Join us to learn more about the history of Angel Island and some of the immigrants who passed through it in their journey to enter the US. Sunday, February 7, 2021 | 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time Zoom Registration Required: http://bit.ly/3ckNojM
Meet the author, deputy national editor at the New York Times, Jia Lynn Yang, as she discusses her book “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924 - 1965" with the Chinese American Museum featuring guests Ted Gong, Executive Director of the 1882 Foundation, and immigration lawyer, Gordon Quan. Thursday, January 28, 2021 | 7-8 pm ET (4-5pm PT) Free […]
Accounts on Chinese immigration history during the Exclusion Era have placed great emphasis on the mainstream society’s hostility towards Chinese people. But, how did the Chinese fight back? Where could we find the resilience of Chinese people? Can we still observe these imprints today? As an architectural historian and material culture scholar, Hongyan Yang (Adjunct […]
Our director, Ted Gong, will speak on issues of gentrification and preservation in DC Chinatown at this event hosted by Palisades Village. He will discuss the inspiration for the Foundation's creation, and its reference to the only Federal statute to specifically and totally exclude immigrants of a particular ethnic/cultural heritage--the Chinese. He will address the […]
To commemorate the anniversary of the repeal of the anti-Chinese laws on December 17, 1943 and to remember the amazing national contributions of the Chinese workers, the 1882 Foundation will screen “Legacy” by the US Forest Service. The short film will be followed by comments from descendants of the railroad workers and readings from “Island: […]
Join us for an online presentation about the word "assimilation" and the metaphor of the melting pot. It asks the question, "Is it time to discard them?" The discussion will focus on the shared and contrasting experiences of African Americans, Chinese Americans, and Southern and Eastern European Americans. Register for the Zoom event as this […]