garment – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

Koreatown Redevelopment and the LA Garment Industry

November 24, 2025May 12, 2017 By Angie Y. Chung

Prof. Angie Y. Chung’s presentation will examine how ethnic succession and competition with Persian Jewish garment industry owners symbolized by the construction of California Mart and San Pedro Mart has set the political and economic backdrop for facilitating rapid financial transaction flows that have spurred Koreatown’s growth. Within a decade after rioters in 1992 destroyed … Read more

We Are One: 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, 30 Years Later

December 23, 2025June 28, 2012 By AAARI

This event reflects on the 30th anniversary of the 1982 Chinatown Garment Strike, highlighting how immigrant women workers united for labor justice and became lasting leaders in their workplaces and communities.

Chinese Garment Workers after 9/11

January 4, 2017April 4, 2003 By Margaret M. Chin

The presentation is based on the author’s manuscript, Sewing Woman, and her project: The effects of the 9/11 tragedy on the Chinese garment workers and the Chinatown neighborhood. Online Notes