Calendar Events

Join us at our upcoming April Talk Story Event on Sunday, April 23: The Thomson Project and Assisting Language Learners in Washington, DC.

The demands of a growing population of children and immigrant families in the 1960's urged the creation of the Thomson Project at the Chinese Community Church and established an ESL program in DC Public Schools in the mid-1970's.

Juanita Chan, Ruby Dair, Jeannette Kwok, John Lem, Rita Moy, and Mae-ye Wong played important roles along with others. Join us in sharing their experiences and memories of the education of young immigrants in the history of a youthful DC Chinatown.

On Sunday, March 26, the 1882 Foundation will be hosting a Talk Story event, "After the Last Fortune Cookie: Passion, Fusion and the Future of Chinese American Food in DC Chinatown." It is said that there are more Chinese restaurants in the United States than there are McDonalds, Wendy's and Taco Bell outlets combined. At […]

Our next Talk Story event is coming up on Sunday, February 26 at 1:30pm. This month's event will focus on caregiving in the Chinese American community through discussion of the short film, "Caregiving: The Circle of Love." As always, our events are free and open to all. Join us!

Join us on the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year as we kick off the 1882 Foundation's sixth season of Talk Story Community events! On January 28th, 2017 through a collaboration with the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, we will be showing two short films -- "April 1968" and "The Fight is […]