Event Recaps

Jeffrey Yoo Warren, a Korean American artist-educator, community scientist, illustrator, researcher, and Library of Congress 2023 Innovator in Residence, presented his project “Seeing Providence Chinatown” at the 1882 Foundation’s Talk Story event on Sunday, July 23.  “Seeing Providence Chinatown” is a virtual reconstruction of the since-destroyed Chinatown in Providence RI. To recreate the space, Yoo Warren examined archival photographs, built 3D architectural models of the streetscape, and designed a virtual environment. He explained that Chinatowns and other ethnic enclaves are often not the focus of…

Written by Alina Lee and Amanda Young (1882 Foundation interns, summer 2023) The 1882 Foundation hosted a conversation with four key changemakers who played monumental roles in building today’s AAPI nonprofit organizations at the I Street Conference Center on Saturday, July 22. The speakers were: Phil Tajitsu Nash, professor in the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Maryland and the founding Executive Director of the Asian Americans Advancing Justice AAJC; Paul Igasaki, appointed by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity…

On Friday, July 7th, the 1882 Foundation and friends gathered at the Kennedy Center REACH campus for our second activation as a member of the Culture Caucus. Families of all ages joined us for Chinese crafts and activities, including a wishing wall, Chinese noisemakers, paper dragons, and origami. Banners and music helped recreate the ambiance of a Lunar New Year celebration in the Skylight Pavilion in the middle of summer. The lion dance performance featured Wong Kung Fu Association dancers, performing a set with two…

The 1882 Foundation hosted a joint discussion with Edward Tepporn, director of Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, and Stephen Lean, director of The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation's American Family Immigration History Center, at the I Street Conference Center on Sunday, June 28.  Addressing over 200 in-person and Zoom attendees, Tepporn and Lean shared the history of their respective immigration processing centers, addressing the operations, roles, and common misconceptions of each. They highlighted notable moments in immigration history, such as the Immigration Act of 1917,…