On June 4, the Southwest Management District (SWMD) Board of Directors voted to support the inaugural AAPI National Convention Houston with a $10,000 contribution.

At the press conference, AAPI Advisory Board Chairman Nomi Husain introduced the Convention as a first-of-its-kind event aimed at “bringing together the various AAPI communities throughout the country to create a platform of collaboration.” Chairman Husain stated: “The AAPI community in Houston is large and diverse, and it is also large and diverse around the country. There are business groups, social groups, professional groups, but there has never been a convention bringing all of these groups together into one city for one convention.”