March 1, 2024

Winter 2024 Newsletter: We’re Fighting for Us

As we start this election year, we’re reminded of the immense challenges ahead for our Chinese diasporic communities. Already, politicians and mainstream media have taken this opportunity to spread anti-Asian hatred, online and beyond. This kind of fear-mongering hits home.…
January 2, 2024

Block by Block Screenings in 2023, More to Come

CAA’s newest documentary, Block by Block: The Struggle to Bring Community College to Chinatown, has been screened 15 times in 2023, in the Bay Area and beyond. From college campuses to immigrant rights organizations, we’ve been bringing the story of…
December 15, 2023

Chinese Migrants at the Southern Border

This year, more than 24,000 Chinese migrants have made a treacherous 60-mile trek through the Darien Gap risking death and disease to eventually cross from Mexico into the U.S. While Chinese migrants have always entered through this border, these numbers…
December 6, 2023

Janine Zhu: From Chinatown SRO to board member.

I was 8 years old when I arrived with my family in the U.S. I was new to the country and new to the English language. We first lived in single room occupancy in Chinatown – all six of us…