On Sunday, April 16th, the 1882 Foundation and friends gathered at the I Street Conference Center to convene a panel discussion on the experiences of Chinese adoptees. Panelists included MeMe Collier, Lina Freeman, Ren Freeman, and Mia Owens, 1882 Foundation…
On May 30th, 2023, the 1882 Foundation and friends gathered with the National Building Museum for a conversation with interdisciplinary designers Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Neri&Hu, historical preservationist Michelle Magalong, PhD, and landscape architect Jenn Low. A part…
On April 17th, 2023, we convened for a panel conversation to explore the impact of public policy on Chinatowns, drawing specifically on the Washington DC and Philadelphia Chinatowns. This conversation opportunely comes in the recent news of a plan to…
The Literature & Arts Corner Library is an online platform that was launched at last month’s Talk Story to highlight Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) media representation. The event featured developers Lauren Eng and Jasmine Soni, author Jenny Cho,…
Having roots in the Civil Rights Era and the community activism movement, Asian American community leaders in Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco and New York City addressed the legal needs of their local communities in the 1970s and 80s. In…
On Sunday, March 26, the 1882 Foundation hosted a film screening of Bad Axe at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Directed by David Siev, the film documents Siev’s family living in Bad Axe, Michigan during the COVID-19 pandemic.…