meant to carry identity with quiet confidence.

Miss Thelma's (Caribbean Soul Food Restaurant and this year's Soul- Fête partner ) Everything has a time, a place, a story. Here we talk about the kind that is carried on our plates. Food is not just flavor and presentation, but also memories, meaning and identity. Flavor can bring us all the way back to that memorable trip we took. And in the same way that meals can spark nostalgia, they also carry deeper histories. However, many of these culinary histories remain largely ov

The key to good technology is not good software or even good design. Good technology meets the consumer where they are. In this article, we recognize two Black women who center the idea that building good technology begins with “building from the margins.” In anticipating the needs of the whole rather than just some, “good technology makes life richer for all.” As Google’s Director of Products for All, Annie-Jean Baptiste expresses the urgency of including the voices at the m