Date: Friday, October 30, 2009
Time: 12PM to 1:30PM
Place: Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
268 Canal Street, Manhattan
A special ceremony was held to commemorate the co-naming of Cortlandt Alley on Canal Street to “Hon. Thomas Tam Way”, after the late Dr. Thomas Tam, the first Executive Director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute, the first Asian member of the CUNY Board of Trustees, and a co-founder of the Chinatown Health Clinic now known as the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center.
Program
Lion Dance
Unveiling of Street Sign
Welcome
Pyser Edelsack
Board Chair, CBW Community Health Center
Jane T. Eng, Esq.
CEO, CBW Community Health Center
Marie Lam
Board Member, CBW Community Health Center
Guest Speakers
Dr. Anika Tam
Matthew Goldstein
Chancellor, CUNY
Wellington Chen
Executive Director, Chinatown Partnership
John Liu
NYC Council, District 20
Sheldon Silver
Speaker, NYS Assembly, District 63
Justin Yu
President, Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Jay Hershenson
Senior Vice Chancellor, CUNY
Angelica O. Tang
Executive Director, Committee of 100
Michael Levine
Director of Land Use & Planning, Community Board 1
Daniel Squadron
NYS Senate, District 25
Alan Gerson
NYC Council, District 1
Co-Sponsor:
- Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
- Dr. Thomas MS Tam Foundation
