Passage to Seattle: Past, Present, Future

Friday, April 19-Sunday, April 21, 2013

Sponsors: Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project, OCA-Greater Seattle, University of Washington—American Ethnic Studies, Chong Wa Benevolent Association-Seattle, Chinese American Citizens Alliance-Seattle, Chinese in Northwest America Research Council, Seattle Chinatown/International District PDA Senior Services, The Wing Luke Museum

Panama Hotel * Chong Wa * Bush-Asia Center

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Welcome CAHS Schedule CAHS Speakers CAHS Film Screenings CAHS Lodging CAHS Tours CAHS Meals Entertainment Transportation OCA Heritage Project Sponsors Registration Form

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Thank you for your interest in the Chinese American Heritage Societies Conference, “Passage to Seattle – Past, Present and Future,” April 19-21, 2013. The conference is a celebration of Seattle’s Chinatown/International District. We are pleased to highlight our accomplished speakers, who will present on a range of topics. From commemorating the expulsion of Chinese in Seattle, to seeking redress for past wrong, to reclaiming the vibrant growth of the community outside of the Chinatown/International District borders, to preserving the rich history of our community through jewelry, tours, graphic novels, poetry, museology, documentaries and film, we invite all of you to enjoy this “Passage to Seattle.” The chosen tours all reflect how much we locals value and enjoy the historical significance of these particular venues. So rather than provide a limited tour of the Chinatown/International District, we invite you to stay with “us” – as regular people living and partnering with this multi-faceted, dynamic area. We encourage you to stay at the Historic Panama Hotel, lovingly preserved to honor the early Japanese Americans. Be sure to bring some tea or coffee from its much-celebrated tea house to the venerable halls of the Chong Wa Benevolent Association, where we will hold our Saturday panels, and to the remodeled Bush-Asia Center where we will hold our Sunday film screenings. Also from the “Past,” in honor of Qing Ming (April 10), we encourage you to “walk with the ghosts” at the Pike Place Market and in Underground Seattle, and visit Lakeview Cemetery, the final resting place of Goon Dip, Princess Angeline (Chief Sealth’s daughter), the Denny Party, and Bruce and Brandon Lee, among many other prominent Seattleites. Afterwards, in tribute to local Chinese American pioneers, you will have the opportunity to learn more about Chinese burials in the Pacific Northwest. For the “Present,” partake in in a tour of the Danny Woo International Garden where elderly Asian Americans continue harvesting crops. Take a brief rest, then prepare for delicious meals, provocative workshops and further exploration of the Seattle Chinatown/International District. For the “Future,” we invite you to screenings of several films. We begin with the award-winning documentary, “Lost Years,” focusing on redress for Chinese Australians, Canadians, and New Zealanders (followed by a short discussion of the local 1882 Chinese Remembrance Project). Next, renowned documentary filmmaker Valerie Soe’s latest film, “Chinese Gardens,” examines the Chinese community that was lost in Port Townsend, Washington, due to anti-Chinese violence in the late 1800s. The film draws connections between past and present race relations in the U.S., in an effort to provide a better future for all Americans. Finally, we are delighted to invite people to the screening of Eric Byler’s Americanese, a yet un-released adaptation of Seattleite Shawn Wong’s novel, American Knees. Ultimately, we hope these events leave conference attendees inspired by the vibrant energy and heritage of the Seattle Chinatown/International District. Please enjoy the conference.

Sincerely,

Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project Committee: Connie So, Chair Jael Yamamoto, Coordinator Doug Chin, President, OCA-Greater Seattle Chi Saeteurn, Treasurer Alyssa Au, Registrant Steven Chen, Information & Technologhy Ron Chew, Member Maxwell Hamzah, Student Intern Jasmin Eng, Information & Technology Lauren Wong, Student Intern Kevin Chao, Student Intern Aaron Chan, Student Intern

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10 am –

5:00 pm

Conference Registration and Packet Pick Up

Hotel Check-In

Panama

Hotel

10:30 am

– 1:00 pm

Tour 1: “Qing Ming Ancestor Tomb Sweeping Day”:

Chinese Pioneers/Bruce Lee and Brandon Lee (Bus provided)

Volunteer

Park

1:15 –

1:45 pm

Tour 2: Columbia Tower Observatory Columbia

Tower

2:00 –

3:00 pm

Workshop A*: Qing Ming Tribute to Chinese American Pioneers of Seattle

“Pioneer Profiles,” University of Washington Student Interns

“Bruce Lee Memorial Garden,” Jamil Suleman

Panama

Hotel

3:15–

4:20 pm

Workshop B: Chinese Burial Practices in the Pacific Northwest

“A Reading,” Alan Chong Lau

Chui Mei Ho & Ben Bronson, “Gravesites in the Northwest”

Fred Yee & Dale Hom, “Gravesites in Walla Walla, Washington”

Panama

Hotel

4:30 –

5:30 pm

Keynote Speaker: Martin Gold, pro bono attorney for 1882 Project,

Forbidden Citizens

Panama

Hotel

5:45 –

6:45 pm

Reception/Book Signings Panama

Hotel

7:00 –

8:30 pm

Tour 3: Pike Place Market Ghost Tour Pike Place

Market

CHINESE AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETIES CONFERENCE: Passage to Seattle – Past, Present, Future Seattle * April 19-21

FRIDAY, APRIL 19 – The Past

*All workshops free and open to public; priority seating for CAHS registrants 4

9:00 – 9:30

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Tour 4: Danny Woo Garden) Danny Woo

Garden

10 am –

11:30 am

Tour 5: Underground Seattle

Pioneer

Square

11:30 –

12:30 pm

Buffet Lunch

South Shore School (PreK-8) Lion & Dragon Dance Team

Sun Ya

Restaurant

12:30 –

1:30 pm

Tour 6: Tour of Chong Wa Benevolent Association

Presentation by Tuck Eng

Chong Wa

1:45-3:00

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Workshop C*: Overseas Chinese in the Americas

Judy Lam Maxwell (Canada- History)

David Wong, Escape to Gold Mountain (Graphic Novel)

Connie So (General Overseas Chinese)

Chong Wa

3:15 – 4:30

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Workshop D: Chinese American Family & Community History

John Jung (Georgia- Community Historian)

Ron Ho (Bellevue – Jeweler)

Ron Chew (Seattle - Museology)

Chong Wa

4:45 – 6:30

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Workshop E: “The Yellow Artist”

Frank Chin (Novelist/Playwright)

Wing Tek Lum (Poet)

Chong Wa

7:00 – 8:30

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Dinner

11 course meal

American Legion Cathay Post #186 Color Guard

Ocean City

SATURDAY, APRIL 20 – The Present

*All workshops free and open to public; priority seating for CAHS registrants

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7:30 –

8:30 am

Breakfast Bush-Asia

Center

8:00 –

9:30 am

Movie – Lost Years (2012 award-winning 90 min. Documentary on Head Tax

Reparations Movement in Canada, New Zealand & Australia)

Bush-Asia

Center

9:35 –

10:10 am

1882 Chinese Expulsion Remembrance Project – Seattle

Feat. Bettie Luke, Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman,

Chinese American Citizens Alliance

Bush-Asia

Center

10:15 –

11:00 am

Movie – Chinese Gardens (17 min.)

(2012 Documentary on Port Townsend resistance; Valerie Soe will be in

attendance)

Bush-Asia

Center

11:30 am –

1:00 pm

Movie – Americanese (unreleased 2006 film festival award-winning movie

based on local author Shawn Wong’s novel, American Knees; Shawn Wong will

be in attendance)

Bush-Asia

Center

1:00 –

1:30 pm

Reception/Book Signings Bush-Asia

Center

2:00 –

3:30 pm

Tour 6: Wing Luke Museum of Asian Pacific American Experience

(visit on your own)

The Wing

2:00 –

3:30 pm

Tour 7: Museum of History and Industry

(ride Light Rail to South Lake Union Trolley)

South Lake

Union

4:00 – 5:00

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Open Mic

Panama

Hotel

7:00 – 8:00

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A Colorful Musical Benaroya

Hotel

SUNDAY, APRIL 21 – The Future

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Speakers Ron Chew Frank Chin

Chinese American Citizens Alliance (Bettie Luke & Ming Tung-Edelman)

Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee (Chuimei Ho & Ben Bronson)

Chong Wa Benevolent Association (Tuck Eng) Community Peace Garden honoring Bruce Lee &

Duwamish Indians (Jamil Suleman) Martin Gold

Ron Ho John Jung

Judy Lam Maxwell Alan Chong Lau

Wing Tek Lum Connie So Valerie So

Walla Walla Gravesite Project (Fred Yee & Dale Hom)

David H.T. Wong Shawn Wong

Ron Chew was born in Seattle and attended the University of Washington. At the university he applied for the position of editor for the student paper, but faculty gave the position to a white student who hadn't applied, prompting Chew to formally charge the Daily with discrimination. Shortly after, Chew left the UW to work at the International Examiner in Seattle's International District. Ultimately the lawsuit vindicated Chew but he did not return to UW to finish his studies (he was, however, given an honorary degree in 2002).

In the late 1980s Chew took on the Chinese Oral History Project, gathering numerous interviews with elderly Chinese Americans. The project became a traveling exhibit and led to his being recruited in 1991 as the new director for the struggling Wing Luke Asian Museum (WLAM). Since then, WLAM has earned national recognition and expanded to a new, larger site. In 2007, Chew left the museum and began Chew Communications, a community history and resource development consulting firm in Seattle. From 2008 to 2010 he was scholar in residence in the museology department at the University of Washington. Presently he also serves as Executive Director of the International Community Health Services Foundation in Seattle, to maintain access to affordable health care in the community. Chew's latest publication is Remembering Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: The Legacy of Filipino American Labor Activism in 2012.

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Ron Chew

Pioneering 4th-generation Chinese American writer, Frank Chin was born in Berkeley, California, but raised to the age of six by a retired Vaudeville couple in Placerville, California. At six his mother brought him back to the San Francisco Bay Area to live in Oakland Chinatown.

Chin received an education from the University of California in Berkeley, the State University of Iowa, and the University of California in Santa Barbara.

He received an American Book Award in 1989 for a collection of short stories, and another in 2000 for Lifetime Achievement. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Chin is widely recognized as the most influential Asian American dramatist and writer (novels, short stories, essays) in the country. He founded the Asian American Theatre Workshop, which became the Asian American Theater Company in 1973. He first gained notoriety as a

playwright in the 1970s.

His play The Chickencoop Chinaman was the first by an Asian American to be produced on a major New York stage. Stereotypes of Asian Americans, and traditional Chinese folklore are common

themes in much of his work. Frank Chin has accused other Asian American writers, particularly Maxine Hong Kingston, of furthering such stereotypes and misrepresenting the traditional stories. Chin, during his professional career, has been highly critical of American writer, Amy Tan, for her telling of Chinese American stories, indicating that her body of work has furthered and reinforced stereotypical views of this group.

In addition to his work as an author and playwright, Frank Chin has also worked extensively with Japanese American resisters of the draft in WWII. His latest book, Born in the U.S.A., is dedicated to this subject.

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Frank Chin

The 1882 Project, a nonpartisan and grassroots effort focused on educating lawmakers and the public on the Chinese Exclusion Laws and the impact that such legislation had on our history.

60 years of Chinese Exclusion Laws: The Legacy and the Lessons

Local members of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance (CACA) will be making a presentation entitled “60 years of Chinese Exclusion Laws: Their Legacy and Lessons.” The representatives of the alliance include Bettie Luke (sister of Wing Luke – among the first Asian American elected to a major city in the United States) and Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman.

The presentation will cover the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Laws, including the Seattle experiences of the 1886 Expulsion and 2011 Chinese Expulsion Remembrance Project.

The CACA, founded in 1912, is one of the oldest civil rights organizations and has 17 chapters throughout the country. The group focuses on youth leadership, community service, and the protection of civil rights.

Bettie Luke unveiling the Chinese Remembrance Memorial, site of Hells Canyon, Idaho Massacre of 34 Chinese miners, on May 22, 2012. (Photo by Deston Nokes)

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Chinese American Citizens Alliance – Seattle Featuring Bettie Luke, Ming-Ming Tung-Edelman

Chuimei Ho was born in Hong Kong. She received her BA from the University of Hong Kong in 1977 and her Ph.D. in art history and archaeology from the University of London in 1984. Her current main interest is the history of Chinese in America. She helped found the Chinese American Museum of Chicago in 2001 and served as its first president until 2006. She has been a consultant to museums in America and England, a visiting curator at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Denver Museum of Natural History, and an Adjunct Curator at the Field Museum in Chicago. Since 2006 she has lived in the Puget Sound area and worked in Seattle. Among her publications are Chinese in Chicago 1870-1945 (Arcadia, 2005) and Chinatown in Chicago: A visitor’s Guide to its History and Architecture (Chinese-America Museum in Chicago, 2011), as a co-author and co-editor. She is a founder and co-editor of the website for the Chinese in Northwest American Research Committee, www.cinarc.org.

Bennet Bronson specializes in Chinese American history and in the development of human cultures in East and Southeast Asia. He has done research on the history of Chinese in the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. He was involved for many years in archaeological and ethnographic work in Asia, combined with research on the Asian collections of museums in the U.S. Born in Connecticut, Ben graduated from Harvard University in 1960, and received a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. From 1971 to 2008, he was Curator of Asian Archaeology and Ethnology at Chicago’s Field Museum. From 1988 to 2007, he was also Adjunct Professor in the Anthropology Department of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Since 2000, he has published four articles and three books on China-related topics. He has been co-editor and webmaster of two important websites focused on Chinese American history, www.ccamuseum.org, from 2004-2008, and www.cinarc.org, from 2008 to the present.

Ben Bronson and Chuimei Ho (first two on the left of bottom row) joining a celebration at the Chinese-American Museum

of Chicago, January 23, 2013

CINARC is an informal grouping of researchers interested in the history of Chinese in the Pacific Northwest – Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Alaska – between the first known arrival of Chinese in 1788 and the beginning of WWII in 1941. Based in the Seattle area and focused on an extensive data-oriented website, www.cinarc.org, it includes contributors/ regular commentators from Victoria, Vancouver, Williams Lake, Seattle, Moscow, Lewiston, Portland, and San Francisco.

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CINARC 金山西北角 -华裔研究中心

Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee

The Chong Wa Benevolent Association in Seattle, Washington, was established about 1915 to provide a unified voice for Chinese Americans in Washington state and to mediate disputes between family associations and tongs. It continues to serve the

community by promoting Chinese culture and general welfare within the community. Its programs, held in the building created in 1929, include a Chinese language school, citizenship classes and Chinese cultural activities.

Tuck Eng, 79, grew up in Chinatown and led the effort to build the gate shown behind him.

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Chong Wa Benevolent Association

Featuring Tuck Eng

Since 2008, several students at the University of Washington have sought to create a garden in honor of Bruce Lee and the Duwamish Tribe. The movement is led by Jamil Suleiman, a 2007 graduate of the American Ethnic Studies and Comparative History of Ideas at UW.

Suleman excelled as a student. He won several honors including a Mary Gates Endowment in 2006. A year after he graduated from UW, he was asked to teach a course for the department of Comparative History of Ideas. It was at this class that he and his students discussed the need to commemorate minority contributions on the campus. Initially, the class wanted a statue of Lee, but altered the idea to a 2.5-acre community garden celebrating the teachings of Bruce Lee and the Duwamish Indians.

As Suleman explained, beyond his martial arts skills, Bruce Lee was philosophical.

In his writings, Bruce Lee taught the need for unity and acceptance: “under sky, under leaves, but one family.” Suleman reached out to the Duwamish Indians (whose presence in Seattle has been largely marginalized in the U.S.) because of the shared similarities in philosophy and because he wanted to highlight the tribe. Suleman gained support from landscape artists and others who volunteered their time to design and plan the garden. For 5 years, the University of Washington resisted the effort, stating that while Bruce Lee attended the UW for 3 years, he did not graduate. However, this year, with the support of the Duwamish Indians, as well as the Bruce Lee Foundation, and Bruce Lee’s family, the University of Washington agreed to the idea of a Community Peace Garden on campus. However, they will not finance it. For the effort to continue, Suleiman and his supporters must raise $100,00 this year. Suleman is undeterred in his effort to gain “unity and acceptance” for Bruce Lee, the Duwamish Indians, and the contributions of other people of color.

Proposed site of Community Peace Garden at the University of Washington.

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Community Peace Garden Featuring Jamil Suleman

Martin Gold is a senior counsel in Covington & Burling's Washington office. He served as pro bono counsel for the 1882 Project, a coalition of Asian American groups that includes OCA (formerly Organization of Chinese Americans), the Chinese American Citizens Alliance, the Committee of 100, the Japanese American Citizens League, the National Council of Chinese Americans and other national civil rights organizations. The 1882 Project succeeded in gaining Congressional recognition and expression of regret for the history of discriminatory legislation. Gold will be speaking about his newly released book, Forbidden Citizens: Chinese Exclusion and the U.S. Congress: A Legislative History (TheCapitol.Net, 2012). Forbidden Citizens chronicles the history of Congressional debates and legislation on Chinese exclusion between the 1870s and the final repeal in 1943.

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Martin Gold

Ron Ho was born in 1936 in Honolulu. He began painting and, at the age of 19, moved to Washington to study art at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma. He credits his breakthrough in jewelry to a long association and friendship with the late Ramona Solberg, artist and University of Washington professor. For 32 years, Ron Ho was a popular teacher in the Bellevue (WA) public schools.

Ho’s grandparents came to Hawai`i from China in the late 1800s. His jewelry reflects his Chinese background and represents his family history. In 1995, there was a retrospective in Hawai`i of Ho’s work at the Honolulu Academy of Arts and he has exhibited around the U.S. and in Europe.

In December 2006, the Bellevue Art Museum held a retrospective exhibition, “Dim sum at the On-On Tea Room: The Jewelry of Ron Ho.” It showed approximately 50 jewelry pieces, a dazzling array of necklaces and pendants of inspired design and objects from Ho’s extensive travels around the world.

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Ron Ho

John Jung was born in Macon, Georgia, where his immigrant parents from China (the only Chinese in the city) owned a laundry. After moving to California, he majored in psychology at U. C. Berkeley and went on to earn a Ph.D. at Northwestern University. Author of several academic textbooks, including a second edition in 2010 of Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Behavior, he was a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach, for 40 years.

Upon retiring, he created a new career in writing 4 books on the history of Chinese immigrants and their family-run businesses . His first book was a memoir Southern Fried Rice: Life in A Chinese Laundry in the Deep South, in 2005. It led to Chinese Laundries: Tickets to Survival on Gold Mountain (2007) which examined the vital role that this ethnic business had for Chinese immigrants for over a century all over the U. S. and Canada. A third book in 2008, Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers described the history of Chinese grocery store owners in small communities during the era when Jim Crow laws prevailed. Sweet and Sour: Life in Chinese Family Restaurants, published in 2010 is a study of another typical Chinese business, the restaurant. It examined origins, operation, and impact of Chinese restaurants.

The four books share the common goal of exploring how Chinese immigrants, starting from the late 1800s until beyond the middle of the past century, managed to overcome the hostile societal prejudices against Chinese and other "Orientals" to succeed in opening family businesses such as laundries, grocery stores, and restaurants that enabled their children to gain education that allowed them to move from these humble origins to careers in many fields.

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John Jung

Judy Lam Maxwell is a Vancouver-born Canadian of Chinese and European heritage, specializing in Chinese Transnational Migration and Chinatowns. Judy has completed a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of British Columbia, a Provincial Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College, and a History Project Certificate from the Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness, UBC Faculty of Education.

She is a former Director and Chief Researcher of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum (2002-2011) and has taught a History/Asian Studies course on the Chinese Overseas at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She is also an educator of Vancouver’s Chinatown and a member of the Vancouver Chinatown Revitalization Committee, the Chinatown Society Heritage Buildings Association, the National Historic Site Committee and other organizations.

Lam’s presentation will focus on the Chinese in Canada, encompassing Head Tax and Exclusion, Chinatowns and their revitalization, livelihoods, acculturation and integration, and redress.

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Judy Lam-Maxwell

American poet and artist, Alan Chong Lau was born in 1948 in Oroville, California. He grew up in Paradise, California. He studied at the Nanga School in Kyoto and was mentor by Nirakushi Toriumi. In Japan, he married Kazuko Nakane, an artist and art historian, from Kyoto. Lau graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Art (1976).

He currently lives in Seattle, Washington and works at the Uwajimaya Market. His art is represented at the Francine Seders Gallery. For the past 30 years, he served as Arts Editor for the International Examiner. Lau received a number of awards for his poetic work, including the

1981 American Book Award, Creative Artist Fellowship for Japan from the Japan-US Friendship Commission, National Endowment for the Arts among others. His latest work is co-authored with his sister, Linda Lau Anusasananan, and Martin Yan, The Hakka Cookbook: Chinese Soul Food From Around the World (2012), which won the best cookbook in Chinese cuisine in Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in Paris (February 22, 2013).

“Self-Portrait,” Alan Chong Lau

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Alan Chong Lau

Legendary poet Wing Tek Lum graduated from Brown University in 1969, where he majored in engineering. At Brown University, Wing Tek Lum won the prestigious Poetry Center Award (later the Discovery/Boston Review Poetry Prize). In 1973, he earned a master’s degree in divinity from the Union Theological Seminary.

He worked as a social worker, and met the writer Frank Chin. In 1973, he moved to Hong Kong to learn Cantonese. His work appeared in New York Quarterly. Under the guidance of Makoto Ooka, he participated with Joseph Stanton and others in the collaborative renshi poem “What the Kite Thinks.” Lum’s Expounding the Doubtful Points was awarded the Outstanding Book Award of 1987 by the Association for Asian American Studies and the 1988 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.

Wing Tek Lum's latest work is The Nanjing Massacre: Poems, a work that has been 13 years in the making—a harrowing and heartbreaking 70-poem series on the Nanjing Massacre of 1937.

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Wing Tek Lum

Connie So is an immigrant from Kowloon, Hong Kong. In February 1969, her family of 8 rejoined her maternal parents in the United States. She grew up in Seattle’s Beacon Hill (Asian American) neighborhood, graduated from the University of Washington with B.A.s in English and Communications (1987). She received her Master’s in Public Administration from Princeton University (1989) and her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies (emphasis Political Science) at U.C. Berkeley (2000).

Since 1992, she has taught at the University of Washington’s American Ethnic Studies Department. In 2002, she became a Senior Lecturer and the Supervisor of the Department’s Community Practicum and Internship.

She is currently the Vice President of OCA (formerly the Organization of Chinese Americans) – Greater Seattle and Vice President of the Seattle Chapter of the Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project.

So’s ancestors inspire her interest in American Ethnic Studies. Her maternal ancestors have a lengthy history in the United States. In the middle-19th century, her great-great-great grandfather arrived to America in search of gold and started a farm in Santa Cruz, CA (now the site of the county jail). Her great-great grandfather was among the first Chinese hired as a translator at Angel Island, California. Her great-grandfather was a Seattle labor contractor and founder of the Yee Goon Woo Family Association in Seattle. Her grandfather served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard and as a member of the military police and was the general manager of the “New Chinatown” Nightclub.

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Connie So

Valerie Soe is a writer and experimental videomaker living and working in San Francisco whose productions include Mixed Blood, Picturing Oriental Girls: A (Re) Educational Videotape, (Best Bay Area Short, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco International Film Festival) and ALL ORIENTALS LOOK THE SAME, (Best Foreign Video, Festival Internazionale Cinema Giovani; First Place, Experimental Category, Visions of U.S. Festival). Other awards include a James D. Phelan Art Award in Video, a 1994 Cultural Equity Grant from the San Francisco Art Commission, a 1994 Art Matters Fellowship, and a 1992 Rockefeller Foundation Intercultural Film/Video Fellowship. Her video, Beyond Asiaphilia, is an experimental video that looks at miscegenation, lust and Asian masculinity from a personal perspective, as filtered through the lens of Hong Kong movies. Soe also writes art criticism and has been published in Afterimage, High Performance, Cinematograph and The Independent, among others. She chairs the Film/Video program at the California State Summer School for the Arts, and is on faculty at San Francisco State University's Asian American Studies Department. Her latest work, Chinese Gardens, examines the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, Washington, through the use of vivid images, interviews, and sound.

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Valerie Soe

David H.T. Wong was born and raised in Vancouver. He is an accomplished architect and a respected Asian Canadian activist whose family first came to North America from China 130 years ago. He is a founding Director for Ricepaper Magazine, the Chinese Canadian Historical Society, Asian Canadian Writers Workshop, and ExplorAsian: Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. Trained as a Botanist/ Biologist, he continues his love for nature with his on-going efforts to save frogs. He enjoys and prefers to work with architectural clients who share his passion for the environment. David was named by the Vancouver Sun newspaper as one of British Columbia's "100 most influential Chinese-Canadians". In 2012, he received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee medal in recognition of his championing of causes for environmental preservation, cultural harmony and community building. His first book, Escape to Gold Mountain is a graphic novel that documents the history of the Chinese in North America through the history of the Wong family from 1835 to the present day. In the process, it presents a history of the struggles, injustices, prejudices and cruelty toward the Chinese in America and Canada.

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David H.T. Wong

Shawn Hsu Wong was born in Oakland, California. Wong received his undergraduate degree in English at the University of California at Berkeley (1971) and a Master's degree in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University (1974). He is an author and Professor of English and former Director of the University Honors Program (2003–06), Chair of the Department of English (1997–2002), and Director of the Creative Writing Program (1995–97) at the University of Washington, where he has been on the faculty since 1984. Wong's first novel, Homebase, published by Reed and Cannon (1979), won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and the 15th Annual Governor's Writers Day Award of Washington. His second novel, American Knees, first published by

Simon & Schuster in 1996, was adapted into an independent feature film entitled Americanese (2010), written and directed by Eric Byler and produced by Lisa Onodera. The book was re-issued in 2005 by the University of Washington Press.

Wong is also co-editor of six multicultural literary anthologies including the pioneering anthology Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers (reprinted in four different editions), Literary Mosaic: Asian American and Asian Diasporas, Cultures, Identities, Representations, and The Big Aiiieeeee!. He is co-editor of Before Columbus Foundation Fiction/Poetry Anthology: Selections from the American Book Awards, 1980-1990 – two volumes of contemporary American multicultural poetry and fiction. Wong also serves as consulting and contributing editor for Transtext(e)s-Transcultures: A Journal of Global Cultural Studies.

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Shawn Wong

Fred Yee was born and raised in Hong Kong. He lived in Seattle since 1969. He received his BA, BS, and an MBA, from the University of Washington. He earned an MS, from Western Washington University in Geography & Regional Planning.

Yee retired from US government in 2011 after 29 years, and last served as Office of Minority Health Regional Consultant for Region X (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska), US Department of Health & Human Services. He also served with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration.

Yee was the Executive Director, Kin On Nursing Home (1988-1991), then Director of the Seattle Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens (1991 -1994). Other agencies Yee is active on include being elected Western Vice Grand President for the U.S. Yee Fung Toy Association (8/12); Current Honorary Community Advisor of Seattle Chong Wa Benevolent Association; former Vice-Chair and board member, OCA, Seattle Chapter; Former board member and early volunteer, Chinese Information Services Center; Former Advisory Council on Aging, Aging & Disability Services, City of Seattle. In 2012, in recognition of his work in the community, Yee received the Bamboo Award from the International Community Health Services Foundation.

Dale Hom retired from US Forest Service after serving 37 years in land and resource management on national forests in WA, OR, ID and Alaska, including responsibility for managing historical and archaeological resources on federal lands. Over the years, Hom has worked with The Wing Luke Asian Museum to interpret the historical contributions of Asian Pacific Americans of the West that included conferences, field tours, and archaeological excavations of significant Chinese pioneers sites on public lands.

Hom received the OCA Greater Seattle Golden Circle Award in 2011.

Dale Hom conducting the Chinese Heritage Tour of the American West, July 26, 2010.

Fred Yee at the International Community Health Services Award Banquent, May 19, 2012.

In 2012, the Walla Walla Chinese Cemetery Project was created as a joint project between the Wing Luke Museum, Whitman College and the City of Walla Walla, Washington.

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Walla Walla Gravesites

Below: Scene from Lost Years.

Below: Scene from Americanese

Below: Marker for the Chinese Gardens, Port Townsend, WA

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Screenings

LOST YEARS is an epic documentary touching upon 150 years of the Chinese diaspora in Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia, covering four generations of racism as revealed through the journey and family story of Kenda Gee. Kenda, a Chinese Canadian, travels with his father to China to retrace the steps of his great-grandfather, exactly a century ago, and grandfather, who sailed to Canada in the summer of 1921. For thousands of Chinese immigrants that year, it was a journey of hope that turned into a nightmare when they were confronted with racism and the head tax, depriving them of their rights as citizens. LOST YEARS is Winner, Best Documentary Award (History & Culture) & Prize, 9th Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Dec 5, 2011. It was nominated for 6, and won 2, Rosies, 38th AMPIA Awards, May 12, 2012; the Golden Sheaf Award, 65th Yorkton Film Festival, May 24-27, 2012; and, Best Documentary Cinematography, 55th Canadian Society of Cinematographers Gala Awards, Toronto.

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Lost Years

Racism, resistance, and the hidden history of Chinese Americans The Chinese Gardens looks at the lost Chinese community in Port Townsend, Washington, examining anti-Chinese violence—lynchings, beatings, and murders—in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s and drawing connections between past and present race relations in the U.S.

A film by Valerie Soe Menu

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The Chinese Gardens

Written and directed by Eric Byler, adapted from the novel, American Knees, by Shawn Wong. It was produced by Lisa Onodera, who optioned the book when it was first published in 1995. The film had its world premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) in 2006, where it won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and a Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Ensemble Cast. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3½ stars, calling it "...uncommonly absorbing." Actor, Chris Tashima, won 2nd runner-up at the Seattle Film Festival Golden Space Needle Audience Award for Best Actor. In October 2006, IFC Films acquired the film for distribution, under their IFC First Take distribution arm, which releases the film on a "day-and-date" platform, which included a limited theatrical release accompanied simultaneously with a video on demand (VOD) broadcast premiere on Comcast cable.

Raymond Ding, a middle-aged Chinese American college professor, and Aurora Crane, his younger Hapa (half-Asian) girlfriend, have just split, but continue to drift in and out of each other's lives. Unable to fully let go, Raymond visits the apartment they once shared, during the day while Aurora is away. Aurora is haunted by flashbacks of moments from their relationship. Encouraged by their best friends to move on, Raymond and Aurora each begin new relationships. Aurora dates Steve, a Caucasian man closer to her age (and also her best friend's ex). Raymond dates Betty, a Vietnamese American colleague, whom he soon discovers is haunted by her own past. Race and identity issues begin to surface as Raymond and Aurora try to start new lives, but remain drawn to their past.

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Americanese

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Lodging

The Historic Panama Hotel Bed & Breakfast 650 1/2 South Main Seattle, Washington 98104

Phone: (206) 223-9242 Fax: (206) 624-4957 E-mail: reservations@panamahotelseattle.com

The Historic Panama Hotel was built in 1910 by Sabro Ozasa, a Japanese Architect and graduate of the University of Washington. It has served as a home for generations of Japanese immigrants, Alaskan fisherman and International travelers, until closing its doors in 1940. The building houses the only remaining Japanese Bathhouse (Sento) left intact in the United States. Jan Johnson purchased the hotel and reopened it in 1986. She has restored and preserved the hotel, from the furnishings to the hand-sewn linen.

The Panama Hotel is centrally located in Seattle's Historic Chinatown/International District, very close to downtown and the stadiums. Charmingly preserved, the brick outer facade opens up into a steep stairway flanked by bright brass handrails and illuminated by recessed lighting reflecting off of smooth tile. The rooms are small with personal sinks and white linens. There are separate men’s and women’s bathrooms for each floor that are shared among approximately five rooms. Residents of the hotel are serviced with daily maid service and a central lounge. There is parking nearby, although not covered in the hotel’s rate. Currently the hotel serves as a Historic place to stay while visiting Seattle and offers a porthole view into Seattle’s past and present.

Deluxe Rooms (special prices for CAHS conference attendees); rooms comes with wifi/free breakfast Double............$85.00

Two Double Beds.............$100.00 (double occupancy)

$10 extra person

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Tours & Exhibits

Chong Wa A Colorful Musical

Columbia Tower Observatory Lakeview Cemetery/

Seattle Asian Art Museum/ Volunteer Park

Museum of History and Industry Pike Place Market Ghost Tours

Underground Seattle The Wing Luke Museum of Asian

Pacific American Experience Danny Woo International Garden

The Chong Wa Benevolent Association was established around 1915 to provide a unified voice for Chinese Americans in Washington state and to mediate disputes between family associations and tongs. The principals for the association are based on the ideals of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen.. The three principles being: 1. The People's Relation/Connection 2. The People's Power 3. The People's Welfare/Livelihood

Today, Chong Wa strives to stimulate, collaborate and represent community interests to local governments and foster improvements in Seattle’s Chinatown. The association is housed at a historic building constructed in 1929 and located in the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown. The building serves as a meeting place as well as the home of the Seattle Chinese Community Girl's Drill Team, the dragon team and a Chinese language school. The Chinese language school offers citizenship classes, language classes as well as Chinese cultural activities.

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Chong Wa Benevolent Association 522 7th Ave S, Seattle WA 98104

Featuring Chinese American Composer Austin Huang Musicians from U.S., Canada, South Korea and China

Sunday, April 21, 2013 Benaroya Hall

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Musical and Cultural Exhibits 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Concert Ticket Price: $20 (students)

CAHS registration – 15% off adult admission of $38, $48, $58, $78, $88 and $100

This concert presents the works of a local Chinese American composer, an immigrant from China. He began studying music theory and composition after immigrating to the United States. His compositions blend American music with his Chinese heritage. The concert tells a unique story about an immigrant perusing his musical dream in the United States in a way that otherwise could not be achieved anywhere else. The concert features some original Chinese folk music in symphonic form for the first time. It presents a spectacular evening program with concerti for erhu; jinghu and jingerhu; violin; and cello to the audiences. You will also have a chance to watch Chinese instruments such as erhu, pipa, and guzheng mingling with western orchestra.

Organizer: Seattle - Bellingham Chinese Culture Festival (Pacific Northwest Cultural Exchange Council) Co-Organizers: CHIME (Chinese Microsoft Employees) Confucius Institute of Washington State Washington Hong Kong Association Sponsors: City of Seattle Supporters: Kaohsiung-Seattle Sister City Association Seattle Rongrong Choir Seattle Korean Music Association and Choir

A Colorful Musical Journey The New Star Symphony Orchestra

Columbia Center (formerly Bank of America Tower and Columbia Seafirst Center) is the tallest skyscraper in downtown Seattle. It is also the tallest building in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, the fourth tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi River, the second tallest building on the West Coast (after Los Angeles' U.S. Bank Tower), and the twentieth tallest building in the United States. Built in 1982, the Columbia Center has an observation deck that offers a dramatic view of Seattle from the 73rd floor. Despite not having a 360 degree view (because its observation deck doesn't completely wrap around the building), it is considered by locals as having the “Best View in Seattle.” Female attendees: The women's restroom on the 76th floor, with views of the Cascades, was named the second best restroom in the U.S. in 2005 by Cintas.

It is only a brisk 12-15 minute walk from the Panama Hotel. Be sure to bring cameras; expect to spend 15-20 minutes enjoying the view of the city.

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

FREE (for CAHS attendees/ show registration card – regular price $6-$9)

701 5th Avenue #4000, Seattle, WA 98104

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Columbia Center Sky View Observatory

The Market has been called the "Soul" of Seattle, now meet the "Souls" of Seattle. All tours meet at our espresso bar & shop at 1499 Post Alley, just below the Pig.

Among Seattle’s most popular tour is the Market Ghost Tour, an exterior 75 minute tour. It has earned national awards & is rooted in history. We also have a great one hour walking tour that connects you to how the Market is run and introduces you to some of the families that have helped create it. 'Ghost' is defined in many ways including 'returning or haunting memory or image.' Every culture in the world shares ghost stories reflecting the identity & culture of a place.

In the Pike Place Market stands the city's first mortuary, part of an old graveyard, and a former brothel (now housing) that still has a red glow cast on its side. Join an expert guide on these award winning historical tours for an entertaining look at Seattle's unique history.

CAHS attendees: Special Tour – Friday,

April 19, 7:00 pm (75 min.) – register

soon, space is limited.

$14.50/adult (regular price $16.50)

$12.50/srs/military (reg. $14.50)

$9.50/children (reg. 11.50)

FREE/6 and under Can’t make the Friday tour? Use your CAHS registration card for discount on other shows. For more information, visit http://seattleghost.com/

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Pike Place Market Ghost Tours

The Seattle Asian Art Museum (SAAM) is a museum of Asian art housed in a historic art deco building located on the grounds of Volunteer Park on Seattle’s Capitol Hill.

The museum's permanent collection includes a world-renowned collection of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian and Southeast Asian art. In the Fuller Garden Court the museum maintains a series of visiting art exhibits from various cultures across Asia.

Lake View Cemetery is a cemetery located on Seattle, Washington, Capitol Hill just north of Volunteer Park. It is named for its view of Lake Washington to the east. It was founded in 1873 as the Seattle Masonic Cemetery.

Many people visit the cemetery to pay respect to the master and his son, Bruce and Brandon Lee. Look for the big white heart that is a grave marker for a Chinese woman on a mound. Bruce and Brandon Lee are discreetly behind that site.

Aside from Bruce Lee's grave, many of the pioneers of Seattle are buried at this cemetery, including the Denny family, Goon Dip, Princess Angeline (Chief Sealth’s/Seattle’s daughter), Thomas Mercer, and there is also a monolith dedicated to Japanese-American soldiers from World War II.

Volunteer Park includes a conservatory (a designated city landmark, completed in 1912; a water tower with an observation deck, built by the Water Department in 1906, a fenced-off reservoir; the dramatic Art deco building of the Seattle Asian Art Museum (a designated city landmark; a statue of William H. Seward; and a sculpture, Black Sun, by Isamu Noguchi (colloquially referred to as "The Doughnut") around which a scenic view of the Seattle skyline that prominently includes the Space Needle can be seen, as well as several meadows and picnic tables.

CAHS TOUR of Volunteer Park/Seattle Asian Art Museum/Lakeview Cemetery: Friday, April 19; 10:30 am-1:30 pm; $12 (preregistration required)

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Volunteer Park & Lakeview Cemetery

Mission MOHAI is dedicated to enriching lives through preserving, sharing, and teaching the diverse history of Seattle, the Puget Sound region, and the nation. MOHAI believes that the preservation and exploration of our past is essential to making effective decisions for our future. Since our beginnings in 1911 we’ve worked to collect and make public important artifacts, documents, and photographs from the Puget Sound region’s past. As our name implies, we also focus on business and industry in order to illuminate the changing economic life of our communities. When visiting, be sure to check out the Chinese American exhibit where an original “iron chink” is on display along with other artifacts from Chinatown of the period. For more information, check: http://www.mohai.org

CAHS group price for Sunday, April 21, 1 pm – 5 pm (preregistration required): Adult: $11 (regular price $12-$14) Youth: Free

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Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)

The Underground Seattle Tour is a leisurely, guided walking tour beneath Seattle’s sidewalks and streets. As you roam the subterranean passages that once were the main roadways and first-floor storefronts of old downtown Seattle, our guides regale you with the stories our pioneers didn’t want you to hear. It’s history with a twist!

The tour begins inside Doc Maynard’s Public House, a restored 1890s saloon. Following a short intro, we’ll walk through historic Pioneer Square to three different sections of Underground—about three blocks in all.

The tour ends in Rogues Gallery, the Underground Tour gift shop.

Here you will find a mix of historic displays and an array of contemporary gifts showcasing Seattle’s quirky character.

You can get a memento of your Underground Tour experience at Rogues Gallery; a copy of Sons of the Profits, the book by Bill Speidel upon which the tour is based, or a Seattle souvenir or two.

After hearing the history of the invention of the flush toilet in England on the tour, you can check out our beautiful, original Crapper toilet imported from England.

608 First Ave, in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, btw Cherry Street & Yesler Way [206] 682 4646 http://www.undergroundtour.com/

Ticket Prices – CAHS Group Pricing (4/20-4/21) $9 (regular price $13-16.00 Adults) $8.00 Children (7-12 yrs) Kids 6 and under are admitted free, but may find the 75-minute tour challenging.

4/20 – 10 am-11:30 am

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Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour

Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

Located in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown-International District and named in honor of Wing Luke, who was the first APIA in Washington State to be elected to public office, "The Wing" presents and preserves a uniquely American story.

Visit the galleries that chronicle over 150 years of the APIA story and honor the struggles and triumphs of our pioneer generations. Step back in time on your guided Historic Hotel tour of the preserved Yick Fung Company store, the Chinese-American family association room, and the hotel rooms where early Chinese, Japanese and Filipino laborers found home.

Delegate Discount from Wednesday, April 17th through Sunday, April 21st As our nation’s only museum devoted to the Asian Pacific American experience, it’s one of the few places that can truly give you a new perspective on what it means to be American. The Wing is a Smithsonian Affiliate, a partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.

Visit us: 719 South King Street, Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 623-5124 fax: (206) 623-4559

In 2010 The Wing was voted #1 Best Museum Of Western Washington.

Special Admission for CAHS) Your conference delegate discount is good for $2 off the regular admission ticket and includes the 45 minute Historic Hotel guided tour and an all-day pass to the galleries.

Marketplace Promo: Show your conference badge to Marketplace staff for a list of selected books published by The Wing that will be half price for the duration of the conference!

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Wing Luke Museum

The Danny Woo International District Community Garden is a special urban park in the heart of downtown Seattle. Located adjacent to the City of Seattle’s Kobe Terrace Park (across from the historic Panama Hotel), the Danny Woo Community Garden makes up part of 1.5 acres of the largest green space in Seattle’s Chinatown/International District (C/ID). The steeply terraced garden is comprised of nearly 100 plots, tended by about 70 elderly Asian gardeners. The garden is an important place where low-income gardeners can socialize, get exercise and raise vegetables that reflect their cultural foods of choice: bok choy, bittermelon, daikon, and watercress among others. Residents come to plant summer vegetables and flowers, visitors and tourists come to connect to an urban green space. Named after a member of the Woo family that has leased the property to InterIm CDA since 1975, the garden is uniquely tied to the history of the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean and other Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants who helped make Seattle the city it is today.

InterIm CDA manages this urban space (across the Panama Hotel and adjacent to the Kobe Terrace), coordinating hundreds of

volunteers every year to maintain and improve the Danny Woo Garden for everyone to enjoy. This year’s annual spring clean-up is

April 20.

620 South Main Street, across street from Panama Hotel

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Danny Woo Garden/Chinatown International District Tour

Saturday, April 20, 9 am – 9:30 am

Panama Hotel Reception/Book Signings (Friday, April 19)

Sun Ya Restaurant Buffet Lunch (Saturday, April 20)

Ocean City Restaurant Dinner (Saturday, April 20)

Bush Legacy Community Hall Breakfast/Reception (Sunday, April

21)

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Meals

605 7th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104 Across from Chong Wa, close to Light Rail, at the heart of Chinatown

Lunch Buffet at Sun Ya Restaurant

(Free/conference attendees & affiliates; $20 non-attendees)

Entertainment from South Shore School (Seattle Public PreK-8) Lion and Dragon

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Sun Ya Restaurant

Congee

Superior Soy Chow Mein

Beef Chow Fun

Steamed Humbao

Cantonese Fried Chicken

Stir-fry Vegetables

Potstickers

BBQ Pork

Eggrolls

More

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Sun Ya Lunch Buffet Menu April 20, Noon – 1pm

Traditional 11 course Chinese dinner – free for conference attendees &

affiliates (non-conference attendees $35)

Parking in the back and side of the restaurant available

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Ocean City 609 South Weller Street

Seattle, WA 98104 April 21, 7pm – 8:30 pm

Chicken Corn Soup

Eggrolls

Honey Walnut Prawns

Salt and Pepper Pork Cutlets

Deep Fried Chicken

Mongolian Beef

Stir-fry Sole Filet and Green Pepper

Garlic Fried String Beans

Vegetarian Chow Mein

Vegetarian Fried Rice

Mango Pudding

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Ocean City 11 Course Meal

SCIDpda is committed to increasing the quality of life in the Chinatown International District.

Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development

Authority (SCIDpda) is a neighborhood-based community developer. It was started by the community in 1975 “to preserve, promote and develop the

Seattle Chinatown International District as a vibrant community and unique ethnic neighborhood.” SCIDpda has a 30+-year success record of increasing neighborhood sustainability through innovative programs and projects that

balance development and preservation.

For the CAHS conference, SCIDpda Senior Services will host the screening of Lost Years, The Chinese Gardens, and Americanese, Sunday, April 21, 9 am – 1

pm, at the Bush-Center Legacy Community Hall.

Hing Hay Park with Bush Hotel in the background.

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Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation Development Authority

Bush-Asia Center (Bush Hotel)/Legacy House 409 Maynard Ave South * Seattle, WA 98104

Beef Congee

Chinese Donuts

Steamed Sponge Cake Mala Style (Ma Lai Gou)

Chinese White Honeycomb Cake (Bak Tong Gou)

Rice Crackers

More...

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Bush-Asia Center Breakfast

South Shore Lion & Dragon Dance Team

American Legion Cathay Post No. 186 (Seattle, Wash.) Color Guard

Flow Francisco & The South Shore Break Dancing Team (2nd & 3rd

Graders)

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Entertainment

The South Shore Lion and Dragon Dance Team began in 2006 as a joint after-school program between South Shore School (formerly The New School at South Shore) and Franklin High School.

Since then, The South Shore Lion and Dragon Dance Team have performed at various venues including Franklin High School, Cleveland High School, Westin Hotel, The Sheraton Hotel, Rainier Valley Cultural Center, Rainier Beach Community Center, Rainier Valley Boys and Girls Club, and the Wing Luke Museum.

The South Shore Lion and Dragon Dance Team is comprised of Seattle public school students from Kindergarten to 8th grade. Accompanied by their musical ensemble, the team primarily performs at school assemblies, Lunar New Year celebrations, grand openings, parades and other festivities.

South Shore School Lion & Dragon Dance Team

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Seattle's Cathay Post No. 186 bears the distinction of being one of the few chapters in the American Legion founded by Chinese Americans. There are 100 -plus veterans in the group, with the average age in the mid-80s. They have served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

"We want to make sure the Chinese community does not forget that there were Chinese Americans that went to war for our country," said Bill Chin, an 83-year-old World War II army veteran, in an interview with the Seattle Times in 2009.

Since being founded in 1945 by World War II prisoner of war David Woo (known as "Gobby"), the post has remained active in the community — giving out scholarships, donating to various centers like the Wing Luke Asian Museum, as well as participating in events like the Chinatown Seafair Parade.

"We try to leave a good legacy," said Dick Kay, an 80-year-old Korean War army veteran, in 2009.

Originally an all Chinese-American veterans, the post has since diversified. Also, its lineup has included many local celebrities, including Wing Chong Luke, the first Chinese American to serve public office in Seattle.

The current Commander of Cathay Post , Terry Nicholas, lives in the neighborhood and remains committed to the Chinatown community

Chinese American WWII veterans sing the Star Spangled Banner and Pledge Allegiance. Color Guard, made up of veterans from Cathay Post American Legion Post # 186 in Seattle Washington, September 28, 2010.

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Cathay Post 186, American Legion

Flow Francisco aka “Flow Funk” of the Massive Monkees is the instructor of the South Shore School Break Dance Team (2nd-3rd graders). The Massive Monkees is a 28 member b-boy crew from Seattle, Washington that won the 2004 World B-Boy Championships in London and appeared on season four of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew.

In 2012 they won the international b-boy competition R-16 Korea and thus became the first American crew to win in the history of the competition. Founded in the mid-90's in Beacon Hill, Seattle, the Massive Monkees was created through the merger of the Massive Crew and the Universal Style Monkees. Massive Monkees' style is viewed as that of fundamental B-boys/B-girls. Additionally, Massive Monkees performs at high schools to diffuse the notion that hip-hop and gangs go hand-in-hand

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Flow Francisco & The South Shore Break Dance Team

Directions: Chinatown-International District is within walking distance from Downtown Seattle, Pike Place Market, and Pioneer Square. Most CAHS events are within walking distance of the Panama Hotel.

• From Airport by Light Rail: Board at airport; depart at King Street Station for Chinatown/ID.

• From Downtown Seattle by Bus Board any downtown bus, south through the bus tunnel and get off at the International District Station. You can also take bus route 1, 7, 14 and 36 along Third Avenue and get off at Jackson St. and Maynard Ave. Visit the King County Metro website for more info: http://transit.metrokc.gov

• By Car: – Coming from North of I-5: Take exist 165A toward James

Street. Once you get off the highway merge right onto 6th Ave and follow the road. You will enter the heart of the district after passing Jackson Street.

– Coming from South of I-5: Take exist 164A toward James St/Madison St/Dearborn St. Follow signs for Dearborn St and then turn left at South Dearborn St. Turn right at 6th Ave S. and you will enter the heart of the district.

Light rail from airport to Chinatown/ID: • $2.75 one way Light rail from Chinatown/ID to downtown: • $2.00 one way

Bus fare for 19-64 year olds from downtown Seattle to Chinatown/ID: • $2.25-$3 one way

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Transportation

Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project

OCA – Greater Seattle

American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington

Chong Wa Benevolent Association – Seattle

(see tours)

Seattle Chinatown/International District

Preservation & Development Authority Senior Services

(see tours)

Chinese American Citizens Alliance – Seattle

(see speakers bio)

Chinese in Northwest America Research Committee

(see speakers bio)

Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

(see tours)

Association for Asian American Studies Seattle Committee

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Sponsors

Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project The primary goals of the Chinese Americans in Washington State Heritage Project are to interpret, document and preserve the history of Chinese in the Evergreen State. Equally important, this project will: • promote and tell the legacy of the Chinese in Washington • cover a broad range of topics from their local and state history from stories of

individuals and families, to articles on Chinese in business and science, • create exhibits on Chinese and the railroads, • write articles on Chinese culture and arts. The project's ultimate goal is to become a comprehensive resource on the Chinese in Washington state and to increase the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the Chinese Americans. It is targeted for the general public, but particularly for Chinese in America so that they will know their heritage. Moreover, the material gathered and produced by this project will benefit educational institutions, museums, historical society and others who want a understanding of Chinese in Washington state. A comprehensive website on the Chinese in the state, covering subjects such as the history, social institutions, culture, sports and entertainment, politics, commerce, personalities, and media related to the Chinese is in production with a grant from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. With funding from 4Culture, this project will produce a book on the Chinese in Washington state, to be completed this Spring.

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Formerly known as the Organization of Chinese Americans, OCA was founded in 1973 with a vision of uniting Chinese Americans across the United States into one representative voice. Today, OCA has transformed into a national organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans in the United States. The Greater Seattle Chapter, formed in 1995, The Greater Seattle chapter, which was founded in 1995, is one of 80 chapters nationwide. Since then, it has served the Greater Seattle Chinese and Asian Pacific American community as

The Seattle Chapter is recognized locally for its stance on civil rights and social justice, promoting civic engagement, combating negative stereotyping and ethnic slurs, and promoting APA heritage. Among the activities OCA-GS participated in during the 2011-2012 period are: Annual Lunar New Year & Golden Circle Celebration

Walk for Rice; Clean-up of the Danny Woo Garden

Advocate for Justice for Private Danny Chen

Advocate for Marriage Equality & Affirmative Action

Sponsorship of The Lost Years, at SIFF; free tickets to members

Local leadership in The 1882 Project, a nonpartisan and grassroots effort focused on educating lawmakers and the public on the Chinese Exclusion Laws and the impact that such legislation had on our history

OCA (formerly the Organization of Chinese Americans) is a national organization, dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic well-being of Asian Pacific Americans. To achieve its mission, OCA has these major goals: to advocate for social justice, equal opportunity & fair treatment; to promote civic participation, education and leadership; to advance coalition building &community building; and to foster cultural heritage. OCA is not-for-profit, non-partisan organization representing over 10,000 people nationally, including affiliates, college affiliates, Young OCA, OCA Young Professionals, and general membership.

Some members of the OCA-GS team at the annual Walk for Rice, benefitting Asian American food banks.

OCA-GS at the forefront of the 1882 Project, commemorating the Expulsion of Chinese from Seattle in February 1886 (Seattle, February 2011).

OCA-GS members among participants at the Danny Woo International Garden Clean-Up, April 2012.

well as other communities in the Pacific Northwest. It is recognized in the local community for its advocacy of civil and voting rights as well as its sponsorship of community activities and events. In 2011, the Greater Seattle Chapter has helped found the Seattle Chinese American Heritage Societies(CAHS), with support from the University of Washington’s American Ethnic Studies Department. In 2013, the national conference for CAHS will be held in Seattle.

EMBRACING THE HOPES AND ASPIRATIONS OF

ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS

ABOUT OCA-Greater Seattle

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The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington is a multicultural and multiracial research and teaching unit dedicated to the production and transmission of knowledge on key issues and aspects of race and ethnicity. Through the department's four areas of concentration—African American Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano/a Studies, and Comparative AES—students have the opportunity to learn interdisciplinary, ethnic-specific, and comparative concepts, theories, and methods of inquiry as applied to the study of selected U. S. ethnic groups. Central features are the diasporic and transnational connections of these communities, as well as their participation in the shaping of the cultural, literary, social, historical, economic, and political character of this country. Our aim is to develop well-informed and compassionate citizens, to advance their capacity for critical thinking, their understanding of and respect for cultural diversity, and their self-perception as responsible members of an increasingly global society.

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Department of American Ethnic Studies | Box 354380 | Seattle, WA 98195-4380 | Phone: (206) 543-5401 | Fax: (206) 616-4071 | Email: aes@u.washington.edu

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Alyssa Au, was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. She grew up in South Seattle, then moved to Kent, Washington for secondary school. She is currently a senior studying American Ethnic Studies and Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle. During her four years of college, Alyssa has worked at 3 part-time jobs simultaneously to pay her tuition, while maintaining a high academic standing. After graduating this summer, she is tentatively planning to attend the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She is interested in pursuing a career in intellectual property law. She enjoys reading, philosophical conversations, cooking and running. Since December, she has been an intern for OCA-Greater Seattle and emceed its Golden Circle Lunar New Year Banquet. For the CAHS conference, she is assisting with registration and coordinating the receptions.

Kevin Chao is a junior at the University of Washington. His family ancestry traces back to Yunnan, China. Since his grandfather served in in the Kuomintang army, they consider themselves Taiwanese. Kevin was born in Redlands, California. For a majority of his life, Kevin lived in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, after his parents divorced, he divided his time between living in Las Vegas and Monterey Park, California. Originally, he had attended San Diego State University, but left after a year to continue his education in Seattle. Today, Kevin is pursuing his BA in economics at the University of Washington. Upon graduation, Kevin seeks to examine behaviors in Asian American economies.

Steven Chen’s ancestral home is Hangzhou, and his grandparents were both Generals in the Chinese Communist Party during the Chinese Civil War. The son of international students, Steven was born in Berkeley, California. At the age of 9, his family moved from Berkeley to Tokyo, Japan. When he was 16, they resettled to Shanghai, China. Steven has been a volunteer at the Chinese Pavilion during the 2010 Shanghai Expo. A former fencer (Los Angeles) and hurdler (Tokyo, Shanghai), Steven enjoys athletics and practices kendo and free running. He also enjoys digital artwork/design and music and plays four instruments (piano, flute, oboe, guitar). This is his first year at the University of Washington. He plans to pursue a degree in International Studies. For the CAHS conference, Steve worked on the registration card, created the logo, and organized the Paypal accounts.

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Student Interns

Jasmin Eng is a University of Washington student graduating with a double major in Sociology and Comparative History of Ideas (CHID.) She is of Chinese descent and proudly grew up in Beacon Hill and the International District where she visits her grandparents. Jasmin's interest are art, drawing comics and advocacy for humans and animals alike. Her experience in the OCA has been as a former media intern creating video documentaries about community leaders and their organizations. Jasmin is the CAHS Information and Technology Coordinator in which she created and updated the CAHS 2013 Conference web site. Currently Jasmin is working on her CHID senior capstone, exploring the ideas of Asian American families through household textiles, and hopes to create more art and media reflecting of the Asian American identity. If you are interested on working with Jasmin on a project, e-mail her at: jazu@uw.edu.

Maxwell Hamzah was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is a 3rd generation Chinese Indonesian from the Taishan-Cantonese (paternal) and Hokkien (maternal) communities. Maxwell is currently a sophomore international student from Indonesia enrolled at the University of Washington, Seattle, pursuing a B.A. in Mathematics. He intends to study either industrial or materials engineering. Culinary, blogging, humanities, and traditional Japanese martial arts are among his top interests and hobbies. For the CAHS conference, he is in charge of outreach and maintains the Facebook.

Chi Saeteurn was born in Seattle, Washington and grew up in Beacon Hill, Seattle. She is the daughter of Iu-Mien refugees that left Laos after Communist warfare broke out. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington in 2012 and currently works at the Seattle Public Library. She is a student intern for the CAHS committee, where she designed the cover, and serves as the accountant. Since 2012, Chi has been the Treasurer of OCA-Greater Seattle and organized its Golden Circle Dinner. She volunteers for the Iu-Mien American Association Enrichment Program, and spent the past year learning to read Mien. She enjoys watching comedy movies and learning about her Mien culture.

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Sera Wang was born in South Korea and, with her mother and brother, immigrated to the United States when she was 12 years old. They moved to and settled at a small town called Centralia, south of Seattle, Washington. She is now a freshman at the University of Washington pursuing her recently declared major: American Ethnic Studies with an Asian American Studies Concentration. Sera intends on attending a graduate program after her undergraduate studies. After graduation her plan is to become a community college professor and impact individual students through her work. She enjoys running in the woods, swimming in the river, and playing the ukulele. For CAHS, she is assisting with outreach and duties.

Robin Park is a second-generation Korean American. She grew up in the Crossroads region of Bellevue, WA. She graduated with a degree in American Ethnic Studies from the University of Washington in 2011. She is currently an advisor at South Seattle Community College, and the Viking Visionaries On-Site Coordinator, Advisor, Program Assistant at NELA Center for Student Success at Rainier Beach High School in South Seattle. She has also served as the Cultural Center Coordinator at South Seattle Community College, the Visitor Services Lead at Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, and a Program Coordinator at Youth Speaks Seattle. She is assisting the youth programs and open mic at the CAHS conference.

Lauren Wong was born in Redwood City, CA, and raised in San Francisco. She is a third-generation Chinese American. Her ancestors were originally from Toisan/Taishan and lived in the Monterey Bay area. She attended the Hamlin School for girls and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep. She is a sophomore at University of Washington studying American Ethnic Studies and History. She enjoys sports, being with friends, and cooking. She is an active member of the Filipino American Students Association (FASA) and the Chinese Students Association. For the CAHS conference, she has worked on outreach.

Jael Yamamoto is of Japanese and Filipino descent. Her Nisei father grew up in Beacon Hill while her mother immigrated to the United States from Manila as a young child. Jael grew up in Bellevue, Washington. At the age of ?, her family moved to Newcastle, Washington. Jael is currently an undergraduate at the University of Washington, Seattle and is studying American Ethnic Studies. Jael works part-time while attending school. Since September, she has been an intern for OCA-Greater Seattle where she organized the group’s membership luncheon. For CAHS, Jael organized and negotiated the tours and meals and helped coordinate the schedule.

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Jacqueline Wu is a second generation Asian American with Chinese and Filipino ancestry, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Jacqueline’s mother is originally from Samar, Philippines and her father is from Shanghai, China. During the Cultural Revolution in China, the Jacqueline father’s family was separated when some relatives fled to Taiwan, while the rest remained behind. The Wu family reunited in the late 1970s in Taiwan, when one aunt wed an American businessman who helped facilitate immigration procedures to the United States under the Family Reunification clause of the 1965 Immigration Act. During this time, Jacqueline’s mother was in Taiwan as part of the exodus of Filipinos in search of work in foreign lands, and met her father. Today, Jacqueline is a fourth year senior at the University of Washington studying American Ethnic Studies and History. With aspirations of obtaining a Ph.D, she plans to further research in U.S. empire building and its afterlife.

Frank Bacungan, audio-visual material

Keoke Silvano, photographer

Jay Yamamoto, snacks

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Chinese American Heritage Societies (CAHS) Conference Registration 2013

FULL NAME

• First Name

• Middle Name

• Last Name

ADDRESS

• Address 1

• Address 2

• City

• State

• Postal Code/Zip Code

• Country

EMAIL

PHONE NUMBER

PLEASE RETURN THE PRE-REGISTRATION FORM BY APRIL 5, 5PM

Thank you for registering to attend the CAHS Conference. We want to make the process as easy as possible. You will need to complete a separate registration form for each individual attending. We encourage you to preregister by April 5. If you do not want to use our online PayPal service, please return completed forms and enclose a check made out to OCA-Seattle, P.O. Box 14141, Seattle, WA 98118. If you have any questions about registration, please call Connie So at 206-234-6859 or email jaely@uw.edu or ccso@uw.edu; or fax to Attn: Connie So, 206-616-4071.

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CAHS Conference 2013

Conference Information Please select the type of registration you would like:

Full Conference Registration (Friday, Saturday, Sunday; includes workshops, buffet and dinner) - $100 preregistration price/$120 after April 5

Friday Registration (All Workshops & Keynote; Reception; Columbia Tower) - $15/$20

Saturday Registration (All Workshops; Chong Wa Tour; Meals) - $75/$85

Sunday Registration (Three Film Screenings; Breakfast; Workshop) - $20/$25

Student/Affiliates* Full Conference Registration - $60/$80

Student/Affiliates One Day Registration ($50/$60 Saturday; $7/$10 for Friday, $9/$12) Sunday – list day:

Á LA CARTE

Meals (Price for non-registrants; Meals included for registrants) Please select the meal you would like:

Buffet Lunch at Sun Ya (Saturday, noon-1pm) - $15

Dinner at Ocean City (Saturday, 7pm-8:30 pm) - $35

Breakfast at Bush-Asia Center (Sunday, 7:30-8:30 am) - $10

Tours (add to registration except for Pike Place Ghost Tour & The Wing) Please select the tour(s) you would like attend:

Tour 1 – Qing Ming Ancestor Tomb-Sweeping Day - $15 (bus included)/$25

Tour 2 – Columbia Tower Observation Deck – FREE/$6 (non-registrants)

Tour 3 – Pike Place Ghost Tour - $14.50 (pay at site)/$16.50

Tour 4 – Danny Woo International Garden – FREE/$6 (non-registrants)

Tour 5 –Underground Seattle (Saturday, 10am-11:30am) - $10/$13-$16

Tour 6 –Tour of Chong Wa Benevolent Association – FREE/$6

Tour 7– Museum of History and Industry - $11/$12-$14

PLEASE RETURN THE REGISTRATION FORM BY APRIL 5, 5PM

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*Affiliates include OCA-Greater Seattle members, Chong Wa, CACA and other sponsors.

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