community

Streetwise for Book Smarts: Community Organizing, and Education Reform

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While these education organizing groups had similar goals and worked in the same political context, they frequently employed divergent political strategies in their campaigns. My talk will draw upon 18 months of ethnographic research I conducted with four education organizing groups in the South Bronx. It will focus on the ways in which the groups’ organizational toolkits made a difference, and how grassroots organizations can work more effectively towards substantive social change.

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Ethnic Banks and Community Development in New York City’s Immigrant Neighborhoods

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Dr. Tarry Hum’s research examines the increasing presence of ethnic banks in New York City’s immigrant neighborhoods. In particular, Dr. Hum focus on the growing number of Chinese-owned ethnic banks in working-class Sunset Park, Brooklyn, their lending practices and community investment activities. Based on an analysis of 1998-2005 HMDA data, interviews with bank CEOs and … Read more

The Making of Asian American Community Democracy: Rebuilding Chinatown in Post 9-11

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In witnessing the collapse of the World Trade Center, Psychotherapist Edward Ma was determined to do some healing for himself and the Chinatown community since September 11, 2001. In this presentation, Mr. Ma will discuss how he has engaged himself as a volunteer in healing himself by/and promoting participation in community democracy (voter registration for … Read more

Asian Community Block

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Time: Thursdays, 2PM to 4PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000 between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan Free Admission The “Asian Community Block” provides social agencies and cultural organizations with an opportunity to reach out and promote their activities to the more than one million and growing Asian population currently residing within the five … Read more

Community / Academia Hi-Tech Bridge Workshop

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Workshop Schedule June 17 & 24, 2004 July 1 & 8, 2004 July 22 & 29, 2004 August 12 & 19, 2004 September 2 & 9, 2004 Time: Thursdays, 1:00PM to 5:00PM Place: 25 West 43rd Street, 18th Floor between 5th & 6th Avenue, Manhattan The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) of the … Read more

Chinese American Community and the 9/11 Tragedy

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The main source of information for this talk is the speaker’s recently published anthology on this subject. The anthology consists of records of oral interviews as well a large number of published reports and analysis. The focus of the talk will be on Chinese Americans’ involvement and contributions during and after the tragedy. Although in … Read more