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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