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  Stories of courage and resilience, Chinese fleeing from Shanghai as the communist army engulfs the country becomes the backdrop for vivid narratives of four exiles who represent "the voices, viewpoints and character of the Shanghai diaspora." Join us for our February Talk Story event featuring the author and activist, Helen Zia, as she shares […]

Join us as we launch into the 2019 season of Talk Story Programming with an exciting community discussion on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, coming up in May 2019. Joining us from New York will be activist and photographer Corky Lee and our Executive Director Ted Gong. The two […]

JOIN US: Scott D. Seligman on Wong Chin Foo who challenged Denis Kearney on anti-Chinese laws, and a film screening of Rick Burns and Li-Shin Yu’s Chinese Exclusion Act.

The first comprehensive immigration reform was enacted in 1882 to exclude Chinese from immigrating to the US and to prohibit them from becoming American citizens. Ted Gong, Director of the 1882 Foundation, shares his thoughts about the legacy of this Act and its highly relevant impact on the immigration debate today. Register here When joining […]