Description: When Friends Come From Afar by Susan Blumberg-Kason 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 citys isolated Chinese immigrants. Susan Blumberg-Kason draws on extensive interviews to profile the community and social justice organization. Weaving Wongs intimate account of her own life story through the CASLs 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 womans life to illuminate a bedrock Chicago institution. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Susan Blumberg-Kason is the author of Bernardines Shanghai Salon: The Story of the Doyenne of Old China and Good Chinese Wife: A Love Affair with China Gone Wrong. Table of Contents Foreword The Ten Founders of the Chinese American Service League Authors 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 Dentists 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 CASLs 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 Details ISBN0252088182 Author Susan Blumberg-Kason Pages 200 Publisher University of Illinois Press Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780252088186 Format Paperback Imprint University of Illinois Press Subtitle The Remarkable Story of Bernie Wong and Chicagos Chinese American Service League Place of Publication Baltimore Country of Publication United States Illustrations 36 black & white photographs; 1 map Audience General AU Release Date 2024-09-09 ISBN-10 0252088182 Alternative 9780252046070 Publication Date 2024-09-10 US Release Date 2024-09-10 UK Release Date 2024-09-10 DEWEY 305.89510730 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161659857;
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