Save the Date: AIISF Centennial Gala October 23!
Mark your calendars for a once in a century opportunity! It’s AIISF’s annual event, this year commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Angel Island Immigration Station. It will be held on October 23 at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco, and feature the presentation of AIISF’s inaugural Immigrant Heritage Awards. Check our website for details or call 415-262-4429 for sponsorship opportunities.
Community Celebration of the Angel Island Immigration Station Centennial set for July 31
Join us on Saturday, July 31 at Angel Island State Park for a spectacular array of speakers, cultural performers, and free self-guided tours of the Immigration Station. Several new exhibits were installed in May including the granite Interrogation Table, audio kiosks which allow the visitor to hear several of the poems in English and Cantonese, and new photographic displays. It’s truly a brand-new look at the Angel Island immigration experience.
Centennial Campaign off to a great start!
To commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the US Immigration Station at Angel Island, AIISF has launched a Centennial Campaign which is designed for donors to recognize ancestors, family, friends or other immigrants on a permanent wall in the immigration station. Those recognized do not have to be Angel Island detainees.
Nearly ninety individuals, families and companies have already contributed or pledged to honor loved ones or friends on the Centennial Wall. You can see the specific plaques that people have reserved here. Donors have up to eight lines and forty characters in each line to provide information about those they are honoring. We are also able to list information in other languages, and will send proofs for your review.
If you have made a pledge or contribution and wish to reserve a specific plaque, would like to contribute to the campaign, or have questions, please contact Grant Din, director of special projects, at
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or call 415-262-4433.
Located in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Angel Island Immigration Station was routinely the first stop for immigrants crossing the Pacific Ocean. The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF) is the nonprofit partner of California State Parks and the National Park Service in the effort to preserve, restore and interpret the historic immigration station.