Faith, Hopes and Dreams
2022-11-05 18:00 - 2022-12-17 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

Santa Barbara Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage, 1870s-1970s
2023-05-07 12:00 - 16:00 | Sahyun Library, 316 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, United States
CHSSC will create an exhibit of our artifacts to display at this event. Come by and say hello!

PBS Screening the Award Winning Documentary TYRUS!
2023-05-10 13:00 - 2023-05-22 13:30 | PBS
Tyrus Wong: American Masters, Episode #3102
Wednesday, May 10, 1:00pm on KCET
Friday, May 12, 4:00pm & 9:00pm on PBS SoCal World
Saturday, May 13, 5:00am & 11:00am on PBS SoCal World
Friday, May 19, 8:00pm on PBS SoCal 2
Saturday, May 20, 4:00pm & 10:00pm on PBS SoCal 2
Monday, May 22, 2:00am, 7:00am & 1:30pm on PBS SoCal 2

Check the PBS listings in your area for additional screenings.

If you would like your own copy of the documentary, DVD’s signed by
the writer.director Pamela Tom are still available on etsy.
They are $24.99 and make great gifts and include complimentary gift wrap!
etsy.com/shop/tyruswong

Clockshop’s 3rd Annual Community & Unity People’s Kite Festival
2023-05-13 14:00 - 18:00 | Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
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Chinese Laundries in San Diego
2023-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
This Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 10 a.m., John Lee Wong will serve as the speaker for the upcoming edition of The Chinese American Experience & Beyond. Through this Zoom presentation, John will explore the history of Chinese laundries in San Diego, drawing from memories of his family’s business on State Street.
Please register here to learn more about this fascinating topic: https://sdsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtcuGqpz8uG9bu_q7NQvXovw_Yyth07mLO#/registration

Two Pasadenas: Debate Over Internment Camps
2023-05-23 19:00 - 20:30 | Pasadena Museum of History, 470 W. Walnut St, Pasadena, CA, 91103, United States
Admission: General $15; PMH Members $10
During World War II, Pasadenans struggled with many questions. Was it right to lock Americans of Japanese descent in camps? What could be done to counter FDR’s War Relocation Authority?
Join Susie Ling, Pasadena City College Professor of Asian American Studies and History, for this presentation about the people who did their best to help their Japanese American neighbors. Pasadena’s Friends of the American Way – along with William Carr, Hugh Anderson and PCC’s John Harbeson – sponsored the return of the first “test case” to the area, 19-year-old Esther Takei (Nishio).
Presentation will begin at 7:00 pm; PMH Galleries will be open for viewing at 6:00 pm.

Image: Esther Takei and PJC Superintendent John Harbeson in front of the C Building, September 1944. The Rafu Shimpo, 2019.

Our Voices Now: A Black and Asian Dialogue to Action - AARP Event
2023-05-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Virtual Broadcast
AARP convenes our Asian American and Pacific Islander and Black communities to address the double pandemic of COVID and systemic racism. In this free online event, we explore our overlooked history of working together for positive change and open up the conversation on empathy, healing and our shared vision of tomorrow.
Where do we go from here, and how might we build bridges for multi-generational Asian and Black solidarity? By bringing our communities together, we can move towards our collective physical, mental and financial well-being.
Join author and journalist Paula Madison, the first non-Asian Black K-pop star Alex Reid, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas in this candid examination of how we got here and how we can uplift Black and Asian communities. Moderated by MSNBC’s Richard Lui.
How to Join
Please note that you must be signed in to your AARP.org account or create an account to register for events. AARP membership is not required. Please do not opt out of event-related email, as you will be emailed a link to join the LIVE BROADCAST two days prior to the event. You will also receive a reminder email on the day of the event.

Asian Influence on Pasadena's Craftsman & Mid-Century Modern Homes
2023-06-04 10:00 - 12:30 | Bus Tour
Kansha Pasadena and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California will be co-sponsoring a two-and-a-half-hour bus tour on “Asian Architectural Influence on Pasadena’s Craftsman and Mid Century Modern Homes” on Sunday, June 4.
Pasadena has one of the best, and most extensive, collections of Asian influenced architecture in the United States. There are significant Asian architectural influences on four different residential building styles in Pasadena: “High style” Arts and Crafts by Greene and Greene and the Heineman Brothers, vernacular Craftsman bungalows, Mid Century Modern by Buff and Hensman and other Pasadena modernist architects, and even in California Ranch Style Homes.
The tour will be narrated by Dave Nufer, a presenter, docent, and program developer with Pasadena Heritage and the LA Conservancy.
The co-sponsoring organization, Kansha Pasadena, is a leading Pasadena cultural organization celebrating and highlighting Asian American and Japanese American culture and history.
This tour explores these, sometimes subtle, Chinese and Japanese architectural influences on thousands of Pasadena area homes, influences that have helped to shape our cityscape. This bus tour will be passing by and stopping at numerous examples of Greene and Greene, vernacular bungalow, and Mid Century Modern, the Pacific Asia Museum and other Asian inflected architectural styles.
The two-and-a-half-hour bus tour begins at Parking Lot I (Brookside Aquatics Center) at 10 AM.
Rose Bowl Stadium-Lot I
1001 Rose Bowl Drive
Pasadena, California 91103
Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour, if not sold out.
Price: $25.

Podcast: Iron Horse Road: A Tale from Gold Mountain
2023-07-19 | Podcast
Premiers on Wednesday, July 19th, 2023

Iron Horse Road recounts one of the great neglected epics of American history. 20,000 Chinese laborers tunneled through granite mountains, dangled over cliffs, and dragged entire trains over alpine summits where other Americans feared to tread. The prosperity of the oncoming gilded age was founded on their blood, sweat and grit, but their story has long been minimized and forgotten.
Equal parts history and travelogue, Iron Horse Road uses binaural 3D audio to transport the listener to deep canyons, echoing caverns and windswept peaks–a world where adventure is always around the corner, and the past is carved in blood and stone.
Stay tuned for the Wednesday July 19th, 2023 release on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Overcast, RSS Feed. You can also listen here at https://blood-on-gold-mountain.captivate.fm/.

CHSSC Summer Picnic
2023-08-12 11:00 - 14:00 | CHSSC, 411-415 Bernard St, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States

Facing Challenges and Limitations, Where do Organized Chinese Associations Get Respect?
2023-09-14 18:30 - 19:30 | Zoom
Have questions about tongs or associations? Please email advance questions by September 7, 2023, to bacgg.gail@gmail.com or bacgg.jeannie@gmail.com.
George Chin (founder of Chinatown History & Culture Association) will provide a personal overview of SF’s Organized Associations and will discuss the roles of associations in the Community & Social Services.
Additionally, Ding Lee, director of Lee’s Family Association, Ning Yung, Bing Kong Tong, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinatown History & Culture Association will share his experience about associations and help answer questions.
Chinese Tongs, or organized associations, have served five generations of Chinese Americans for over 175 years. They have earned respect for their contributions to the Chinese American community, but they also face multiple challenges and limitations. Learn about Chinese Family Tongs/Associations and how they impacted your ancestors and may impact you today:

Preservation of History, Culture & Education
Genealogy Research: Tongs have maintained membership and payment records for many years. This information can be valuable for people who are conducting genealogy research.
Challenges and Limitations of Tongs
Where do Tongs get their respect?

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Family History Month Open House
2023-10-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Sahyun Library, 316 Castillo St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101, United States
The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Sahyun Library by hosting a Family History Month Open House on Sunday, October 1, 1-4 pm.
CHSSC hosted a table last year and we plan on being there this year. Please join us!

Standing L to R: Anita Lee, Gordon Hom, Susan Dickson, Grace Leo, Ricky Leo
Seated L to R: Linda Bentz, Susan Sing, Cindy Fong
Not pictured: Eugene Moy

An Evening with Lisa See
2023-10-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Joint October program sponsored by China Society of Southern California and Chinese Historical Society of Southern California. The $40.00 price includes dinner and program.

Join us for dinner at Golden Dragon Restaurant and a book discussion with bestselling author Lisa See on her newest book, Lady Tan’s Circle of Women, a captivating journey into the world of the Ming Dynasty. Her historical novel was inspired by the true story of a woman physician from 15th-century China and is a triumphant reimagining of the life of a woman who would still be considered remarkable today.
Copies of Lisa’s book will be available for purchase.
Date and time: Wednesday, October 4 @ 6:00 p.m.
Location: Golden Dragon Restaurant, 960 N. Broadway, Los Angeles Chinatown
For more information about the book: https://lisasee.com/step-inside/lady-tans-circle-of-women/
Reserve your spot in advance by purchasing tickets by Monday, October 2.
The $40.00 ticket price includes dinner and program.
Tickets are nonrefundable, and if unused, will be a donation to the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California.

Locating Kinship Across Space and Time
2023-10-05 - 2023-10-07
The 1882 Foundation invites you to register for the second Chinese American Women in History conference, to be held in Washington DC this fall. Themed, “Locating Kinship Across Space and Time,” the conference aims to explore how Chinese American women, both as historical subjects and contemporary practitioners of history, have forged interpersonal connections, fostered care, and facilitated community.
We will welcome scholars, filmmakers, creatives, and community members alike to share their work exploring the multifaceted and complex experiences of Chinese American women. Topics include the figures of Soo Yong and Anna May Wong, Chinese Americans in 1900’s mass entertainment, Chinese American Hawai’i-based labor organizer Ah Quon McElrath, and the legacies of Chinese American women filmmakers, with many more subjects still to come.
Set at cultural institutions across Washington DC, the conference utilizes the breadth and depth of the 1882 Foundation’s partnerships with institutions, organizations, and individuals alike pursuing Asian American public history in the District and nationally.

Day One (October 5th) at the Chinese American Museum DC & the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Day Two (October 6th) at the Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Day Three (October 7th) at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

All conference sessions will be recorded and made available to attendees and the general public after the conference.
Register Here to Attend: bit.ly/cawh2023

2023 Yosemite Pilgrimage
2023-10-06 - 2023-10-07 | Yosemite National Park, CA, United States
CHSSC has been conducting a pilgrimage to Yosemite National Park since 2012 in order to discover and highlight the contributions of the Chinese in the development of the park. Our 2023 pilgrimage will be held on October 6th, 7th (arrive evening of Oct 5th, depart Oct 8th).
While the planning team finalizes the itinerary, make your lodging plans now. Eugene Moy has reserved 2 large rental homes in the Redwoods in Yosemite complex in Wawona, with room for 20-22 people, but we are also encouraging people to gather groups of friends and make their own reservations. Contact Eugene at ewmoy49@gmail.com to coordinate.
Learn about our 10th Annual Yosemite Sing Peak Pilgrimage in 2022 on our website: https://chssc.org/
