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Asian Americans in Pittsburgh

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Asian - General
Chinese
Filipino
Indian 		Japanese
Korean
Thai

Asian - General

  • Asian Christian Fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University
    http://www.timothychen.com/acf/
    ACF is a student organization affiliated with Pittsburgh Chinese Church, which is an evangelical, independent church consisting of both English and Chinese speaking congregations.

  • Pittsburgh Asian American Young Professional Association
    http://www.paaypa.org/
    The mission of the Pittsburgh Asian-American Young Professionals Alliance is to provide an environment for Asian-American young professionals to share and exchange ideas in order to promote cultural and professional growth in the community.

  • Silk Screen: Asian American Film Festival
    http://www.silkscreenfestival.org/
    Currently a film festival in May, Silk Screen plans to develop into a week- or month-long celebration of Asian and Asian American cultures with events throughout the City of Pittsburgh.

Chinese

  • Hong Kong Students Association (CMU)
    http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/hksa/
    Carnegie Mellon University's Hong Kong Students' Association's goal is to promote Hong Kong's cultural aspects and to create a sense of fellowship among the Hong Kong students.

  • Pittsburgh Chinese Church
    http://www.pghchinesechurch.org/
    4101 Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh

  • Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival
    http://www.pittsburghdragonboatfestival.org/
    The Pittsburgh Dragon Boat Festival is a unique multi-cultural event. Featuring dragon boat races with teams from around the country, Asian restaurants cooking their specialties, food from other Pittsburgh Sister Cities, Dragon and Lion Dance performers, Chinese opera, Tai Chi performers, martial arts demonstrations, artist drawings, children’s events, and much more. The festival is a not-for-profit initiative.

  • Three Rivers Families With Children from China (TRFCC)
    http://www.trfcc.org/
    Three Rivers Families With Children from China (TRFCC) began in 1997 as a small group of people who had adopted from China that here looking for camaraderie. TRFCC was incorporated in 2000 as a non-profit corporation and their memership has swelled to over 200 families with, and awaiting Chinese children in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Filipino (Philippino)

  • Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh, Inc.
    http://www.thefaap.org/
    The Filipino American Association of Pittsburgh, Inc. is an association of Filipinos, Americans and friends whose primary purpose is to develop, promote, and preserve the Filipino cultural heritage among its members and the general public.

Korean

Japanese

  • The Japan Association of Greater Pittsburgh
    http://www.jagp.org/
    a non-profit organization for Japanese, Japanese Americans and people in the greater Pittsburgh PA area who are interested in Japanese culture.

  • Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania
    http://www.us-japan.org/jasp/
    a private, non-profit, non-political, charitable organization devoted to cultural, educational, business and public affairs. Headquartered in Pittsburgh.

Thai