I do want to say few closing remarks. It is easy for us to pronounce that the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act is for the purpose of righting a wrong, to get justice for the harm and violence that…
“And though my parents took us far away from the site of their grief… certain shadows stretched far. Casting a gray stillness over our childhood…hinting at a darkness we did not understand but could always feel” In this beautifully illustrated…
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…
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,…
Trigger Warning: This graphic novel depicts and describes instances of sexual violence. Figure 1.1. Book Cover Grass, illustrated by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and translated by Janet Hong, is a harrowing graphic novel that narrates the stories of comfort women during…
“Every adoption requires a family to be broken apart. Yet, you never hear about that grief” Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom in Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption illustrates the process of investigating her adoption documents to better understand her origin story.…