Event Recap: Seeing Lost Enclaves: Relational Reconstructions of Erased Communities of Color

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…

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Event Recap: The Origin Story of AAPI Nonprofits in D.C.

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…

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Event Recap: The Spirit of Lion Dancing in Chinatowns — Kennedy Center Culture Caucus Activation

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…

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Event Recap: Angel Island & Ellis Island — Two Sides of the Immigration Story

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,…

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Event Recap: Talk Story! From Memories to Memoir

The 1882 Foundation hosted a memoir writing presentation and workshop at the I Street Conference Center on Sunday, June 11. The speakers were Veronica Li, a writer of fiction and nonfiction who published a memoir about her mother called Journey Across the Four Seas; Sverrir Sigurdsson, a retired architect who recently published his memoir Viking Voyager with his wife Veronica; and Sabrina Hsu, Head of Collections Services Section of the Asian Division, Library of Congress.  Stan Lou, Talk Story Director, said that Veronica is “the…

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Event Recap: Exploring Asian American History in DC — Washington DC Asian American Context Study Celebration

On June 3rd, we gathered at the Chinese Community Church in DC's Chinatown for a lightning round presentation community event with food, friends, and education. The event celebrated the near-completion of the first historic context study on Asian Americans ever published in DC, a comprehensive look at Chinese American and Korean American history in DC. Ted Gong opened our event with a welcome and a special thank you to the late Franklin Odo, whose pioneering work on Asian American context studies paved the way for…

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