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Greetings!
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Seeking Former Hudson Street Residents
Do you know of any former residents of Hudson
Street?
"Restoring a Neighborhood: Rebuilding a Community"
is the theme of our Annual Meeting this year. We
are looking to reunite members of this dispersed
Hudson Street community who were displaced from
their homes by urban renewal in the 1960's. As we
look forward to rebuilding physical buildings on
Parcel 24, we also seek to reconnect these
community members to the ongoing work of
rebuilding their former neighborhood.
If you have any information regarding folks who
lived on Hudson Street prior to 1963, please
contact
sophea.khe m@asiancdc.org
Click here for a list of former Hudson
Streeters we have identified, or for more info on
how you can help us reunite this dispersed
community.
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Asian CDC Annual Meeting
"Restoring a Neighborhood, Rebuilding Community"
Hudson Street, Chinatown, and Beyond
Please join us this year as we celebrate the hard
work of our volunteers, staff, and board and
welcome new leadership. This year we will reunite
former residents of Hudson Street who were
displaced by urban renewal in the 1960’s and
celebrate as we restore a vibrant community on
Parcel 24, where they once lived, worked, and
played.
Come bring your memories and share your stories as
our A-VOYCE youth record oral histories and scan
old Chinatown photos for the ACDC archive.
A buffet dinner will be served.
Asian CDC Annual Meeting
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
5:30 – 8:30 PM
China Pearl Restaurant
9 Tyler Street, Chinatown
This event is free and open to ACDC members,
supporters, and especially former Hudson Street
Residents.
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Chinatown Business Pushed Out
Boston Costume Shuts Its Doors Due to Escalating
Rents
Long time Boston institution, Boston Costume, will
shut its doors soon due to escalating costs of
rent. The store has been operating at its Kneeland
Street location for 20 years, and has seen its
rents escalate by 400% in that time. Those looking
to support the owners during the store's last
days, while getting next years’ Halloween,
Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Election Day, Turkey
Day costumes... or just stock up on rubber
chickens, are invited to turn out for the store’s
clearance sale, on now until November 4th. Doors
are scheduled to close on Dec. 31, 2006.
See what the press are saying:
visit the store's website
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Community Events
2006 Massachusetts Conference for Women
Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 am- 4:30 pm
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Great opportunity for women to experience
educational and inspirational seminars from
experts at the top of their fields.
For more information and to register, visit
www.maconferenceforwomen.org
Asian American Film Festival
Saturday, November 11, 7 pm
Golden Leaf- Golden Leaf, 20 Hudson Street,
Boston, MA
Three films will explore Asian American youth
culture, from DJ battles and all-night parties to
community empowerment and the search for a place
to find home.
Check out their website at
Boston Asian American Film Weekends
22nd Annual Build Boston Conference
Wednesday, November 15 to Thursday, November 16,
Seaport World Trade Center
Over 350 exhibits and over 225 workshops and other
professional development opportunities are offered
for urban planning and sustainable affordable
housing. On Wednesday, November 15, Landscape
Architecture Symposium and on Thusday,
November 16, Community Design Symposium.
For more information visit their website at
Build Boston
English/Chinese Storytime with Michelle
November 18th, 10 am
Thomas Crane Library, Quincy Ctr.
Free drop-in storytime for ages 2-5 accompanied by
adult (Cantonese & Mandarin interpretation
available.)
For more information, call 617-376-1301
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A Chinatown Banquet is an
interdisciplinary community-based public art,
education and leadership development project of
the Asian CDC. This series of 45 short videos
examines the forces that have shaped and continue
to influence Boston Chinatown. These pieces are
composed of interviews, research, historical
photographs, and contemporary video footage. This
documentary provides an unprecedented glimpse into
Chinatown. Directed by artist Mike Blockstein in
collaboration with local high school students and
shaped by community involvement and guidance.
To celebrate the screening of A Chinatown Banquet
at the Peabody Essex Museum, we are offering 2
free passes to two lucky winners. Email
A strong voter turn out is essential for every
community looking to be heard by local, state, and
national lawmakers. That’s why it is crucial for
immigrant citizens and Asian-Americans to make a
strong showing at the polls on November 7th for
this year’s state elections.