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SUMMARY:July 2026 Program
DESCRIPTION:Our July program\, jointly sponsored by The China Society of Southern California\, is an in-person book talk with best-selling author Lisa See and her newest book\, Daughters of the Sun and Moon at the Golden Dragon Restaurant in Los Angeles Chinatown. Lisa See will sign copies of her book\, available for purchase\, starting at 5:00 PM. A dinner banquet at 6:00 PM is followed her book talk at 7:00 PM. \nPurchase your tickets\, $45/person. Select the number of tickets you would like to purchase and click on the Get Tickets button. The cost of the ticket includes a 3% transaction fee. \nYou can now purchase your tickets with credit card or PayPal. \nIf you prefer to pay by check\, please mail a check\, $45/person\, payable to The China Society of Southern California\, to: \nBob Lee\nc/o Jin Hing Co.\n412 Bamboo Lane\nLos Angeles\, CA 90012 \nPlease mail your check prior to July 1 and include the name(s) of the people attending. \nWe will have Lisa’s new book for sale at the dinner and before July 9th at Jin Hing Co. in Chinatown. The book will be $28 cash/check\, $29 credit card. The book is normally $29 plus tax. \n \nABOUT THE BOOK \nBeloved New York Times best-selling author Lisa See draws on the vibrancy and turmoil of post-Civil War Los Angeles to tell the story of three Chinese women who managed to survive and\, eventually\, thrive\, despite all odds. \nIn 1870\, three Chinese women arrive in the small\, dusty\, and violent pueblo of Los Angeles\, Dove\, the bound-footed daughter of an imperial scholar\, is entrancing and innocent. These characteristics should bring her great rewards\, beginning with her arranged marriage to a much older merchant. Petal\, the big-footed daughter of peasants\, has grown up hungry and with dirt between her toes. In a moment of desperation\, Petal’s father sells her to buy money for rice seed and she is loaded onto a ship to the Gold Mountain – America – where she is once again sold. Moon is married to a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. She is educated\, speaks fluent English\, and has been endowed with a face of great beauty\, yet her failed foot-binding as a child has left her with a limp that lessens her value in the eyes of many. \nEach woman has her own desires. Dove wants to love and be loved. Petal desires freedom\, and Moon seeks justice. Together they face a larger society that wishes them not one ounce of good will. Anti-Chinese sentiment is strong in Los Angeles\, and this eventually leads to the Night of Horrors during which all three women are challenged in ways they could not have imagined. Brought together by hardship and heartbreak\, they must use their bravery\, endurance\, and ability to “eat bitterness” to  discover their voices\, find freedom\, and connect through solace and friendship. Together they are daughters of the sun and moon. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLisa See is the New York Times best-selling author of Lady Tan’s Circle of Women\, The Island of Sea Women\, The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane\, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan\, Peony in Love\, Shanghai Girls\, China Dolls\, and Dreams of Joy\, which debuted at #1. She is also the author of On Gold Mountain\, which tells the story of her Chinese American family’s settlement in Los Angeles. See was the recipient of the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California and the Historymaker’s Award from the Chinese American Museum. She was also named National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women.
URL:https://chssc.org/event/july-2026-program/
LOCATION:Golden Dragon Restaurant\, 960 N. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Yosemite Pilgrimage 2026
DESCRIPTION:In 2013\, National Park Ranger Yenyen Chan\, CA State Park Superintendent Jack Shu\, and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California initiated the annual Yosemite Pilgrimage based on Yenyen’s ongoing research on the many contributions made by early Chinese in Yosemite National Park. \nThis year marks our 14th annual pilgrimage led by retired National Park Ranger Yenyen Chan. \nIt will be based in Lee Vining’s Gus Hess Park Solar Pavillion\, located next to Yosemite National Park’s eastern entrance at the intersection of Hwy 395 and Hwy 120. It is a 30-minute drive to and from Yosemite’s Tuolumne Meadows. Attendees may choose to drive up on Tuesday\, July 28\, or one day earlier on Monday\, July 27. \nClick to view itinerary \nEmail Sam Chow (sam.chow@chssc.org) if you are interested in going. \nBelow is a schedule overview:
URL:https://chssc.org/event/yosemite-pilgrimage-2026/
LOCATION:Yosemite National Park\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260803T203000
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SUMMARY:Yosemite Pilgrimage Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a “recap” of this year’s Yosemite Pilgrimage. Please RSVP so enough snacks are available. \nClick here to RSVP
URL:https://chssc.org/event/yosemite-pilgrimage-celebration/
LOCATION:Barnes Park Service Clubhouse\, 440 S McPherrin Ave\, Monterey Park\, CA\, 91754\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260815T120000
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SUMMARY:CHSSC Summer Picnic 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual summer picnic and admire our new paint job\, hear our UCLA intern sing a little Cantonese opera\, see the books we are giving away\, and enjoy lunch with old and new  friends. \nPlease RSVP info@chssc.org. Let us know who is coming and if you are bringing $20 cash/person or a main dish\, vegetable dish\, or salad that serves 8-10 people. \nHope to see you there! \n  \n \n 
URL:https://chssc.org/event/chssc-summer-picnic-2026/
LOCATION:Chinese Historical Society of Southern California\, 411 Bernard St\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260902T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260902T203000
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SUMMARY:September 2026 Program
DESCRIPTION:Click to register \n \nBACKGROUND: \nNational Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has announced plans to close its San Bruno\, California\, and Chicago\, Illinois\, facilities within three years\, with transfers potentially beginning as early as August 2026. \nSan Bruno holdings comprise 100\,000 cubic feet of records\, including Asian and Pacific immigration and naturalization materials; the original case file from United States v. Wong Kim Ark\, the 1898 decision that helped establish birthright citizenship; Chinese Exclusion case files; German\, Italian\, and Japanese American World War II records; documents concerning the Tanforan Assembly Center incarceration; legal records related to the motion to vacate Fred Korematsu’s 1944 conviction; Japanese picture bride files; Alien Files containing visas\, photographs\, and family-history materials; records documenting Indigenous and Hawaiian communities; Mexican Land grant cases; and arrival case files for Russian Jews and other immigrants from throughout the world. \nChicago facility holds permanent records created by federal agencies and courts in Illinois\, Michigan\, Ohio\, Indiana\, Minnesota\, and Wisconsin\, including naturalization and genealogical records and Chinese Exclusion Act case files from Chicago and St. Paul\, Minnesota. \nPublic access to historical records is under threat as demonstrated by the attempt to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences—the only federal agency dedicated to providing funding for the nation’s libraries—by executive order. \nSPEAKER BIO: \nGrant Din has been conducting research at the National Archives branch in San Francisco (located in nearby San Bruno) since the 1990s\, finding countless treasures. Learn about some of the stories he has found there and at other regional branches\, and why the regional archives should be kept open. Grant Din has been doing genealogy for family\, friends\, clients\, and charity auction winners for over forty years. \nHe has been on the staff of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation and worked with or volunteered for many other nonprofits\, and was the lead author of the Chinese American Historic Context Statement in San Francisco and the co-curator of the permanent exhibit on Angel Island\, Taken From Their Families\, about the WWII detention of Japanese immigrants there. Grant’s given online or in-person genealogy presentations for countless organizations and currently he’s spending a lot of time as communications co-chair of Save Our National Archives (saveournationalarchives.org)\, which is a coalition of people and organizations fighting to keep the National Archives branches in San Bruno and Chicago open and accessible to researchers. \nMODERATOR BIO: \nRick Eng is National Executive Vice President of Chinese American Citizens Alliance (C.A.C.A.)\, Past President of the L.A. chapter of C.A.C.A.\, and Program Manager of L.A. County’s L.A. vs. Hate agency.
URL:https://chssc.org/event/september-2026-program/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260903T161500
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SUMMARY:Asian Art Displays - Stephen Little
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP: yvonnechang8@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.
URL:https://chssc.org/event/asian-art-displays-stephen-little/
LOCATION:Golden Dragon Restaurant\, 960 N. Broadway\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90012\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="The China Society of Southern California":MAILTO:info@chinasocietyofsocal.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260905T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260905T110000
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SUMMARY:Lang Station 150th Anniversary Commemoration
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the contributions of the Chinese American pioneers who helped to build the railroad tracks linking San Francisco with Los Angeles over 150 years ago. \n \nPress release: \n \nAddress of the Plaque: \n14212 Lang Station Rd\, Canyon Country\, CA 91387 \nDirections from Los Angeles: \nTake I-5 N and CA-14 N to Soledad Canyon Rd. Take exit 11 from CA-14 N. Drive to Lang Station Rd.
URL:https://chssc.org/event/lang-station-150th-anniversary-commemoration/
LOCATION:Lang Southern Pacific Station\, 3210015903\, Canyon Country\, CA\, 91387\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260910T190000
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SUMMARY:Fashioning Chinese Women from Empire to Modernity
DESCRIPTION:This program is co-sponsored by The China Society of Southern California and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. \nClick to register \n \nMichaela Hansen\, the curator of the current exhibition at LACMA\, will discuss a century of evolution from of Chinese dresses from the late Qing Dynasty. According to our speaker\, “The collection documents this period of incredible change that women are experiencing.” She will discuss the social liberation and mobility many women experienced following the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912. \nSpeaker Bio: \nMichaela Hansen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts\, Apparel Design at Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Design\, Fashion Design at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was on the curatorial staff at LACMA for 10 years and has been an independent curator based in Connecticut since 2023.
URL:https://chssc.org/event/fashioning-chinese-women-from-empire-to-modernity/
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