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…