As we approach the end of our Summer 201 Community Language Class, we wanted to congratulate our Spring 201 graduates!
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As we approach the end of our Summer 201 Community Language Class, we wanted to congratulate our Spring 201 graduates!
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Due to high demand for our anti-blackness workshops, we are now offering an anti-blackness CLASS! If you want to learn how to tackle your own anti-black racism, join this 5 week program during October 1st - 29th. The deadline for this application is September 18th, 11:59pm. Apply at: tinyurl.com/antiblacknessclass.
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After a month of canvassing and phone-banking, we have 80+ responses from Chinatown community members on issues they care about and initiatives they would like to see in their community. About 420 to go before we reach our goal! We are still looking for survey volunteers, so if you are interested in helping us canvass or phonebank, be sure to contact us at info@peoplematter.one
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We celebrated our core volunteers in this mid-year Volunteer Celebration with awards, letters, and gift bags. We are lucky and grateful for dedicated volunteers, some of whom give 15 hours a week to hold surveys, teach Cantonese and English, attend leadership workshops, facilitate discussions, and more. Volunteers, we love you!
After six fun and challenging weeks, we finished our pilot Community Language Program (CLP)! Many students loved the program not just because of the language skills, but also the warm and welcoming community. We can’t wait to make our next CLP even more impactful.
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After a month of canvassing and phone-banking, we have 80+ responses from Chinatown community members on issues they care about and initiatives they would like to see in their community. About 420 to go before we reach our goal! We are still looking for survey volunteers, so if you are interested in helping us phonebank, be sure to contact us at info@peoplematter.one
Our Community Language Program is in full swing. We are week 4 into this dual immersion social justice language program that aims to bridge the language barrier between residents of color and their Chinese immigrant neighbors, as well as second generation Chinese Americans and their family members. We have a team of 7 teachers and language leaders, and 32 students. The class has been going great! Cantonese and English students help to teach each other how to shop, write to elected officials, and talk to family in their native tongues-- building community in a time where many need it.
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We also co-hosted a workshop on Tackling Anti-blackness in the Latinx community with Pilsen Alliance (PA). Consuela and our Education Team Lead Alejandra facilitated a mini-workshop for the PA community leaders, and their responses were open to the public.
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In late June, we held the first ever march in Chinatown for Black Lives that we know of. This idea was brought to us by local college students. We burned incense, passed out flowers, and chanted in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. Shopkeepers came out of their stores to give us the thumbs up. Black and Chinese residents joined us in our marching. We hope this showed black residents that they are loved, and changed Chinese residents’ perceptions of protests.
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