An Untold Past: Chinese in Canada
2022-04-19 17:00 - 18:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Eventbrite
Our community partner, the Chinese American Museum, is bringing back their series, “An Untold Past.” They’ve partnered with the new Chinese Canadian Museum of British Columbia (CCM) to explore the history and changing population of Chinese in Canada!
Join the conversation on Tuesday, April 19th from 5 – 6:30pm PDT.
The discussion features Henry Yu, PhD of the University of British Colombia, Imogene L. Lim, PhD, of Vancouver Island University, and Paul Yee, acclaimed writer and historian. It is moderated by Dorothy Fujita-Rony, PhD, of UC Irvine. The conversation reflects on family and community history as collective memory and how it is preserved and shared in the new Chinese Canadian Museum.
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“An Untold Past” is a series developed by the Chinese American Museum to tell the often-unknown history of Chinese diasporas in the US and around the world.

Do It Yourself: How to Find Your 2600 Year-Old Written Chinese Family Roots
2022-04-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
On Saturday, April 23rd@10:00 a.m. PDT, we are honored to host Ambassador Elena Wachong, who will provide a talk focused on the global barriers to finding Chinese diaspora family roots for non-Chinese speakers. Ambassador Wachong will be joined by discussant, Dr. Lai Sai Acon (University of Costa Rica). Dr. Judith Rubenstein (Granite Hills Press) will offer a special introduction, and Dr. Bob Stein will moderate. Please register to attend@https://SDSU.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoce2upj8oEtMQaSjpbygDJYMXPvpaJP9U

May Meeting - Anti-Asian Violence and America-China Relations
2022-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
Gordon H. Chang is a professor of History at Stanford University and the Olive H. Palmer Professor of Humanities. He is currently serving the University as the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and is the Stanford Alumni Association Fellow in Undergraduate Education. He is the former director of the Center for East Asian Studies and of the Asian American Studies Program. He has been on the Stanford faculty since 1991.
In 2019, he published Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic History of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad and, as co-editor, The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental. These books draw from more than seven years of work conducted by the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford, which he has co-directed. His other books include Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972; Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Internment Writings, 1942-1945; and Fateful Ties: A History of America’s Preoccupation with China. He teaches courses in American history, trans-Pacific history, U.S-China relations, and Asian American history.

History of Asian Americans in Riverside, California
2022-06-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Eventbrite
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July Program with China Society of Southern California
2022-07-15 19:00 - 20:00
Where are the hairpins that your grandmother and great grandmother used and loved? They might be in our speaker’s virtual museum collection of over a thousand pins. Through the efforts of Cheri Hunter of Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, we have a summer bonus program.
Often it takes an enthusiastic collector who takes the next step to do research and then write and publish. During the second half of the twentieth century, Lilla Perry (snuff bottles), Raymond Bushell (neutske), and Beverly Jackson (Kingfisher feather, Chinese slippers, and rank badges) were enthusiastic collectors who did research, and wrote books which brought attention to these minor arts and revolutionized the collection of them.
Our speaker, Yi Shiuan Wu, is such an enthusiastic collector. She has and is doing research on hairpins. However, she is in the digital world of the 21th Century. Instead of writing books and exhibiting in museums, she has created a virtual museum, www.hairpinmuseum.org, to spread knowledge of her love of hairpins. Her program will cover not just hairpins and ornaments, but how they were used. How they were used has been a real mystery to me over the years. Those shaped like a foot long ruler or like a squat, flatten archer’s bow have always stumped me.
Optional no host dinner on Saturday July 16 @6:30 at the Golden Dragon, then to Jin Hing Co. (412 Bamboo Lane) one block away, to see a display of hairpins.
If you are interested in attending the dinner please e-mail yvonnechang8@gmail.com. If you want to see the exhibit of pins but not attend the dinner, please also let her know.

10th Annual Yosemite Sing Peak Pilgrimage 2022
2022-07-29 08:00 - 2022-08-03 17:00 | Yosemite National Park, CA, United States
Our first pilgrimage began on August 4, 2013 with a small group who, inspired by presentations and research by Yosemite Ranger Yenyen Chan, organized our first trip to Yosemite National Park. Led by state park superintendent/environmental educator Jack Shu, we gathered at Wawona to plan trips to discover the Chinese American heritage of Yosemite and to honor Tie Sing, the legendary mountain chef whose culinary skills contributed in no small way to the establishment of the National Park Service in 1916.
Since 2013, our pilgrimages have led us to many paths of discovery, and have increased the public awareness of the important role of early Chinese Americans in the mountains. Chinese workers built long access roads (sometimes in the winter), worked in timber operations, grew food for the hotels and local population, ran the kitchens in the hotels, and washed the hotel and restaurant linens. In later bulletins, we’ll discuss more of the progress made, such as the October 2021 ribbon cutting for the Chinese Laundry Building, in recognizing Chinese Americans in Yosemite.
This years pilgrimage will be centered at the Lee Vining Community Center. On Friday morning, July 29, we will meet Ranger Yenyen Chan at Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center for a history walk along an easy trail through Yosemite’s scenic high country and across the Tuolumne River. On Friday afternoon, choose from one of the following options: Easy: John Muir Trail to Twin Bridges from Dog Lake Parking lot – 1 hour roundtrip; Moderate: Bennettville Trail from across Tioga Lake Overlook parking area – 2.5 hours roundtrip; More strenuous: Hike to the top of Lembert Dome from the Dog Lake Parking lot – 2.5 hours roundtrip. Join us for a campfire gathering hosted by Bak and Karen Jong at Lee Vining Community Center at 5:30pm.
On Saturday morning, July 30, we will meet at Olmsted Point, located past Tuolumne Meadows to take in the glacially carved lake, valleys, and domes, and a view of Half Dome and Clouds Rest in the distance. We will leave Olmsted Point and carpool to the May Lake trailhead parking lot for history of the original Tioga Road (aka “The Great Sierra Wagon Road”). Hike to May Lake and back. 3 miles roundtrip, moderately strenuous. Bring lunch to eat at May Lake. (3.5 hours). At 3:30pm at the Lee Vining Community Center, illustrator Rich Lo will give a talk about his artwork for the book “Mountain Chef” about Tie Sing and the Mather Mountain Party, and about his personal journey as a Chinese American artist. At 4:30 PM, Chef David SooHoo will give a cooking demo and history of Cantonese cuisine cooking. At 5:30 PM, we will have a potluck, sharing “Something I learned to cook from someone older than me”, such as a parent, older family member or neighbor.
On Sunday morning, we will meet in front of Yosemite Valley Visitor Center for an easy walk led by Ranger Chan and learn about the Chinese who contributed to Yosemite’s early park history in Yosemite Valley. Saturday afternoon, we will drive to Wawona to visit Yosemite’s Chinese Laundry Exhibit before heading home or out of the park for another evening of accommodations.
The hike to Sing Peak will begin on Monday, August 1 and return on Wednesday, August 3.

The Legend of Auntie Po
2022-08-24 16:00 - 17:00 | Webinar
Historians Sue Fawn Chung, Will Gow, and Archaeologist Stacey L. Camp join in discussion with author Shing Yin Khor. Set in an 1880s logging camp in the Sierras, Khor’s graphic novel weaves together stories of thirteen-year old Mei and her friends and family – including the mythical Auntie Po, camp life, and Chinese American community-building during the Chinese Exclusion Era.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
4-5pm (PT)
Register by visiting https://bit.ly/auntiepo
Shing Yin Khor is the author-illustrator of The Legend of Auntie Po, the Eisner-winning and National Book Award finalist graphic novel about a young Chinese logging camp cook in the Sierra Nevada telling Paul Bunyan tales, and of The American Dream?, a graphic novel memoir about driving Route 66. They tell stories about nostalgic Americana, immigration, and new rituals. They live in Los Angeles with a small dog and a cargo van.
Sue Fawn Chung, Professor Emerita, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, received her master’s from Harvard and her doctorate from UC Berkeley. She is the author of numerous articles on Chinese Americans and has published four books on the subject: The Chinese in the Woods: Logging and Lumbering in the American West. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015; In Pursuit of Gold: Chinese American Miners and Merchants in the American West, Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2011. Caroline Bancroft History Honor Award, 2013. Paperback Edition, 2014. The Chinese in Nevada, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Press in their “Images of America” Series, 2011. Chinese American Death Rituals: Respecting the Ancestors eds. Sue Fawn Chung and Priscilla Wegars, Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira, 2005. She is currently working on a book manuscript on Chinese railroad labor contractors in the 19th century as a continuation of her work on the Stanford University Chinese Railroad Workers’ Project.
Stacey L. Camp is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the MSU Campus Archaeology Program at Michigan State University. She is an historical archaeologist who examines migrant and diasporic communities living in the 19th and 20th century Western United States. Her publications explore how different facets of people’s identities – race, class, gender, and citizenship – shape their perceptions of consumerism and material culture. She has conducted ethnography and archaeological research in the Midwestern and Western United States, China, and Ireland.
Will Gow is a California-based community historian, educator, and documentary filmmaker. A fourth-generation Chinese American and a proud graduate of the San Francisco Unified School District, he holds an M.A. in Asian American Studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies with a designated emphasis in Film Studies from UC Berkeley. Before joining the faculty at Sacramento State, he taught Asian American Studies courses at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. His first documentary, More to the Chinese Side, co-directed with Sharon Heijin Lee, was nominated for the Golden Reel Award at the Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival in 2003. The documentary is a first-person examination of Dr. Gow’s biracial identity and his parents’ interracial marriage. Driven by an interest in his family history, he served as a volunteer historian and board member at the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California (CHSSC). At the CHSSC, he founded and directed the Chinatown Remembered Project. This project paired youth interns with community elders to document the history of Los Angeles Chinatown in the 1930s and 1940s through oral history and digital video. He is currently co-editing a book for the CHSSC about the five Chinatowns of mid-twentieth century Los Angeles.

CHSSC Summer Picnic
2022-08-27 11:00 - 14:00 | CHSSC, 411-415 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Five Chinatowns Community History Project - September 2022 Program
2022-09-07 06:30 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
CHSSC has been excited to host nine interns for the 2022 Summer Internship in Chinese American Community History for the Five Chinatowns project, which documents the five Chinese American communities that existed in Los Angeles during the period before 1965. Over the past ten weeks, our summer interns worked as a cohort, learning from community elders under the guidance of Dr. William Gow (CSU Sacramento), Dr. Isa Quintana (UC Irvine), Dr. Kelly Fong (UCLA) with expertise in Asian American history. Interns conducted interviews, transcribed interviews, cleared existing transcripts, and produced edited transcripts for publication. This paid internship was made possible based on the generous donations of our members, without whom this project would not be possible. For more information about the Five Chinatowns project, please visit https://chssc.org/five-chinatowns/.
Join us at our September meeting to learn more about our interns’ experiences, to hear stories of the various Chinese American communities in Los Angeles before the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act and to learn how you can support our project. To allow enough time for all of our interns to present on their internship, this meeting will run from 6:30-8:00 PM PT.
Project co-directors
Will Gow is an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at Sacramento State. Entering his 20th year as a volunteer with the CHSSC, he previously oversaw the Chinatown Remembered Project in 2007-2008 and co-produced the CHSSC documentary Revisiting East Adams in 2004.
Kelly Fong is a Continuing Lecturer in the Asian American Studies Department at UCLA. She has been involved with CHSSC since 2005, and has served as CHSSC Board Member, Golden Spike Gala co-organizer, and member of the archives committee.
Isabela Seong Leong Quintana is an Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at UC Irvine, where she researches and teaches about Asian American and Latinx women’s histories. She has been an author for the Gum Saan Journal and has participated in various CHSSC events over the years.

Grandview Gardens Restaurant: In Their Own Words
2022-10-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
Last year the Louie Family Foundation awarded CHSSC a grant to research the history of the Grandview Gardens Restaurant. In order to learn more about the restaurant and its owners, CHSSC contacted the Wong family. Sophia Wong, daughter of Norman Wong and her cousin Calvin Wong, son of Doc Wong, to learn more. Both Calvin and Sophia have had a continuing interest in the Wong family history as well as the history of the restaurant. They were very generous with their time and their artifacts. Join us at our meeting to learn about their interesting grandfather who started the restaurant in Old Chinatown and to hear stories of their experiences at the restaurant in New Chinatown
The online exhibit that we created can be located on the CHSSC website: chssc.org

17th Annual Archives Bazaar
2022-10-22 10:00 - 15:00 | Doheny Memorial Library, 3550 Trousdale Pkwy, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, United States
We are an official exhibitor!

151st Anniversary of the Chinese Massacre of 1871
2022-10-24 17:45 - 20:00 | Pico House, 424 N. Main St., Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Every year since 2010 the Chinese American Museum has hosted a Commemoration event to remember the victims of the Chinese Massacre of 1871. This year, the museum is hosting a special on-site film screening and in-person program.

5:45pm PDT: Pre-event screening of “Buried History,” a short film which maps out the violent night through today’s streets of downtown Los Angeles.
6:30pm PDT: The Commemoration event featuring keynote speaker Dr. Erika Lee, Regents Professor History and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota and this year’s recipient of the Champion for Justice Historymaker Award. Dr. Lee will draw connections between the historic tragedy and today, as xenophobia and racism towards Asian Americans continues to rise in the US.

The program concludes with a candle-light vigil, a reading of the names and traditional Chinese bowing ceremony led by FCAM Board Chair Dr. Gay Yuen.
This event is hosted live in-person* at CAM and available to watch virtually. Registration is required for both by visiting camla.org/1871Commemoration
*For in-person attendees, face masks are highly encouraged inside the event spaces.
This program is presented by the Chinese American Museum with additional support from the Chinatown Service Center.

November Program - Culture of the Lion Dance in America
2022-11-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
Our speaker, David Lei, co-founded the Chung Ngai Dance Troupe in 1966 and started lion dancing in 1969. After retiring from active lion dancing in 1976, he started to do research on Chinese lion dance resulting in co-publishing the 400 page “Chinese Lion Dance Explained” with Dr. William Hu in 1995.
In 1965, David participated in his first Chinese New Year parade by organizing his friends to perform the dragon -by 1977, David became the San Francisco Chinese New Year parade and Festival director. He is still active as the parade’s cultural advisor. Currently, David is the chair of the Chinese Performing Arts Foundation and a board member of the USA Dragon and Lion Dance Sports Association.
In recent years, David has given talks on Chinese American history and culture at The Commonwealth Club, California Historical Society, Asian Art Museum, Chinese Culture Center and was a commencement speaker to UC Berkeley’s class of 2019 at Memorial Stadium. David feels it is imperative to Interpret Chinese American history and Chinese art/culture/rituals in the American context for future generations.

Yard Sale
2022-11-05 09:00 - 14:00 | 620 Westboro Ave, Alhambra, CA 91803, 620 Westboro Ave, Alhambra, CA, 91803, United States

Faith, Hopes and Dreams
2022-11-05 18:00 - 2022-12-17 21:00 | 951 N. Broadway, Chinatown, Los Angeles, 951 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Tan Heung Shan: The Hawaiian Chinese, 1789-1959
2022-12-03 12:30 - 14:30 | Blinn House, 160 North Oakland Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91101, United States

Holiday Get-Together
2022-12-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Ripples in Time: How the Early Chinese American Experience Shaped the Greatest Generation
2023-01-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Our January program will feature two-book author Dr. Russell Low, who will explore the early roots of Chinese in America and show how the WWII generation was connected to this past in ways they may not have fully understood. It will be a 1-hour multimedia presentation celebrating Chinese American history, diversity, valor, and patriotism.
Russell Low is a California-born 4th generation Chinese American physician who is a great-grandson of Hung Lai Wah, a Transcontinental Railroad worker, and Tom Ying, a rescued child slave. Russell’s passion for research, family history, and storytelling come together in recently published novels entitled “Three Coins” and “The All-American Crew.”
In exploring the Ripples of Three Coins, Russell celebrates the heroism of the Chinese Americans in WWII from a very personal perspective. On January 23, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber and its crew of ten men disappeared without a trace in New Guinea. Their families never knew what happened to them. Now, 80 years later, their long-forgotten letters and dusty photographs finally tell their story in the new narrative nonfiction work The All-American Crew: A True Story of a World War II Bomber and the Men Who Flew It.

124th Golden Dragon Lunar New Year Parade
2023-01-28 13:00 - 16:00

Secrets to Longevity by Dr. David Lowe
2023-02-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
In 2005 National Geographic released their findings of a search for the longest lived and healthiest people in the world. They came up with 3 areas where longevity and health could be well documented. They were called Blue Zones. Later 2 more areas were added to this list. Is there something in common with all of these areas? What can we learn from these Blue Zones to help us live longer and healthier lives, to not only add years to our life but add life to our years?
David Lowe, M.D. was born in Walla Walla, Washington and grew up in Southern California. He graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1971 as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha national honor medical society. His internship was at the Harbor-UCLA Hospital in Torrance, California, and he completed his pediatrics residency at Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles. He served 2 years in the United States Air Force as a pediatrician stationed at the Moody AFB in Valdosta, Georgia. Upon his return to Southern California, he co-founded the Pleasant Valley Pediatric Medical Group in Camarillo, CA. He was soon involved in planning and directing community health programs through his church, the Camarillo Seventh-day Adventist Church. He and his wife Flo have led out in the Heartbeat program that identifies coronary artery disease risk factors, health fairs, the Full Plate Living weight loss program, the Complete Health Improvement Program, the Longevity Lifestyle Matters program and the Diabetes Undone program. They also co-produce the annual WHOLE Conference sponsored by the Camarillo SDA Church.

Chinatown Health Fair
2023-02-04 09:00 - 13:00 | First Chinese Baptist Church, 942 Yale St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

From China to Chinatown: My Po Po’s Journey by Hailey Soh
2023-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
From China to Chinatown: My Po Po’s Journey is a documentary by Hailey Soh that tells the stories of people who immigrated to Los Angeles Chinatown. Hailey created this documentary in the hopes that a public audience might learn more about the history of Los Angeles Chinatown. As the immigrant population in Chinatown grows older, she wanted to help preserve the histories of those who helped build Los Angeles into the city it is today. She realizes that there are many untold immigrant stories and her documentary is only a snippet of the bigger picture.
Hailey’s documentary follows her grandma, her Po Po, Koon Tai Lee Kung, along her journey from Guangzhou, China to Chinatown, Los Angeles. It also includes interviews from her grandmother’s daughter Helena and neighbor Chui King Joe which tell of the community that Chinatown provided for Chinese Immigrants.
Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Hailey Soh is a junior attending Blair High School and lives with her parents and younger sister. Hailey is active member of the student body and is involved in various clubs such as serving on the Associated Student Body as Junior Treasurer, National Honors Society, Girls’ Tennis Team, and she even started her own club – The Broadcasting Club which creates weekly videos to inform students about school-related events and activities. In her free time, Hailey likes to listen to music and play instruments such as the piano and the guitar, and she also enjoys watching her favorite K-dramas on Netflix. She wants to pursue a future where she can continuously learn new things and encounter new experiences.

Presentation: What Your Mother Never Told You: Chinese American Traditions
2023-02-28 06:30 - 19:30 | San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
David Lei is putting on a great “lecture” tomorrow, Tuesday February 28 at the San Francisco Public Library at 6:30 p.m.
For people who are unable to attend in person, PLEASE register at the link below. The link will take you to the SF Public Library website.

March 2023 Program - My Unforgotten Seattle - A Memoir by Ron Chew
2023-03-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Our May Program Speaker
Ron Chew is principal of Chew Communications, a Seattle-based consulting firm which documents community history and helps museums and emerging non-profits cope with organizational growth.
Chew published his memoir, “My Unforgotten Seattle” in 2020. He is also the author of “Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years” (2003, 2013), and “Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism” (2010).
Chew is a lifelong Seattle resident. He graduated from Franklin High School and attended the University of Washington, where he majored in journalism.
In 2001, Chew was appointed to the National Council for the Humanities by President Bill Clinton. He was a recipient of the Ford Foundation’s “Leadership for a Changing World” award and was named to the American Alliance of Museums “Centennial Honor Roll.”
Chew served on The Seattle Public Library Foundation board of directors during the successful 1998 “Libraries for All” capital campaign, which raised over $80 million to build a new central library and support 27 neighborhood branches. He currently serves as vice president of the Board of Trustees.

CAM Springfest 2023
2023-03-04 12:00 - 17:00 | Chinese American Museum Los Angeles, 425 N. Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Celebration of Life for Gilbert Hom
2023-03-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Shadow Park Clubhouse, 12800 South St, Cerritos, CA, 90703, United States
You can also contact Gordon Hom if you would like to attend. He is coordinating the food for the celebration. His number is 562-397-3148.

2023 Ching Ming Cancelled
2023-04-01 11:00 - 13:00 | Evergreen Cemetery, 204 N Evergreen Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Due to muddy conditions and the unavailability of crematorium, we have decided to cancel this year’s event.
CHSSC will host Ching Ming (Chinese Memorial Day) on Saturday, April 1, 2023, 11:00am – 1:00pm.
Ceremonies will take place at the historic Chinese Memorial Shrine at Evergreen Cemetery to pay our respects to those who have paved the way for us.
The Shrine stands at the center of what was once a 19th century Chinese cemetery. Built in 1888 by the people of Los Angeles’ Old Chinatown, the Shrine is considered the earliest extant Chinese structure in Los Angeles. The site remains culturally and historically significant and has been designated Los Angeles Historic/Cultural Monument No. 486. It is owned and maintained by the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

Activities at the historic 1888 Chinese shrine: cleaning the gravesites; placing flowers on the graves; ceremony by a Taoist priest.
There will be a short walk to crematorium site to visit the nearby memorial wall installed by the county and have light meal.
Visit the gravesite of Donaldina Cameron and her family.
Evergreen Cemetery is located at 204 N Evergreen Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033. The Chinese Memorial Shrine is located at the east end of Evergreen Cemetery. Enter from Evergreen Ave. Parking is free on adjacent cemetery roads. This event is free and open to the public.

April Program - Preserving Our Duty & Honor Collection
2023-04-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Speaker Bios
David Castro is an aspiring Archivist who wishes to bridge the gap between marginalized communities and their representation in traditional archives by using web-based technology to disseminate and preserve knowledge. He is three years into his MLIS program at San Jose State University focusing his career pathway on ‘Archival Studies and Records Management,’ along with a secondary focus in ‘Data Assets Management.’ David also earned his B.A in History from UCLA where he found a strong passion in the preservation of archival material and cultural artifacts. While working at CHSSC, he has developed his skill set in collections management, community outreach, and historical research.
Albert Lowe previously worked with CHSSC as the Duty and Honor project archivist. Albert also participated in the family genealogy program, In Search of Roots, and was a researcher for Loni Ding’s “Ancestors of the Americas.” He is the co-founder of the Asian American magazine, SLANT, and has an advanced degree in Ethnic Studies from UCSD and a MLIS degree from UCLA. Albert’s recent work is in the realm of low wage worker empowerment and affordable housing. He currently works as a strategic campaigner at the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 770.

Chinese Lives in Wyoming - An Overview of Immigrant Lives in Wyoming from 1868 to 1937
2023-05-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Eventbrite
Chinese immigrants from Toishan (Taishan) and elsewhere in Guangdong Province contributed much to the development of transportation, merchandising, and mining in southwestern Wyoming. Initially it was thought that these immigrants only worked on the railroad in 1869, but it is becoming increasingly obvious that in that year men from southern China operated laundries and entered the coal industry. The lives and contributions of the men and women from southern China will be discussed as will their overcoming being forcibly removed from Almy coal mines on September 2nd 1885. Significantly, Chinese grit and tenacity led them to persevere in reforming their communities after their removal from Almy and the attack on Chinatown in Rock Springs on the same day. These two tragic events cannot be overlooked, but the ability of the immigrants to overcome the tragedy and form new communities in Wyoming that endured for decades will be a point of focus.
Dudley Gardner is Professor Emeritus at Western Wyoming Community College (WWCC) and Principal Investigator for the Western Archaeological and Anthropological Research Institute (WAARI) in Rock Springs, Wyoming. He received his B.A. in English from Lee College, his M.A. in history from Colorado State University, and his Ph.D. in History from University of New Mexico. Dudley has extensive archaeology experience working on various projects as Project Manager, Crew Chief, and Crew Member in Wyoming, Tennessee, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, California, Utah, Colorado, Easter Island, Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand, Southern China, and Mongolia. He is currently working on the Yale University Tarvagatai Valley project in Mongolia and Burgastai Valley and is the Principal Investigator for projects in Wyoming, Colorado, New Zealand, Fiji and Montana. Dudley has extensive teaching experience and has published numerous books, government publications and articles.
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Chinese American Culture Night at UCLA
2023-05-06 19:00 - 22:00 | UCLA Royce Hall, 10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
