Category: Announcements
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Boston Globe: Chinatown, Immigrant Haven, Fights for Its Future
On April 1, the Boston Globe published a front-page feature detailing the history of Boston Chinatown’s fight to remain a home for working class immigrant families. The article details the struggle of 103 Hudson Street tenants to stay in their homes whom the Chinese Progressive Association have been organizing and supporting.
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Apply for the Chinese Youth Initiative (CYI) 2015 Summer Internship!
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! Find your inner leader, get to know Chinatown, and learn about community organizing!
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Chinatown/South End Collaborative Opens New Pathway to Whole Foods Jobs
Chinatown/South End organizations and Whole Foods released hiring results as the new Whole Foods store in the South End opened at the Ink Block development. The Chinatown/South End Collaborative launched an effort last year to increase local and minority hiring at new retail stores in the neighborhood. In total, 108 new hires were made with…
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Apply for Project AAIYA!
Project AAIYA: Asian American Initiative for Youth Action! is Chinese Youth Initiative’s 10-week volunteer program that engages high school aged youth in becoming active leaders in Chinatown. Applications are now available for 2015 cycle! Application deadline is December 29th. Apply here: http://bit.ly/1s4F10x
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Support R Visions!
The Wong/Yee Gallery of the Chinese Progressive Association is excited to announce a new project, entitled R Visions for Chinatown. R Visions for Chinatown will be a one-week series of temporary art interventions in Boston’s Chinatown sited on or highlighting public parcels or vacant properties with potential for community development. Help us meet our goal…
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Up with the Wages, Down with the Rents!
“Stop evictions and rent inflation—hear the call of the renter nation!” On June 10, Chants echoed down the street as Right to the City and the Boston Tenant Coalition held a rally and press conference today, announcing the release of The Rise of the Renter Nation, a national report on affordable housing. The press conference…
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Thank You for Making Our 10th Annual Bike-A-Thon a Success!
We had over 100 riders and exceeded our fundraising goal. Thank you everyone who supported this year’s Bike-a-thon!
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Community Rallies for Millennium Partners to Provide Affordable Housing and Good Jobs for All
On Monday March 31st, over 250 people gathered in Downtown Boston to protest Millennium Partners. As the developer of the $500 million luxury housing tower at Filene’s Basement downtown, members and allies of the Boston Jobs Coalition called on Millennium to ensure community access to good construction and permanent jobs, and to pay $5.9 million…
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Tenant & Community Groups Highlight Displacement Crisis
Over 100 residents attended Speak-Out about the housing crisis and delivered a petition to the Mayor urging him to expand the Inclusionary Development Program (IDP) and target resources to neighborhood stabilization.
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CHINATOWN ACTIVISTS RALLY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOR LUXURY DEVELOPER TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE
On February 8, about 70 activists marched through Chinatown to assert the right of Chinatown residents to remain, reclaim, and rebuild their community