Susan Blumberg-Kason

When Friends Come From Afar

The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League

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Produktbeschreibung

Born in Hong Kong, Bernie Wong moved to the United States in the early 1960s to attend college. A decade later, she cofounded the Chinese American Service League (CASL) to help meet the needs of the city's isolated Chinese immigrants. Susan Blumberg-Kason draws on extensive interviews to profile the community and social justice organization. Weaving Wong's intimate account of her own life story through the CASL's larger history, Blumberg-Kason follows the group from its origins to its emergence as a robust social network that connects Chinatown residents to everything from daycare to immigration services to culinary education. Blumberg-Kason also traces CASL activism on issues like fair housing and violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. At once intimate and broad in scope, When Friends Come from Afar uses one woman's life to illuminate a bedrock Chicago institution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Illinois Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780252046070
• ISBN-10: 0252046072
• Artikelnr.: 70680229

Autorenporträt

Susan Blumberg-Kason

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
The Ten Founders of the Chinese American Service League
Author’s Note
Prologue: Chinatown Diplomacy
Part I: The Early Years in the 1970s
1. Hong Kong Connections
2. Eleanor So and Her Seniors
3. Charitable Organizations and Connections
4. The Dentist’s Office
5. A Tale of Two Chinatowns
 
Part II: The Busy 1980s
1. In the Spirit of the Settlement Movement
2. Linda Yu to the Rescue
3. A Solution to a Very American Problem
4. Have You Eaten?
5. The Next Generation of Social Workers
6. The Zhou Brothers Plant Roots in Chinatown
 
Part III: The Expansive 1990s
1. The Youth Center on Canal Street
2. Expanding Senior Services
3. Senior Housing Becomes a Reality
4. CASL Needs a New Home
 
Part IV: A New Home in the 2000s
1. Program Consolidation and Expansion
2. Multigenerational Services in One Space
3. CASL’s Impact and Recognition
 
Part V: New Challenges in the 2020s
1. Pandemic Response
2. The End of an Era
Epilogue    Looking Forward
Acknowledgments
Appendix I    Chinese American Service League Board of Directors, 1978–2022
Appendix II    List of Interviews and Written Statements
Notes
Bibliography
Index