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News:
February 23,
2008
- Asian Comedy Night
The Comedy Night brings together
some of the best Asian American comedic talent in the
country to raise money to help low-income and workforce
families buy their first homes. This year's event will
feature Don Diego, Joe Wong, Sandy Asai, and Ahmed Bharoocha.
Please click
here
for more information!
Learn more about our upcoming events!
September 5th-9th, 2007 -
Second Annual Films at the Gate!
For five nights
in September, a vacant lot near Boston's Chinatown Gate became a free,
outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and classic Chinese-language films under
the stars. Surely this great event will draw people to Chinatown for
years to come.
www.filmsatthegate.org
For information on how to
get involved, please visit the
sponsorship page
July 16, 2007-
Citi Foundation Awards $5,000 to support ACDC
Fellow
The Citi Foundation
proudly presented a check for $5,000 to ACDC to support Xin Zhang's
fellowship at ACDC this summer. Xin, a graduate student at MIT, is
one of 15 interns at ACDC this summer. He is using his knowledge of
real estate finance to evaluate the viability of building affordable
housing on sites in communities such as a Lynn and Malden...
click here for press
release
press image
May
27th, 2007- ACDC's 20th Anniversary! Free Historic Walking tours of
Chinatown
Come celebrate a major
milestone in ACDC's history by exploring the history and culture of the
community where we've been working for the past 20 years. Hear from
ACDC staff and our A-VOYCE youth as they lead you through the ups and
downs of the 130-year history of the Chinatown neighborhood. The
program begins with introductory films from A Chinatown Banquet, and
follows with a 1 1/2 hour walking tour of Chinatown. Also come and
hear a bit about what ACDC has planned for reaching beyond Chinatown to
serve the growing Asian American communities throughout Greater Boston!
May 19th, 2007-
First Annual Media Access Workshop
Get the right message into the right hands
On May 19th, 2007, ACDC in partnership with the Asian American Journalist
Association (AAJA) is holding a media access workshop for Asian activists
and organizations. Join us for one of 8 sessions on effective media
strategies so you can get news coverage for the issues you care about.
Develop television interviewing skills in a real life setting with
cameras, reports, and instant feedback. Workshops and panels will consist
of journalists and reporters from Television and Print Media.
May 12th, 2007 -
Third Annual Asian Comedy Night
Our Evening's Headliner:
Combining solid material with an upbeat charm, you may have seen Kevin Kataoka most recently on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, ImaginAsian TV's
Comedy Zen, or acting on Cheap Seats on ESPN Classic. Originally from the
San Francisco Bay Area, but now living in Los Angeles, Kevin has also
graced the stage at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in
Montreal, performed live on NBC's Late Friday and appeared in animated
form on Comedy Central's "Dr. Katz," which spawned a nationally syndicated
comic strip he helped write. While performing standup across North
America, Kevin has also managed to squeeze in time to write for Fox's "Mad
TV," "Blind Date" (yes, some of those "thought bubbles" are his), "The
Marc Maron Show" on Air America, and was head writer for two seasons on
AZN's "Asia Street Comedy." He currently writes for Fox Reality's "Reality
Remix," occasionally appearing as an on-screen guest.
Click here to see photos from the
event!
May 12, 2007-
ACTION! comes to Chinatown
ACDC invites 2007 ACTION!
Resident forum to Chinatown
Two years ago, ACDC together with dozens of affordable housing,
transportation and environmental groups from the region formed the ACTION!
coalition to advocate for affordable housing and transit justice. The
coalition has created principles and strategies that can guide development
for securing affordability for the long term and achieving equitable
transit oriented development in the Commonwealth. The coalition is working
with both legislators and community residents to influence the policy
change.
ACDC invited the coalition to host its 2007 Resident Forum in Boston's
Chinatown this May. We encourage leaders and residents of Asian
communities to come and join residents across the region to discuss the
issues affecting our communities:
· What strategies can we use to make housing truly affordable?
· How do we halt the patterns of gentrification that displace the very
people who fight to improve our communities?
· How can we ensure that new development is sustainable, fair, and
equitable?
April 14, 2007 -
Khmer New Year 2007
 Year
of the Pig
When: April 14, 2007
10 AM - 4 PM
Where: Lynn Buddhist Temple
110 Chestnut Street
Lynn, MA 01902
Come join ACDC and MAP for Health in celebrating Khmer New Year 2007, Year
of the Pig!! The party will be outdoors at the Buddhist Temple in Lynn,
MA. There will be live music, dancing, food, and traditional Khmer games.
Buddhist monks will be in attendance to give blessings for the New Year,
state representative Steve Walsh as well as other Lynn Cambodian community
leaders will be on hand to give speeches. Come out and learn about Khmer
culture and meet people from the Cambodian communities of Lynn and Revere.
To see the invitation click here. For more information on the event,
please contact: sophea.khem@asiancdc.org, 617.482.2380 ext. 207
May 7, 2007-
ACDC Co-sponsors Very First APA Heritage Month Celebration at State House
 Join
us and voice your community's concerns to law-makers
We invite you to join state legislators and leaders from all Asian
communities across the region to meet at the first APA Heritage Month
Celebration ever held at the Massachusetts State House.
Speaker of the House Sal DiMasi and Senator Diane Wilkerson will address
the event and Paul Watanabe of the UMASS Institute for Asian American
Studies will present findings from Far from the Commonwealth: A Report on
Low-Income Asian Americans in Massachusetts. Grace Lee, Deputy Treasurer
and
the highest-ranking Asian American in Massachusetts Government, will also
address the audience.
Event Details:
Monday, May 7th, 2007, 11 AM - 2 PM
Great Hall of the State House
A variety of gourmet Asian food will be served.
For RSVP, please contact Sophea Khem, 617.482.2380 ext. 207
Sophea.khem@asiancdc.org
This event is co-sponsored by ACDC, the UMASS Institute for Asian American
Studies, and the Asian American Commission.
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March 10 & 13, 2007 -
2nd round of MetroFuture working sessions, co-hosted by ACDC &
MAPC.
MAPC’s MetroFuture project is planning for
Metro Boston’s growth and development through 2030. It addresses many
issues that are critical to the health and quality of life for residents
across the region, from access to housing and jobs, to traffic, public
health and municipal finances. More than 3000 people have participated in
the project at meetings across the region.
The project will produce a plan to guide the region through 2030, and a
series of recommended actions for communities, the region and the state to
take. These will include legislation, model by-laws and other public
policy steps. Citizens from across Metro Boston will review a recommended
plan at a May 1, 2007 Boston College Citizens Seminar. Save the date!
MetroFuture’s final plan should represent diverse perspectives from across
the region. If you want to make a Greater Boston Region for generations
to come, make sure you participate! Learn more at
www.MetroFuture.org.
First Session
March 10, 2007 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM
Gordon College Lynn Office, 120 Munroe St,
Downtown Lynn, MA
For more info on the Lynn MetroFuture session
click here.
Second Session
March 13, 2007 5:30 to 7:30 PM
The Metropolitan Community Room, 38 Oak St,
Boston, MA
For more info on the Chinatown MetroFuture
session click here.
If you would like to attend one or both of
these sessions please RSVP to
sophea.khem@asiancdc.org.
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Seeking Former Hudson Street Residents!
Do you know
of any former residents of Hudson Street in Chinatown? We are
looking to reunite members of this dispersed 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 this lost community during a Hudson Street
Reunion. If you have any information regarding folks who lived
on Hudson Street prior to 1963, please contact
sophea.khem@asiancdc.org
.
This homebuyer education workshop
assists potential homebuyers in learning all aspects of the home
buying process. It covers topics such as Affordable Homeownership,
the mortgage application process, and budget and money management.
Guest speakers will include a Mortgage Originator, Real Estate
Broker, Credit Counselor, Home Inspector, Insurance agent and an
Attorney. Join us for this one-day workshop from 9am to 2pm.
Read it
here
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November 28th, 2006-
Save the Date!
ACDC Annual Meeting
Please join us this year as we reunite former residents of Hudson Street
who were displaced by urban renewal in the 1960’s and celebrate with us
as we restore a vibrant community on Parcel 24, where they once lived,
worked, and played.
We will also present ACDC’s
accomplishments for the year and recognize those people who make our
work possible!
Please bring
your photos, momentos, and stories of the Hudson Street neighborhood
to share with us!
November 28, 2006
5:30 - 8:30 PM
China Pearl Restaurant
9 Tyler Street, Chinatown
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Sunday October, 22 and 26,
2006-
CHOP offers
Cantonese-language First Time Homeownership
Workshop:
This homebuyer education workshop
assists potential homebuyers in learning all aspects of the home
buying process. It covers topics such as Affordable Homeownership,
the mortgage application process, and budget and money management.
Guest speakers will include a Mortgage Originator, Real Estate
Broker, Credit Counselor, Home Inspector, Insurance agent and an
Attorney. Join us for this one-day workshop from 9am to 3pm.
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September 13th-17th, 2006 -
Films at the Gate!
For five nights
in September 2006, a vacant lot near Boston's Chinatown Gate became a
free, outdoor theater, showing Kung-Fu and classic Chinese-language films
under the stars. Surely this great event will draw people to Chinatown
for years to come. Thank you to everyone who came out and made this event
a success!
Learn more about
the event by clicking on the following links:
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September 18, 2006-
Asian Community Cup Charity Golf Tournament
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August 14, 2006-
TD Banknorth supports Asian CDC in building sustainable affordable
housing in Downtown Boston
The Asian Community
Development Corporation proudly accepted a $15,000 Housing for
Everyone award from TD Banknorth on August 3, 2006. The grant will
support the Asian CDC’s work of developing affordable housing on Parcel
24, located at the head of the future Rose F. Kennedy greenway in
Chinatown.
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July 25, 2006, 2-5pm-
ACDC and the Metropolitan Area Planning
Council host conversation with Asian and Asian American Leaders about
Region's Future
The
Metropolitan Area Planning Council along with the Asian Community
Development Corporation and other Greater Boston organizations from the
Asian immigrant and Asian American community invite you to a special
forum on MetroFuture, a regional initiative to develop a plan to guide
the region's growth through 2030. Asian Americans are the
fastest-growing racial group in Boston and the state. Hosting a briefing
on the MetroFuture findings specifically for Asian Americans will help
our organizations and leaders gain perspective about the trends that
will have the greatest impact on our communities.
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June 5,
2006-
Open House!
Come celebrate ACDC's 19th Anniversary and
help us thank our dedicated volunteers for all their hard work!
Refreshments will be provided.
Join
us on June 5th, 2006
5PM
38
Oak Street, Chinatown
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April 27th, 2006-
Chinatown Heritage Trail Launches First Site!
Join
us On April 27 at 5:00pm, as we see 5 years of hard work finally come to
fruition. The video series A Chinatown Banquet will debut in
the front window of the United Commercial Bank, 68 Harrison Ave, Boston.
For the creation of these videos, over 70 members of the Chinatown
community were interviewed, addressing a wide range of topics, including
gentrification, youth culture, the refugee experience, and the widespread
Chinatown activity of bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition.
Team Lucky 8
took home 3rd place in this year's
Affordable Housing
Design Competition, winning $2,500 from the competition's sponsors,
the Federal Home Loan Bank. This is the second year in a row that ACDC
has sponsored a winning team at the competition.
The competition brings together students from diverse academic
backgrounds and pairs them with a development organization, which is
responsible for providing a proposed site and information on that
location, and a faculty advisor, who provides guidance and advice. Teams
are judged on their proposals for rehabilitating or constructing
affordable housing on their sites.
Team Lucky 8 is comprised of a
group of five MIT students and three Harvard students who have joined
forces to fulfill a vision for a mixed-use, mixed income housing project
in the historical 'New York Streets' area of Boston. The students come
from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise which include city
planning, economics, finance, community organizing, zoning, architecture
and urban design. The students are committed to recognizing and
improving upon the connections between development and quality of life.
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April 8th, 2006-
Chinatown Youth Radio Project to
launch Asian American youth radio show on WMFO 91.5 FM
The
Chinatown Youth Radio Project, a program of the Asian Community
Development Corporation and Chinatown Heritage Project, will premiere on
April 8, 2006 from 3-4 pm. on WMFO 91.5 FM Tufts/ Medford Community Radio.
The launch show, fully produced and engineered by local Asian American
youth, will showcase the diversity of Asian American youth experiences and
interests as the students bring their voices and concerns to the airwaves.
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March 30th, 2006-
ACDC and NBDP win bid for Parcel 24!
After
three years of community organizing and advocacy by the community, the
Hudson Street parcel will be restored as a vibrant, just, and sustainable
part of Chinatown...
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March 16th, 2006-
2nd Annual ACDC Comedy Night
ACDC
raised $15,000 to support our work in the community, and had a good time
doing it!
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click here to
for the event website
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click here to read the Boston Globe interview Joe Wong about the
event
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click here to read the Sampan's article about Joe
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click
here to download our flyer for the event
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 January, 2006-
New Board Member and former Director of Housing, Sam
Yoon, takes office as Boston's first Asian American elected
official.
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December
1, 2005- Help support our Mission!
Contribute to our Annual
Appeal!
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December
1, 2005- Office Space to rent-
click
here
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December
1, 2005- Internships Available for Spring 2006-
click here
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December
1, 2005-
ACDC releases FY 2005 Annual Report
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August 5, 2005-
ACDC featured in the Sampan.
click here
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August 4, 2005-
ACDC hosts Asian American Housing Trends Forum
click here
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July 13th, 2005-
We've moved our offices!
click here
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July 1st, 2005- ACDC's Board congratulates Jeremy Liu on his
appointment as ACDC's new Executive Director!
click here
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June 13, 2005-
Rising costs, waning funding brings tough choices for affordable housing
agencies- click here
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May 27th, 2005-
ACDC Celebrates its 18th birthday!
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April 30th, 2005-
YLN hosts Youth Safety Summit.
click here
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April 29th, 2005- ACDC and graduate student team
win award for
Parcel A design!
click here
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April 26th, 2005-
ACDC wins a 3-year grant from
Massachusetts Housing Partnership.
click here for MHP's Press Release.
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March 15th, 2005-
ACDC submits
bid for Parcel 24. click here
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Learn
all about Chinatown's effort to win the return of Parcel 24
to the community!
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January 18, 2003-
ACDC's
15th Anniversary Celebration Raised over $50,000!
click here
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August 15, 2002- Groundbreaking on Parcel C.
click here
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ACDC celebrates the closing of a $15,000 loan between Cindy's Planet and
the Urban Initiative Fund.
click here
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November
22, 2000-
ACDC Launches Innovative Peer-Support Group For Small Asian
Firms In The Building Trades
click here
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