| Spring 2023 News from Chinatown Community Land Trust 華埠土地信託會2023年5月新聞 |
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Working for community control of land, development without displacement, permanently affordable housing, and shared neighborhood spaces. 我们致力於社區土地控制權、無逼遷的發展建設、永久可負擔房屋和共用鄰里空間。 |
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Can new zoning help stabilize Chinatown? |
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The City is proposing new zoning guidelines for what can be built in downtown, including Chinatown. Chinatown CLT, Chinese Progressive Association, and Asian CDC led a walk through Chinatown for PLAN: Downtown and other City staff to advocate for guidelines that will help us stabilize Chinatown and keep tenants in place, and submitted petitions signed by close to 500 residents to support our goals. We expect to see a second draft from the City by this summer! |
| 波士顿市正在为包括华埠在内的市中心区域设计新的区域规划指南。华埠土地信托会、华人前进会和亚美社区发展协会带领 PLAN：Downtown 的市政府员工视察了唐人街的街道、倡导有助于我们稳定华埠和留住租户的政策方针、并提交了由接近五百位华埠居民签署的请愿书以支持我们的愿景。 我们预计能在夏天看到波士顿市发出的第二稿。 |
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Join Our Bimonthly Resident Tea Hour |
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Chinatown CLT is working with the Chinese Progressive Association to host a bimonthly Tea Hour for residents with daytime flexibility. Held in the CPA office’s large meeting room, this will be a time when residents can socialize, learn about their rights, and discuss community issues. Second and Fourth Mondays, 1:00 - 3:00 pm Enter at 1 Nassau Street via CPA/Wong Yee Gallery entrance Learn about tenant rights, Chinatown history, and economic justice policies! Advocate for new open and gardening space! Add to the Immigrant History Trail! |
| 华埠土地信托会与华人前进会合作，为周中白天有空的居民举办每月两次的茶座会。在华人前进会办公室的大型会议室举行，入口位于雅树街 1 号。届时居民可以互相认识、了解自己的公民权利，并一起讨论社区问题。 每月第二和第四个星期一，下午 1:00 - 3:00 通过华人前进会后门入口进入，雅树街1号 了解租户权利、华埠历史和公平政策！ 倡导新的开放绿地和社区园艺空间！ 为移民历史足迹项目添砖加瓦！活动提供糕点、饮品、水果和零食，请加入我们！ |
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Reconnecting Communities 联邦为波士顿的“重新连接华埠”项目拨款180万美元 |
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Last summer’s heat wave as well as community organizing have increased attention on Chinatown’s lack of trees and open space. Last year, Chinatown CLT supported the City of Boston’s Environment and Transportation Departments in proposing to study decking over the Mass Turnpike to create new open space for Chinatown/South End, between Shawmut Avenue and Washington Street. This proposal, submitted by the City of Boston, was awarded a $1.8 M Reconnecting Communities grant, a new federal program to help communities address historic harms created by highway construction and other transportation projects. We will be asking residents to stay tuned, get involved in, and watch this study to be sure that it later results in new open space for the community! |
| 去年夏天的热浪和社区组织活动让人们更加关注唐人街缺乏树木和开放空间的问题。 去年，华埠土地信托会支持波士顿市环境部门提议研究90号洲际公路上空的改建，以便为肖穆特大道和华盛顿街之间的唐人街/南端街区创造新的开放空间。 这项由波士顿市提交的提案获得了 180 万美元的“重新连接社区”拨款，这是一项新的联邦计划，旨在帮助社区解决高速公路建设和其他交通项目造成的长期系统性历史遗留危害。
我们将鼓励居民继续关注和跟进参与这项研究，以确保它以后会为社区带来新的开放空间！
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Join our next Open Space Committee meeting! 参与我们的公共开放空间委员会！ |
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Chinatown CLT has been holding these meetings to organize and advocate for more and improved open space in the neighborhood. We are supporting Friends of Reggie Wong Park to secure community control of the park and implement improvements like repaving the courts and adding a children’s play structure. We are working with other agencies in advocating for Phillips Square to become a community green space and working on a long term plan for a park next to the future Chinatown Library. Join us! |
| 华埠土地信托会一直在举行这些会议，以组织和倡导在社区中提供更多和更好的开放空间。 我们支持黄述沾公园之友确保社区对公园的控制，并实施改进措施，例如重新铺设球场和增加儿童游乐设施。 我们正在倡导菲利普斯广场成为一个社区绿地，并制定了一个在未来唐人街图书馆旁边的公园的长期计划。
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Join us! Donate! 加入我們的行列！並請隨緣樂助！ Chinatown CLT is part of a growing movement for community control of land as a way to stabilize working class neighborhoods with permanently affordable housing and shared neighborhood spaces. Anyone can become a member of Chinatown CLT if you agree with our mission and pay $5 annual dues. Chinatown residents are voting members; non-residents are supporting members. Join as a member or make a donation! 華埠土地信託會是一個在不斷成長中的運動，其旨在持續擴張對永久可負擔住房和鄰里共享空間的控制來穩定我們的社區。任何認可我們的宗旨及支付 5 美元年費者，都可以成為華埠土地信託會的會員。華埠居民是有投票權的會員、非居民是支持會員。請成為會員或捐款來支持我們的工作！ |
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| Summer 2022 News from Chinatown Community Land Trust 2022年夏季新聞 |
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Working for community control of land, development without displacement, permanently affordable housing, and shared neighborhood spaces. 致力於社區土地控制權、發展而無逼遷、永久可負擔房屋和共用鄰里空間。 |
Chinatown Block Party is August 6th! 8月6日是我们一年一度的华埠社区游乐日！ |
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| Chinatown CLT will work with the Chinatown Resident Association, Chinese Progressive Association, Asian CDC, and others to hold the annual Chinatown Block Party in the heart of the historic row house block of Johnny Court and Maple Place. Join us for a day of community building as we get to know our neighbors, learn about zoning, affordable housing preservation, open space improvements and other community issues, and build civic power while having fun together! 華埠土地信托會將與波士頓華埠居民會、華人前進會、亞美社區發展協會等機構合作，在歷史悠久的尊尼閣( Johnny Court )和楓樹園(Maple Place) 排屋街區舉辦一年一度的穩定華埠社區遊樂日。 請來加入我們豐富多彩的社區活動，結識華埠的鄰居，討論分區、可負擔性房屋保護、公共空間改善和其他熱點問題，在一起玩樂的同時也建立公民力量！ |
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What local reforms would support our preservation and stabilization vision? |
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有那些本土地方政策會支持我們保護和穩定華埠的願景？ |
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- A Row House Protection Area and more definition of Protection Areas in the zoning code
- Embedding the Chinatown Master Plan priorities into our zoning
- Reforming planning and development review processes
- A Historic Conservation District that celebrates the immigrant working class character of Chinatown/South Cove history
- 創建一個排屋保護區，以保護屋街（Oak Street)、尊尼閣（Johnny Court）、哈佛街（Harvard）、泰勒街（Tyler ）和 起臣街（Hudson Street ）等排屋街區。
- 將華埠總體規劃的優先事項包括在分區編碼裏
- 要發展項目遵循社區計劃
- 成為一個慶祝唐人街／南灣的移民工人階級特徵的歷史保護區
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Become a major donor and get 50% back!
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From now through December 2022, or until we reach our $100,000 limit, we can offer Community Investment Tax Credits to anyone who contributes $1,000 or more to Chinatown CLT. Through a simple online registration process, donors receive a certificate that allows them to collect 50% of their contribution back when they file their state income tax form. Contact lydia@chinatownclt.org or go to our website for more information. 從今天起到 2022 年 12 月（或者在我們達到 100,000 美元的募資限額之前），我們可以為向華埠土地信托會捐款 1,000 美元或以上的捐贈者提供社區投資稅收抵免。 通過一個簡單的在線註冊過程，捐贈者會收到一份證書，允許他們在提交州所得稅表時收回 50% 的捐款。如欲了解更多信息，請聯繫 lydia@chinatownclt.org 或訪問我們的網站。 |
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Chinatown CLT's work is gaining recognition! |
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Chinatown CLT was one of eight celebrated nonprofits in the 2022 Social Innovator Showcase in May! The increased visibility has led to new relationships, including a recent two-year funding commitment from the Wagner Foundation, a private foundation focused on addressing the racial wealth gap and taking a holistic approach to improving community health. Executive Director Lydia Lowe is being honored by the Boston Preservation Alliance with the 2022 Codman Award for Lifetime Achievement for her work and determination to preserve the cultural identity of Boston’s Chinatown as the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese enclave in New England. The Boston Preservation Alliance will hold a celebration and award ceremony on October 20. Lydia was also appointed to the Governor’s Environmental Justice Advisory Council this month! The council will advise and provide recommendations to the secretary of energy and environmental affairs about policies and standards to achieve environmental justice principles. 華埠土地信托會是今年 5 月入圍社會創新展示會的八個非牟利組織之一！ 知名度的提高幫助我們建立了新的關係，包括瓦格納基金會 (Wagner Foundation) ，一個專注於解決種族貧富差距並採取全面方法改善社區健康的私人基金會，承諾在接下來兩年資助華埠土地信托。 波士頓保護聯盟 (Boston Preservation Alliance) 向華埠土地信托執行主任駱理德授予 2022 年 Codman 終身成就獎，以表彰她為保護波士頓華埠作為紐英倫地區唯一倖存的歷史華人聚居地的文化特徵所做的工作和決心。 波士頓保護聯盟將於 10 月 20 日舉行慶祝和頒獎儀式。 駱理德本月還被任命為州長環境正義諮詢委員會的成員！ 該委員會將就實現環境正義原則的政策和標準向能源和環境事務部長提出建議。 |
Community vision for Parcel R-1 advances |
Beginning in 2016, Chinatown CLT launched a Public Land for the Public Good education campaign to raise residents’ awareness of our right to publicly owned land. We worked with local artists on art installations to highlight Chinatown priorities, organized community discussions and visioning workshops, and ran an ongoing postcard and petition campaign to call for community development of Parcel R-1. Participation builds power! At the end of 2017, Tufts University agreed to give up its development and purchase rights to Parcel R-1, and the City of Boston committed to a public visioning and bidding process. Over a year ago, the City released a Request for Proposals that reflected the community’s vision and priorities, and this year, the Asian Community Development Corporation received temporary designation to develop the project as all-affordable housing and a permanent home for the Chinatown library! Chinatown CLT has continued to work with the City to engage residents and community members in stewardship of the project. We are also working with the Friends of the Chinatown Library to investigate the possibility of creating a much-needed open space next to the library. Let us know if you are interested in joining our working group! 早在 2016 年起，華埠土地信托會就發起了“公地公用”的教育活動，以提高居民對公有土地擁有權的認識。我們與本地藝術家合作設計展現華埠的熱點工作的藝術裝置，組織社區討論和居民願景研討會，並持續開展明信片和請願活動來呼籲R-1地段用作社區發展。 參與就能引發力量！2017 年底，塔夫茨大學同意放棄其對R-1地段的開發和購買權，波士頓市政府也承諾致力於公共願景規劃和招標的過程。一年多前，波士頓市政府發佈了反映社區願景和優先事項的一份徵求建議書。今年，亞裔社區發展協會獲得臨時指定將該項目開發為可負擔性房屋和華埠圖書館永久會址的機構。 華埠土地信托將繼續與市政府合作，吸納居民和社區成員參與此項目的進程。我們還與華埠圖書館之友合作，探討在圖書館旁邊建造一個非常重要的社區公園的可能性。如果您有興趣加入這個工作組，請告知我們！ |
WGBH and PCLT Virtual Screening Event: (in English) A Tale of Three Chinatowns Saturday, August 6th 4:00 pm |
A conversation with "A Tale of Three Chinatowns" filmmaker Lisa Mao, Lydia Lowe, Director, Chinatown Community Land Trust, and General Manager GBH & WORLD Channel Liz Cheng, moderated by PLCT President Robin Yuan, about preserving Chinatowns history and family generations from disappearing.
"A Tale Of Three Chinatowns" explores the survival of urban ethnic neighborhoods in three American cities: Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Boston. Through the voices of residents, community activists, developers, and government officials, the film examines the forces impacting each community and the ongoing challenges of anti-Chinese crime, urban development, and gentrification. |
Join us! Donate! Chinatown CLT is part of a growing movement for community control of land as a way to stabilize working class neighborhoods with permanently affordable housing and shared neighborhood spaces. Anyone can become a member of Chinatown CLT if you agree with our mission and pay $5 annual dues. Chinatown residents are voting members; non-residents are supporting members. Join as a member or make a donation! 加入我們的行列！並請隨緣樂助！ 華埠土地信託會是一個在不斷成長中的運動的一部份，其旨在持續擴張對永久可負擔住房和鄰里共享空間的控制來穩定我們的社區。任何認可我們的宗旨及支付 5 美元年費者，都可以成為華埠土地信託會的會員。華埠居民是有投票權的會員、非居民是支持會員。請成為會員或捐款來支持我們的工作！ |
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| Found In Translation: A Deal 杂音 Saturday, April 2 | 7:00 pm (English), Directed by Michelle Aguillon Join us for a post-show talkback in English with director Michelle Aguillon and Intergenerational Storytelling exhibiting artist Melissa Teng after April 2 show Saturday, April 9 | 7:00 pm (Mandarin), Directed by Tianding He Pao Arts Center Free, Suggested Donation $10 A Deal by Zhu Yi is a dark comedy that follows a Chinese family's home buying journey in New York under the backdrop of a China-US economic crisis. Originally taking place in the winter of 2015, the themes and issues explored still resonate today. |
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Dancer: Naoko Brown, photo credit: Olivia Moon Photography |
| Convergent Waves: Boston Thursday, April 21 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm - SOLD OUT Friday, April 22 - Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 - 8:00 pm and 8:30 - 9:30 pm Post-performance discussion after Saturday, April 23, 8:30 pm show $20.00-$50.00 | limit of 50 person for each performance Pao Arts Center Be the first to experience Convergent Waves: Boston new site-responsive, multimedia experience by Lenora Lee Dance. Immerse yourself in a dance event which celebrates the contributions of activists and non-profit leaders and reclaims space by eliciting stories of community agency, resilience, and transformation. |
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 Xiaoyong Liu, Ink on Paper, Willow Tree and Chickens, 2022 |
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| Chinese Brush Painting for Adults: Willow Tree and Chickens Saturday, April 23 | 2:00 - 3:30 pm Online Via Zoom Ticketing: $15 per class | $45 per class with supplies mailed, deadline for registration with mailed supplies: April 13 We continue to explore the theme of flower-and-bird paintings this spring. This month we will paint a scene with chattering chickens gathering under a gently swaying willow tree. Class is taught in Mandarin but friendly for English speakers. |
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Photo credit: Matthew Okazaki, Ojichan's Home, Crystal City, Texas, 1945, Digital collage, 12 x 16 |
| Final Days of Intergenerational Storytelling Through March 25, 2022 Pao Arts Center Free, Suggested Donation $10 Storytelling across generations allows us to preserve and reimagine family histories and strengthen and advance community narratives. Stories also reinforce culture. Interpreting the stories of our elders for ourselves and each other allows the stories to live on in more expansive ways. How do we reinterpret our ancestor’s stories for ourselves? How do we acknowledge certain generational divides within our evolving society while still honoring our elders? Participating artists: Melody Hsu, Madeline Lee, Yuko Okabe, Matthew Okazaki, Melissa Teng, and Lily Xie. Curated by Leslie Anne Condon. |
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Headshot of the artist, Melissa Teng Meet Melissa Teng Melissa Teng is a social practice and multimedia artist whose works examine systems of control and the freedoms within, often as acts of collective imagination and care. Her work is frequently in collaboration with community and responds to issues of hypervisibility and invisibility. |
| Headshot of the artist, Lily Xie Meet Lily Xie Lily Xie is a Chinese-American artist and educator whose socially engaged work explores radical imagination, reimagined histories, and other routes to collective resilience. Lily shares strategies adapted from her drawing and bookmaking practices as tools for community empowerment and justice. |
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Important Notice: Masks will continue to be required for entry into Pao Arts Center. Read More. |
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arts@bcnc.net 99 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02111 617-863-9080 Pao Arts Center was established in 2017 as a visionary program collaboration between Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) and Bunker Hill Community College. As Chinatown’s first arts and cultural center, Pao Arts Center represents the belief that investing in arts, culture, and creativity are vital to the health and well-being of individuals, families, and vibrant communities. |
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Pao Arts Center and Lenora Lee Dance present
World Premiere of Convergent Waves: Boston
Boston, MA- Pao Art Center is thrilled to announce Convergent Waves: Boston in celebration of its 5th anniversary! This new site-responsive, multimedia performance by Lenora Lee Dance celebrates the contributions of activists and non-profit leaders, and reclaims space by eliciting stories of community agency, resilience, and transformation. Inspired by rich narrative, this work represents a powerful call for community-oriented development in the face of rapid change, making a collective statement for the preservation of community as neighborhoods across the country inhabited for generations face cultural erosion, loss of businesses, and displacement through gentrification. Convergent Waves: Boston highlights successes in preserving the cultural fabric and accomplishments of these communities.
Lee shares, “We are excited to bring Lenora Lee Dance to Boston for the first time to create and premiere this new work, and more importantly connect the stories of Boston to those across the country. My priority as an artist has always been to connect deeply with audiences, and consider how we can uncover layers of experiences through dance, music, film, installation, research and interviews integrated and grounded in community and place-based work.”
Pao Arts Center Director Cynthia Woo shares, “Especially in times of increased anti-Asian sentiment, it is critical for us to leverage artistic and creative work to shed light to our stories in both a local and national context and to provide a face and voice to these experiences.”
There will also be a virtual presentation of Convergent Waves: Boston presented by ArtsEmerson in Fall 2022. After Convergent Waves: Boston the project will tour to San Francisco (June 9, 2022), Los Angeles (Spring 2023), and New York City (Fall 2023) continuing to shed light on the stories of displacement and gentrification in communities across the country.
For more information: https://www.paoartscenter.org/events/2022/convergent-waves-boston
Performance Details:
Thursday | 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Friday - Saturday, April 21 - 23, 2022
7:00 - 8:00 pm and 8:30 - 9:30 pm
Performances will begin on time, please arrive early.
Post-performance discussion after Saturday, 8:30 pm show
Ticket Prices
General Admission: $25
Arts Patron: $50
Student/Senior: $20
Location
Pao Arts Center
99 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02111
COVID-19 Protocol:
As of March 15, 2022, Pao Arts Center is requiring all patrons to be masked. Protocols subject to change.
Filming: Performances will be filmed. By entering into this performance space, guests consent to being filmed and for their likeness to be used in any way.
Conceived, Produced & Directed by Lenora Lee
Choreography by Lenora Lee in collaboration with the performers
Performers / Dance Collaborators: Naoko Brown, IJ Chan, Flora Hyoin Kim Han, Lynn Huang, Johnny Huy Nguyen
Media Design by Lenora Lee
Music
- Composed by Vijay Iyer, performed by Fieldwork, Vijay Iyer Trio, Miranda Cuckson, Michi Wianko, Kyle Arrmbust, Kivie Cahn-Lipman, and Wadada Leo Smith. Additional recordings composed and performed by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith.
- Composed and performed by Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, Jamie Kempkers, Edward Wilkerson Jr.
- Composed by Francis Wong. Performed by Francis Wong, Deszon X. Claiborne, Tatsu Aoki.
For more detailed information about the music, click here
Interviewee Voiceover by Susan Chinsen, Ken Eng, Paul Lee, Tunny Lee, Angie Liou, Lydia Lowe, Cynthia Woo, Yu-Wen Wu, Cynthia Yee
Convergent Waves: Boston is supported by ArtsEmerson, Pao Arts Center, and by generous individuals. The creation, presentation of and production residency for Convergent Waves: Boston was also made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.
Special Thanks to: Asian Community Development Corporation, Carmen Chan, Chinatown Community Land Trust, Chinese Historical Society of New England, Susan Chinsen, Ken Eng, Stephanie Fan, Amy Guen, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Harry Lee, Paul Lee, Tunney Lee, Angie Liou, Lydia Lowe, Cynthia Soo Hoo, Cynthia Woo, and Cynthia Yee.
LENORA LEE DANCE
Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) integrates contemporary dance, film, music, and research and has gained increasing attention for its sustained pursuit of issues related to immigration, incarceration, global conflict, and its impacts, particularly on women and families. The company is directed by San Francisco native Lenora Lee, who has been a dancer, choreographer and artistic director for the past 24 years in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. She has been an Artist Fellow at the de Young Museum, a Djerassi Resident Artist, a Visiting Scholar at New York University 2012-2016, an Artist in Residence at Dance Mission Theater, a 2019 United States Artists Fellow.
LLD creates works that are both set in public and private spaces, intimate and at the same time large-scale, inspired by individual stories as well as community strength, at times crafted for the proscenium, or underwater, or in the air, and at times are site-responsive, immersive and interactive. For the last 14 years, the company has been pushing the envelope of large-scale multimedia, and immersive dance performance that connects various styles of movement and music to culture, history and human rights issues. Its work has grown to encompass the creation, presentation and screening of films, museum and gallery installations, civic engagement and educational programming. LenoraLeeDance.com
About Pao Arts Center:
Pao Arts Center was established in 2017 as a visionary program collaboration between Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC) and Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC). Located at 99 Albany Street in downtown Boston, Pao Arts Center is Chinatown’s first arts and cultural center.
Pao Arts Center represents the belief that investing in arts, culture, and creativity are vital to the health and well-being of individuals, families, and vibrant communities. Through its innovative approach, Pao Arts Center empowers creativity, connection, learning, and support. paoartscenter.org
Pao Arts Center is supported by Barr Foundation, Boston Cultural Council/Reopen Creative Boston Fund administered by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Klarman Family Foundation, and New England Foundation for the Arts.
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Annie Trieu | Communications Associate
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center (BCNC)
Boston: 617-635-5129 x1097
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Working for community control of land, development without displacement, permanently affordable housing, and shared neighborhood spaces. 致力於社區土地控制權、發展而無逼遷、永久可負擔房屋和共用鄰里空間。 |
Join us March 26th! 3月26日加入我們！ |
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| Local artist Lily Xie will share her newly produced animation film about Chinatown CLT! Come watch the film, hear about our current projects, and share your opinions about neighborhood issues. |
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| Building Chinatown Power! |
Chinatown CLT has been working with a big consortium of partners known as Resilient Urban Neighborhoods - Green Justice Alliance (RUN-GJC) to develop plans for a community-led microgrid. The microgrid will support energy savings, decrease carbon emissions, and increase resilience in the face of growing climate-related threats. Now, we have founded Chinatown Power, Inc., a public benefit corporation to lead the microgrid project in Chinatown, and worked with Chelsea-based GreenRoots to co-hire a Microgrid Manager, Sari Kayyali! Get to know Sari and learn more about the project by reading the interview by Climable. |
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Take action for community stability! |
Support the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)! The Tenant First Right of Refusal Act, also known as Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA), is under consideration in the Housing Committee as a local option which cities and towns can decide to adopt. It would give tenants of a multi-family building the right to make the first offer and to match a third-party offer in order to purchase their homes when a landlord owning more than 5 units decides to sell. To learn more about TOPA, go to the coalition's website. You can quickly send an email your legislators in support of TOPA by clicking here. |
Steps forward on Immigrant History Trail |
Artist, filmmaker, and Director of Cultural Projects Daphne Xu is making progress on launching the Chinatown Immigrant History Trail this year! The Immigrant History Trail explores the history and role of Chinatown/South Cove as an anchor for immigrant working class families for nearly two centuries. The project will activate the community's rich trove of historic archives and allow people to interact with and build upon our collective, intergenerational memory. Working in partnership with the Boston Research Center and Chinese Historical Society of New England, the Immigrant History Trail will highlight places throughout the neighborhood with a visual marker, a phone number to call and hear a story, and a QR code to explore archives on a website. We expect to install the first few markers later this year, highlighting the history of the Oak Street and Johnny Court row houses, the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, and the community struggle for Parcel C. |
Confronting Economic Injustice: The Story of Parcel C Thursday, April 28th 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Join Professor Margaret Woo, Michael Liu, David Moy, Carolyn Chou, and Lydia Lowe for a panel discussion sponsored by Northeastern University School of Law and the Massachusetts Historical Society as part of the Confronting Racial Injustice series. |
Help us grow the CLT movement! Chinatown CLT is part of a growing movement for community control of land as a way to stabilize working class neighborhoods with permanently affordable housing and shared neighborhood spaces. Anyone can become a member of Chinatown CLT if you agree with our mission and pay $5 annual dues. Chinatown residents are voting members; non-residents are supporting members. Join as a member or make a donation! 加入我們的工作來穩定華埠！ 任何人贊同我們的宗旨及支付5美元的年費，都可以成為華埠社區土地信託會（Chinatown CLT） 的會員。 華埠居民是有投票權的會員；非居民是支持會員。 |
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Join us for In-Person and Virtual
Music in Boston’s Chinatown
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Image Caption: aznjujube
performing at last year's Experience Chinatown. Photo credit: Katie
Medrano – Escobar.
Take Out Thursdays
presented by Pao Arts Center and the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Thursdays, August 5 |
August 12 | August 19 | August 26 | 5:00
- 6:00 pm
Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank
Chin Park on The Greenway
Free and open to the public
Bring your families, come by after work
and join Pao Arts Center and The
Greenway Conservancy for a series of family-friendly concerts
and performances. Stop by your favorite Chinatown eatery, grab a snack or
dinner, and discover a new creative performer!
August 5 opens with musician Ava Sophia.
This program is part of the Rediscover
The Greenway series. Funding and support for this program is provided by
abutting property owners who serve as members of the Greenway Business
Improvement District (BID). The Greenway BID plays an essential role in
supporting an appealing, accessible, and vibrant experience for all that
visit The Greenway to gather, relax, unwind, and explore.
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EXPERIENCE CHINATOWN in all caps in hot pink and orange.
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Experience Chinatown
Schedule
Visual Arts installations On
View | September 9 – 25
Performances:
Thursday, September 9 | 5:00
– 6:00 pm
Thursday September 16 | 5:00
– 8:30 pm
Thursday, September 23 |
5:00-6:00 pm
Saturday, September 25 |
12:00 - 3:00 pm
Auntie Kay & Uncle Frank
Chin Park on The
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Mark your calendar for performances and
visual arts installations in Chinatown!
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Date: Saturday, June 8th
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Location: Metropolitan Courtyard, 38 Oak Street
Save the Date: 2024 Dim Sum 
You’re invited! Celebrate 37 years of community building by joining ACDC for our Heart of the Community Dim Sum Breakfast! 
Date and time: 9:30 AM-11:30 AM, Friday, June 7th, 2024 
Tickets will be available for purchase online starting Friday, March 22nd. Please contact reina.matsumoto[at]
️ At this year’s event, we will honor artist and landscape architect Ponnapa Prakkamakul with our Inspiration Award and longtime board member Peter Madsen with the Caroline Chang Leadership Award. Stay tuned for more updates!
ACDC’S Walking Tour 
Are you interested in learning more about the history of Boston’s Chinatown? Celebrate the Year of the Dragon by booking a walking tour with Asian Community Development Corporation!
Through ACDC's interactive tours, you can learn about the history and development of Chinatown, from early immigration to present-day gentrification. Our tours provide visitors with knowledge about Chinatown that focuses on community issues and explores themes relating to community power, challenges, and resistance. Our tours offer a glimpse of Chinatown from a community-centered perspective, with a unique emphasis on different neighborhood preservation and revitalization efforts over time.
Become a Tour Guide! 
Annual Meeting Recap 
We loved seeing so many new and familiar faces come out to celebrate our work together in the last year.
At the meeting, we announced updates on our real estate developments, youth programming, resident leadership and educational programs, and our newest placekeeping initiatives, including our Chinatown tours. Staff, former A-VOYCE youth, and board members also shared what ACDC means to them!
Shoutout to our youth alumni Ada and Quyen for their wonderful speeches, and Harrison for his engaging videos which were showcased at the event.
To read more about our impact in 2023, check out our Annual Report! 
Parcel P12-C Update 
ACDC's Parcel P12-C development with The Community Builders reached a milestone last week by receiving an Article 80 approval from the BPDA. 
Located at 290 Tremont Street in Chinatown, this development will create 132 new all-affordable homes in Chinatown, as well as a public open space for community use.
Malden Donut with Delegates 
Thank you Representatives Donato and Ultrino for your leadership and support! We're also thankful to our ACDC staff and A-VOYCE youth for facilitating this year's Malden Donuts with Delegates!
Resident Leadership Academy is a collaboration between Asian Community Development Corporation, Mel King Institute, Chinatown residents, and local creatives to shape Chinatown’s cultural identity and influence through popular education. Chinatown is changing rapidly, often at the expense of Chinatown's working-class and immigrant residents. Through Resident Leadership Academy, you'll reflect on community struggles & strengths and design solutions that build community power.
Please apply by March 31st, 2024 at 
Thank you to Pao Arts Center and BAGLY for having us and inviting us into their spaces!
AAPI 5K 2024 
RSVP: 
Angie highlighted the impact of the CITC program and transfer fees in her testimony. An excerpt:
Film Screening with ArtsEmerson 
Check out ACDC's HSS Reels! 
Support Relief Efforts in Maui 
Summer Picnic Recap 
ACDC's Matched Savings Programs 
MA Passes Data Equity Bill 
ACDC Chinatown Tours 
Fall Chinatown HOPE Event 
ACDC in the News 
