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 […]
Join the 1882 Foundation and Dr. Gary Zola (American Jewish Archives), Alan Spears (National Parks Conservation Association), and Carolyn Chan (Chinese American Citizens Alliance) in the second event of our Timeless Echoes series. The panelists will examine the historic intertwining of the Jewish, Black, and Chinese American communities, including Jewish comments and Frederick Douglass' writings […]
Join us for the next Talk Story event on Sunday, September 27 to learn about our current projects underway that will document and share the history of the neighborhood from the perspectives of its longtime community. We will discuss the Chinatown Walking Tour, the Chinatown Off H Oral History project, a digital mapping project in […]
Join us to celebrate the phenomenal work of our summer 2020 interns! Each intern will be presenting the work and research that they’ve conducted all summer on topics such as historic preservation, the Range 99 Project, the Chinese diaspora in Peru, and many others! Register HERE