1882 Foundation

The Page Act of 1875: Through Line to Atlanta
2021-09-12 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
2021-09-23 18:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Chinatown Garden Restaurant, 618 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Mid-Autumn Festival is an annual tradition that celebrates family, community, and hope. Friends and family gather to give thanks for a bountiful year, reunite with loved ones who may have been apart, and honor the moon, a symbol of completion and harmony.
1882 Foundation and OCA-DC, in partnership with TAP-DC, invite you to join us on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at Chinatown Garden in the heart of D.C.’s Chinatown, for an evening of food, drinks, and conversation. Though this year and last have been difficult for many in our communities, we have, together, accomplished much. Come hang out, socialize, meet new folks, and build the kind of community we need to advocate for ourselves and those we love.
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival event will launch 1882 Foundation’s AAPI in DC Mixer series, through which we hope to provide a welcoming space for dialogue and discussion about issues that matter to us and our communities – and to have fun together. Stay tuned for future events!
Food and drink specials will be available, as well as an assortment of complementary mooncakes (including vegan ones!). John Tinpe, Chairman of the MOAPIA Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Community Development, will share his experiences as a community activist. His restaurant, Burma, located in Chinatown, served as a hub for local AAPI activists for many decades.
Doors open at 6:30pm, and Chairman Tinpe will speak at 7:00pm. A DJ will begin a set at 9pm, and everyone is more than welcome to stay and enjoy.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations are welcome and much appreciated, and will go to 1882 Foundation and OCA-DC joint programs.

Taking a Deeper Dive: What is the Context, Historically and Culturally, of the AAPI Experience
2021-10-06 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Community Day at the Chinese American Museum DC
2021-10-23 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Chinese American Museum DC, 1218 16th St, NW Washington DC, 20036

Bruce Lee - 1882 Foundation Talk Story
2021-10-24 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Zoom

Legacy: Achievement of Chinese Railroad Workers
2021-12-17 16:30 - 17:30 UTC | DC

The Forgotten Laborer of Napa Valley 1870-1900
2022-02-27 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | DC
Napa Valley Laborers

AAPI Women Stories of Strength: Flipping the Script: Turning Adversity into Growth and Empowerment
2022-03-20 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | DC

Chinese American Memorial Dedication at Historic Congressional Cemetery
2022-04-03 13:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | DC
Please Register here with Eventbrite.

History as Enpowerment: How and Why Asian American History is Taught
2022-04-07 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | DC
The 1882 Foundation and The American University Project Pengyou invite you to an event on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 6:30pm EST. It’s taking place in-person in Letts Formal at AU and also on zoom.
Please click here to register for the zoom link.

Celebrate the Life of Corky Lee
2022-05-10 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
The 1882 Foundation, Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), and DC Public Library invite you to join us for a pre-premiere screening of film producer Curtis Chin’s short documentary “Dear Corky,” on the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographic laureate” Corky Lee.
The screening will be offered in person only at the newly renovated MLK Library auditorium. After the film, the filmmakers will participate in an in-person panel discussion with leading photojournalists about Corky’s legacy as an AAPI artist with broad connections across communities. This discussion will be livestreamed to virtual attendees.
May 10th marks the anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Corky made annual visits to Promontory Point to photograph the descendants of Chinese workers excluded from the iconic “Champagne Photo,” taken on May 10, 1869, upon the railroad’s completion. Our event, on this date, commemorates Corky’s legacy and his effort to preserve and celebrate the histories and stories of Chinese Americans. As a special commemoration of Corky’s effort at Promontory Summit, there will be a an in-person vimeo screening of “Dear Corky” in Utah. For location and timing of Utah pre-screening, contact the Chinese Railroad Worker Descendants Association and the OCA Asian American Advocates Utah.
Schedule in DC:
6:30pm – Sneak preview of “Dear Corky” (in-person only) at MLK Library DC
7:00pm-8:00pm – Panel discussion (in-person at MLK and livestreamed to YouTube)
Date and time
Tue, May 10, 2022
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Location
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
View Map
Virtual Link www.youtube.com/dcpl1
Register Here

Blessings and Curses of Assimilation
2022-05-31 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | DC
A conversation with Dr. Franklin S. Odo, Dr. Gary P. Zola, Dr. Riv-Ellen Prell, & Ting-Yi Oei, moderated by Ted Gong.
In America, the assimilation process is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, most members of an American minority group aspire to find full acceptance within American society. On the other hand, many resist total assimilation by negotiating their own distinctive identity that is shaped by a minority culture. Or as one scholar recently observed, “Jewish [and Chinese] Americans struggle to determine which side of the hyphen they should embrace.”
To commemorate May as both Jewish American Heritage Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the American Jewish Archives and the 1882 Foundation are joining forces to sponsor a unique webinar conversation to explore the yin yang nature of assimilation in America.
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Director's Discussion: Plague at the Golden Gate
2022-06-21 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Chinese American Museum DC, 1218 16th St, NW Washington DC, 20036
More than 100 years before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the world and set off a wave of fear and anti-Asian sentiment, an outbreak of bubonic plague in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1900 unleashed a similar furor.
Join the Chinese American Museum DC in collaboration with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE and the 1882 Foundation on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, from 6:00-7:00 pm ET to discuss the new AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film documentary, Plague at the Golden Gate and meet the film Director, Li-Shin Yu. Registration available for both in-person (limited seats) and online event (unlimited).
1882 Foundation Executive Director, Ted Gong, and United States Naval Academy professor, Audrey Clark, will join in conversation with Li-Shin Yu to discuss her new film and cyclical histories between 1900s USA and today. This examines the documented Chinese American experience at the turn of the 20th century and the modern rise of anti-Asian hate stemming from “who’s to blame” fear and rhetoric; China-virus, Kung-flu, yellow peril.
Registration is free! All registrants will receive a link to screen the full feature film documentary at your own convenience before the panel discussion.
We are excited to be able to open this event to a limited number of registrants to join the panelists in-person, live at the Chinese American Museum DC, and for unlimited online registration.
This program is made possible through the generous support of AARP Maryland.
Register Here.

Between Black and White
2022-07-17 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Registration for in-person attendance or Zoom link
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/between-black-and-white-chinese-americans-in-jim-crow-south-tickets-378238500537

Hollywood's Favorite Punchline: Examining Asian American Representation in the Media
2022-07-31 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | I Street Conferencing Center, 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (entry from I Street between 6/7th streets), Washington, DC, 20001, United States
The link for registration on Zoom is: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkde6trzIoH9F8XGK6cktmQ_HzNTuhIu1- .

ACHP Preservation Fellowship
2022-08-01 | DC
1882 Foundation is happy to share some good news. The ACHP and ACHP Foundation is accepting applicants for a national public policy fellowship for historic preservation.
The 21st Century Preservation Leaders Fellowship will bring a promising young preservation professional to Washington DC to work with national preservation agencies and organizations in the development and execution of public preservation policy. The Fellowship is designed to diversify the field of preservation by providing early-career practitioners that demonstrate preservation interest and leadership potential with a deep immersion in policy-making and program leadership at the national level. They have launched the application process and look forward to having their first fellow January of 2023. You can find more information on the ACHP Foundation website – achpfoundation.org.

Youth to Youth: Rewriting American History
2022-08-07 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | DC
Join the 1882 Education Team of interns virtually for a unique talk story event on Sunday, August 7th from 2-3:30 pm! This talk story will showcase and explore different projects and missions incorporating the Asian American past into the overarching American history.

The link to register is the following: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkcO2prj0jGtQLlbUC8nL-QMXiY2diXqs9__;!!IaT_gp1N!wZETuc5wYk_KiaCV8D732vam27mi_NkfrMb9LgWhwKjijC94HwYgy5rGFb0lcWOSa0HkYUDM2oxj5flTqms$

*Videos can be accessed on the Youtube channel after the event*

Return to Gold Mountain Tour
2022-10-01 08:00 - 2022-10-02 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | California State Railroad Museum Parking Lot, 111 I Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814, United States
About
Walk in the footsteps of Chinese railroad workers on this historic interpretive tour and teachers’ workshop through America’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Along the way, you will discover Chinese American history and visit culturally significant sites such as Summit Tunnel, China Wall, Bloomer Cut, and more.
The 2-day/1-night tour is organized by the 1882 Foundation in partnership with the US Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. The University of California Davis History Project will also offer a K-12 Teachers’ Workshop as a part of this tour.
Dates and Inclusions
Fall 2022 Dates: October 1-2
Tour Start: Departing from the California State Railroad Museum parking lot
Package Price: $300 USD (double-occupancy room*)
What’s Included:

Guided tour of sites led by a California State Park Interpretive Specialist
Roundtrip transportation from Sacramento, CA to Reno, NV, by private coach eastbound and by Amtrak train westbound (2 lunch boxes provided)
One night hotel room in Reno, NV (double occupancy), all taxes included
Admission to the California State Railroad Museum

Not Included:

Meals not listed or any leisure activities (ex. shopping)
Travel (before or after the tour) or parking in Sacramento
Single occupancy hotel room adds $100 ($400 total)*

Registration:
Use this link to register and pay to reserve your spot. Hope to see you in the Fall!

A note on risk and accessibility: This tour is conducted in English and includes extensive walking and standing, including hiking on rough paths or rocks. Translation or interpreting services are generally not included. However, we will take note of any accommodations you may disclose and do our best to meet your needs. Additionally, participating in any outdoor activity can pose an element of risk and you assume responsibility for your own safety and equipment.

Remembering Chinese American Veterans - Veterans Day Talk Story
2022-11-13 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | I Street Conferencing Center, 600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW (entry from I Street between 6/7th streets), Washington, DC, 20001, United States
In commemoration of Veterans Day, 1882 Foundation invites you to a virtual presentation by Russ Low on his publication The All American Crew. This is his third book in his series on the Chinese American experience. This book tells how the forging of a team in the fight for America transcends differences in heritages and languages. We also want to recognize the workers who fought for the safety of our community by serving as first responders and health workers during the deadly war against COVID, and who served faithfully as pollsters and election officials, ensuring America’s democracy remains strong. For them, we will have a special gift.
Please join us virtual or in person on Sunday, November 13th, 2:00-3:00 pm EST at I Street Conference Center. Register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwodO-opz4uGNIJB0tg0j8My2AHQUQEx6_Q.

Mahjong Game Event
2022-11-18 14:00 (America/New_York) | George Mason University Horizon Hall, 4475 Aquia Creek Ln, Fairfax, VA, 22030, United States
Register here for Zoom:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87991916497?pwd%3DWGErbU01aVhhQ1NMNDNmR05QVFRpZz09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1W7XlJtjZWWSHhccMQqkwp
Register here for in person:
https://cglink.me/2d7/r1809367

Talk Story: New and Improved Literature and Arts Corner
2023-03-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
New and Improved 1882 Foundation Literature & Arts Corner!
Join us for a special presentation of our newly renovated online platform for literature, arts, and media in the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) world. A user-friendly database has been developed for the public to participate in sharing reviews and recommendations for books, films, TV shows, performing arts, etc.
Foundation Associate Lauren Eng and her team will demonstrate the details. Special guest Jenny Cho, author of Chinese in Hollywood and Chinatown in Los Angeles, among other publications, will share personal reviews of recent films. Foundation Talk Story Director, Stan Lou, will discuss recent books.

1882@MLK: Bad Axe Film Screening and Panel Discussion
2023-03-26 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Join 1882 Foundation, OCA-DC, MLK Library, Georgetown University’s Vietnamese Student Association, & Bad Axe director, David Siev for a screening of “Bad Axe: Our American Dreams,” a film documenting one family’s story to build a livelihood in America, followed by a community conversation about our common struggle to ensure a future for ourselves and the ones we love.
Location: MLK Library Auditorium
Date: 3/26/2023, 2-5PM
Free for all, no registration required

Public Policy and Cultural Centers – Stories from DC and Philadelphia Chinatowns
2023-04-17 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Gewirz Student Center, 120 F Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
You are invited to join us the evening of Monday, April 17 for a panel conversation on the DC and Philadelphia Chinatowns through the years, and the impact of public policy on cultural centers. The 1882 Foundation is collaborating with the Georgetown University Law Center and community organizations to highlight this important conversation.
Please join us at Gewirz Student Center (12th Floor), Georgetown Law 120 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Register for in-person attendance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/597805120207
Or join on Zoom at https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/94623019602

Chinatown futures: cultivating urban, cultural landscapes
2023-05-03 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | American Society of Landscape Architects, 636 Eye St NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Join us at ASLA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. for conversation at the intersections of community, identity, and stewardship of cultural landscapes with three creative leaders committed to place-based interventions, programs, and leadership across Chicago, New York City, Calgary, and Boston Chinatowns.
Ernie Wong, Yin Kong, and Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong will discuss their layered and intersectional practices as designers, artists, and community leaders across different Chinatown community contexts in the U.S. and Canada. The event will be moderated by Jenn Low, Design Director at Openbox, and 1882 Foundation collaborator. This is a free in-person event with registration.
Doors open at 5:30pm and the program will begin promptly at 6:00pm ET.
This event will be held in-person. Register via Eventbrite.

In the Eyes of a Deaf Child
2023-05-27 19:00 (America/New_York) | Kennedy Center REACH, Studio K, 2700 F St., NW, Washington, DC, 20566, United States
In the Eyes of a Deaf Child by Stella Marie Antonio, directed by Monique Holt, tells a story of a large hearing family with a deaf child experiencing language deprivations but with care of her caretaker, she was able to endure. She finally found her language, her community, and ability to love.
Free to attend with registration

Spotlight on Design: Neri&Hu
2023-05-30 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | National Building Museum, 401 F Street NW, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
How does design embody collective longing, constructing and revealing relationships between places, cultural history, and public memory?
$10 Friends of 1882 | Free Student
Neri&Hu’s interdisciplinary design practice exemplifies architecture’s potential for cultural preservation and poetic place-making. Founded in Shanghai in 2004 by partners Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, their research-based projects range from master planning and architecture to interior and product design, capturing the collective imagination amidst rapid development and disappearing cultural contexts.
Neri&Hu’s lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with the 1882 Foundation’s Asian American Historic Context Study for Washington D.C. The Historic Context Studies document the places and spaces of significance for Asian American historical experiences. Joining in conversation with Michelle Magalong, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland Historic Preservation program and President, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation (APIAHiP), and moderated by Jenn Low, landscape architect and Design Director at Openbox, the panel will explore how community storytellers, historians, and architects can collaborate to illuminate public histories, particularly in places of cultural significance.

From Memories to Memoir: Essential Elements of Memoir Writing
2023-06-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | I Street Conferencing Center – I (Eye) St, 615 I Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Speakers: Veronica Li is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, including a memoir about her mother. Sverrir Sigurdsson is a retired architect who recently published his memoir, coauthored with his wife Veronica. Sabrina Hsu is head of Collections Services Section of the Asian Division, Library of Congress.
The authors will talk about the elements for producing a captivating memoir. They will discuss the way to organize your loose and disjointed memories and present them as a coherent story. An exercise to jumpstart your memoir writing process will be provided. A guest speaker will present family history research tools available at the Library of Congress.
Please join us In-person at
Street Conference Center; 615 | (Eye) Street NW Washington DC
(Enter from parking entrance on | Street)
or Join us Online. Register for Zoom link at
https://UusO2web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtce6rrTOj|HdAMzIKrxXPVWRDtp2CgZakkj

The Spirit of Lion Dancing in Chinatowns: July Culture Caucus Activation
2023-07-07 16:00 (America/New_York) | Kennedy Center REACH, Skylight Pavillion, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC, 20566, United States
For families and kids of all ages, join us in a marketplace of interactive storytelling and crafts. Experience the story of Chinese tradition, hardship, assimilation, endurance, perseverance, and success through the use of Lions and Music as the medium. This Story is told engaging traditional Lion Dancers, Big Head Buddhas, a Rap Artist and his Rap Dancers all intertwined in a mixture of Sounds to complicate and express what all immigrants have encountered. Take home self-made kites and other Asian Arts and Crafts as part of the afternoon’s adventure.
Doors open at 4PM, lion dance shows at 5PM and 7PM, games & interactive activities in between
Free to attend, pre-registration highly recommended

The Origin Story of AAPI Nonprofits in DC: a look into the history and evolution of AAPI experiences
2023-07-22 14:00 (America/New_York) | I Street Conferencing Center – I (Eye) St, 615 I Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
AAPI nonprofits have played a monumental role in advancing the rights of AAPIs across the nation. But, they weren’t always large national organizations, they started with an idea. Hear from 4 people who played pivotal roles in turning this idea into what we know today as national nonprofits making life-changing impacts. Our panelists Phil Nash, Karen Narasaki, Daphne Kwok, and Paul Igasaki, will share the origin stories of AAPI nonprofits in D.C. Join us for an afternoon of learning what AAPI nonprofit work looked like in the 1990s; how these community leaders fought against the status quo; and, how future generations can continue this fight.
Free to attend. Register on Zoom.

Seeing Lost Enclaves: relational reconstructions of erased communities of color
2023-07-23 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | I Street Conferencing Center – I (Eye) St, 615 I Street Northwest, Washington, DC, 20001, United States
Jeffrey Yoo Warren presents his project, Seeing Providence Chinatown, a virtual reconstruction of the since-destroyed Chinatown in Providence. Yoo Warren was recently named the Library of Congress 2023 Innovator in Residence, where he is expanding this work into Seeing Lost Enclaves, working with others around the country to produce additional “relational reconstructions” of other destroyed communities of color.
Free to attend. Register on Zoom below.
