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September 2021
The Chinatown Files Documentary—a History Repeated Part II
Join CHSA for a panel presentation and discussion on the Cold War repression on the Mun Ching (Chinese American Democratic Youth League). This panel talk will be about the McCarthy-Cold War repression during the 1950s and 1960s on the Mun Ching, a San Francisco Chinatown based organization also known as the Chinese American Democratic Youth League. Jean and William Dere grew up in San Francisco Chinatown. Their parents were active in the Mun Ching which supported the newly established People’s…
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Pacific Crossings
Join CHSA as Capt. Robert Wells shines a light on the hardship of the trans-Pacific journey from Qing China to the United States. This CHSA presentation, told by Capt. Robert Wells, will recall the abilities of Chinese crewmembers aboard the U.S.-flagged Pacific Mail Steamships that helped ensure the safe transit of thousands of Guangdong and Toishan emigrants to San Francisco (1867-1875) on over 100 trans-Pacific passages. Among those voyages included the historic Qing Dynasty Burlingame-Sun Tajen arrival of the first…
Find out more »Joy on Joice Street Fair
The first-ever Joy on Joice Street Fair hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum (CHSA) and Cut Fruit Collective looks to uplift Bay Area Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) creativity, community, and joy. With the many challenges facing San Francisco Chinatown and AAPI communities across the Bay, we look to all of our collective creative energies and participation to bring us together. Join us as we hold space for reconnecting and building solidarity across generations and communities. …
Find out more »The Tsinoy (Chinese-Filipino) Experience
Join CHSA and Bahay Tsinoy (the Museum of Chinese in Philippine Life) for a conversation on the history of the Chinese in the Philippines. Tsinoy is the contemporary Tagalog term to refer to Filipinos of Chinese ancestry, though for centuries, Chinese peoples have migrated to the Philippines and established one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. In 2013, there were reportedly 1.35 million tsinoy in the Philippines. This Filipino American History Month, we explore the history of the…
Find out more »Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels
Join CHSA and the authors of Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels! About this event Join CHSA and the authors of Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels to learn about the true stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of imperial rule to the Cultural Revolution. A high position bestowed by China’s empress dowager grants power and wealth to the Sun family. For…
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