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Saving America’s Chinatowns: Philadelphia
Nov/02/2023 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, November 2nd, from 5 to 6pm EST
Virtual Free
RSVP: https://www.chineseamericanmuseum.org/chinatown-philly
Join us for a discussion about the threats facing Chinatowns all across America, with a special focus on Philadelphia on Thursday, November 2nd, from 5 to 6 p.m. The conversation will go over how historically Chinatowns have been a targeted space and then move into specifics of how the development of a new 76ers arena threatens the livelihoods of many in Philadelphia’s Chinatown, as well as what can be done about it.
- Yilin Zhang is a communications strategist and health care professional.
- Kaia Chau (Bryn Mawr College ‘24) and Taryn Flaherty (University of Pennsylvania ‘25) are the founders of Students for the Preservation of Chinatown (SPOC).
- Lisa Mao is the director, writer and co-producer of A Tale of Three Chinatowns.
- Deborah Wei helped found Asian Americans United in 1985 to organize low-income and working class Asian American