Announcements – Page 3 – Chinese Progressive Association

Apply for 2018 CYI Summer Internship!

February 23, 2018

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Are you a high school-aged youth who wants to build your leadership and get involved in the Boston Chinatown community? Apply for the Chinese Youth Initiative (CYI) paid summer internship! Spend 7 weeks finding your inner leader and connecting with communities and youth across Boston while getting to know Chinatown and learning about community organizing.

CHINATOWN S.O.S.! Short-Term Rental Regulation Tour

October 6, 2017

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CHINATOWN S.O.S.! Residential Chinatown is at risk of fading away and being unaffordable for working families! Our Short-Term Rental Regulation Tour through Chinatown explored existing short-term rentals and culminated at the State House where we heard from elected officials in support of regulation.

Chinatown Right to Remain Efforts in the News

August 17, 2017

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REMAIN, RECLAIM, REBUILD our Community! CPA’s work is featured by the Boston Globe and the Baystate Banner. Community activism helps out the neighborhood to protect the rights of the residents.

Chinatown Block Party Reaches Over 500 Residents

August 16, 2017

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Community event to build relationships for residents to learn about tenant rights, public land in the neighborhood, climate change, and the election

Summer Newsletter 通訊

August 9, 2017

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Recap of our 40th Gala, our Annual Bikeathon Fundraiser, New Staff Announcements, Upcoming Events, and Other Thinkpieces

Criminalization of People of Color

July 18, 2016

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For people of color and working families, public safety is a major concern, particularly in tough economic times. But proposals to increase immigration enforcement or to indiscriminately lock up third-time offenders for 25 years do more to target and victimize people of color and immigrants than to truly improve public safety. Those who benefit most…

Joint Statement on Peter Liang Sentencing

April 22, 2016

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We are outraged that Peter Liang has escaped accountability for killing Akai Gurley. For more than a year, Akai Gurley’s family has been courageously speaking out to demand justice for their loved one. Judge Chun’s sentencing decision today is an insult to Akai Gurley, his family, and all victims of police violence. Any amount of…

CPA Statement On Peter Liang, Akai Gurley and the Struggle for Racial Justice

February 18, 2016

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Recently, a number of Chinese leaders and Chinese newspapers have called for our community to rally behind Officer Peter Liang, who was convicted of second-degree manslaughter, i.e. the accidental killing of an 18 year-old unarmed Black man named Akai Gurley. Liang was also found guilty of misconduct for failing to provide medical help or call…

Apply for Project AAIYA!

December 7, 2015

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Project AAIYA! (Asian American Initiative for Youth Action!) is a 10-week youth leadership program that builds leadership and organizing skills, and youth involvement in the Chinatown community! Applications due 12/31/2015. Apply today!