1882 FOUNDATION
American Civil Rights & the Chinese Exclusion Laws
Uncovering, Understanding and Sharing Our American Story
UPCOMING EVENT
I Street Conference Center, enter through Venable LLC building at 600 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC 20001.
Please enter on Massachusetts Ave side.
Following the theme of this year’s Chinese American Women in History Conference (CAWH), 1882 Foundation senior team member, Dr. Amy Trang will share her story of “locating kinship across space and time” as a Vietnamese-born Chinese American.
Dr. Trang will recount how, shortly after she was born, her family fled Vietnam as “boat people” to a refugee camp in Malaysia. Eventually, her family settled in the Washington, DC area where Amy began learning and understanding the various parts of her cultural identity, tracing her family lineage back to Guangdong and Fujian. Come engage in a discussion about how first-generation Chinese Americans can trace kinship across multiple generations and languages, as well as overseas.
Join us in-person or online. Registration for Zoom can be found below.
Ongoing Projects and Programming
The 1882 Foundation seeks to broaden public awareness of the history and continuing significance of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act through three initiatives:
Encouraging Collaboration
We organize an annual 1882 Symposium in Washington D.C. to build connections among educators and public & private agencies.
Uncovering & Preserving Our Stories
We collect oral histories and preserve story sites through monthly Talk Story Events. Talk Story encourages individuals to reveal their stories and share them with others.
Strengthening Public Education
We aim to promote the inclusion of Chinese and Asian American experiences in our core curricula through curriculum content and resources and teacher workshops.
ABOUT
Learn about the 1882 Foundation's mission and meet the team!
TALK STORY
Find out what our monthly Talk Story events are all about.
EDUCATION
Find our lesson plans on topics like the 14th Amendment and the Transcontinental Railroad.
CONFERENCES
Read about the Chinese American Women in History Conference, held last October!
LITERATURE AND ARTS
Join us for weekly Book Chats!
COLLABORATIONS
Walk the footsteps of Chinese railroad workers on the Return to Gold Mountain Tour.
Messages from the Exec's Desk
1882’s Happy Holidays and New Year 2023
January 1, 2023
Dear Friends: I can’t believe that the year 2022 will soon be over and we start anew. It will be a challenging year, but the heart of our work remains our Talk Story programs. Whether at the Summit Tunnel in California, or at educational workshops in DC and Richmond, or among federal and private financial supporters of heritage and history, we will be guided by Talk Story principles –uncovering our stories, preserving them, and telling them in our own voices across generations…
Lunar New Year Killings Bring Focus to Guns and Mental Health Again
January 27, 2023
There is so much that we do not know about the back-to-back mass killings at Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay, but two elements stand out – guns and mental health. Many people will bring attention (as they already have) to the role of guns. Warnings and calls for action deserve consideration once again, and again with another mass, senseless killing, continuously once more…