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Celebrating Lunar New Year 2025: Embracing Unity, Tradition, and New Beginnings
AMAT is proud to join communities worldwide in celebrating Lunar New Year 2025, marking the arrival of spring and the start of a new year according to the lunar calendar. This most significant holiday in China is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and other countries, showcasing the rich cultural heritage of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities we serve.
Lunar New Year is a time for reuniting with family—both immediate and extended—and honoring cherished traditions. The fifteen-day celebration begins with preparations such as cleaning homes and decorating with red paper cuttings and couplets on doors, expressing wishes for prosperity and good fortune. The festivities officially start with the Lunar New Year’s Eve reunion dinner, a feast featuring symbolic dishes like a whole fish, signifying abundance and good fortune.
The celebration concludes with the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day. On this day, people come together to enjoy tangyuan, sweet glutinous rice balls symbolizing unity, and children light up the night carrying lanterns through their neighborhoods, marking a festive finale.
In 2025, we celebrate the Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom, transformation, and resilience—values that inspire AMAT’s mission of fostering inclusivity and equity in organ, eye, and tissue donation.
AMAT Celebrates Black History Month 2025: Honoring African Americans and Labor!
About Black History Month
Black History Month is a time to honor the history, achievements, and contributions of African Americans to society. Established by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1926 as “Negro History Week,” it has grown into a month-long celebration of resilience, culture, and progress, observed every February. This month encourages us to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and inspire a more equitable future.
2025 Theme: African Americans and Labor
The 2025 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and Labor,” recognizes the pivotal role Black labor has played in shaping the United States, Africa, and the Diaspora. From agricultural work and industrial labor to entrepreneurship and organized advocacy, African Americans have been integral to the nation’s progress.
At AMAT, we honor these contributions while reflecting on how labor intersects with health equity, organ, eye, and tissue donation, and transplantation. To support this theme, the AMAT African American Committee has curated a special toolkit highlighting members’ contributions to the field of donation and transplantation, celebrating their work and its transformative impact.
Join us in celebrating Black History Month by registering to save lives at RegisterMe.org.