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When friends come from afar : the remarkable story of Bernie Wong and Chicago's Chinese American Service League / Susan Blumberg-Kason.
eBook Diversity & Ethnic Studies Collection Available online
eBook Diversity & Ethnic Studies Collection- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blumberg-Kason, Susan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wong, Bernie, 1943-2021.
- Wong, Bernie.
- Chinese American Service League--History.
- Chinese American Service League.
- Chinese Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Chinese Americans.
- Chinese Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions.
- Social workers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.
- Social workers.
- China--Emigration and immigration.
- China.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Chicago (Ill.)--Biography.
- Chicago (Ill.).
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-252-04730-3
- OCLC:
- 1423504593
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