ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—Pang Jin, event organizer at New Century, became the first honored Asian American at the annual Women’s History Month observance in the town of Wallkill.
George Serrano, the town supervisor, awarded Pang at the March 27 town board meeting for her work in building bridges between Eastern and Western cultures in local communities.
“[Pang brings] people together in celebration of diversity and unity,” said Serrano, citing the Moon Festival, an annual Asian culture and food festival at New Century that has in recent years grown into one of the largest of its kind in the Hudson Valley….