WHY CHINESE AMERICAN HEROES?
The history of CAH is short, but perhaps telling as to why we need to recognize our Chinese American Heroes and Notables. CAH was officially recognized as a 501 C(3) non-profit organization in July 2006. On April 16,2007 when CAH registered its domain name, we were quite concerned that Chinese American Heroes.org would not be available. Our concerns were misplaced. We learned that no one had registered Chinese American Heroes under any extension. Why not? Perhaps, as our website consultants had astutely pointed out to us prior to the domain registration that the concept of Chinese Americans as Heroes was just not commonly accepted. Chinese Americans make up only 1% of our nations population. However, five Nobel prize winners are Chinese Americans. Three Chinese Americans have served our country as astronauts. There are tens of thousands of Chinese American doctors, engineers, professionals and everyday people who have made heroic, notable or other contributions that positively impact o
