Join Isabela Seong Leong Quintana, community historian and Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine, as she explores what it meant to be modern and a girl for Mexican Americans and Chinese Americans during the tumultuous 1930s, a time when deportation raids, repatriation campaigns, ongoing anti-Chinese exclusion policies, and economic downturn permeated the world of Mexican and Chinese Angelenos.

Date for our Ching Ming observance has changed due to the possibility of rain on Saturday, April 13. The new date and time for our Ching Ming observance is Friday, […]

Ken Fong will share stories of his late father, James King Fong, a bona fided war hero, having flown 38 missions over Germany during WWII. But when the majority of Americans—even those of Chinese or Asian descent—think about who put on the uniforms and risked their lives to defeat the Axis powers, they don’t think of his father or the nearly 20,000 other Americans of Chinese descent who also served and fought.

  Ken grew up badgering his dad to share his war stories, and he will tell a few of the most memorable ones during our May program so that ABC’s […]

Join us to learn about Santa Barbara's early Chinese residents, their funeral practices, and burial history in the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Asian Americans have proudly worn the uniform of the United States Armed Forces. This exhibit honors the little known service of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean & Vietnamese American service men and women from the Civil War to Afghanistan.

Join the Chinese American Museum on Sunday, May 19th at 10:30am for the next installment of Beyond the Page where we will be celebrating the launch of Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community by William Gow. Gow’s book explores the Chinese American community’s contributions to the Hollywood film industry and Los Angeles tourism scene during the early 20th century.

Join us as we recognize various AAPI military veterans together for the first-time event in the County of Los Angeles.

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Join us in Salt Lake City for two days of paper presentations about U.S. Chinatowns in rural and remote places—and the haunting landscapes and streetscapes preserved in their place. and one day of touring.

This year, CHSSC will be hosting with the NPS the 12th Annual Yosemite Pilgrimage honoring the many contributions made by early Chinese in Yosemite National Park. We will be meeting in Lee Vining, just outside of the eastern entrance of Yosemite near Tuolumne Meadows. Arrive on Thursday evening, July 25th, and enjoy several walks and programs throughout Yosemite on Friday through Sunday, July 26-28th. The pilgrimage will end by midday Sunday.

Join us for our annual Summer Picnic. Bring $20 cash or a main dish, vegetable dish, or salad that serves 8-10 people.