When Friends Come from Afar

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

AvSusan Blumberg-Kason

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-10
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252088186

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Biografier inom Biografier
Socialt arbete och välfärd inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China and Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword The Ten Founders of the Chinese American Service League Author’s Note Prologue: Chinatown Diplomacy Part I: The Early Years in the 1970s Hong Kong Connections Eleanor So and Her Seniors Charitable Organizations and Connections The Dentist’s Office A Tale of Two Chinatowns Part II: The Busy 1980s In the Spirit of the Settlement Movement Linda Yu to the Rescue A Solution to a Very American Problem Have You Eaten? The Next Generation of Social Workers The Zhou Brothers Plant Roots in Chinatown Part III: The Expansive 1990s The Youth Center on Canal Street Expanding Senior Services Senior Housing Becomes a Reality CASL Needs a New Home Part IV: A New Home in the 2000s Program Consolidation and Expansion Multigenerational Services in One Space CASL’s Impact and Recognition Part V: New Challenges in the 2020s Pandemic Response 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