Description: When Friends Come from Afar : The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago’s Chinese American Service League, Hardcover by Blumberg-Kason, Susan, ISBN 0252046072, ISBN-13 9780252046070, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.
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Book Title: When Friends Come from Afar : The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Year: 2024
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Social Work, Women, Ngos (Non-Governmental Organizations), Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Genre: Political Science, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 23.5 Oz
Author: Susan Blumberg-Kason
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
