HOME | Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) represents 47 countries and cultures, offering programs and services honoring their distinct artistry, business protocols, history, and social practices
About Us | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Asia Pacific Cultural Center (APCC) is a center for cultural exchange providing programs and services that promote the greater awareness, understanding, equity, and inclusion of the Asian and Pacific Islander people
New Building | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Our updated proposal reflects how a newly designed building can accommodate the interests of the tens of thousands of community members who engage in the cultural center’s activities each year by creating a new building that will replace the aging one which currently houses the cultural center
Culture Arts | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Asia Pacific Cultural Center Program brings people and cultures together through immersive and interactive activities and events We help to enrich people’s lives by teaching and engaging people in Asian and Pacific Islander culture and arts, promoting greater awareness and understanding of the Asia Pacific people
Our Board | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Elaine Shoji Ishihara is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Health (APICAT), a coalition she helped organize to address commercial tobacco and health in the Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community
Staff Leaders | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Program Manager - Cultural Programs Dareth-rose Pak joined APCC as Program Manager for Cultural Programs in September 2022 She leads efforts to connect people and cultures through immersive activities and events that promote awareness, understanding, and pride in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) heritage
Taste Of Asia | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Join us for a fun and tasty culinary journey of Asia and the Pacific Islands Learn to cook traditional foods from the many featured countries Participants are also taste testers when you join us in person
Youth Programs | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC Engages and supports low-income Asian and Pacific Islander youth in Pierce County who are at risk of dropping out or failing out of high school We help them to overcome barriers such as gangs, violence, drugs or alcohol, behavior problems, and other issues so that they stay in school and graduate
New Year Celebration | Asia Pacific Cultural Center | Tacoma - APCC This is APCC’s signature event held at the Tacoma Dome for over two decades, bringing thousands of people together to be immersed in the rich and diverse cultures of the Asia Pacific Every year comes with new and exciting performances at the main stage