Read When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League

When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League

Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League. To get started finding When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League. To get started finding When Friends Come From Afar: The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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