Family Dinners
A Table of Two Countries
Family Dinners
Melting Pot, I Think Not!
Family Stories
The Island Family
Family Stories
Rasto's View of Connecting Cultures
Fortune Telling
The Bullish Future
The Lantern Parade
Ox-Picious Lantern

LUNARFEST 2021 – Family Is Everything

February 11 – 28, 2021| Virtual Program

Family is not an important thing, it’s everything!

Michael J. Fox

Family is where everything begins. Like a comma, it gives us the breathing room for never ending thoughts; it’s the place first to shape our perspectives navigating the world. Like a period, it is often the place where a journey finds its conclusion or prepares for a fresh start. For every story, family is like these punctuation marks; it helps our stories flow well and brings out the emotions succinctly while providing the very foundation to support the narration. People can’t choose where one is born but everyone is born with the ability to love. Only when one learns to love unconditionally, it is then the writing of our life story can truly be profound and beautiful; that is the ultimate sanctuary for our souls.

Asian-Canadian Special Events Association is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered here, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples of this land while we engage in meaningful conversations of culture and reconciliation.

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