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Our Mission
Our mission is to create a welcoming community by sharing our Asian Arts and Cultures. The Festival strives to bring together people from various cultural backgrounds, to promote peace, harmony, unity and a healthy lifestyle. We are promoting a diverse and harmonious society that prepares today’s children to take the stage as true global citizens.
This project was supported in part by federal award number 21.027 awarded to Knox County by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Arts & Culture Alliance.
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Our Impact
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Our History
The Asian Culture Center of TN (ACCTN) was founded in 2014 with the aim of promoting culture, diversity, and unity in the community. There is so much that a community benefits from every time there is a cultural event organized. People not only develop an open mind about other people and their cultures, but the host community also becomes a center of interest for individuals and organizations looking to boost the economic capacity of that particular community. Therefore, as a highly focused organization interested in developing cultural diversity and understanding in our Tennessee community, we have strongly focused on popularizing Asian culture, which has grown popular in the area.
Our Programs
Asian Outreach Program
2026 Knox Asian Festival
History Project
Knoxville Asian History Project
The Knoxville Asian History Project is dedicated to preserving, celebrating, and sharing the stories of Asian communities that have shaped the cultural, social, and economic landscape of Knoxville and East Tennessee. As our city continues to grow and welcome families from across Asia, this project seeks to honor their journeys — past and present — by documenting personal histories, community milestones, cultural traditions, and contributions that have enriched Knoxville for generations.
Through interviews, archival collections, photographs, and community partnerships, we aim to create a living record that reflects the diversity, resilience, and spirit of our Asian communities. This project will serve as an educational resource, a bridge of understanding, and a legacy for future generations to learn from and appreciate.
Our mission is simple but powerful: to ensure that Asian voices, experiences, and heritage in Knoxville are preserved with respect, shared with pride, and celebrated as an essential part of our city’s history.
What We Do
We promote Unity and advocate for global citizenship. When we become “global” citizens, i.e., citizens of the world with mutual obligations for the benefit of others beyond our national borders. Others assert that an education for “global citizenship” is essential for young people if they are to gain the skills, attributes and knowledge necessary to be successful in their chosen careers. Still others claim that global citizenship is the status of being when one’s identity transcends, even as it respects, geographical and national borders; that one’s social, political, environmental and economic actions occur in an interdependent world; and that one’s responsibilities or rights are or can be derived from membership in a broader human grouping, feeling welcome and at home wherever we find ourselves.
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